Next Level Neuro News

The Neurology Of Clinical Confidence & Why Smart Practitioners Still Hesitate applied neurology clinical confidence decision making imposter syndrome nervous system regulation skill acquisition the neurology of confidence

Why Smart Practitioners Still Hesitate (And Why More Education Alone Does Not Fix It)

The question this article answers:

Why do smart, caring therapists, coaches, and trainers still hesitate in se

...
Continue Reading >>
Your Strongest Clients Are Often the Most Dysregulated applied neurology autonomic nervous system breathing mechanics dysregulation nervous system regulation rehabilitation strength training

Why high output can hide high threat (and what to do about it)

Question this article answers: Why do some of your strongest clients plateau, flare up, or feel fragile even though they

...
Continue Reading >>
Why Pain Persists Despite “Normal” Assessments applied neurology brain based pain chronic pain nervous system regulation pain neuroscience pain without injury sensory processing

If your imaging is normal, why does the pain still exist?

 

The Question This Article Answers

Why does pain continue when imaging shows no structural damage and tissues appear healed?

Direct Ans...

Continue Reading >>
Movement Avoidance Explained: How the Nervous System Blocks Strength & Coordination applied neurology brain based training movement avoidance nervous system regulation pain neuroscience strength and coordination

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


The Question This Article Answers

Why do clients avoid certain movements even when they are strong, capable, and motivated?


Direct Answer 

...
Continue Reading >>
What Is The Threat Bucket applied neurology chronic pain nervous system regulation pain science stress and pain threat bucket

Why Stress Creates Pain, Fatigue, and Shutdown


The Question This Article Answers

Why do clients stay in pain, fatigued, or dysregulated when biomechanics look normal but stress load is high?

 

T...

Continue Reading >>
Pain Is Not Coming From Your Tissues Alone applied neurology clinical neuroscince nervous system regulation neuroplasticity pain science

Why Modern Neuroscience Changed How We Understand Pain


The Question This Article Answers

If pain often persists without clear tissue damage, where is it actually coming from — and how do we work wit...

Continue Reading >>
How the Brain Reroutes Movement Under Threat applied neurology brain-based-training movement and pain nervous system regulation pain science

Why Pain, Compensation, and Plateaus Are Nervous System Decisions


The Question This Article Answers

How does the brain reroute movement under threat, and why does this override biomechanics, strengt...

Continue Reading >>
7 Ways Applied Neurology Goes Beyond Biomechanics for Pain Relief and Performance applied neurology biomechanics vs neurology chronic pain nervous system regulation pain neuroscience performance science

What if pain is not coming from your muscles at all, but from your brain’s decision to protect you?

Modern neuroscience shows that pain, strength, mobility, and coordination are not purely mechanical...

Continue Reading >>
Why the Biomechanical Model Fails Chronic Pain And How Applied Neurology Changes Everything biomechanics vs neurology clinical reasoning movement and pain nervous system regulation rehabilitation science threat and pain

What is the difference between an applied neurology educational model and a biomechanical one? 


The Question This Article Answers

Why does the traditional biomechanical model fail to explain and res...

Continue Reading >>
Strength Doesn’t Fix Sensory Mismatch: Why Clients Don’t Progress movement integration nervous system regulation sensory mismatch vestibular training

Every therapist has seen it:

A client gets stronger…
but not more stable.

Their mobility increases…
but the pain stays.

They follow the program…
....but progress stalls.

This usually has nothing to...

Continue Reading >>
Neuro Priming vs. Neuro Flooding: The Science of Warm-Ups That Work applied neurology brain performance nervous system regulation neuroplasticity proprioception threat bucket threat response vestibular system

When Warm-Ups Go Wrong

Most coaches and therapists agree that warm-ups prepare the body for performance.
Few realize that every warm-up also prepares or overwhelms the brain.

In applied neurology, w...

Continue Reading >>
The Three Systems Every Therapist Must Integrate: Interoception, Proprioception, and Somatosensation applied neurology chronic pain interoception movement integration nervous system regulation physiotherapist education proprioception somatosensation therapist education

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.

...
Continue Reading >>