Our bodies are capable of moving an infinite number of ways. The problem is we pick about twenty, we overuse them and we forget about the rest. When injury, pain or discomfort arises we often don’t know why and we don’t know what to do. A lot of us try to stretch where things hurt in order to keep moving the same way we’ve always been. While this approach often helps, but when it doesn’t we need to look for options.

Over the last 20 years I’ve worked with a lot of different movement and pain science models. Over the last few years I’ve adopted Til Luchau’s Advanced Trainings model of creating options for movement and refining proprioception. I’m am regularly surprised at how well his techniques and philosophy plug into my existing work.

Creating options for movement: Our bodies have tremendous possibilities for movement and places to move from. My passion is helping people discover and unlock options for movement by manually differentiating tissue layers both mechanically and electrically affecting both the nervous system and the brain. I also mobilize areas that don’t move that could and integrate them into the movement of the rest of the body.

Refining proprioception: Proprioception is the perception or awareness of the position and movement of the body. We don’t always want to increase perception. Sometimes it's about decreasing perception, especially when pain is involved. I do this through refining the body sense, helping it be more accurate. Bodymapping and movement integration is effective for accomplishing this. Refining proprioception can help shift a person away from perceiving pain to experiencing ease of movement and openness they may have forgot about long ago.

These two ideas have a lot of overlap. It’s not possible to separate them completely so I’ll be outlining specific examples in future posts.