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CoreQuest Montreal-based athletic therapy and movement coaching.

Helping people overcome pain, improve movement, and rebuild confidence through personalized rehabilitation, training, and online coaching.

Searching for certainty that is not there yet can wear you down.During recovery, this often looks like googling your inj...
11/05/2026

Searching for certainty that is not there yet can wear you down.

During recovery, this often looks like googling your injury late at night, comparing your timeline to someone else's, or testing your body over and over to see if it's "better yet." It feels like you're getting answers, but it usually leaves you more anxious and more tired.

What can help instead:
• Get comfortable saying "I don't know yet."
• Ask whoever is guiding your rehab about the next milestone, not the final date.
• Put your energy into what you can do this week.

You don't need every answer to keep moving forward.

Send this to someone in rehab right now.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

Journal prompt: What am I experiencing right now?Physically, mentally, emotionally.During recovery, these three are clos...
11/04/2026

Journal prompt: What am I experiencing right now?

Physically, mentally, emotionally.

During recovery, these three are closely connected. Pain can affect your mood, and worry can make your body feel more tense. Checking in on each one separately helps you see what's actually going on, instead of it all blending into one "bad day."

Over time, it can help you spot patterns and explain to whoever is guiding your rehab how things are really going.

Take five minutes with it today. There is no wrong answer.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

Messy progress is still progress.Recovery rarely moves in a straight line. You might have a great week followed by a fla...
11/02/2026

Messy progress is still progress.

Recovery rarely moves in a straight line. You might have a great week followed by a flare-up, or feel stronger one day and stiff the next. Ups and downs like that are a normal part of healing. They don't mean you're going backwards.

Instead of judging one day, look at the trend over a few weeks. Are you moving a little more easily, doing a bit more, or bouncing back faster than before? Those small wins count.

Screenshot it for later.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

What am I feeling right now?Name it as specifically as you can.Take five minutes with it today. There is no wrong answer...
10/31/2026

What am I feeling right now?

Name it as specifically as you can.

Take five minutes with it today. There is no wrong answer.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

Something to tell yourself on a hard day.Save this for a hard day.From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.
10/29/2026

Something to tell yourself on a hard day.

Save this for a hard day.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

Which of these questions has been on your mind lately?They are completely normal. The trick is not to spend all your ene...
10/28/2026

Which of these questions has been on your mind lately?

They are completely normal. The trick is not to spend all your energy on questions that do not have answers yet.

Save this for a hard day and share it with someone in rehab.

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Both can be true.You can accept what happened and still feel sad, frustrated, or disappointed about it. You can be commi...
10/26/2026

Both can be true.

You can accept what happened and still feel sad, frustrated, or disappointed about it. You can be committed to your rehab and still miss your sport, your routine, or moving without pain.

Wishing things were different doesn't mean you haven't accepted them. You don't need to feel positive before you can take the next step.

Try it: "I accept that ___, and I still wish ___."

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From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

Journal prompt: What am I thinking right now?Step 1: Notice. No need to change anything yet.During recovery, your mind c...
10/23/2026

Journal prompt: What am I thinking right now?

Step 1: Notice. No need to change anything yet.

During recovery, your mind can run on autopilot. Thoughts like "I'll never be the same," "I'm falling behind," or "What if it happens again?" can repeat so often that they start to feel like facts.

Noticing is the first step in working with those thoughts. When you write a thought down, you can see it from the outside instead of being caught up in it. You're not trying to fix it, argue with it, or push it away. You're just getting curious about what's there.

How to try it: set a timer for five minutes and write down whatever thoughts come up about your injury or your rehab. Don't judge them or edit them. Just get them on paper.

Once you can see your thoughts clearly, you can start to question them. That's step 2.

There is no wrong answer.

From the guide Understanding Your Recovery.

07/22/2026

Walking isn't supposed to feel like something you have to prepare for.

For a long time, my client couldn't get through a walk without stopping, stretching, or needing to sit down.

Recently, he walked for 45 minutes.

No stopping.
No stretching.
No sitting down.

The best part wasn't just the walk itself. It was when his girlfriend looked over and said, "You're actually walking."

Recovery isn't always about getting your pain to zero.

Sometimes it's about getting pieces of your life back.

If walking has become a challenge because of your back, DM "COREQUEST" and let's see if we can help you get it back.

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