By Matt Browning

Rylan Jonas of Derby was chosen the Advanced Physical Therapy Athlete of the Month for April. Jonas has had chronic back pain for years, due to football and weight training for several years.

The number of exercises and treatment Jones received at APT was crucial in his recovery.

“We did various workouts, stretches and treatments that helped so much,” Jonas said. “There were so many, that I honestly couldn’t count or remember all of them but lots of stretches that stretched my back out. They were difficult at first but eventually got easy and I started to feel better each visit. We would use bands to stretch and use all kinds of different movements like reverse flys, lat pull downs, face pull downs, superman’s, single arm rows, and many more. They also sent me home two papers with a giant list of stretches I could do at home.”

All of the work Jonas has been putting in with Advanced Physical Therapy is geared towards getting his first football scholarship next year.

“My future is so far away and I see it being big, that I’m currently only ‘stressing’ on right now or you could say that I’m trying to live in the moment,” Jonas said. “Doing whatever I can to benefit and help me earn my dreams, I know that whatever God has in store for me will be great and worth the hard work, the work, and the wait.”