“My left leg has always been weaker since my first surgery in ‘89,” reflected Antia who felt lopsided when she walked. Now with a fused spine, Anita had accepted certain parts of her day weren’t going to go well, specifically stairs and getting to and from the floor. And they hadn’t been going well for years after her surgery.

“I had to make a choice,” reflects Jenny on her decision to pursue physical therapy. She wasn’t feeling good, and hadn’t been for a while. When you’re the Ballet Master of the Minnesota Ballet, your job has physical demands; when your hip is hurting, those demands get harder. But instead of ignoring it and letting things continue to worsen, Jenny did something about it.