Physical therapy

Health & Injuries, Workouts

Physical Therapy Exercises for Low Back or Neck Pain

I give a lot of homework to my patients.  While seeing me in the clinic is hugely important to a person’s outcome, it’s what that person …

Jessica Valant Pilates

Fitness, Health & Injuries

Foam Rolling – Why and How to Do it

The foam roller is an integral part of both my physical therapy practice with my patients and my own fitness and health routine.  When used regularly, …

Health & Injuries

Delayed Onset of Muscle Soreness (DOMS) – What is it?

Does this sound familiar?  You wake up one morning stiff as a board.  Your shoulders are sore and it feels like you can barely lift your …

Inspiration

Mindful Movement – Moving with Purpose

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” …

Fitness, Workouts

Pilates Barre Inner Thigh Burner!

Happy Friday!  What says TGIF more than a little Pilates Barre Burner routine? 🙂  This is a quick (six minute) routine that focuses specifically on the …

Health & Injuries

Common Physical Therapy Questions – ice or heat??

Hi everyone! HAPPY NATIONAL PHYSICAL THERAPY MONTH! I have been a proud member of the PT community since 1998 when I entered physical therapy school for …

Inspiration

How To Make a Big Decision

I grew up in Kansas City, Kansas, and moved to Denver, CO, for physical therapy school in 1998.  I met my future husband there, started my …

Fitness, Workouts

Two Minute Ab Burner!

I have Mr. Joseph Pilates to thank for many things in my life.  One of those things is his amazing Abdominal Series!  You don’t know abdominal …

Jessica Valant

Fitness

Meet Jessica Valant – Pilates and Physical Therapy Professional

I’m Jessica. I’m a physical therapist and a Pilates teacher. I am a wife, a business owner and a mom. I am an endometriosis and infertility …