The Pain Problem

Unfortunately, there is widespread confusion in the medical industry regarding pain, and few practitioners and therapists understand the true sources.

That makes it difficult for people to get effective pain solutions.

It is frustrating...to be in pain and not have a clear path forward.

I have been in that place myself...before I took the deep dive into pain science, and solved my own chronic back pain.

The Big Secret

Here is the big secret that shouldn't be a secret...

And it might sound shocking but...

Most pain is NOT caused by tissue injury, local inflammation or nerve entrapment.

Most pain is caused by myofascial trigger points in muscles.

82-85% according to the clinical studies.

The great news is that since the cause of most pain is muscular, it can be solved by treating the muscles, non-invasively, with neuromuscular methods and movement.

That is my specialty and focus, treating the muscular sources of pain with innovative methods based on neuroscience.

And it works spectacularly well; applied in bodywork, self treatment, corrective exercise and yoga.

The Problem Is Not Where The Pain Is

This fools almost everyone.

Trigger points refer pain to distant locations in the body.

The pain source is not where you feel the pain.  This is due to how danger signals are upregulated by the nervous system.

Trigger point referral can present as deep pain in joints, or as radiating pain, and is almost always misdiagnosed as joint disease, tendon inflammation or nerve impingement.

Although there is growing awareness of myofascial trigger points in mainstream medicine (hooray!), the understanding and standard treatment methods are still in the dark ages and invasive, involving dry needling or lidocaine injections of single muscles.

With Coaching The Body®, we understand the many possible pain inputs through trigger point networks and functional relationships, track down the sources and treat them all in a single session.

Coaching The Body® methods are state-of-the-art and non-invasive, combining neurological distraction, compression, therapeutic percussion and mobilization to help the brain release its protective splinting and restore pain-free movement quickly and effectively.