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1. We listen. You're the expert. You know your body, what works and what doesn't, better than we ever could. So, we listen, take notes, even ask a few questions.
2. We then take a series of four standing photographs, print them out and look at them together. We ask what you see and then we give you our view. We then assess the positions the joint are in and use these graphics to demonstrate the problems they can cause. We may even take new photographs at every session, so you can see the improvement as well as feel it. It's exciting.
3. Next, we do a Range of Motion assessment, starting with 10-12 muscle movement and ease of motion tests. These tests highlight imbalances and muscular weaknesses in the entire body, pointing us to the real problems, not just to the symptoms.
4. Once the assessment is completed, we use Muscle Activation and Energy Techniques®, which light up neural pathways and enable weak or inflexible muscles to start working immediately, easing pain and inflexibility. You'll walk out of your first session feeling a whole lot better.
5. We then create a menu of at-home exercises to return your body to functioning normally. Your menu is unique, tailored to you. We have a database of over 500 exercises with easy-to-follow photographs, so the menus will always be on target, challenging, and restorative.
Why Start with Alignment?
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Because common pains from the neck to the foot are almost always the result of structural misalignment and muscular weakness.
Muscular weakness permits or forces structural
imbalances. If one muscle group is weak, another group has to take
over, working overtime to compensate for the others' lack of strength.
Eventually, the overworked groups just quit. These imbalances throw
your body out of alignment, and you begin to suffer.
We want to identify and correct the underlying
cause of muscular imbalances. Knowing how you got hurt will not make
you well. We're much more interested in what you do now that causes you
pain.
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We don't chase pain. Pain is a symptom, telling
you that something is wrong, signaling that your body isn't ready to do
what you want it to do. We can use that signal to direct us to the
body's imbalances and correct them.
The misalignment caused by muscular imbalances
can be observed by a practiced eye, but we confirm it with "hands-on"
clinical testing methods. We test a muscle's range of motion first, as
that is often an indicator of weakness. If that doesn't provide enough
information, we test for active muscular response, comparing one
muscle's reaction to the other.
Muscles work in pairs or groups. We use
isometric exercises within corrective positions, energizing
"forgetful", overworked, or disused muscles, those muscles traumatized
by surgery or accident. Our focus is on specific neuro-muscular
communication or lack of it.
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Our goal is to wake up weak muscles and to
improve neural communication among muscle groups. The body will then
reclaim its natural balance and alignment. Once these muscle groups are
working together, postural alignment is easily restored and maintained.
You
need Alignment to give you Balance and Control. With these three
assets, your body can do anything you want it to do. Without them, your
body won't let you move.
Why not? Muscles value stability, not
mobility. You can ask the muscles to move that unstable joint, but the
end result will be pain, the body's signal to stop. It's a signal that
tells us we should correct a structural imbalance or muscle weakness.
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| The ABC's of BodyFix Method are your road map to health.
The specialists at BodyFix Method® have these
four goals to accomplish with each client, depending on his or her
needs, issues and abilities:
1. Identify anatomical dysfunction and limitations.
2. Restore and maintain the body's full range of motion.
3. Enhance the performance of recreational athletes, just like professional athletes.
4. Provide a "Method" to overcome physical limitations, one that can be used again and again.
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