I've been many things in different eras of my life. A competitive flag football player, a spinning off my head breakdancer, a red rock national park hiking enthusiast, a city night cycler, a power focused weight lifter.
All of which at different times were different ways for me to unplug and stay balanced to continue to perform in school, career, or personal relationships and avoid burnout.
I know what it's like to be sidelined from your active passions and not even know what to do about it. I've been there myself.
For many years I struggled with inconsistent and elusive pain in my knee.
I tried all of the traditional things like stretching, strengthening, foam rolling. It would all feel temporary at best. I did what I was told by my PTs or providers that I knew. All of which were doing their best to help and those methods often do help, but it just wasn't what I needed.
I even went to PT school myself, did well in school and on internships, graduated top of class, but what I share in the free workshop is all discoveries I made AFTER my formal education, scouring resources to figure out what the most efficient and effective expert practitioners were doing so I could maximize my impact as a lead PT.
It wasn't until I discovered how powerful a spine focused approach can be, even without back pain, that I was able to transform the lives of others like me and regain control of my own active life.
Taking these different approaches and pieces of information and implementing them over the past several years helping me forge my own system.
I approached all hip, knee, leg, even ankle pain, from a top down spine focused system and was amazed at how many times spine based exercises dramatically improved hip, knee, and leg function without even touching that area.
I met people that had fallen through the cracks of traditional healthcare, unsuccessful with multiple courses of PT that were chasing exercises for a diagnosis that was given based on the specific location of their pain, but not the whole picture.
