#straightfromcait: What PT Taught Me About Burnout Recovery

Burnout convinces you that rest should be enough, and when it isn’t, you assume you’re broken.

In this #straightfromcait episode, Cait shares how a shoulder injury revealed a missing step in her own recovery process. Two months of full rest left her pain-free but not ready. When her physical therapist handed her one-pound weights and she could barely lift them, she realized the injury had healed, but her strength hadn’t returned.

That moment reframed everything. Most of us focus on the pause — the sleeping, the pulling back, th...