Most people expect injuries to heal with time.

You rest.
You stretch.
You ice.
You wait.

And sometimes, that works.

But many people experience something very different. An injury that should have healed lingers. Pain improves a little, then returns. Progress feels inconsistent. Eventually, the injury becomes something you “manage” rather than something that resolves.

This isn’t because your body forgot how to heal.

It’s usually because the healing process never fully completed.

At Impact Laser Mobility & Recovery, we often describe this as the chronic injury loop — a cycle the body gets stuck in when the environment for healing isn’t quite right.