Pain Free Performance — Egoscue Certified

Posture Alignment Therapists, Certified by Egoscue University

Movement

Moving into the New Year!

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A new year brings opportunity for new beginnings. Many of us look at January as a start date for change and for removing bad habits from our lives. What if we viewed this new decade as an opportunity to add something positive to our lives? This could be adding an Egoscue e-cise menu to your life to correct your joint position or choosing to do your Egoscue more regularly. When we add positive health choices to our life, even once a week, our body and our health change immensely.

In our culture, going to the gym the first month of the new year is a tradition for many. Many of us believe “moving more” is “exercising more”. This year, we’d like to encourage you change the way you think about movement. Moving more could be taking breaks every twenty minutes from sitting or standing at work. Take a walk around the office or out to the mailbox.  Moving more could be sitting on the floor to watch tv at night instead of collapsing into our couch or comfy chair. The more resistant surface of the floor encourages increased blood flow – seems crazy, but this is sooo good for your body! And, it’s so simple.

When we move in any which way, our bones our nourished and joints have enhanced flexibility. If your goal is to be pain free or enhance your health this new year, consider adding more movement to your life outside of the gym. Be creative. There are no rules to how you have to move just move as often as possible!

Mechanotransduction….

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Have you ever heard of Mechanotransduction? You’re probably saying to yourself, “No, and why do I care?” Because, understanding the meaning gives us one more important reason to keep moving!

Mechanotransduction is the physiological process in which cells sense and respond to mechanical loads.

Again, you might be thinking “So what?”

Basically, what it means is that when you walk, bend, dance or move in any way, your cells are being squished. This bending and squishing of your cells causes the body to convert the cellular response to create structural change.

Why does this matter? In the same way it matters for us to eat healthy foods. The nutrients from foods communicate with our cells and cause them to behave in a particular way. Movement creates a cellular response that can make a weak bone become a strong bone in response to the appropriate “load” through the joints. Your cells respond to balanced movement the way they respond to a healthy diet.

“Feed” your body at the cellular level by moving to stay aligned, balanced and pain free!

KEEP MOVING! by Jessica Powell

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sitting-diseaseAs a culture we have quit moving. Our mornings are a rush to get to work where we will sit for 8 hours a day. We might move to get lunch or take a break from the 9-5 grind, but it is minimal. We come home, eat dinner, and prepare for an evening on the couch of binge watching our current Netflix fix. Everyday  Americans are sitting for 13 hours while we are awake. Combined with the 8 hours of sleep our bodies need to live a healthy lifestyle, we are on average sedentary for 21 hours! You won’t believe what all of this is doing to your body!!!

Our heads are forward, our shoulders and back are rounding, and our knees are phoning in. Our bodies were meant to walk, dance, play on the floor, and run!  At Pain Free, we want to reverse the damage that technology and our culture has done to our bodies. We want to increase our function so that our limitations won’t prevent us from the spontaneous hike our wife invites us on or going skiing with an old friend. What activities have you put aside due to pain?

At Pain Free Performance, we want to get you back to living your best life including all the activities you love. We practice the Egoscue Method, which is a whole body approach to eliminating pain and enhancing your body’s ability to move. We do not focus on the site of the pain because often times it is not the the place of origin. Where is the pain in your body? What feels off or different? We chalk it up to age or irreversible injury. Acknowledge that it is a signal from your body and clue that change needs to occur. Our goal is always to enhance the symmetry in your body with the intent of rebalancing the muscles. When your muscles are balanced, you will be pain free.

Pain Free Performance provides your body with the stimulus it craves to reverse the hours we are inactive. The Egoscue Method will make you feel stronger, eliminate pain, and ultimately allow for your body’s future to not be dictated by physical limitations. We expect you to be hiking mountains, swimming, running, gardening, golfing – whatever you love to do – for the rest of your life. Allow Pain Free Performance to change your expectations of your body and create a life through motion!