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Here’s the real issue: you probably can’t actually FEEL your glute med working. You know it’s supposed to be doing something — you just can’t tell if it’s firing or if your low back and hip flexors are quietly doing the job instead. That disconnect is exactly what shows up as hip drop when you run, knee pain with no clear cause, or a hip that feels unstable on one leg.

This drill assists in correcting that disconnect. The wall doesn’t care about your ego — press into it, and it tells you immediately whether you’re actually driving from the hip or just leaning your body weight into it. No guessing which muscle is working. You’ll feel it.

And here’s the part most people miss: your STANCE leg is working just as hard as the one pressing into the wall. One side trains active hip abduction, the other trains the exact stability that fails when that hip drop or knee pain shows up. Same drill, two different jobs, done bilaterally.

Try it. Actually feel where it’s working. Then tell me — which side did you feel less?

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN FOR “HOW TO” / “WHY” IN THE NEXT POST 👀👀

📌 Save this for leg day
🔁 Send it to a friend who can’t feel their glutes working
💬 Comment which side felt weaker

New drills every week. Follow @learnptoutloud so you don’t miss the next one.

#PhysicalTherapy #RunningInjuryPrevention #physicaltherapy #KneePain LearnPTOutLoud taken in Coconut Grove by @gitrava

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17 days ago

Hello!

Giana Trava here 👋🏽

You’re going to want to meet me.
Know me.
Follow me.

Because we are a team.

It is my pleasure to introduce myself to arguably my favorite craft and endeavor on the planet:

Physical Therapy.

This page is about so much more than clinical pearls, NPTE study tips, manual therapy techniques, lab values, transfer methods, or answering the endless questions that come with learning physical therapy.

I want to understand the why behind the what.

How is this happening?
Why is it happening?
What can we do about it?
And most importantly—

How does this actually apply to the people we serve?

I’m currently learning, studying, questioning, practicing, and preparing to become a physical therapist.

And I’m going to learn out loud.

With humility.
With curiosity.
With a willingness to be wrong, ask questions, and keep going.

This page will be my catalyst for NPTE studying, clinical growth, and ultimately, my pursuit of becoming the best PT Giana Trava can be.

Because I don’t just want to know the answer.

I want to understand it.

I want to understand the body.
The science.
The patient.
The community.
The craft.

And I want to share what I learn along the way.

So if you’re studying for the NPTE, navigating PT school, becoming a clinician, already practicing, or simply fascinated by the human body—

Welcome.

Let’s learn out loud.

Let’s pursue excellence.

Let’s become masters of our craft.

Are you in it for excellence? 📝

— Giana Trava

#LearnPTOutLoud #PhysicalTherapy #PTStudent #NPTE #FuturePT DPT PhysicalTherapist PTSchool LearnOutLoud taken in Coconut Grove by @gitrava

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24 days ago

Strength training taught me power. Yoga taught me stillness. Turns out you don’t have to pick one.

For a long time I thought those two worlds couldn’t coexist — that you were either a “lifter” or a “yogi.” But the real magic happens in the overlap: the discipline of heavy sets meeting the breath and control of a flow. That balance is what makes you unstoppable — strong enough to push and grounded enough to know when to soften.

Teaching that balance is a dream come true for me. I used to weigh over 275 lbs, and movement wasn’t always something I trusted my body to do. Now I get to help other people find that same strength — in every form it takes.

If you’ve ever felt like you had to choose between building strength and finding peace — you don’t. Come find your power in both. 🔥✨

#StrengthAndFlow #YogaJoint #PowerhouseMovement #MindBodyStrength taken in Coral Gables, Florida by @gitrava

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6 days ago

… I learn , I grow 🌱

#physicaltherapist #grow #training taken in Miami, Florida by @gitrava

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11 days ago

Every time I arrive on my mat, I’m welcomed — and that’s my hope for you too: that you find something in your life that calls you, and you answer.

It starts as just a practice. That’s the beauty of it. We practice showing up. Practice sitting with stillness. Practice moving through discomfort. And slowly, we carry that into everything else we do.

Yoga doesn’t ask you to be perfect. It asks you to show up — and the rest unfolds through breath, movement, and becoming.

I hope this video inspires you to come home to yourself, and to your mat. 🤍

Come flow with me at Yoga Joint Coral Gables:
🗓️ Wednesdays 5:30pm Flow | 6:45pm Fit
🗓️ Fridays 4:30pm Fit | 5:30pm Flow

Can’t wait to see you on the mat — let’s be in discovery with one another. 🧘‍

#yoga #yogajoint #coralgables #yogaeverydamnday #cometohomeyourself taken in Coral Gables, Florida by @gitrava

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12 days ago

🤿🐠the version of me that remembers this >>> the version that forgets

✨when is the last time you did something for the joy of it ??

#scubadiving #divergirl #lifeisbeautiful taken in Islamorada, Florida by @gitrava

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16 days ago

A night i’ll remember forever for our sweetest girl , Amanda!! Let’s get you married baby! by @gitrava

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2 months ago

🧘‍♀️Check the Yoga Joint app, Link in bio, to book your next class with @gitrava

You won’t want to miss it!🤍

@yogajoint

#fitness #wellness #heatedyoga #workout #fyp by @gitrava

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2 months ago

The places you want to go is on the other side of the hard work you talk yourself out of doing.

I want you to think about how often, how much, how easy it is to talk ourselves out of things. In that same moment; doesn’t it take the same effort to talk yourself into it?

The
I cants become I will
I don’t know how becomes I will learn
I’m not there yet becomes i’m closer
i am not able becomes i am capable
I’ve never done this becomes I will start.

I just want you to realize it’s not a rehearsal. You have one shot at this life to give it all you got, and mean it. If you half ass it that’s what you’re going to get back. Do you want a life of looking back thinking you wish you had/ should’ve? No. You are the creation of it all. Know it’s possible because you’re alive. Nothing is out of reach. The people who believe it are the ones to achieve it.

Don’t waste your time talking yourself out of it; pivot and utilize that time to talk yourself into it . Get the fuck ups under your belts, the embarrassment , the nerves , the fear — “out the way” and into momentum. It’s not a failure it’s a learning experience. It’s not that you’re not “good at it” you just haven’t spent the 10,000 hours to master it. It’s not that you can’t , you haven’t given yourself the proper opportunity to discover “what if”.

Get out your own way and LIVE your life. Not just physically in every aspect. It is all applicable.

#TRAVATRAINING

Personal Training and Life Coaching Spots Available in person in Miami and anywhere in the world online. Reach out , I would love to bear witness to your becoming.

Blessed to be here .

Thank you @bodyforge.pt for keeping me sharp after the race 🙏🏽 taken in Tropical Park by @gitrava

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3 months ago

Lots to smile about 🌸 taken in Tampa, Florida by @gitrava

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4 months ago

Don’t forget the version we want of you is the unedited version. 🙏🏽 Everytime you adjust to make yourself small for others you sacrifice apart of yourself the world needs to see. Just get out there . taken in St. Pete Beach, Florida by @gitrava

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4 months ago

Proof that femininity and ambition belong in the same woman🥼🩺🌞💐🧚‍♀️

Never !!! ever ever ever, limit yourself to one title , one thing, one identity .

You only can achieve your dreams if you WORK FOR IT. Blessed to be here . taken in Tampa, Florida by @gitrava

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