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I hear this all the time; someone shares a story from their past that they feel may not be important, but worth mentioning. The funny...

Laura Welch
Sep 27, 20224 min read
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Grass
I cut the grass this morning; a quick sneak between bouts of rain. Our yard is so small that it only takes a weed whacker to take care...

Laura Welch
May 14, 20221 min read
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What's the Deal with Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) was one of those mystical things I had only loosely heard about. What I had heard weren't necessarily good...

Laura Welch
Feb 7, 20222 min read
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It's All Connected...What Does That Mean?!
I often joke in the clinic about how us practitioners say, "It's all connected," when we want to give the short answer to describe...

Laura Welch
Jan 30, 20223 min read
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Knowing What You Need
Getting to know yourself is a lifelong journey of one discovery after the next, lessons forever unfolding. There may even be times you...

Laura Welch
Dec 29, 20213 min read
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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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What's the swell on inflammation?
Chronic inflammation has been getting a lot of blame for a whole gambit of problems. The list includes conditions related to cardiac,...

Laura Welch
Sep 16, 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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Why Posture Matters: Efficiency and Body Language
Many years ago, I found myself at a weekly puppy training class that involved multiple dog owners with their wacky canines wrestling to...

Laura Welch
Jul 10, 20213 min read
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Mind/Body Connection is Real
We hear this all the time, right? Get your head in the game. Mind over matter. Your body listens to your thoughts. "Whether you think...

Laura Welch
Jun 27, 20215 min read
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Lessons from the Bee
Today, a bee buzzed defiantly in the upstairs of my house and it wasn't the friendly bumble bee I would actually embrace. This was the...

Laura Welch
Jun 13, 20213 min read
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New article!
New article by yours truly in Miles and Minutes. Check it out! https://d368g9lw5ileu7.cloudfront.net/uploads/partnerWebsites/partnerWebs...

Laura Welch
Apr 13, 20211 min read
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March donation: Central VA COVID Response Fund
With the help of participates that registered for my Zoom lecture entitled "Ouch?! Ahhh", we donated $325 to Central VA COVID Response...

Laura Welch
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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February donation: Milk River Arts
I'm a little late with February's post, but for this month, Inspire PT donated to Milk River Arts. Milk River Arts is an organization in...

Laura Welch
Mar 8, 20211 min read
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Pain lecture
Thank you to everyone who came to the virtual lecture tonight! I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The slide show is posted below. ...

Laura Welch
Mar 4, 20211 min read
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January donation: Power Over Parkinson's
January's donation goes to Power Over Parkinson's, a local organization providing resources for those diagnosed with Parkinson's disease....

Laura Welch
Jan 22, 20211 min read
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Setting goals for the New Year
Ahh goal setting... something that we as physical therapists are obsessed with and something that tends to be brought to the forefront of...

Laura Welch
Dec 8, 20202 min read
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December donation: Beyond Boundaries RVA
This month's donation goes to Beyond Boundaries RVA. This amazing organization provides outdoor adventure opportunities for those that...

Laura Welch
Dec 7, 20201 min read
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November donation: Feed More
This month's donation goes to Feed More, a local organization that is a merger of Meals on Wheels and Central Virginia Food Bank. Thank...

Laura Welch
Nov 9, 20201 min read
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Lethargic or Actually Tired?
I've been reading books and listening to podcasts about emotions lately. One paradox that interests me is this: it is important to be in touch with your feelings however, sometimes your feelings can be misleading or not entirely true. One argument is that we don't have the expansive vocabulary that is required to most accurately label the feeling. For example, someone could say they are mad when what they really mean is that they're disappointed. The more specific the lab
Nov 193 min read


Superficial Fascia Blowing My Mind
This summer was full of continuing education for me and although they were all wonderful, my streak ended with a bang of two courses that...
Sep 233 min read


You Are Not Your Diagnosis
At a continuing education course, the Canadian physiotherapist teacher poked fun at my class saying, "Oh you Americans, you are always...
Jun 103 min read
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