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Great ways to rejuvenate that have nothing to do with caffeine.

As a physical therapist or physical therapist assistant who's integrating wellness into your practice, you're doing your best to model the habits you're coaching your patients and clients to embrace. Your energy level is higher than it was before you began paying closer attention to your own wellness, your productivity is better, and your smile is more frequent. You know from your own history that making positive lifestyle choices really does make a difference!

Even when you're consistently walking the talk, however, there always will be down times—moments or periods when you're just plain tired. Worn down. Lacking motivation. Dragging. Now what?

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