About Valentina Sterling
Valentina is a sports physical therapist, and she came to the work through sport rather than through theory: soccer, swimming and gymnastics as a kid, shadowing at a sports medicine clinic in high school, then a Kinesiology degree at the University of Florida in 2018 and a Doctor of Physical Therapy at Duke in 2021 with more than thirty weeks of clinical rotations, a sports residency, and board specialization after that.
She writes our movement guides from the questions she asks in clinic: what was the actual protocol, what did the study measure, and who was in the room. That means naming the dose a trial used rather than the headline it earned, keeping the distance between moving a lab marker and getting someone back to running, and being clear that a guide is not a rehab plan — for pain, an injury or a new diagnosis, the next step is an in-person assessment.
Areas of focus
Latest from Valentina
Rest Day vs Active Recovery: What the Evidence Shows
Stretching Routine for Beginners: What It Changes, What It Doesn't, and How Much Is Enough
Balance Exercises for Seniors: What the Fall-Prevention Trials Actually Used
How to Start Running When You're Out of Shape: What the Research Supports
Exercise Snacks: What the Trials Tested and What the Headlines Claim
The Japanese Walking Method: What the Interval Walking Studies Actually Found
How to Stay Consistent With Exercise: What Actually Predicts Sticking With It