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The Hidden Brain Science of Posture: What Your Body Is Telling You About Your Nervous System 

Have you ever considered how your posture might be intimately connected to the functioning of your bra...

She Could Clean 200 lbs, but couldn’t balance on her left leg.

What Her Brain Was Hiding?

How Applied Neurology Restored Her Single-Leg Strength

“I can power clean 200 pounds. But I can’t hold m...

The Drills That Made His Shoulder Move—and Vision Clear—in Seconds

What do you do when your athlete says, “There are two baseballs — and I don’t know which one to hit”?

You don’t reach for eye exerc...

How the Brain Interprets Stress — And Why the "Threat Bucket" May Be the Missing Piece in Your Client Care

“You need to reduce your stress.”

Heard that one before? Maybe you’ve even said it to a cli...

Why Most Assessments Miss the Mark: Clients show up, follow the plan, and yet the pain sticks—or comes right back.
--> Here’s what to look for, ask, and do instead.

Shoulder pain is everywhere.

It’s ...

How many of you have clients that assess well or good, but you still can't seem to help their chronic pain and struggle where to start?  This might be what you needed to hear today. 

You’ve been h...

Have you been struggling where to start your clients during their first sessions?  Here is a great way to get your footing with new clients and sell success right away. 

Here is how we use a clien...

The More You Cue It, the More They Resist—Why?

You’ve coached the squat a thousand times.

You’ve cued the knees.
You’ve aligned the ankles.
You’ve adjusted the breath, the tempo, the stance.
Y...

Your Clients Aren’t Lazy—They’re Just in Brain-Based Lockdown

Let’s set the record straight.

When a client Performas a movement incorrectly, skips a movement, rushes through it, or says “I just hate...

When most people talk about speed, they think: Legs. Sprints. Hamstrings.

Maybe even “fast-twitch fibers.”

But if you're still trying to build speed from the ground up, you're missing where speed...

 You’ve seen it a hundred times.

Client steps into an overhead squat.

• Arms drop.

• Heels lift.

• Torso folds.

You cue. You stretch. You modify.
And yet… the squat doesn’t clean up.
Wors...

What If the Best Screen Wasn’t the FMS—But the Brain's Own Behavior?"

Let’s talk about the FMS for just a second. 

It’s everywhere: personal training certifications, PT clinics, group fitness assess...

If one side of your client’s body always hurts, collapses, or underperforms, it’s probably not their hip, shoulder, core, etc. It might start with their brain.

Most of us were trained to think biomec...

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Calm or Activate? How to Match Vagal Tools to Your Client’s State

When it comes to nervous system work, the real skill isn’t just knowing what to do—it’s knowing when to do...

The 3 Most Overlooked Causes of Posture Pain (That Have Nothing to Do with Core Strength)

Everyone’s obsessed with posture corrective exercises, flexibility, and core strength.

And they are importa...

When Humming Heals: How Your Voice Box Became a Secret Vagus Nerve Superpower

It’s not just noise. It’s neuroregulation. Here’s how singing, humming, and gargling can help your clients access calm...

This isn’t clickbait—prepare to challenge everything you thought you knew about where movement truly begins (and why it matters).

The brain, as the central control system of the body, is where all move...

...And Next Level Neuro's Top 10 Brain Health Tips.

Let’s be honest: most of us have no idea how to actually take care of our brains.

We baby our muscles, obsess over macros, and track every step...

What drills act as your brain’s emergency crew? Who cleans up the wreckage before healing can begin?

Most therapists are taught to activate — not regulate.

This is the foundation of applied neurolo...

The ONE STEP Most Therapists, Coaches, and Trainers Skip—And Why It’s Costing Results

Before You Treat, Train, or Activate… Do This First 

The #1 Neuro Principle That Changes Everything

Let’s ge...

Discover the Four Lenses to think differently in a profession that lives in protocols and drill memorization.

It's not movement that matters, it's the brain's reaction to it. 

Stop Guessing. Start S...

(Even If You’ve Never Studied Neurology Before)

The Missing Piece Behind Client Plateaus and Unpredictable Results

If you’ve been in the game long enough—whether you’re coaching strength, treating p...

(Especially if You're a Coach or Therapist Ready for the Brain-Based Era)

Why These Quotes Matter

Let’s be honest…

If you're a coach or therapist who’s felt the limits of traditional approaches—whe...