Why We Use NeuroKinetic Therapy™
“To me, if life boils down to one thing, it's movement. To live is to keep moving.” - Jerry Seinfeld Movement is essential to our well-being, to our ability to function in our daily lives, and to be able to live at all really. But movement is not always painless. When...
A Chronic Pain In The Neck: Cervical Radiculopathy
“My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it; I just have it.” - Arnold Schwarzenegger It is easy to go through life without giving much thought to your body, especially if it is functionally normally and well. However, we can suddenly become...
Maintaining Proper Posture And Its Benefits
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” - Abraham Lincoln When we speak of posture we are referring to the position you maintain when you are standing, sitting or even lying down. And what constitutes “good”, or proper, posture? It’s a...
Avoiding Chronic Pain With A Pre-Emptive Approach
“You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.” - Bob Marley It’s one thing to learn how to manage chronic pain after suffering with it for a long period of time. And it’s another thing to take steps to minimize and even eliminate that...
Why Walking Barefoot Is Good For Your Health
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau One of the most natural and primal things every healthy human being does is walk. Running is fine, but walking is one of the fullest expressions of our bipedal nature. And it is...
Managing Chronic Pain Through Avoiding Injuries
“Because we focused on the snake, we missed the scorpion.” – Egyptian Proverb Managing or dealing with pain is problematic. We may be grateful that it doesn’t get worse, but we are often resentful that we have to deal with it at all. And this is especially true for...
Being Sedentary Is Dangerous
“Movement is a medicine for creating change in a person's physical, emotional, and mental states.” - Carol Welch Too many people approach fitness sporadically or not at all. As humans, we have a strange capacity for convincing ourselves of things that are not at all...
Sometimes the Best Cure Really Is Prevention: Avoiding Workout Injuries
“An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” ― Benjamin Franklin No one likes to be in pain and no athlete, nor anyone dedicated to getting and staying fit, wants to suffer injuries. Yet it still happens. And, sometimes, the resulting pain can be debilitating...
Pain And Performance Solutions Vs Traditional Physical Therapy
“Just because something is traditional is no reason to do it, of course.” ― Lemony Snicket, The Blank Book At some point, when we’re experiencing chronic pain, we try to get some professional help. For many people this means going to our doctor. And, in the case of...
Emotions And Pain: An Inner Cause For Body Pain
“It's sad, actually, because my anxiety keeps me from enjoying things as much as I should at this age.” - Amanda Seyfried Mankind has always known intuitively and from observation of what might be referred to as “empirical” evidence, that emotions have a very real...