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My name is Shelley Riley,
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and this is my story
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about moving forward.
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I was born in 1965.
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I'm an Air Force brat.
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My dad was an Air Force officer,
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and we were constantly
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on the move.
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We were based over seas
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and relocated to a new city
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every two to three years.
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I wouldn't trade that lifestyle
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for anything.
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It made my brother and me
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who we are today.
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While I was in high school,
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we settled in Northern Virginia
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I went to college,
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started a career,
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got married
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and had four children.
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My life was moving forward.
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Now, all of my kids are athletes.
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As their mom, my life revolves around
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work and their athletic schedules.
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My social life happens in the bleachers
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or on the sidelines of their games.
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Don't get me wrong,
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I thrive on this active lifestyle.
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It's a good kind of busy.
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With an active family comes injuries.
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My kids, my husband and I
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have all needed physical therapy
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over the years.
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We started somewhere else.
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It was more like a factory -
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tons of people around, sometimes,
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we'd even lose our trainer.
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FYZICAL was different.
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It's comfortable.
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They make you feel like you're part of
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the family.
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From the first time we were there,
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I was impressed.
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They sat down with us,
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they listened, they asked questions,
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and they learned about us.
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They asked about goals,
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and most importantly, they
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didn't say what couldn't be done.
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Instead, they asked us,
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"How do you want to move forward?"
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For Kelsey, she wanted
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to play volleyball after
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surgery on her shoulder.
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For Andrew, he wanted to
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continue running track.
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As for me and my husband,
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well, you know all the things
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you hear about happening to
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your body after 50?
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It's no joke.
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With my arthritis in my neck
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and Dick's back issues,
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there was never a question
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who I would call to move forward.
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Once FYZICAL knows what it is you
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want to achieve, they give you a plan -
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the FYZICAL plan of care.
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Believe me, there is no quick fix
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for anyone.
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No magic pill for recovery.
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Which is why they always ask,
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"Are you willing to put the work in
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at home?"
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Absolutely.
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Because one thing I've learned
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is you can't simply go to
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your office visits and expect
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to recover.
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I am always going to have
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arthritis in my neck,
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and Kelsey may always have issues
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with her shoulder.
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But because of FYZICAL,
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we've learned that strengthening
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the muscles reduces the pain.
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FYZICAL makes it easy
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because they guide you
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and they give you the resources
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you need to do it on your own.
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My entire family loves
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FYZICAL Therapy & Balance Centers.
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They have made all of us
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feel better, move better and
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live better.
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They've been like our own personal
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support team.
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The confidence that I have had in them
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for my entire family has
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never weaned.
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So, when someone asks
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me why I choose FYZICAL,
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I always say because FYZICAL
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keeps my family
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and me moving forward.