The term “corrective exercise” often gets misused and misunderstood within the health and fitness industry. This blog should help clear up some of those misconceptions surrounding corrective exercises. Here are a few key things to remember when thinking about corrective exercises; they are for everyone, they do not magically fix pain, they are not just for physical therapists and rehab, they improve the way one moves. Everything listed above is some of the common topics of discussion surrounding corrective exercises. 

Let’s start with the first subject listed. That is “corrective exercises are for everyone.” Just because you aren’t in chronic pain, or you don’t have a past injury does not mean that corrective exercises won’t benefit you. Everyone has asymmetry in their body and can always improve on that. Remember, corrective exercise is the practice of improving how one moves. For example; this could help someone get deeper on a squat, move more weight (SAFELY) on a deadlift, or just prevent future injuries from occurring due to learning proper movement patterns. Those are just a few examples of how corrective exercises can benefit the entire population. Not just those who are in pain or with past injuries. 

Now we will jump into the next topic. “Corrective exercises do not magically fix pain.” Oftentimes corrective exercise can be associated with pain or dysfunction. As corrective exercises do help with these problems, they do not solve them completely, and they definitely do not get rid of pain altogether. Again, they can be great for teaching proper movement patterns to reduce stress in certain areas. Which in turn can reduce pain. But doing corrective exercises will not just make pain disappear all of the sudden. 

Corrective exercises can be tied in with physical therapy or rehab. While this can be true, they do not only have a purpose in the rehab world. Again, the goal of corrective exercises is to improve the way one moves. No one can tell me that they move perfectly with no asymmetry. That is why everyone can benefit from doing some form of corrective exercise routine. 

The term “corrective exercise” often gets misused and misunderstood within the health and fitness industry. Covered in this blog were a few of the different topics surrounding corrective exercises, and some of the things that get misunderstood within that field. This should help clear up some of those misconceptions when it comes to corrective exercises. 

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O2FITNESS, Apr 22, 2020