Physical Therapy Corrective Exercise
Teaching the details of an exercise for the rotator cuff.
How Corrective Exercises Are Different from Regular Exercise
Unlike general workouts, corrective exercises often start at a very basic level, focusing on small, controlled movements designed to reprogram your nervous system and correct faulty patterns. This approach helps build a stable foundation, so you can progress safely to more advanced strength and functional training without risking further injury.
By addressing the root cause of your pain or movement limitation, motor control corrective exercises set you up for long-term success and improved overall function, rather than just temporary relief.
It’s important to know, not all exercises are created equal, especially when it comes to pain and movement dysfunction. At Savvy Physical Therapy, corrective exercises are intentionally designed to address the specific root causes of dysfunctional movement patterns, not just to build strength or endurance.
Most regular exercises (like squats, lunges, or planks) are focused on fitness outcomes, things like muscle tone, calorie burn, or general strength. These exercises can be great, but they often don’t address underlying movement issues, especially when pain or compensation patterns are present.
Corrective exercises, on the other hand, are prescribed after a detailed assessment. This assessment reveals whether your dysfunction is caused by:
A mobility restriction
A stability/motor control issue
Or a combination of both.
Savvy Physical Therapy uses that information to prescribe precise, efficient, and neurologically-driven exercises that:
Retrain your brain-body connection (motor control)
Restore foundational movement patterns
Improve joint mobility where needed
Reduce compensation and inefficient movement
And ultimately reduce pain by restoring normal movement mechanics
In addition to practicing these movements in our appointments, I will provide you with videos and descriptions for all of the exercises I prescribe to you through the Medbridge app so you will never forget how to do them correctly.
