Sorensen Athletic Therapy

02/26/2026

⏰ Reminder: BUILD & BURN starts March 16th

Spots are filling up! If you’ve been thinking about signing up, now’s the time to secure your spot 💪

I’d love to have you join us!

Hey Port McNeill folks! 👋

🔥 BUILD & BURN is HERE! 🔥

Ready to get stronger, sweat, and feel amazing? 💪🔥

Join me for a 6-week, 45-minute Build & Burn class combining resistance bands + cardio for a full-body workout that builds strength and boosts endurance.

📍 Where: Broughton Curling Club
📅 Starting: March 16
🗓 Mondays at 5:30 PM
🗓 Fridays at 6:00 PM

✨ All fitness levels welcome
✨ Modifications and progressions provided
✨ Build strength without heavy weights

👉 Sign up at: www.sorensenathletictherapy.com

📲 Scroll forward to March 16 under the Broughton Clurling Club location to register.

Spots are limited — come build strength and feel the burn! 🔥💪

02/15/2026

Sidelying Thoracic Mobility with a Coregeous Ball 🌀

Stiff upper back? Shallow breathing? Feeling compressed through your ribs and chest?

This gentle position can unlock a surprising amount of tension.

Lying on your side and slowly twisting over a ball creates space through the rib cage, spine, and deep core — areas that often get stuck from sitting, stress, or repetitive movement.

Why it helps:
🌬️ Improves breathing by opening the rib cage
🫀 Supports visceral mobility (organs need movement too)
💪 Releases tight chest, back, and side-body muscles
🦴 Improves thoracic spine mobility for healthier shoulders & neck
🧠 Calms the nervous system with slow, supported pressure

✨ No ball? Try a firmly rolled yoga mat or towel.

✨ Want deeper effect?
Place the ball directly on your skin (not over thick clothing) to create a gentle skin stretch and stronger sensory input.

Perfect for desk workers, athletes, recovery days, or anyone feeling stiff and “locked up.”

Move slow. Breathe deep. Let your body unwind.

01/28/2026

Hey Port McNeill folks! 👋

🔥 BUILD & BURN is HERE! 🔥

Ready to get stronger, sweat, and feel amazing? 💪🔥

Join me for a 6-week, 45-minute Build & Burn class combining resistance bands + cardio for a full-body workout that builds strength and boosts endurance.

📍 Where: Broughton Curling Club
📅 Starting: March 16
🗓 Mondays at 5:30 PM
🗓 Fridays at 6:00 PM

✨ All fitness levels welcome
✨ Modifications and progressions provided
✨ Build strength without heavy weights

👉 Sign up at: www.sorensenathletictherapy.com

📲 Scroll forward to March 16 under the Broughton Clurling Club location to register.

Spots are limited — come build strength and feel the burn! 🔥💪

01/28/2026

Hey Port Hardy folks! 👋

Quick update — I had to make a few changes from the original post ⬇️

🔥 BUILD & BURN is HERE! 🔥

Ready to get stronger, sweat, and feel amazing? 💪🔥

Join me for a 6-week, 45-minute Build & Burn class combining resistance bands + cardio for a full-body workout that builds strength and boosts endurance.

📍 Where: Fort Rupert Curling Club
📅 Starting: March 10
🗓 Tuesdays & Thursdays
⏰ 6:00 PM

✨ All fitness levels welcome
✨ Modifications and progressions provided
✨ Great for building strength without heavy weights

👉 Sign up at: www.sorensenathletictherapy.com

📲 Scroll forward to March 10 under the Fort Rupert location to register.

Spots are limited — come build strength and feel the burn! 🔥💪

01/20/2026

Big news! I'm excited to officially launch my new website 🎉

Visit 👉 www.sorensenathletictherapy.com

Let me know what you think - and feel free to share!

Explore Sorensen Athletic Therapy in Port Hardy, BC for personalized athletic therapy and inclusive fitness classes. Start your wellness journey today.

01/16/2026

Why Lateral Ankle Tilts Are a Game-Changer 👣

This tiny move does WAY more than just “strengthen the ankle.”

✔ Opens the distal tib-fib joint
✔ Improves glide of the common & superficial peroneal nerves
✔ Down-regulates the lateral hamstring (biceps femoris)
✔ Enhances force transfer all the way up to the SI joint
✔ Restores frontal-plane control most people never train

When the ankle can’t move laterally, the body steals motion from the knee, hip, or low back.

Lateral ankle tilts:
• Sharpen ankle proprioception
• Reduce chronic ankle instability
• Support stubborn knee, hip, and SI issues
• Build resilience against ankle sprains

👉 Small movement. Big system impact.

Perform 10–15 controlled reps per side.

Add them to your warm-up, rehab, or between sets—and let your nervous system do the work.

01/16/2026

Supported Bridge with Breathing ✨

A simple restorative pose with powerful effects on your organs, nervous system, and whole-body balance.

🫁 Breath & Nervous System

• Encourages deep diaphragmatic breathing
• Activates the parasympathetic rest & digest response
• Reduces stress and supports recovery

🧠 Organ Support

• Creates space for digestive organs → supports digestion
• Improves circulation to pelvic organs
• Gentle chest opening enhances lung expansion
• Supports venous + lymphatic return

🦴 Structural & Postural Support

• Gently decompresses and supports the sacrum
• Restores spinal extension after prolonged sitting
• Passively opens the hip flexors and chest
• Reduces tension through the low back, neck, and shoulders
• Nourishes connective tissue and supports postural ease

🧘‍♀️ How to Practice

Bolster or block under the sacrum, ribs soft, slow nasal breathing.

Stay 3–10 minutes. Exit slowly.

Perfect for rest days, desk bodies, stress relief, and nervous system regulation 🌿

01/01/2026

Obturator Nerve Glide

Inner thigh or groin tension? It’s not always just a “tight” muscle — your obturator nerve may need some glide!
This gentle movement helps the nerve slide along its path through the pelvis and inner thigh, improving hip and knee mobility, hip control and reducing discomfort during walking, squatting or getting up from sitting.

✨ How to do it (10–15 reps each — brief holds only!):

1️⃣ Pelvic Tilt
Keep your torso upright and gently tilt the pelvis — small and smooth

2️⃣ Pelvic Tuck + Forward Flex
Add a light forward lean while tucking the pelvis to increase the glide

3️⃣ Pelvic Tuck + Rotate Toward the Raised Knee
Rotation adds another layer of movement to target the nerve through more of its pathway

💛 Keep it slow & pain-free — nerves love gentle motion, not big stretches

🦵 Better nerve mobility → happier hips AND knees

12/28/2025

The countdown is on!⏳️

Secure your spot today! Limited spaces remain for the Core & Spine Strength Series. Let’s start the new year strong! 🔥

Now offering in Port Hardy and Port McNeill

Ready to join the 6-week Core & Spine Strengthening class?

Register at: https://sorensenathletictherapy.janeapp.com/

For Port Hardy: Once you’re on the booking page, click on Evolve Fitness and the photo of me. Pick the 6 week core & spine class, then scroll to January 7th to sign up!

For Port McNeill: Once you’re on the booking page, click on Broughton Curling Club and the photo of me. Pick the 6 week core & spine class, then scroll to January 6th to sign up!

12/22/2025

Only a few weeks left to register for the Core & Spine Strength Series ✨

Let’s start the new year off strong by building a resilient core, supporting your spine, and moving with confidence.

Now offering in Port Hardy and Port McNeill

Ready to join the 6-week Core & Spine Strengthening class?

Register at: https://sorensenathletictherapy.janeapp.com/

For Port Hardy: Once you’re on the booking page, click on Evolve Fitness and the photo of me. Pick the 6 week core & spine class, then scroll to January 7th to sign up!

For Port McNeill: Once you’re on the booking page, click on Broughton Curling Club and the photo of me. Pick the 6 week core & spine class, then scroll to January 6th to sign up!

12/19/2025

Tight calves can affect your ankles, knees, and even your low back.

This sequence targets both the gastrocnemius and soleus using a mix of release, mobility, and strength:

• Foam rolling
• Ball rolling
• Dynamic gastroc stretch
• Dynamic soleus stretch
• Gastroc heel raises
• Soleus heel raises

Consistent work = better mobility, strength, and movement quality.

Often, tight muscles aren’t actually strong — they’re overworking because they’re weak.
That’s why addressing tight calves means more than stretching: release, mobilize, and strengthen.

Featuring my dogs, who clearly wanted to help with filming today 🐾