We hear it (and feel it) quite frequently - that if you haven’t done your exercises, you can feel guilty. Then what happens is you go into problem solving mode, thinking a good solution to that is to have another week or two up your sleeve so you can get them done… So you call us and say…
”… I haven’t done my exercises so I think I should push back my appointment.”
Here’s 3 reasons why that’s a bad idea:
You’re not actually going to do them, if you didn’t do them straight away
That doesn’t help you get better faster
Part of our role is to help you find the best way forward for you
Here’s why people don’t do their exercises…
Too time consuming
Couldn’t remember it properly
Doesn’t feel right
Too difficult
Not the right equipment
Inappropriate or feels socially awkward
Didn’t feel effective enough
Doesn’t seem relevant
Not clear on sets and reps
Pushing your appointment back a week or two doesn’t remove these barriers. Keep the appointment, tell us what the barrier is, and let us help you find another way forward.
In some cases, it’s also important to know, that part of our role in supporting you is to stop trying to ‘fix it’… Instead, help you maintain things with some periodic treatment to keep things where they are and not letting them slip backwards - essentially kicking the can down the road until you’re ready to take another step forward to solving the problem.