Exercise and therapy are often discussed in seperate terms. This is perfectly natural as there are specific objectives as far as the professions go. But at an individuals level, training and therapy are two sides of the same coin. With a deeper consideration, exercise and therapy could be considered to be completely inter-related.
Maybe at this point you are thinking this makes perfect sense. In which case you can stop here and have a nice of tea to relax. Otherwise let’s carry on with a few more details to explain.
Everything has Side-Effect
If we think about the body as a learning machine, for every given input, it will give a certain output. The body will also try to optimise itself as a response, to improve the efficiency, performance etc.
As such there are positive effects, but also there negative side-effects. Every training gives you something, but will also take something away.
Identifying the negative effects
With a bit of knowledge and meditation on the topic, the negative parts can be identified. Then we are able to decide, are these negative aspects that can be tolerated, based on our Objectives (click here for intro discussion on this!).
Or, you identify that valuable performance/health benefits can be gained by addressing those negative aspects.
There can also be mid-way points. Meaning, up to a limit, the negative aspects can be tolerated. But then remediation needs to take place.
Congratulations!
By implementing remediation into your schedule, automatically you are bringing together the approaches of training and therapy. In combination you can have improved performance and health.
You are now well on your way to being more holistic in your approach. Hopefully you can now see, that training and therapy really are two sides of the same coin.
