01/22/2026
Elizabeth here, your coach and movement specialist from The Strength Project - I get it. Everything is moving along beautifully and then boom! That hit or miss ache in your back/shoulder/knee/wherever turns into full-blown pain and you find your training in no way looks the same. And it's going to take a few weeks to a few months to rehab?! I guess you're just done, right?
Most of us are lying if we say we haven't felt that way. The first time I got serious about rehabbing my back injury years ago, it took about a year and a half. I wondered if it would ever come around. It more than came around, though as is the case with even healed injury, flare-ups can occur. But what I continue to learn every single time is that persistence in doing the things I can with as much intention as an exciting competition lift has always paid off. I have more than learned that your current injury has the potential to make you the best, strongest, most resilient version of yourself, not only physically but also mentally.
So I'm in the trenches with you. If you are looking for a coach who has been there (for powerlifting, general strength training, or anything in between), we should talk 314.892.8009 . You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
