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Ability Physical Therapy

Providing physical therapy in Cody, WY. At Ability PT, we want you to maintain your abilities, improve your abilities, and find new abilities.

03/25/2026

You’ve probably seen the red light beds promising everything from glowing skin to pain relief.

But here’s the truth: not all light is created equal.

Red light therapy works through photobiomodulation, which is light interacting with your cells to help mitochondria produce energy, reduce oxidative stress, and support tissue repair.

But the benefits depend on the right wavelength, intensity, and dose.

• Red light (600–700 nm): skin + collagen
• Near infrared (800–900 nm): joints, nerves, deeper tissue

Too little light? Nothing happens.
Too much? You can actually block the benefits.

Most red light beds use LEDs that scatter light, which is great for surface-level effects. The deeper tissue results we see in research come from more targeted devices.

That’s why I use Fringe Red Light panels and wraps in the clinic and at home. I know the wavelength and diode strength behind them.

Red light therapy isn’t magic. It’s physics meeting physiology. And the results come down to precision and consistency.

Through March 29, Fringe is having a 15% off sale, so it's the perfect time to try their stuff for yourself! Just follow my link: https://buff.ly/7d70Jjy

03/21/2026

I see consistent metabolic patterns in women when it comes to training and results.

Not better or worse. Just different physiology responses. And inside of the strongHER Metabolic Reset, we use these patterns to personalize training, fueling, and recovery.

I'm curious, which sounds most like you?

03/19/2026

Most women think they need to eat less.

This woman was already eating less than her body needed to survive.

Let that sink in.

Her basal metabolic rate was 1,281 calories.
She was averaging about 1,100 calories per day.

🏋️‍♀️ She was going to the gym.
🥗 She was eating “healthy.”
💪 She was putting in effort.

And her body composition showed:

⬇️ Weight down
⬆️ Body fat up
⬇️ Lean mass down

If we had only looked at the scale, we would have missed the real problem completely. This is why generic programs fail women over 40.

Because metabolism is not just calories in and calories out. It's physiology. Hormones. Recovery. Fuel availability. Stress load. Muscle signaling.

In strongHER we don't guess. We use data, analyze patterns, and adjust strategy.

This isn't a weight loss program, it's metabolic rehabilitation. And when metabolism improves, body composition follows.

The next round of the strongHER Metabolic Reset opens again soon.

Comment STRONGHER if you want details when enrollment opens.

03/16/2026

You don't need a completely different program.

But you *may* need inputs that match your physiology.

This is exactly what we're starting to refine inside The strongHER Metabolic Reset using metabolic operating systems and functional genomics.

Comment STRONGHER to get on the waitlist and be the first to know when the next round begins!

03/11/2026

Two clients. Different injuries. Same underlying question.

Why is the tissue not tolerating load?

One client developed two tendon problems at the same time after hip surgery. On the surface it looked mechanical. But when we mapped the timeline, the changes started when her nutrition and intake shifted during weight loss.

Another client had recurring back pain flares that kept showing up in the gym. Treatment worked, but the pattern kept returning. When we tracked the data, every flare occurred during her menstrual cycle when estrogen was lowest.

This is the part of rehab that often gets missed.

Tissue capacity is influenced by more than strength and mobility. Hormones, fueling, recovery, and physiology all affect how the body responds to load.

If you do not look at the whole picture, you miss the driver. And when you miss the driver, progress stalls.

03/10/2026

You have a systems regulation problem, and here’s why:

If your supplements aren’t working, if your clean eating hasn’t fixed your energy, if your workouts feel harder instead of better, if your labs keep changing but you don’t feel different...

It’s easy to assume the answer is more effort. Stricter nutrition. More supplements. Another protocol. Another appointment.

But here’s something hard and liberating at the same time:

You don’t have a surface problem. You have an underlying systems problem.

➡️ If you’re treating fatigue without addressing nervous system load, metabolic health, and recovery capacity, you will keep chasing temporary improvements.

➡️ If you’re trying to balance hormones without stabilizing blood sugar, gut function, and inflammation, no amount of supplements or HRT will create consistent results.

➡️ If your plan still requires you to eat perfectly, train perfectly, and manage life stress flawlessly, it’s only a matter of time before symptoms return.

This is why so many high performing, health conscious adults feel stuck even though they are doing “everything right.” They're addressing symptoms without fixing the system and then blaming themselves when it doesn’t work.

Systems of Success is my six month integrative program combining physical therapy, functional medicine, and personalized strategy to rebuild resilience at the systems level. You get to stop chasing fixes because you actually addressed the root.

Enrollment is currently open, and I would love to work with you!

Comment SYSTEMS and I will send you the details.

03/06/2026

Muscle is medicine. And most women have been taught to chase the wrong target.

For decades the focus has been:
➡️ Lose weight
➡️ Eat less
➡️ Do more cardio
➡️ Sweat more
➡️ Shrink your body

But physiologically, muscle is the tissue that changes everything.

Muscle improves:
➡️ Blood sugar regulation
➡️ Metabolic rate
➡️ Hormone function
➡️ Joint stability
➡️ Energy
➡️ Recovery
➡️ Longevity

And after 40, building and preserving muscle becomes even more critical.

These screenshots are from strongHER participants over just a few weeks.

No extreme dieting. No punishment workouts. No 2 hour gym sessions.

Just strategic training. Adequate fueling. Recovery matched to physiology. Personalization using metabolic operating systems.

This is not a weight loss program. It's metabolic rehabilitation for midlife women.

If your body has felt harder to change lately, it's not because you're broken. It's because muscle has been ignored. strongHER focuses on the tissue that actually drives change. Muscle.

If you want details about the next strongHER round, comment STRONGHER and I will send info.

03/04/2026

Two clients. Different injuries. Same underlying problem.

One had multiple tendon issues.
Another had recurring back pain flares.

Both looked mechanical.

Neither actually were.

I recorded a new Breakdown episode explaining why tissue capacity changes and why injuries sometimes appear even when training has not changed.

If you’ve ever felt like your body is unpredictable, this will help make sense of it.

The full video is available inside Ability Amplified - comment ABILITY to join!

03/02/2026

You're not starting from scratch with strongHER.
You're starting from your physiology.

Metabolic Operating Systems help explain why women respond differently to the same training inputs.

Inside the program, I look at patterns across training response, recovery, symptoms, lifestyle, and genetics to personalize how intensity, fueling, and recovery are applied.

Not a different program. A more precise one.

And honestly… this is one of the most exciting evolutions of strongHER so far 🤩

02/27/2026

One of the most overlooked injury patterns I see is symptom fluctuation tied to hormone changes.

Estrogen affects connective tissue health, inflammation signaling, recovery capacity, and pain perception. During perimenopause baseline levels often drop, and during the menstrual phase they fall even lower.

For some women this creates a temporary reduction in tissue tolerance. That means loads that were previously fine can suddenly feel irritating.

When we identify the pattern, we can make smarter decisions instead of assuming something is wrong.

Your body is communicating. Patterns are information.

02/25/2026

Here's the pattern I see over and over again.

One man came in for shoulder pain. He was told rotator cuff surgery was likely and that PT was optional.

We never touched his shoulder. We worked on his neck, ribs, and cervical mechanics. His shoulder pain was almost gone by the end of the session.

Another client had been told her body was just “hormonal chaos.” So she tried HRT, fasting, keto, supplements, all of it. Nothing worked.

We slowed down. We stabilized blood sugar, stress response, gut function, recovery. Now when she added hormone support back in, her body actually responded.

Another client was told he needed back surgery. The real problem was failing hardware in his leg and altered gait. Once the actual limiter was addressed, the back symptoms disappeared.

Different stories.
Same issue.

People are being handed solutions before anyone asks the right questions.

Pain, symptoms, and dysfunction are not always coming from where you feel them.
And more intervention is not the same thing as the *right* intervention.

This is a big part of what I do at Ability PT. We stop chasing fixes and start identifying drivers.

02/23/2026

Weight loss does not automatically equal health.

If the scale is going down but your strength, recovery, or joint tolerance is declining, your body is giving you important feedback.

In this Breakdown episode, I walk through:
➕ Why the scale tells us very little about health
➕ Why muscle and bone matter more than pounds
➕ How rapid weight loss can quietly increase injury risk
➕ What to pay attention to if you want strength and longevity

This is a physical therapy perspective on weight loss that most people are not hearing.

If you care about function, resilience, and staying strong long term, this one is worth your time.

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2101 Sheridan Avenue
Cody, WY
82414

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http://www.abilityptcody.com/

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