P3: Precision Physical Therapy & Pilates

Traveling somewhere fun this summer? Here are our favorite tricks and tips for keeping up with your home exercise program while you’re away so you can enjoy your travel pain free!

Let your therapist know if you’ve got any travel coming up and they can help set you up for success. Bon voyage!

We are thrilled to introduce you to a new face around here. Jamie will be joining us at the front desk so the next time you see her smiling face, be sure to say hi!

Building Sustainable Dancers (BSD) returns to Nashville for a second year! BSD is a summer professional development program for dance artists developed between Nashville Dance Collective (NDC) and P3 Precision Physical Therapy & Pilates.

Sports medicine education and cross-training opportunities are typically inaccessible to active professional dancers due to the income disparity rampant in their profession. The importance of these opportunities are also underemphasized during dance students’ pre-professional training. BSD serves the Nashville dance community by offering accessible (free!) Pilates classes and PT workshops geared towards dancers and led by excellent instructors and therapists. NDC is excited to expand their outreach in 2024 by taking some of the PT workshops outside P3’s walls and into local dance studios, as well as offer Yoga in addition to Pilates classes!

If you want to support, participate, or learn more about NDC’s work, visit their website: nashvilledancecollective.org, or Instagram: . If you have other questions, Matthew, who is part of our front desk team and is also an artistic director with NDC, would love to answer them! You can also click here to directly access BSD’s project page. And be sure to congratulate him on continued success with this outreach program!

We wanted to take a moment to spot light our very own Heather and Amanda. These amazing women took time out of their busy schedules to speak with dancers at Rejoice Ballet about injury prevention as well as foot and ankle mechanics back in June. We love getting to pour into our community and help people live pain free lives.

Thanks Heather & Amanda!

Welcome our newest Pilates Instructor, Ashley Travis! Ashley is a NPCP certified instructor with experience working with a large variety of Pilates clients. In her spare time, she enjoys spending her time with family, reading, traveling, walking at Percy Warner, and practicing Pilates!

If you’ve been interested in trying Pilates, Ashley is your girl!

We love students here at P3 and always enjoy getting to be a part of a student’s learning journey. If you’ve been in the clinic recently, you know that we’ve got 3 pretty incredible students at the moment.

Livi and Hannah Grace are graduating from Belmont’s PT program this summer. And Jerome with be graduating from Ohio State’s PT program in the upcoming months.

If you see any of our students are during your session, be sure to say hello!

We’re so happy to announce that our precious new mommas are back from maternity leave. Both Fallon and Alex are retuning this month so call today to get booked on their schedule!

We’re hiring for a part-time front desk position at P3 (at our main office, West End location)!

Starting/training salary:
$10/hour (during orientation process; increases at completion of orientation)

Job duties (available upon request and provided at in-person interview)

P3 Hours of Operation:
Mon – Thurs: 6:30am – 6:30pm, Fri: 6:30 – 1

Ideal hours:
12-20 hours per week
Primarily mid-shift hours (10am-2pm) with the flexibility to open and/or close

Requirements:
Self-motivated
Organized
Excellent customer service & communication skills
Basic computer skills

Benefits:
Complimentary privates Pilates session (2x/month)
Potential discount on in-house Pilates courses/workshops

Please reach out to [email protected] and/or call 615.891.4037 if interested and feel free to send along a resume!

We have a pretty incredible front desk staff that makes makes P3 what it is and keeps us running! We wanted to take a moment to tell them how truly amazing we think they are. From their willingness to work hard, calmness under stress, and constant smiling faces.

Whitney W., Matthew, AJ, Whitney D., Lora, and Amy- we couldn’t do it without you. THANK YOU!!!

3 of our amazing PTs had the chance to travel to Atlanta recently for a weekend Myopain Seminar on Dry Needling. This helpful intervention is just another tool in a PTs tool belt to help you feel better and get back to doing what you love. Heather, Jeannie, and Amanda endured a weekend of needles themselves to hone their skills even more. Congrats ladies!

Happy Monday friends! Stoney was looking too cute in his new summer hair cut not to share.

If you’re looking to pick up a new healthy Pilates routine or need to work out an ache or pain before summer travel, we’d love to help!

We’re feeling extra proud of Matthew and all of his and NDC’s hard work with their most recent production. Here’s a quick spotlight on their recent show:

Nashville Dance Collective, a dance arts organization operated by local, working artists, gave our community a taste of the local dance scene through their 2024 Spring Split Bill show at the beginning of April. In Act 1 - Of The Local Variety - NDC welcomed 5 local dance choreographers and casts who each brought their own unique movement, voice, and style to the stage. Act 2, choreographed and directed by Matthew Robinson, featured NDC’s premiere performance of - So You Think You Can Cook? - a genre-crossing dance performance full of laughs, tears, and a few smoke breaks. Over 150 enjoyed the production across two weekend showings, doubling the turnout from NDC’s last, large-scale show. https://www.nashvilledancecollective.org/ )

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Happy Race Day to all the Nashville runners out there! Hope you had a great run, and if you need any rehab for those post race aches and pains, we’ve got you covered 🏃🏃‍♀️

It’s National Love Your Pet Day and we couldn’t let the day go by without sending a little shout out to our favorite P3 greeter and therapy pup Stoney! He keeps us all smiling and makes physical therapy more fun. Come say hi to Stoney as your work towards living pain free and accomplishing all your movement goals!

We’re welcoming two new amazing Pilates instructors here at P3!

Kayla Struska danced professionally and taught competitive dance for over 10 years. She completed her undergraduate degree at Texas A&M University and then went on to become a physical therapy assistant (PTA) and worked with patients with spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, and other pathological conditions. During this time, she realized the rehabilitation benefits that Pilates could offer her patients and became a STOTT Pilates certified instructor. We are so excited to have her on the team as she brings both her knowledge of Pilates and Physical Therapy together to help pilates clients achieve their personal goals.

Brianna Razo has been an invaluable part of the P3 team for nearly 2 years as part of our front desk team. During this time, she has been able to see the benefits of Pilates first hand and has become a STOTT Pilates apprentice instructor. She is now teaching both mat and pilates classes so call today to get scheduled with her to help work towards all your exercise and functional goals!

February and March are the most popular months for skiers to hit the slopes. The most common injuries skiers will face involve the knee and associated injuries with falling (think hand, shoulders, and concussions). Here are some tips to keep you on the slopes longer and stronger.

•take lessons to avoid injury
•get well fitted ski equipment
•take your off season seriously by working on cardiovascular conditioning, single leg strength, and balance
•don’t skip the warm up and cool down with things leg swings and side bends

What would you add to this list? Have you or someone you know been injured while skiing. Reach out to P3 if you need an appointment!

Everyone say hi 👋 to Casey our newest addition to our PT staff! You may recognize Casey from around the clinic as she was already working at P3 as a Pilates instructor. We are so excited to have her join us full time as a PT as we have been able to see her impact on her Pilates clients! If you would like to learn more about Casey be sure to check out her profile on P3’s website! A fun fact about Casey is she is currently training for a half marathon!! 🏃🏻‍♀️ 💨

New year new you? With all our feeds being inundated with New Year’s resolutions it’s helpful to keep a few things in mind. Did you know that a 2016 study found that of the 41% of Americans that set resolutions, only 9% felt they were successful by the years end?

When setting new year intentions it’s helpful to try the following: set SMART (specific, measurable, action oriented, realistic, timed) goals, make goals about something you enjoy vs something you dread, frame goals as something to learns or approach vs something to avoid. Let us know what you think and what some of your goals or intentions are in 2023!

We are closing early today by 3pm for the weather! Be safe on the roads and we are sorry for any inconvenience.
Additionally, we will be closed for the holidays December 23rd-26th and will reopen at 7am on December 27th. Thank you for allowing us to spend this time with our loved ones and we hope everyone has a wonderful holiday!

Feeling stressed during the holidays? Swipe through to see some of our favorite tips for managing stress during this busy time of the year!

Happy Friday everyone!! Just popping on this space to highlight some fun educational activity our PTs have been participating in. Two Fridays ago, our PTs spent the last hours of their day learning from one of our own PTs, Chris Williams. Chris discussed the background and basics of her residency and fellowship programs through Ola Grimsby which is a manual therapy and exercise curriculum that marries the subcellular detail of her biochemical background with the biomechanical and neurophysiological principles used in PT. We knew she was smart but needless to say our minds were blown!
Also a few weekends ago a few more of our PTs took part in furthering their manual skills through a Maitland-Australian Physiotherapy Seminar (MAPs) which focused on manual therapy for the aging adult which is very applicable to our current practice!
We are always trying to learn for our patients to help provide the best and most up to date care for them! Please swipe to see Stoney also enjoying some education a few Fridays ago 🐶

This Thanksgiving we are grateful for all of our patients and clients that make P3 such a special place!
This is just a friendly reminder that we will be closed on Thursday November 24th and Friday November 25th in observation of Thanksgiving. We apologize for any inconveniences and appreciate your understanding in allowing our staff the opportunity to spend time with their families and loved ones.
We wish you a safe holiday!

Our favorite team mascot, Stoney, turned 7 today!! We are so grateful for his little wiggle butt and love the impact he has made in our patient’s lives as well.

Veterans, thank you for your service! And a special thank you to our newest PT, Michele Baeder who started her career as an active-duty Army physical therapist and served for 8 years!

It's no secret that getting more steps in throughout the day is beneficial for a multitude of reasons. Now there's even more research to show its impact on prevention and treatment of multiple chronic diseases! A recent study evaluated the relationship between step count and chronic disease. What the researchers found after tracking 6,042 individuals was "the relationship between steps per day and incident disease was inverse and linear for obesity, sleep apnea, gastroesophageal reflux disease and major depressive disorder, with values above 8,200 daily steps associated with protection from incident disease. So the take away? Try to aim for at least 8,200 steps daily and more if possible as the benefits continue with increasing beyond that recommendation! Read more here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-022-02012-w

Happy National Physical Therapy Month!! Physical therapists can help with so much from acute injury to chronic pain by using our movement expertise and our hands on care! Has PT been beneficial for you in some way?? Drop a comment below 👇

October 16th was "National Bosses Day" and while we missed the official day we don't want to miss the opportunity to recognize our captain of P3, Heather Herod Cole. If you haven't been to P3 in awhile you may have missed that this year has been truly an exciting one with our team and facility growing. Without the leadership, entrepreneurship, and grit that is Heather we would not be where we are as a business today. This includes being able to offer our patients a unique patient experience including one on one treatment sessions, exceptional manual therapy, dancer specific PT, Pilates, and more! Without Heather's vision, P3 would not be the special place that is for many to come and not only seek care and treatment but be a part of a family. If you see Heather around, make sure to say congrats on being the best "captain" there is!

Everyone say hi to Matthew, our front desk newest teammate! Matthew Robinson grew up in the beautiful foothills of the Appalachian mountains in Virginia, just across the border from TN, and graduated with a BFA in Dance from Radford University. After performing, choreographing, and teaching for 4 years in Cleveland Ohio where he also met his life and dance partner, Molly, it felt time to return closer to home. They just passed one year in Nashville! He is so happy to be joining the P3 team and have a role in providing physical balance and wellness. Ask him about Nashville Dance Collective, a dance company he helped found, or if he has any upcoming performances to check out! Swipe to see Matthew’s 3-legged furry friend Grayson!!

Talk about a Friday Glow 🌟 up! Swipe to see the before pics of our new space and the wonderful transformation it’s already undertaken! We still have some work to do but are so excited to be in this new space.

We couldn't wait one more day to say, Happy Fall Y'all! With Fall officially starting tomorrow, and thankfully cooler temps here in Nashville, what are you most excited for during this change of season??

The change of season and cooler temps often mean more agreeable climate for keeping a consistent walking and running routine, so now might be the perfect time to start easing into a new exercise program outdoors! Sometimes the change of season can also be the perfect nudge to start a new activity that you've never done before, might we suggest some Pilates which is perfect all year round :)

We also can't miss the opportunity to say we are so excited for what the remainder of this year will bring for our new space and all the changes and once again thank everyone for their continued patience as we make these necessary changes to better serve you!