Injury Recovery

Under Zoa’s watchful guidance, you will be able to move safely, build strength, increase flexibility, organize mindful body movement, and create optimal movement patterns to minimize future injuries. All movement plans will be prepared in coordination with any medical advice/limits you are following.

Zoa will teach you, keep you honest, add challenge in “just right” steps, adjust for your ever changing limitations, and give options for you to choose between. Never a dull moment, are you ready to feel 100% again?

When recovering from an injury or surgery, we will address more than the problem area. We will work on hydration of your tissues, the mental and emotional elements to your movements, the spring and tensile strength of your connective tissue, the patterns of muscular engagement, and the design of your unique body. Oh and muscle strength too!

You can get all this in two ways at Zen and Vitality. One is a handheld tool called the LumiNIR Wand so you can target the light therapy precisely where you need it. The other is a whole body Joov Red Light Therapy system where you stand and treat all of your exposed skin.

Whether you are dealing with a simple cat scratch, a complex shoulder surgery, or a torn hamstring red light therapy is a terrific healing tool!

Fascia, the sensory, communication, and tension network that runs throughout your body, has a long memory for injuries. Fascia that has been torn or cut from injury or surgery dries out and becomes disorganized. We call the result scar tissue.

Hydrating fascia near the injury and encouraging proper communication with the rest of the body and brain are key to minimizing current and future problems. When you incorporate fascial release into your recovery plans, your body will be happy again!

Recovery is hard. The Infrared Sauna can make it easier and quicker. Taking a short 30 min rest in the sauna builds enough heat in the body to increase blood flow (and thereby oxygen) to your injury, stimulate your mitochondria to turn on tissue growth and repair, reduce pain levels by calming your nervous system, and decreases inflammation to allow better healing.

Weekly or more frequent sessions can make a huge difference in your recovery time and comfort during the process.

Pilates Equipment exercises strengthen the deep, stabilizing muscles that keep joints moving smoothly and safely. These are muscles of stamina since they work all day to hold you together, maintain your posture, and prepare for motion.

Yes, you need power muscles to lift heavy things (and bodies are heavy things!), but you need these “Pilates muscles” to move safely!

Private sessions can be used to strengthen around a joint in preparation for surgical intervention, for rehabilitation after surgery, and for avoiding surgery in certain cases!

A Personal Vitality Plan provides 3 months of ongoing private support and consultations along with exercises done at home to get you where you want to be!