Patient Info & Rehabilitation Protocols
Good procedure + good rehabilitation = good outcome. Downloadable guides for every stage of your recovery.
Procedure Explainers
What to expect and how to prepare for each regenerative treatment.
Rehabilitation Protocols
Even after the best treatments, significant injuries take 3–4 months for initial healing, and treated tissue continues to remodel and heal over the following 9 months to a year. Follow the protocol for your treated body part.
Cross-Training During Recovery
Continuing to exercise during recovery is critical for your physical and mental health, but it needs to be done in a way that facilitates, not impedes, your healing. Avoid activities that caused your original pain until fully recovered, progress gradually, and test each new movement carefully.
Specialized Topics
In-depth guides for specific conditions and approaches.
Yoga for Recovery and Fitness
Yoga is a holistic practice combining breathing, concentration, and present-moment awareness. It activates the parasympathetic nervous system — reducing stress and heart rate — while building the flexibility, balance, and proprioception that support injury prevention and recovery.
The style of yoga practice may impact your participation during your recovery. Generally speaking, there is vinyasa, and there is 26/2 (formerly known as Bikram Yoga). 26/2 is performed in a hot room, which leaves the body warmed up, and its postures do not tend to overuse the upper body the way some vinyasa classes can.
If you're recovering from an injury, tell your instructor and avoid poses that aggravate it — professional in-person guidance is recommended over online classes. Local resources: Shed and Yoga Factory (Annapolis and Crofton).
Pilates for Recovery and Fitness
Pilates is a body conditioning method built on the principle that the center of the body must be strong and stable before working the peripheral parts. Low-impact and controlled, it retrains safer movement patterns and addresses the muscular imbalances that are a primary cause of injury and chronic back pain.
Local resources: Studio One Restorative Pilates and Excel Pilates Annapolis.
A 2022 network meta-analysis found Pilates ranked among the most effective exercise types for reducing pain and disability in adults with chronic low back pain — ahead of many other common exercise approaches (Fernández-Rodríguez R, et al. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther.2022;52(8):505–521).
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