Wellness and fitness should be a critical component of your lifestyle, especially as you get older. I have often written about this; the importance of yoga, meditation, diet, and of course, physical fitness. I try to keep up with all this: I meditate and work out daily, one day resistance training, weights or a functional, bodyweight workout, and cardio the next, running on the beach or cycling in Summer, and of course running the San Silvestre Vallecana 10K every December 31^st!

Once you integrate these elements into your life, they become routine and the problem then comes when you do not work out, or meditate, or go to yoga. For over a year and a half, my left elbow has bothered me. Originally it was a pinpoint pain when I did curls, I did not pay much attention and kept forcing it. Then the pain extended to all around my elbow, I could not straighten my arm without pain, it hurt when I slept, when I tried to grab something with my left hand.

A colleague at work recommended using the App Hinge. I tried it and they sent me some free stretch bands and a yoga mat, which was nice, but my pain did not go away, despite doing what appeared to be random stretches on the app every day.

I knew it was time to go to the pros.

Don’t you love discovering treasures? Hidden pearls? Well, my gym has one such treasure. If you walk by you would not know it, but inside is a Physical Therapist, not any old physician, Dr. José L. Matta and his colleague Jessica Prince are resolute professionals. I reached out to them with my elbow pain. Dr. Matta knew exactly what it was and how to fix it. I was suspicious, hesitant, but within three weeks my pain was gone! Not only that, but he reviewed my whole workout routine (the weightlifting part) and helped me to correct my form. Dr. Matta is amazing! Friendly, courteous, professional, reasonably priced, punctual, and trustworthy. He told me what my ailment was -sorry, I cannot spell it- he told me what was going to happen, ultrasound, stretches, reinforcement, ice, how much it was going to cost, and voila, pain gone.

If you are in the Boynton Beach area and need a physical therapist, look no further, call Dr. Matta, you will not regret it!