Letter to My Training Coach

Hi Yoshia,

I would like to thank you for the amazing work you have done for me since I came to IF almost two years ago. I came in broken, depressed, and defeated, having suffered for twenty years with chronic back pain, the result of trying to ignore three bulged discs. I couldn’t even walk when I first came in the door, and had lost most of the feeling and a lot of the control of the nerves and muscles in my right hip, leg and foot. I was fearful of almost every movement, that I was going to crash to the floor and break myself more. 

    Your coaches have changed my life. Slowly and patiently they have reprogrammed my body, and taught me healthy patterns of movement, and helped me strengthen and tone, to prevent a recurrence of the back injury. I live pain-free today, without fear that my next step or bend or twist will result in weeks of debilitation. I am fully confident that I will never again be that guy I was, giving up all the activities I love because they just caused so much pain. The encouragement and enthusiastic feedback from my IF trainers has given me the courage to step out and regain my previous outdoors lifestyle. Paddling and climbing were some of my passions, and I have now taken up swimming, biking, and running! In the last six months I have completed a half marathon, 100 mile bike race, half ironman, and a 10k swim. 

Future plans? Well, the sky is the limit, now that I am whole again. I have setbacks now and then, but also some victories too. You have shown me that the setbacks are opportunities. And the victories? Those are rewards for hard work!

    Two years ago I had a choice: surgery to repair the damage to my discs, or physiotherapy and kinesiology to build strength around the injury. I know now that surgery would have been a quick fix that would have failed within a few days when I returned to my old unhealthy patterns of movement. Thank you so much for your dedication, talent, and skill in ensuring this best possible outcome for me!

 Sincerely, Geo

Yoshia Burton, B. Kin.
Principal
Innovative Fitness Abbotsford
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