Inspiration Blog Posts


Fixing You: Chronic Pain & Injuries Seminar

March 8, 2011
Well, just finished the first Fixing You seminar for fitness professionals and it went very well! Had a great group to work with with varied backgrounds! It’s very exciting to see the lights go on when someone gets a concept. I have to admit, the seminar is PACKED with new information most attendees hadn’t heard [...
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Advanced Upper Extremity Knowledge

November 24, 2010
I returned from my advanced course for the upper extremity, once again humbled by the staff at Washington University. Dr. Shirley Sahrmann and her band of researchers/clinicians continue to forge new concepts in function as it relates to human performance and pain. By the end of the fourth day, I felt I was beginning to [...]
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Who to Trust When Making Medical Decisions?

January 20, 2010
I use a little feature called Google Alerts to help me track chronic pain information on the web I’m interested in. I have a setting for “neck pain”, “headaches”, and “back pain”. It’s always good to keep up with what’s being said out there, which, I’m sorry to say isn&
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Chronic Doubt & Chronic Pain

November 16, 2009
One of the toughest aspects when talking with someone with chronic pain is feeling their sense of defeat and doubt. The hardest part of helping people with chronic pain is getting them to believe they can still heal their pain. Fear is a big obstacle here. Fear of being let down, fear of hurting themselves, [...]
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Harnessing the Intangible

November 11, 2009
Thirty spokes converge upon a single hub, It is on the hole at the center that the use of the cart hinges. We make a vessel from a lump of clay, It is the empty space within that vessel that makes it useful. We make doors and windows for a room, But it is these [...]
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I Did It!

June 30, 2009
I just returned from running my first marathon. It was hot and humid and I was miserable for half of it but I made it! I was prepared for muscle and joint fatigue, however I wasn’t prepared for the misery over such a protracted period of time. Phew! That was tough! I’m proud of myself [...]
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Committing to the Process

May 14, 2009
My first marathon is coming up in just over a month. I’m finding the most difficult part of the training is changing my lifestyle habits surrounding my training goals. In other words I’m having a hard time committing to the process of training. Committing to the process is about identifying and altering the secondary
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Believe

January 10, 2009
I spoke with a woman over the phone in N. Carolina who has terrible back pain. I diagnosed her problem and she agreed with me. I then sent her several exercises to correct her pain. These were the same exercises that have worked for countless clients I’ve seen with similar problems. Unfortunately she isn’t experienci
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Fixing You

January 6, 2009
I have been writing a book detailing some very powerful self-treatment techniques I use to treat patients with chronic pain. It’s been an interesting venture because, in the process of writing the book, I now understand how my subconscious or intuition has been working to guide my treatments. This understanding, in turn, h
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Where I find inspiration

October 9, 2008
I just returned from a 4-day seminar for advanced upper and lower extremity diagnosis and treatment. The people who put this on were the same people who have essentially put so many pieces together for my evaluation and treatment of injuries. I went to the seminar thinking I would hear much of the same that [...]
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