This is the BEST You’re Going to Get

I recently had a conversation with a client who was told several years ago that where they are right now, is the best they're going to get.

This client didn't accept that answer and instead sought out other health care providers who supported their goal to achieve more. And reflecting on this, it made total sense.

WE set arbitrary timelines for healing and improvement in health care. For example, ‘you will reach your maximum in approximately one year after you give birth’. I don't know about you, but my body isn't the same now as it was a year after I gave birth to either of my children. And I'm still trying to achieve new things with my body. So surely, I'm still on a road of recovery and progress.

If we apply this to education, and I use the example of my own personal education, I'm always learning, I'm always reading, I'm going on courses, because there's never going to be a point where I reach my maximum. I won’t ever know it all because information and knowledge changes. My brain changes and I am putting new things in, taking away things that maybe don't work for me anymore, but then I may go back to some things.

So when we apply the same thinking to recovery processes, isn't it more about the person's individual choice? Shouldn't we be able to determine when we have reached our maximum and OUR OWN best recovery point instead of adhering to an arbitrary number that was made up to suit healthcare norms?

You're not a state statistic. You are a person. You have goals, feelings, thoughts, and all those things contribute to your recovery. Many people ask me, is it too late? It's never too late. Because you can always change.

Nicola Robertson

Pelvic Floor Physiotherapist