Lifting Injuries

Have You Tried Everything To Fix Lifting Injuries, But Feel Let Down?

Don’t sacrifice the lifestyle you desire over problems that can be fixed. That’s why we made this just for you.

Ryan VanNieuwenhuyze DPT, USAW-L1

Owner and Founder of Barbell PT and Performance

How To Eliminate Lifting-Related Pain Without Medications, Surgery, Or Skipping Your Workouts!

One day you’re out on your usual run, or you’re in the gym doing a set, and then all of a sudden you get hit with what feels like a lightning bolt of pain. You think to yourself “Oh man, this really hurts, but I’m sure it’ll feel better by tomorrow.”

You go to bed later that night, only to wake up the next morning, but the pain is still there. It continues to bug you for several weeks, and now you can barely lift without experiencing the pain.

Naturally, you go to the doctor’s office and they tell you to ice it and rest, and to stop weightlifting because it’s “bad for your body,” and they might even give you some anti-inflammatories and pain medication. Even though you don’t want to stop lifting, you do it because it’s what they recommended.

Eventually you start to feel a little better, so you feel like you’re ready to start training and lifting again. Unfortunately, once you start to get back into it, the pain suddenly starts again, and you’re left frustrated and unsure of what to do.

This is the vicious cycle that many people find themselves in.

You’re in a lot of pain so you see a healthcare provider and take their advice to rest it and stop training, and you start to feel better. Unfortunately, you may have lost some strength, muscle mass, conditioning etc., and you haven’t done anything to truly resolve what’s going on in your body. Once it starts to feel better, you try to start weightlifting again, only for the pain to return, and the cycle starts all over again. This is something that so many of our clients have experienced before they have come to see us.

How Are We Different?

What our clients find is that when they come to see us, they actually get a customized plan that helps get them feeling better and stronger at the same time. Because of this, when their pain is resolved and they return to their normal training, they are able to do so without their pain coming back.

If You’re Currently Living With A Lifting Injury, Here’s 7 More Reasons Why It Could Be Lasting Longer Than It Should:

1. You thought it would go away on it’s own - but it didn’t
2. You went to the doctor who told you to rest and take painkillers - but the pills did nothing to help you, and as soon as they wore off, the pain struck again
3. A family member, or friend, told you that everybody gets pain with weightlifting, and that you’re just going to have to deal with it
4. You tried other Healthcare Professionals, or a physical therapist in the past, but nothing they said or did seemed to help
5. You tried YouTube exercises but they either didn’t do a thing, or made your pain worse
6. You thought it would be a good idea to rest because your pain was so bad, but all that did was make you feel even more stiff and tight
7. You decided to get a few “massages” hoping that would fix the pain, but all they did was feel nice and relaxing, and didn’t do anything to fix it long term

If any of these have happened to you – we would love to help you by inviting you to book a call to talk with our weightlifting injury specialist to find out what can be done to help you. The fact that you’ve tried any or all of these things already is actually a GOOD THING because when you know what doesn’t work – you are closer to finding the thing that does!

Click the link below to book a call with us if you would like to get some solid advice given to you over the phone. The phone call is complimentary and there is no obligation to book any appointments with us after the call is over. Our goal is to help you make the right decision about what to do next.

If you would like to know how the physical therapists at Barbell Physical Therapy and Performance can help you live with less pain – we invite you to start with a completely free, no-obligation, risk free appointment at one of our clinics:

Note: This Free Consultation Visit session is something that we offer to people who are very nervous or skeptical about Physical Therapy – unsure of its benefits or if it is right for them. If that sounds like you, then please start with a Free Consultation Visit session so that we can work with you to find out what is wrong and what can be done – without any financial risk on your part.

So the next question is:

“How Can Choosing to See a Physical Therapist at Barbell Physical Therapy and Performance Help You Get Rid of Your Lifting Injury - In The Next Few Days?”

Here’s just a few of the things our Physical Therapy Team can do for you:

We can quickly take away the pain and stiffness - often inside a couple of sessions.
We can help you find out what’s really going on, and come up with a game plan to get you out of pain and back into the gym and doing all of the activities that you love.
Pain can “zap” you of energy and limit a peaceful night’s sleep - we can help you to enjoy sleeping at night and living with more energy each day.
We can help you put an end to taking all of those painkillers that are no good for your health long-term.
We can help you avoid surgery - and painful injections.
We can help you keep out of the doctor’s waiting room or from making repeat visits only to be given more pills!
We can help you get back to enjoying quality time with family and friends that pain has stolen from you.
We can help you get back into the gym, lifting and training with your friends like you used to love to do before your pain started to get in the way.

Basically, we can help you get back to living life free from weight lifting pain.

If you want to know what it costs – and what availability we have at our physical therapy clinic in North Haven – then please just click the button below and complete the short form:

What Other People Just Like You Are Saying About Barbell Physical Therapy & Performance In New Haven...

- Thomas Q.

“I had been experiencing on and off knee pain since I started weightlifting back in May 2018. Usually I would just push through it and eventually it would go away after a few weeks or a month. Over the past few months, the pain had gotten so bad to the point that I began cutting my workouts short due to the level of pan I was experiencing in the clean and front/back squats. I reached out to Barbell PT after hearing other weightlifters at my gym having success in rehabbing similar injuries at the clinic. After working with Barbell PT for five weeks, my knee pain improved dramatically WITHOUT having to stop training. We worked together to slightly tweak my training to limit knee discomfort and came up with a game plan to limit the chance of a similar issue with my knees coming up in the future. Barbell PT is the clinic you should be going to if you take your barbell training seriously and want to see real results on improving an injury.”

- Georgia K.

“Can’t recommend Barbell PT enough!!! Started working with Barbell 10 weeks ago after very badly straining my hip squatting. I tried at first to remedy the pain on my own with stretches etc but that only made it worse as the pain continued to wake me up in my sleep whenever I would move. Barbell is unlike any other physical therapy clinic I have ever worked with. My PT at Barbell was extremely knowledgeable about the body in an athletic sense, they will not tell you you can never squat, deadlift or lift in general again, and they challenge your injury (in a good way). After the hip strain I could not squat at all without extreme pain and pulling, but a few weeks into working with Barbell, we started to incorporate front and zercher squats which kept my torso much more upright, ultimately keeping my pain and the hip pulling at a minimum and allowing me to still squat in my training. Well here we are, 10 weeks later and I’m able to rock a 135lb back squat again with basically no pain or pulling, all thanks to Barbell PT! If you’re struggling with an injury or any nasty lifting pain and don’t want to stop lifting altogether, reach out to Barbell PT!!!”