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I empower active adults with sports injuries and chronic pain to live the active life they desire.

Are you ready to overcome the pain or injury holding you back from living the active life you want? At Head to Toh Physical Therapy we empower adults in Colorado Springs, CO with the assistance, knowledge, and guidance they need to stay active without wasted time or money.

11/02/2026

This isn’t going to get a lot of attention because I know everyone wants the “hacks”, the quick-fixes and the shortcut “secrets”.

But I’m here to tell you the hard truth you need to hear:

The sooner you accept that there are no shortcuts, the sooner you’ll get to where you’re trying to be.

And the sooner you’ll commit to doing the hard work, the sooner you’ll be on the path to real and lasting results.

(This coming from a person always looking for shortcuts myself. But running a business has taught me this wisdom the hard way. So really I’m just preaching to the choir.)

10/29/2026

Red flag symptoms of low back pain are:

➡️major trauma
➡️signs/symptoms of cancer (unexpected weight loss, fever)
➡️signs of major neurological injury (bowel or bladder incontinence, saddle anesthesia, sudden and significant muscle weakness

If you have any of those, seek urgent medical attention right away.

Otherwise, you may want to reconsider getting that MRI. Or at least, understand what the findings mean and do not necessarily mean.

Follow along for more challenging of outdated narratives and evidence based advice on lower back pain.

10/27/2026

I love powerlifting for the main goal of getting stronger.

That has worked very well for me in the past.

But as I have been playing a lot more basketball, I have needed to modify to manage fatigue and recovery.

Heavy squat bench deadlift 3x/week is so effective because it would crush me. It left very little left in the tank after that.

Learning to balance still getting strength work done while playing more sport has been interesting.

Changing to single leg variants due to less fatigue and possibly more sport carryover, as well as lowering total volume and training days has made it a lot more manageable.

I’m not as strong as I was when doing SBD 3x/week, but I’m definitely faster, better conditioned, and still holding onto some of my strength.

Understanding training principles and applying them to individualized goals is where the magic is at for both training and rehab.

10/26/2026

Most people think back pain is caused by something damaged in their spine.

That is the case sometimes.

But it is critical to understand that structural injury is rarely ever the only piece of the pie, and often times what your MRI shows about your spine is nearly none of the pie.

Back pain is complex and nearly always multifactorial.

And everyone’s story is different.

I give examples here to illustrate the different factors that can affect pain to help make some sense of it.

And the good news is, the vast majority of the time, movement is the best thing you can do for it.

On the last slide I share how movement has a positive effect on each of these pieces.

Movement can help in a general sense and in a very individualized way as well. But I find it can be helpful to understand the goal of movement based on what we believe is driving your pain.

Thus movement can serve different but all helpful purposes in your healing and recovery.

10/25/2026

Your spine is meant to move and bend and bear load.

If you only ever protect and minimize stress to it, you’ll get yourself stuck with a weak and stiff back that is way easier to set off, and a nervous system that is hyper vigilant to set off that alarm.

Again, this does not mean push through pain recklessly. But you find where you can start and slowly but surely you challenge it and build.

This is the way.

Download my free guide to understanding back pain at my linktree if you want to learn more.

10/23/2026

Movement is helpful in recovering from injury in both providing safety and confrontation.

Safety movements are things that feel good, relieve pain and calm the nervous system. They make you feel safe and help things settle while you heal.

Confrontation movement serves a completely different purpose. They are meant to rebuild, challenge, and create positive change so you can restore full function and strength.

Both are important at different times and stages.

But if you only ever soothe and protect and never challenge, that can get you stuck in a cycle of repeat flare ups because your body never restored its capacity to handle stress again.

The challenge for many people with chronic lower back pain is believing it is not safe to challenge their back.

It’s one thing if it’s just because you remember how bad the pain was and naturally you feel afraid to challenge it again. But that can come with time and reps.

The bigger challenge is when you have been sold a lie usually by a doctor unfortunately, that it’s not safe to challenge your back.

And that is the biggest lie, and the biggest downfall I see keep people stuck in chronic back pain for years.

We need to undo the lies.

Rounding your back is not dangerous.

Your spine won’t crumble to pieces if you don’t brace it 24/7 for every movement and activity.

Using your back muscles is not dangerous. That’s what muscles are for.

Degenerative changes do not guarantee lifelong pain.

Disc herniations heal.

Your spine and your body are resilient. It is good to comfort it when it hurts. It is also good to challenge it.

Please share this with someone you know who struggles with chronic lower back pain. They need to hear the truth.

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10/19/2026

It’s not your fault.

The medical system is broken at treating lower back pain.

Hyper fixation on structural “causes” of pain leading to unnecessary surgical recommendations, rude doctors who don’t listen to you and just order pills, and “quick-fix” salesman trying to profit off your pain without actually helping you.

Pain is complex and nearly always multi factorial.

And a big part that gets missed is understanding it.

When you understand pain you can dismantle fear, feel safe and find hope.

Then yes - graded exposure through movement and building capacity can be a huge part of that process of getting you back.

But you need to understand pain first, and you need to actually feel safe.

If those two foundations are not laid, chances are you were set off course from the start.

I want to help you understand pain such that you are empowered to not only believe in your own healing, but learn how to use the tools within your own control to overcome it.

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3650 Rebecca Lane, Suite 8
Colorado Springs, CO
80917

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Monday	10am - 6pm
Tuesday	9am - 6pm
Wednesday	9am - 6pm
Thursday	10am - 6pm
Friday	9am - 5pm

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