AlignMend Physical Therapy

This is the second post to follow up the post from earlier this week about being proactive about your health. I had taken me months to be able to even discuss this topics out loud.

After a lot of selfish anger initially, followed by being completely terrified I was going to die in my sleep, crossing the street, or with exercise, I started to have a lot of conversations

Conversations with , , ,my family, my cardiologist and I also did a lot of research and of course A LOT of for management of anxiety I was having

Come to find out this was not a lifestyle issue but was 100% genetic. Genetics mean testing your kids as well and finding out my son carries the same genetic issue was the MOST upsetting of all.

After working through the mental part of all this, I started to remember and focus on why I had done the test in the first place. PREVENTION AND KNOWLEDGE

I was now able to help my kiddo as well at age 16 instead of him suddenly dropping dead at a young age when everyone might be saying “but he was so healthy”

We are more conscious about ALL things now. Working with , for functional medicine, for guidance, , , and cardiology.

Unfortunately right now there is nothing to change or help what we have genetically been given as this is predetermined by age 5, BUT we know that all the choices we make moving forward can help many other aspects of health physically, mentally and emotionally AND we get to do it together which has been amazing.

Once again people, there is a lot of things out there that you can be proactive about. For that $125 test that my previous P*P would order, Rowyn and I now know how to make sure we both live long healthy lives. Understanding illness and disease BEFORE you actually get sick. Imagine that!! 🤪

Read, ask questions, find people the WILL HELP and listen to you. Let’s try to prevent these things before they rear their ugly heads🩷🤗💜

Happy FriYeah
Paige

OK, so I never post on IG anymore. There are very few people that I continue to look at outside of some healthy recipes, hedgehog videos, and cute dog stuff.

I do feel that on occasion I need to make sure that people know that I practice what I preach.

After some recent, not so pleasant and shocking health news it is important to not only be proactive about exercise and a healthy diet, but also proactive about asking questions and not settling for comments by your medical providers such as “your numbers look just fine. “, you’re not old enough to have those problems “, you don’t need that till you’re 65 “, there’s nothing like that in your medical history”

I was proactive and asked questions to the point where I actually changed providers. I am now working with . Colleen listened to my questions and respected my thoughts. She ran test that were of concerned to me even though my numbers and health history didn’t really show necessity.

These were tests that I had to pay out-of-pocket for which is another reason, my previous provider would not order them for me.“Insurance doesn’t cover that “

So in the end for $125 I saved my own life. I became aware of some life-threatening risks and now have a great plan in place for a healthy, normal, and long living life.

Moral of the story? Don’t settle. Ask questions. Advocate for yourself and your family. Insurance doesn’t have your best interest in mind . This is your life and you only have one 💪🏼💜

AlignMend Physical Therapy is 5 years old today!

It is so crazy for me to believe that I opened my doors 5 years ago without a single client. 😳 I spend the first 8 years in private practice, but I had been in corporate occupational medicine for the 10 years prior to opening AlignMend, therefore when I opened my private practice, I did not have a group of clients to follow me into my new space. I was literally starting from nothing. ☹️

My practice has grown and so have I...A LOT. I have made many, many, many mistakes in learning how to manage and grow a practice. 💯 I have learned and am still learning how to manage a practice and still be a present mother and wife 🫶🏻 I am learning from my patients WAY more than they are learning from me. I am learning that more than anything, my patients grow my business. They share information with family, friends and coworkers how the practice of has changed their lives in so many ways. My patients make me stronger, have more patience, and continue to challenge my way of thinking and how I can help them for the better.

I will admit, some days are better than others. Some days I think “Should I even be practicing? Am I helping anyone”. All the practitioners out there know exactly what I am talking about. 🤪🙌. I always find when I have a harder day, no matter what, the next day brings joy, new learning, patient success and new step in my process.

As I travel back to Lincoln on Thursday this week for a new course Visual Vestibular Refinement it will be a good time for me to reflect, learn and be around people that make me feel stronger in my field, stronger in my practice and stronger in my mind. 💜 . Not in a million years did I think Lincoln NE of all places would be a place that I love to call “a second home’ but the community has changed that, and I am very much looking forward to seeing everyone again later this week.

Yay!! Today is a day that I am happy to be proud of myself and my growth. 💪🏼 Thank you to all my clients that have taught me to much. 🤗🥰

Feeling grateful and proud


Paige, PT

If you all know these three powerhouses … then you know why I felt like I felt like I needed to get their autographs last night 😂😂😂 and take this picture. Super cool dudes! Super smart and wow… they are a kick to hang out with off the clock🔥🔥. Thanks gentlemen! You are freakin cool humans!!!