Caring for Chronic Back Pain

Experiencing pain on a regular basis can begin to diminish our quality of life. It can also be an incredible guide by helping us to cultivate optimal alignment and a healthy balance between stability and freedom. This dynamic balance can help to bring about greater health and harmony if we listen and follow it’s cues.

Although there is an ultimate body design where all the pieces fit perfectly together and the mechanics of the body run smoothly, very few of us are born or make it through adolescence in optimal form with optimal function. (Ex. My daughter was born without working muscles in her eyelids. It’s a small detail but has a big impact.) Our genetics, our birth experience, our daily behavior and our movement patterns shape us in subtle and dramatic ways. If we can become more aware of our natural tendencies and pre-dispositions, we can create a custom-designed maintenance program to better support our miraculous bodies throughout our lives.

Along with ideal alignment of the skeletal system, there is an ideal dynamic balance of the muscles around each joint. Our daily habits affect this balance so it’s important for us to do what we can to support a harmonious relationship of stability and flexibility throughout the musculature of the body.

I am excited to be presenting a workshop this Saturday, March 31st with Jason Placeway, who is a local chiropractor and also owns a personal training company. 

Here's What We'll Be Presenting


• Discussion on the difference between pain that is experienced because of stability and/or flexibility issues within the musculo-skeletal system, as well as pain caused by misalignment in the skeletal structure
• Help you pinpoint whether you will benefit from stabliity and/or flexibility work (likely a bit of both)
• Checklist to help you decide when to manage pain yourself or when it may be more advantageous to seek help from a wellness professional
• Checklist of what to do when pain “flares-up” 
• We will present a well-balanced maintenance program that most people will benefit from using on a daily basis to keep the body balanced in regards to reversing the challenges that come with many of our modern day habits and movement patterns
• Yoga alignment and therapeutics to incorporate into your daily habits to promote healthy alignment and musculo-skeletal harmony

If you would like more information or would like to register, please visit www.shineyoga.com.

You can also find more info about myself and Jason with the links below:

www.flourishunlimited.com

http://www.mtlookoutchiro.com/about-us.shtml#jplaceway