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Why Trust Is the Hardest Part of Coaching
Every practitioner knows that client progress depends on trust.
But earning that trust often takes time, sometimes weeks or even months.
In those early ses...
 When Progress Stalls, the Brain Is Speaking
When a client stops progressing, most practitioners immediately tweak the plan.
Add mobility. Adjust a cue. Increase the load.
But what if the problem is...
Before prescribing drills, mobility work, or load, it helps to ask one question:
Does your client actually feel what is happening inside their body?Â
Most therapists and coaches evaluate what they ...
If you have ever corrected a client’s form only to watch the same problem return a week later, you are not alone. The issue may not be strength, mobility, or compliance.
It may be sensory mismatch.
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The Moment Every Therapist and Coach Knows
You cue a client to perform a squat.
They move with confidence, convinced their form is perfect.
Yet you see it right away. Their torso collapses slightly ...
Are we on the cusp of a paradigm shift in therapy, one that shifts focus from muscles and joints to the nervous system that governs them?
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The field of therapy is at a pivotal turning point. For de...
Have you been thinking about learning more about the role of the brain and its effect on training?
Applied neurology is this generation's next big educational push, but here’s the truth: drills alone...
Why Trainers Need a Brain-Based Framework
Strength training has always been about more than muscles. The nervous system is the real driver of performance, movement quality, and even recovery. When th...
If you have been working with clients for any length of time, you already know the story.
Someone walks in with back pain, knee pain, or shoulder pain that has been haunting them for years. They hav...
Why Pain and Habits Feel So Hard to Change
If you’ve ever wondered why pain lingers long after an injury heals, or why old movement patterns keep coming back, the answer may surprise you.
It’s not ...
Neural tags explain what biomechanics can't.
Why does pain linger long after the injury heals? Why do clients fall back into old movement patterns no matter how hard they try?
The answer lies in th...
A New Way Forward for POTS Clients
A New Lens for an Overlooked Condition
Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is one of those diagnoses that tends to leave both patients and clinicians ...
Why Your Nervous System Comes First
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Most people treat warm-ups like a checklist: roll this, stretch that, maybe jog a few minutes until they break a light sweat. Traditional movement preparation i...
Do all carpal tunnel patients have to resort to surgery? What if new, science-backed approaches could reduce the stress on the median nerve and offer lasting relief?
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More Than Just Wrist Pain
Car...
The Myth: Tension as a Biomechanical Problem
For decades, the health and fitness industry has told us a simple story:
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If your hamstrings are tight, stretch them.
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If your shoulders are tense
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Why First-Session Results Matter More Than Ever
In today’s industry, clients and patients expect to feel results in their very first session.Â
If they don’t, many won’t return.
That’s where applied...
If you were asking us the best way to start your day from a brain-first perspective, this is how we might reset your nervous system, start calm, and stay focused all day.
Let's Ask The Hard Question:...
Why local pain isn’t always a local problem and what therapists and trainers need to do instead.
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“I keep stretching it… but it just tightens right back up.”
You’ve heard it before.
Maybe from y...
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
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“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...
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 ...
And yes—you need to watch them in order.
When most people talk about speed, they think: Legs. Sprints. Hamstrings.
Maybe even “fast-twitch fibers.”
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But if you're still trying to build speed from the ground up, you're missing where speed...
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.Â
It’s everywhere: personal training certifications, PT clinics, group fitness assess...
