Hello everyone,

Happy New Year again!

I hope you have sat down and written out your goals for health & wellness for the year.  Remember that writing your specific goals down on paper is the first step in achieving anything you desire including becoming pain-free or reaching the fitness levels you desire.

 

You may have read about it on our website but I would like to tell you about The BodyClox Method TM that I have developed.  It has come from over 15 years experience as a manual physical therapist and my experience being a patient after being seriously injured in a car accident 15 years ago.

Some time ago I was involved in a very serious car accident that resulted in multiple fractures of my lower leg, hip and back and multiple surgeries including metal rods, pins, screws and plates.  As you can imagine, there was significant physical therapy treatment over a period of time.  While I was a motivated patient at the time and consider myself a motivated person now, I had to deal with issues of chronic pain over a period of years.  It was this experience of being a patient while also being a physical therapist allowed me to approach physical therapy from a different perspective.  This perspective allowed me to see what worked best for me as a patient and what worked well with the patients I was seeing in the out-patient population.

The BodyClox Method TM is both my system and philosophy of physical therapy treatment.

It is not a complicated system but is very efficient and successful.

Our system integrates:

• One on One Manual Therapy
• Body/Mind Awareness Training
• Individualized BodyClox Home Exercise System

Our BodyClox system is goal oriented and function driven.  Our primary focus is to have the individual meet their health & wellness goals.  It combines the most important aspects of a successful treatment program, that allow for a more efficient, successful outcome and empowers the individual to improve his or her wellness.

Our one on one functional manual therapy treats the whole person and will help to normalize musculo-skeletal dysfunction, enhance neuromuscular control and improve a person’s body/mind awareness.

Our body/mind awareness training focuses on enhancing the patient’s body awareness through the use of specific exercises that are developed to improve overall coordination of movement, core stabilization, balance and control that will lead to a more balanced musculoskeletal system and improved levels of health & wellness.

Our focus on you as an individual will also including setting goals for your physical therapy as well as your overall health & wellness.

My own experiences as both a physical therapist and a patient have fueled a desire to create a functional system that focuses on the patient as a whole and helps to facilitate their return to normal function and promotes improved health and wellness for everyone.

This post was to give you a little background into why I developed The BodyClox Method.

I wish you a great day, week and year & Be Well.

Mark Marino

 

 

Welcome to North Island Physical Therapy and our New Blog space.

Everyone at North Island would like to wish you a Happy & Healthy New Year for 2012!!

We believe that wellness originates in our attitudes, our choices and our actions.  It is my philosophy the every individual has the potential to achieve a pain-free life once they commit to personal wellness.

In this New Year of 2012, I want to remind you that the potential for you to have and extraordinary year including attaining your desired level health & wellness is unlimited.

Now, as you sit here and read this, you may be in pain whether it is from a recent injury or a chronic problem and say, “I just don’t see that happening any time soon”, or “It’s been a long time since I have felt good about myself”.

Well, being a Physical Therapist and a person that has sustained and rehabilitated from severe injuries resulting from a car accident, I would like to tell you that YOU CAN DO IT!  You can achieve anything that you set your mind to.

 

One of the primary keys to improving your Health & Wellness is to SET GOALS.

Set goals for where you will be with respect to your Health & Wellness.  We need to set goals because without goals we lack direction and without direction we lack focus.  The focus that allows us to achieve the goals that we set for ourselves.  There are a few rules that will help you when you set your goals for Health & Wellness.

Rules for Setting Health & Wellness Goals:

• Set specific goals:  Remember, specific (Not, I’d “like” to lose weight this year).  Some days, mights and maybes don’t count.  Use specific measurable quantities so that you can see your progress.
• Set a Time table
• Write down your goals:  Many people have New Year’s Resolutions but never write them down and they have a tendency to stay wishes that float away.
• Write your goals in the present tense as if they have already happened.  This allows you to focus on the actions that will help you attain your goals.  You are much more likely to reach your goals if you write them down.
• Visualize yourself achieving your goals
• Plan out what will it will take to reach your goals.
• Take action!  Start by doing small tasks or activities that will get you closer to your goal.

 

Whether you are recovering from and injury, have chronic pain or trying to improve your overall health & wellness, setting goals is the key to getting you to your desired level of fitness.  Start out 2012 by setting your goals for your Health & Wellness and writing them down.  Your will be on your way.

If this is your first time on our website, feel free to explore and see how we may help you reach your health & wellness goals.

Wishing you a Happy & Healthy New Year.  Be Well

Mark C. Marino, MAPT, CFMT