11/17/2025
Her neck pain wasn’t coming from her neck…”
Sometimes physical therapy is complex — strength deficits, mobility issues, biomechanics, posture, training loads.
But sometimes… it’s just good observation.
I once evaluated a woman whose head stayed side-bent to the right the entire time she talked. At first I was thinking upper trapezius, cervical facet, SCM, maybe nerve tension.
Nope.
Her bangs were covering her left eye, and she unconsciously tilted her head all day to see better.
Her “treatment plan”?
👉 A hair clip.
👉 Or a different haircut.
She came back a week later… better.
Here’s the point:
PT isn’t just exercises. It’s understanding what people do all day and finding the tiny adjustment that changes everything.
Little things matter.
Great care notices them.
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