Corrective Exercise

Restore your body's health and balance

Whether you're mending from an injury or are trying work around chronic pain in your joints, our corrective exercise program will get you back on track. General fitness training is great if you don't have orthopedic problems or health concerns, but if you're not ready for that level of activity, it could actually result in injury.

Corrective exercise starts you at the appropriate exercise level and progresses you to the necessary dynamic functioning level. It involves physical assessments, modifications in exercise, adjustments to your daily activities, lifestyle alterations, and good communication with your medical professionals.

We start with medical history to understand the nature of your injury, or the lack of function you're experiencing. The musculo-skeletal anatomy is assessed to determine limitations and to establish a starting point. We identify specific muscles that need to be stretched, and those that need to be strengthened. We look at how these muscles, joints, and your movement patterns contribute to your pain and then work around those limitations to optimize results.

In our comprehensive program, lifestyle and daily living assessments are performed to determine a path that will help you regain normal function and will remove any obstacles that may interfere with recovery. In many other programs, it’s the lack of this component that slows your recovery.

I had been working out on a regular basis, 3 to 4 times a week for 5 years, when I was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006. What a shock! I had no family history and no risk factors. My treatment consisted of double mastectomy, chemotherapy and radiation, a total of 8 months. After that was finished, I had to focus on getting myself healthy again, but it was difficult. The exhaustion I felt was overwhelming. I had difficultly walking up steps and getting in and out of vehicles. My legs ached and I had lost all of the muscle tone I had worked so hard to achieve. I was determined to get back to the gym, for my mental health as well as my physical health.
After being back at the gym for several months, I decided I needed a boost, someone to help me get back on track. I was trying to get back into shape while working out on my own, but I was not getting the results I wanted. I decided to look into personal training and discovered Longevity Studios. I began working with Natasha Atkinson in 2008 and I am making great progress. I am gaining back my muscle tone and am so much stronger than ever, even before my diagnosis. Natasha knows just what training I need to regain my strength. I like the fact that we try new exercises to keep me motivated. I was initially concerned about my arm, as I had a mild case of lymphadema from having my lymph nodes removed under my arm during the surgery. After discussion with my surgeon, we decided to try lifting weights to see how the arm would react. I started with very light weights, just 2 lbs., and it was very difficult to lift the dumbbell with my affected arm! Natasha encouraged me to keep working and gradually we worked up to where I am now lifting much heavier weight with that arm. I can see definition there now and it is so much stronger than before.
Thank you, Natasha and everyone at Longevity Studios, for helping my regain my strength after my surgery and treatment. Because of you, I am stronger, both physically and mentally. I am looking forward to a future of good health and happiness!

- Jane Osborne