Personal Training Redmond, WA

Personal and Wellness Training

C.S.

The pain in my lower back from my sciatic nerve sporadically prevented me from bending over, picking up items, and sometimes even getting out of bed. The pain ran from my lower back, through my legs, and down to the bottom of my feet. I was always worried when the pain was going to start at any minute.

Lucas A.

My entire experience with Bridle Trails PT has been excellent! I went to BTPT because I felt a pain in my knee whenever I went running. This pain started while I was playing basketball and progressively got worst.

Benefits of Supervised Exercise

We all know that we should exercise, so why hire a professional in Redmond, WA to assist you along the way? Here are some great benefits:

  • Personalized Workout: Physical therapists and trainers create a specific workout plan just for you based on the goals you want to achieve. This isn’t a one-size-fits-all workout routine you’d find in a book or magazine. The personalized plan is tailored to your goals, needs, and allowances for your current physical condition and medical background. They can make accommodations to the program if you have an injury, bad back or knees, or a medical condition.
  • Instruction: A professional therapist and trainer teaches the proper way to perform each exercise movement in your routine. They demonstrate the movement, coach you through it, and corrects any issues with your posture or technique. Learning how to perform exercises properly reduces your risk of injury and increases the movement’s efficacy. When you can perform a move the right way, it increases the likelihood that you’ll do it on your own at home or at the gym after your training sessions.
  • Motivation and Accountability: Motivation is often difficult to maintain when you exercise on your own. Supervision during sessions can create accountability, which is a real motivator to not let down yourself or them. But there’s also something to be said for feeding that part of our brain that craves praise. Hearing a therapist or trainer celebrate your consistency, progress, or even proper technique can be a real boost when you feel like throwing in the towel.
  • Variety: If your workouts have previously felt complacent, an experienced therapist or trainer ensures you won’t be bored anytime soon. They teach a variety of exercise methods, and with some trainers, no two sessions will look the same. Between machines, bodyweight exercises, free weights, and props like balls and straps, there’s no end to the combinations you could be working on. They also help you to make adjustments as your fitness level improves to ensure continued progress; so you won’t plateau or feel stuck in the same old routine.
  • Efficiency: Only have 30 minutes? An experienced physical therapist or trainer will make the most of your workout time, which increases the efficiency of your exercise program. This is especially beneficial when you have a limited amount of time to exercise. They’ll know how to optimize every minute you have available in the gym to get the biggest burn for your buck

Benefits of Exercise

Why should you consider regular exercise as part of your lifestyle? The better question is why wouldn’t you exercise?! The benefits of regular exercise on all aspects of health and wellness is well established in both the professional literature and anecdotal reports of countless professionals and participants worldwide.  Here are a few to consider (source – mayoclinic.org):

  • Exercise controls weight: This one is the most obvious but has withstood the test of time.  Want to make changes in your weight and how you look in a mirror? Then regular exercise is the way to go.  
  • Exercise combats and reduces your risk for chronic health conditions: Regular exercise helps prevent or manage a wide range of health problems and concerns, including stroke, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes, depression, a number of types of cancer, arthritis and falls.
  • Exercise can improve your mood: Need an emotional lift? Or need to blow off some steam after a stressful day? A gym session or brisk 30-minute walk can help. Physical activity stimulates various brain chemicals that may leave you feeling happier and more relaxed
  • Exercise can boost your energy: Exercise delivers oxygen and nutrients to your tissues and helps your cardiovascular system work more efficiently. And when your heart and lung health improve, you have more energy to tackle daily chores
  • Exercise can improve your sleep: Struggling to snooze? Regular physical activity can help you fall asleep faster and deepen your sleep. Just don’t exercise too close to bedtime, or you may be too energized to hit the hay.

Wellness Program

If you are an extreme athlete or a couch potato, we have a wellness program that could be suited for you.  We will work with individuals to help them reach their fitness goals under the supervision of a physical therapist or trainer.  Our facility will be utilized to help people of all ages and levels reach and exceed their needs and goals.  From basic balance and movement training to high level athlete training, we will work towards getting you to your fitness and functional potential.

Program for Seniors and Bariatric Clients

Physical therapy (PT) can greatly improve mobility and motion, two things that older adults, as well as people with weight and chronic conditions often struggle with.  PT can also help you recover from, or cope with, a life changing and potentially debilitating condition such as a stroke or diabetes.  A physical therapist is a trusted health care professional who can help you address health challenges, maintain or achieve your desired level of fitness, and recover from or avoid injury.

Our physical therapists in Redmond, WA have in depth knowledge of all four of the body’s major systems; they understand how the body works and how to get it moving again.  One of the most important things a physical therapist can do for older and overweight adults is help them improve their balance, motion, strength, and prevent falls.

According to the National Aging Council, falls are the leading cause of injury-related death among seniors. While steps can be taken to “fall proof” a home, working with a physical therapist can help prevent falls in the first place. A physical therapist will recommend activities that emphasize strength, flexibility, and proper gait.

What a Senior Program and/or Physical Therapy Can Offer Physical therapists educate patients in every session.  Patients are taught how to perform daily tasks, protect their body from re-injury, perform exercises at home, and how to make their homes a safer place.

  • Stay Active in Life
  • Joint Replacement Recovery
  • Balance and Coordination
  • Fall Prevention

The Senior Program is a comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation and fitness program specifically designed to improve the functional independence of the elderly. The program is offered as a proactive, first-line of treatment, specifically when certain conditions such as edema, soreness, stiffness, and general weakness exist.

Upon meeting therapy treatment goals, patients may continue in a specially designed fitness program, thereby building upon their initial gains. Additionally, communication relative to progress made is provided to the referring physicians.

The program combines evaluation, education, rehabilitation treatments, and modalities to improve functional independence.

Services provided include but not limited to:

  • Physical Therapy
  • Reconditioning Exercises
  • Balance Retraining
  • Gait Training
  • Fitness Programs

PT combines a combination of approaches including stretching, walking, massage/hands on treatment, exercise, and electrical stimulation among others.

The goal of PT for seniors and bariatric clients is to make daily tasks and activities easier. And to make you as independent as possible.

Among the circumstances where physical therapy can be valuable are for those:

  • Recovering from injuries such as a broken hip
  • Weight management/loss
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Pain in all parts of the body such as knee, back, shoulder, wrist, etc.
  • Diabetes
  • And many other conditions

As you can see, physical therapy can help seniors and bariatric clients in about every area of health care imaginable. If you’re recovering from surgery or an illness or living with a disease, ask your doctor about physical therapy. PT can give you back your independence by increasing your mobility and making daily tasks easier.

Other Types of Wellness Programs & Personal Training

Cardio Fit

Perfect for participants who are fit and active, as well as those who want to energizing activity. This program focuses on increasing cardiovascular output and strengthening.

Classic

Improve agility, balance, coordination and activities for daily living (ADLs) by increasing muscular strength and range of movement.

Stability & Balance

Designed specifically to keep participants “safe on their feet.” Understanding the primary risk factors associated with falling and knowing what exercises will be beneficial in decreasing the risk for a fall provides substantial knowledge and practical work for class members to increase function and long-term independence.

Low Back Pain

This program is designed specifically for those who suffer from chronic low back pain, sciatica, stenosis, herniated disc etc. It is a combination of stretches and strengthening exercises to help relieve low back/hip pain.

Ready to start your physical therapy training program?

Take advantage of a physical therapist training program in Redmond, WA catered to you, designed to improve your health by reducing imbalances in the body, and based on functional strength training and corrective exercise. Bridle Trails Physical Therapy’s personal training programs allow us to identify, correct, and prevent musculoskeletal imbalances before they produce pain and injury while maximizing your performance gains.

We offer several different training options to better serve your needs. Contact Bridle Trails Physical Therapy to learn more.