RISE AND MOVE

Happy Friday Gymmers! So last Friday I wrote you an email about how my I threw out my back due to a momentary bad body position and loss of neurological control while I was exercising that morning. I explained how in that moment I was frustrated, angry, and a bit disheartened because I’ve worked SO hard on using MS Gym and performance exercise to improve my mis-firing cerebellum, brain step, spinal cord, and BGB muscles. I also wrote how I could’ve let my SETBACK (after months of feeling successful) take me out, cloud my mind, and throw me off track with my shaken emotional state. As I wrote my email last week, I was in excruciating pain and exhausted from the emotional toll it was taking on me. So this past week, my MOVEMENT MED FOCUS was training my brain to FEEL SAFE doing the EXACT EXERCISE that hurt me last Friday. Every workout this past week has included some kind of squat, with a weight in front of me, with my head turning to the left as I lowered...

The Power of Why:

As a movement practitioner, I love it when my clients become my teachers. One conversation with someone going through the challenge of MS may prompt, lead, or sometimes shove me into examining my practice, my approach, and my connection with my MS warriors. I am constantly seeking out ways my MSers can help me grow as a practitioner, a healer, and a man. Just recently Janice, one of my clients, wanted to meet with me to discuss her progress and our conversation inspired this article.

After six weeks of exercising with me, Janice was still suffering from balance problems at home even though she was excelling during our sessions. I asked her “Janice, how will improving your balance improve the quality of your life? Why do you want to get better?

Janice stared blankly at me for a couple breaths, and then slowly pieced together the following statement, “I dunno, I guess because that is what I’m supposed to do, my doctor recommended exercise, and...