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The Long-Term Consequences of an Under-Fueled Brain: Pain, Mood, and Metabolic Breakdown

Short-term dips in brain fuel—like skipping meals or poor sleep—can leave you foggy or irritable. But what hap...

If your golfers sway, stumble, or lose balance in their swing, the problem may not be strength, it may be their vestibular system. 

 Here’s how to fix it at the brain level. 

If you’ve ever watch...

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:...

You’ve probably had a client like this:

“It’s not that I can’t swing. I just don’t trust my back anymore.”

They want to get back on the course.

They’re cleared.

No structural red flags.

But...

..and the one that has been doing it all along. How can we steal these principles and incorporate them into our practice and training?

The Practice That Was Doing Neurology All Along

If you’ve...

When you think about strength training, vision probably isn’t the first system that comes to mind.

But what if we told you your eyes are one of the most powerful drivers of how you move, balance,...

The Number One Googled Pain: Unmasking the Truth About Headaches

Why local pain isn’t always a local problem and what therapists and trainers need to do instead.

“I keep stretching it… but it just tightens right back up.”

You’ve heard it before.

Maybe from y...

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...