Accident. Injury. Surgery.

Recovery Coach

I make sure you BOUNCE BACK BETTER THAN EVER with recovery outcomes beyond standard-of-care expectations. And that makes you feel GREAT.

Going through a medical recovery is OVERWHELMING …no matter your age, fitness, or medical condition.

Having an experienced RECOVERY COACH to guide you is the crucial advantage to reaching the outcomes you want!

Meet Paula Franetti

2016

2023

7x Senior Olympian Representing Pennsylvania

Injuries I sustained in a motor vehicle accident at age 60

  • 7 Pelvic & 5 Spinal Fractures

  • Internal Bleeding

  • Punctured Bladder

  • Ruptured Diaphragm

  • Collapsed Lung

  • Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

  • Medial Collateral Ligament Injury

  • Posterior Meniscus Tear

I Know How to Make Comebacks Remarkable

I regained full mobility, independence, and my active lifestyle in half the time by using my health, fitness, and rehab background during recovery from a catastrophic auto accident shortly after turning 60.

Doctors were non-committal about the function I would regain once healed due to the severity of my pelvic & spinal fractures. They projected a 2-year recovery with the optimistic hope I would be medically functional.

Going through the medical rehab process, I realized early on the difference between healing and getting well. Regaining the lifestyle and function I loved was up to ME. The surgeons did their job of putting my body back together so I could walk, bend over, and climb stairs.

In spite of how driven I was, I still experienced critical gaps in getting the mental and emotional support I needed to get well. I struggled with feeling alone, scared, doubtful, and confused about what happens next or how to keep moving forward when setbacks hit.

Fortunately, because of my rehab, fitness, and well-being know-how, I was able to combine my knowledge of the body’s healing power with the power of a positive mindset to remarkably attain the health and well-being of who I am.

If I struggled to recover as a rehab specialist and exercise physiologist, what do other people do?

That’s why I became…

to make sure people BOUNCE BACK BETTER THAN EVER in a medical recovery!

Here’s what makes my Rebound Coaching

Seriously Effective

I won’t let you stop recovering until you get as healthy and well as you want to be.

I know how frustratingly hard a long recovery process can be. Without clearly defined outcomes and a positive perspective, many people succumb to the disappointment of setbacks or rehab monotony especially once released from care.

They prematurely give up and accept that this is as good as it gets. Inadvertently, they sacrifice reaching their actual outcome potential.

I won’t let you get sidelined by doubts or fears. I stick with you and help you execute a successful recovery plan to reach the lifestyle you want to live. The kind of life that allows you to be YOU!

Medical care has limits. The interventions you receive are intended to fix a broken body so that it functions the best it can.

Regaining the lifestyle you want to live, however, has no limits. Whether that means going back to work, traveling, playing with grandkids, or once again doing the physical activities and sports you love, you can learn to thrive in any state of body function when you know how to REBOUND. It’s all a matter of perspective!

THE VALUE REBOUND COACHING PROVIDES

Clearly Defined Outcomes

I help you set realistic functional and lifestyle goals that enable you to thrive as the person you really are.

Intentional Focus

I help you sift through and ignore all types of distractions to keep you practicing what you need to do to reach your outcome goals.

Progress Recognition

I help you see your ever-changing improvements day after day, week after week so that you begin to trust that you are getting well.

Positive Perspective

I teach you how to work over, through, or around the setbacks that you WILL encounter to where you honestly believe there’s always a way forward.

Refocusing

I help you re-clarify the goals you want and need to reach based on the lessons learned from your setbacks.

Better & Better Feelings

I help you learn how to look for and find each day anything—big or small—that makes you feel better until you ARE better than ever!

Don't take my word for it. Take theirs!

  • "I’ve had 5 operations in the past 3 years. They were all successful, but Paula did something for me that none of the medical staff could or would do. She put my physical and mental healing into perspective. This lessened my fear of the unknown, allowed me to heal faster, and changed my attitude to one of hope and promise. I’m moving forward now with more confidence. That makes such a difference! Thanks, Paula!"

    Janice M.

  • “Thanks to Paula's encouragement and sincere interest in making sure I get the most out of my knee replacement PT, I'm pushing myself in a healthy, realistic way. She helped me communicate my outcome goals to both the Therapist and the Doc which helped us get on the same page. This septuagenarian and Senior Olympian will be back on the basketball court in record time thanks to Paula's monitoring my progress."

    Gino M

  • "Paula gave me all of the tools I needed to progress naturally and logically in bouncing back better than ever. I'm not trying to run the marathon. I just want to get fit again and establish some good habits that I can maintain. With Paula's encouragement and positive energy, I'm on my way!"

    Cathy B

  • "Knowing that I had multiple health issues to address with a new physician, I sought Paula’s help. Paula enabled me to create a script that gave me the confidence to present my health issues in a prioritized clear way and made sure I wouldn’t leave the doctor’s office without a comprehensive plan of treatment I was willing to do. Paula's positive spirit, upbeat and smiling persona brought me hope for my situation. She made me feel like she really cared!"

    Rhonda W

Here's How Rebound Coaching Works:

  • Choose Your Point of Entry

    Enter the Rebounding Process from whatever phase you’re in currently:

    • Recent Injury or accident

    • Contemplating Surgery

    • In Physical or Occupational Rehab

    • Released from medical care

  • Set Realistic Goals

    We work together to establish your Personal Outcome Goals & starting point capabilities using a comprehensive motivation and expectation questionnaire along with a personal interviewing process to identify what quality of function and level of activity you want to achieve. And that you can believe is possible.

  • Develop Your Plan

    Based on your Personal Outcome Goals, medical treatment plan, current capabilities, and exercise/fitness resources available, we’ll create a plan of action that minimizes weak links and capitalizes on your strengths so that you begin integrating your healing body with the activities needed to reach the health & well-being goals you set.

  • Meet Regularly

    Then, we meet regularly to keep you on track with your goals and to bust through the setbacks you encounter. You have options on how often and how we meet so your Rebound Coaching remains a positive benefit.

    • Weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly sessions

    • In-Person home visits; Virtual, or Telephonic sessions

LET'S GET STARTED

 FQAs

  • Your medical team’s job is to provide medical interventions to enable your body to heal. Reaching the lifestyle outcomes you want is up to you. Most people fall short of their recovery potential because they fear or doubt their capabilities to get well or feel their medical team is supposed to get them well. Rebound Coaching teaches you how to get well so you don’t stop short of your recovery potential.

  • True, your health insurance and/or surgeon will provide follow-up support to make sure you don’t have complications from the intervention you received. This is NOT the same as the mental and emotional support I provide. They focus on the body. I focus on your mind and spirit. Receiving all 3 is what sets you apart from most patients!

  • Rebound Coaching is all about positioning yourself mentally and emotionally to get the outcome you want. It's based on the rebounding strategy in basketball. When you position yourself in front of any opposition, you gain control over new opportunities to score. Scoring points wins the game! Playing defense only will not win the game. Rebound Coaching gives you the advantage of reaching a positive outcome that is controlled by you.

  • Yes! The self-care recovery skills I use are beneficial to both a patient as well as a caregiver. Sometimes the patient benefits more from the positive support of others because it fosters the outcomes they desire.

  • My passion is to help you get as healthy and well as you want to be. This may take a few weeks, months, or possibly a year. It’s always up to you how long you want or need my coaching. This is why I offer Rebound Coaching plans to meet whatever length of coaching you desire.

  • Yes! If you live within a 30-mile radius of Pittsburgh, PA, I am available to come to your home and help you set up a health & fitness program. Outside of the Pittsburgh area, I can coach you via telephone or video conferencing. Also, a combination of in-home, telle, and virtual coaching is always available!

Let’s Connect! Why not set up an inquiry call?

Book a FREE Initial Consultation call with Paula Franetti, the Rebound Planner.