The additional benefits of strength training beyond resolving pain
There is no question that the primary reason I promote the value of exercise, specifically strength training is to resolve the cause of peoples’ symptoms and allow them to return to the quality of life they deserve. The fact is that there are systemic benefits that most people are not aware of and upon finding […]
How much time will it take for you to realize you are going down the wrong path?
Recently, I have begun treating patients who have been suffering with their pain for years. The worst case was a woman who suffered from gluteal region pain for over 40 years after getting a hip replacement she never needed but was told would resolve the gluteal region pain. It turned out that she has a […]
BURNING IS NOT NEUROLOGICAL; IN MOST CASES ITS MUSCULAR- HERE’S WHY!
I am confronted by people who explain to me that they are experiencing a burning sensation as the symptom they are concerned about. Inevitably they tell me they think it is a neurological symptom. Why? Because a diagnostic test found some type of structural variation at the spine namely stenosis, a herniated disc or a […]
Upcoming Events: Two Great Chances To Experience The YASS METHOD
Coming up in the next two months are get opportunities to learn about and experience the Yass method. One is a 1 day workshop in New York. The other is a lecture as part of the 3 day I CAN DO IT tour stop from Hay House. 1-I am performing a one day workshop from […]
Trigger finger: A true representation of the failure of understanding of the existing medical model to diagnose correctly
Trigger figure is certainly not one of the more common diagnoses I have had to face over my career but it truly exemplifies why the existing model fails at addressing pain in most cases throughout the body. For most people who have received treatment for it, they know what I am talking about. In the […]
Strength=Function is not just a motto; it is a way to live your life
It is so amazing to see how people after coming for treatment suddenly get this concept and begin to follow it as a way of life. You have to see that in the vast majority of cases of people suffering from pain it is a result of a muscle strain leading to weakness or imbalance. […]
Reduction in symptoms without a return to full function is not a true measure of success!
I am often confronted by people who say that they just had a surgical procedure and that their pain has been reduced and therefore the surgical procedure can be considered a success. I simply ask can you do everything you could before the symptoms began and before the surgical procedure? They usually look at me […]
Hopelessness is not an option
So many of you that I speak to have become so disillusioned because with all the diagnostics and all the treatments you are still in pain, sometimes worse then when the pain started. The natural tendency is to believe that all mwthods have been exhausted and there is no chance for recovery and that pain-free […]
3 Keys to exercising correctly to resolve your pain
I am sometimes told that there are practitioners that do a similar style of treatment as I do because they incorporate exercise and using resistance bands or tubes. I feel that this does not present a complete understanding of what has to be known about exercise and the importance of providing the correct resistance to […]
Think of your pain as a friend not a foe!
I know so many of you are suffering with chronic pain and this had led you to perceive the pain you experience as a living, breathing entity that you would do anything to get rid of. This leads to getting narcotic drugs, epidural nerve blocks or even more insane procedures like radiofrequency ablastion (burning of […]