Performance Notes by Big Burd: The Forgotten Therapy—Corrective Exercise & Mental Resilience

When your body breaks down, your instinct is to rest, stretch, or wait it out. But what if the fix isn’t rest—it’s recalibration? That’s the role of corrective exercise: it rebuilds how your body moves, not just how it feels.

Corrective exercise isn’t fancy. It’s small, intentional work—glute bridges, banded walks, wall dead bugs—that reactivates the muscles your body has forgotten how to use. These patterns restore balance, reduce overcompensation, and retrain your nervous system to move without fear or friction (https://blog.nasm.org/what-is-corrective-exercise). In my clinic, I see it turn chronic pain into confident movement week after week (https://www.jospt.org/doi/full/10.2519/jospt.2014.5286).

The science backs this up: restoring motor control and joint stability has been shown to reduce pain, improve strength output, and accelerate return to activity—even in long-standing injuries (https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Abstract/2013/10000/Corrective_Exercise_Strategies.4.aspx). And beyond the physical benefits, there’s something deeply empowering about feeling in control of your own recovery. That’s where mental resilience starts: when progress feels possible again.

Want a place to start? I created a quick Office Reset routine you can use 2–3x/week to reverse tension from long days of sitting.

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