In this video, I explain how compensations from pain and injuries lead to most wear and tear conditions as we age. I also talk about what needs to happen to fix these problems in order to stop wear and tear and live a pain-free life.

Most of the conditions people see me for, whether it is neck or back pain, a hip or shoulder problem, knee pain or arthritis, they are usually caused by two things, poor posture and poor movement. Both of these eventually develop in us all as a result of the multiple falls, injuries and painful episodes we endure throughout our lifetime.

When we experience pain from an injury, our body has to compensate in the way we move so we do not cause further pain or injury to the involved tissues. These compensations are the result of our nervous system “rewiring” itself to change muscle coordination, posture and movement. Favoring an injury is a necessary strategy so we can move and do the things we need to do while the injury heals. However, after the injury heals, these compensated movements to a smaller degree, become “hardwired” in our nervous system and now becomes  detrimental to our entire body. Our breathing and core stabilization patterns become disrupted, poor posture develops, joints lose their proper alignment and stabilization abilities, movement patterns are no longer “clean” and efficient and wear and tear begins to develop somewhere in our body. THIS is the reason why we develop the arthritis’s, the tendinitises, the rotator cuff and hip problems, the disc herniations and recurring neck and back pain.

Many of us receive various treatments to alleviate these conditions, like anti-inflammatory drugs, cortisone injections, electrical therapies, or even surgery. I’m sure you have had some of these things, but the most important question you need to ask yourself is,  “is it really fixing the underlying cause of the problem.” Is it fixing the poor posture and poor movements that are wearing your body down.

What needs to happen to fix these problems is a resetting of the nervous system. This is because most of the conditions we suffer from are the the result of bad wiring from past injuries. Bad wiring typically does not return to normal without the correct treatment and exercise program. So in order to fix it, you have to reset the nervous system or reset the wiring, like going to the fuse box in your house and resetting a blown circuit breaker.

My job is to find where the blown circuit is in your body and reset it like it was before. It takes a bit of detective work, but the unique assessments I do leads me to the problem most of the time. Once I find the problem, we work on resetting the nervous system to improve your posture and movement to the stop wear and tear and resulting pain. I have found this approach to give the best chance for a PERMANENT resolution for people with chronic and recurring conditions.

Every person’s condition is different and figuring out what needs to be done to fix them is always an enjoyable challenge to me. I look forward to the opportunity to finding and fixing what is ailing you and helping you achieve the pain-free lifestyle you deserve.