Have you been working out and not getting results?

Have you decided it’s a sign of aging and that maybe you’re just not putting yourself in the game like you used to?
What if your efforts are more than enough and the problem is in your brain?

When the body experiences a trauma of any kind – like an injury that causes soreness, pain or bruising – the brain registers that part of the body as in a state of ‘emergency’. As a protective stop gap, the brain then stops sending messages to that part of the body to work and instead reroutes its messaging to another part of the body that isn’t injured, giving the area of trauma a chance to heal. Where this perfect system becomes inhibiting is when the original area stops working, the message from the brain needs to be turned back on or those muscles will not fully work!

Think about your abdominals for a second. The 6-pack ab muscle attaches to the pelvis at the pubic bones. If these bones are misaligned any amount, the muscles that attach to that joint will not fire with the same amount of oomph they are designed to have. The result? Weak abs no matter how many sit ups you do.

You may be thinking this sounds like the job of a chiropractor, right? Not so. Keep reading.

While in NYC, I recently had a session with an Osteopath visiting from Europe. We were discussing the differences in approach between American trained vs. European Osteopaths. Seems here we are quick to crack, but that doesn’t address muscle function or the brain/body connection. Unless the muscle can be ‘turned back on’ and messages from the brain can communicate with the body, function is inhibited. The full spectrum approach that aligns the body and restores function to the muscles and brain messaging is achieved through bodywork therapy that includes movement and repatterning.
Good thing you happen to know a bodywork therapist that does both, eh?

In good health,

Developer of The Schatz Method™
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