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The Diaphragm: The Ultimate Multitasker
If you've ever found yourself lying down in a yoga class, you may have been challenged to place one hand on your heart and one on your...

Laura Welch
Nov 29, 20215 min read
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Woop, there it is.
Pain. It's a complicated thing. Thank goodness, a lot of research goes into figuring out pain. What is it? Where does it come from? ...

Laura Welch
Nov 11, 20214 min read
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Shine a Light on your Mind to Move Forward: Learned helplessness, rumination, and catastrophizing
Wow, this is some heavy stuff. It's a great "chicken or the egg" paradox. Which came first? Did the injury/pain jump start some tough...

Laura Welch
Aug 1, 20215 min read
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Ego vs. Injury
This is a post I wrote in Wordpress in 2017. I was a little more blunt (possibly crass) then, but it still holds true. Since I don't use...

Laura Welch
Sep 15, 20204 min read
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Starting a new habit? Set the bar low.
Starting something new and actually sticking with it is incredibly hard, no matter how much we think we want it. In physical therapy,...
Apr 144 min read


Mastering the Plank
The plank is a great exercise for core strengthening because it promotes the entire body to participate: arms, legs, core, and even your...
Mar 312 min read


The Way We Should on Ourselves
We have a funny word in the English language that really gets us into a pickle sometimes. It's the word "should". This small but mighty...
Feb 103 min read
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