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The Therapist’s Checklist for Interoceptive Awareness applied neurology brain-based therapy chronic pain interoceptive awareness movement assessment nervous system safety proprioception therapist checklist

Before prescribing drills, mobility work, or load, it helps to ask one question:

Does your client actually feel what is happening inside their body? 

Most therapists and coaches evaluate what they ...

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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.

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When Your Client’s Brain Stops Feeling: How Interoceptive Mismatch Creates Chronic Pain applied neurology interoception neuroplasticity neuroscience of pain proprioception therapist education threat response

The Moment Every Therapist  and Coach Knows

You cue a client to perform a squat.
They move with confidence, convinced their form is perfect.
Yet you see it right away. Their torso collapses slightly
...

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The Future of Therapy: Why Applied Neurology Is Redefining Client Care applied neurology chronic pain client care next level neuro framework

Are we on the cusp of a paradigm shift in therapy, one that shifts focus from muscles and joints to the nervous system that governs them?

 

The field of therapy is at a pivotal turning point. For de...

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From Neuro Drills to Systems: How to Integrate Applied Neurology Into Training applied neurology brain based training breathing and interoception neuro advantage strength training and neurology vestibular training

Have you been thinking about learning more about the role of the brain and its effect on training?

Applied neurology is this generation's next big educational push, but here’s the truth: drills alone...

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The Six Golden Rules of Applied Neurology That Every Therapist and Trainer Can Use applied neurology biomechanics vs neurology brain based training input output framework

Why Trainers Need a Brain-Based Framework

Strength training has always been about more than muscles. The nervous system is the real driver of performance, movement quality, and even recovery. When th...

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 I Ditched the Biomechanics First Approach and My Clients Got Better, Faster - Here is what I learned. biomechanics vs neurology the neuro advantage transformation ladder

You have probably wondered this too. If biomechanics is the whole story, why do some clients improve and others stall? I asked myself the same question after years of measuring angles, levers, tissue ...

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Why Chronic Pain Still Feels Like a Stubborn Puzzle applied neurology chronic muscle tension chronic pain neuro relief starter kit

If you have been working with clients for any length of time, you already know the story.

Someone walks in with back pain, knee pain, or shoulder pain that has been haunting them for years. They hav...

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How Applied Neurology Reframes the Way We Work With Pain brain based training frameworks interoception and pain neuroplasticity and movement

The Big Shift in Understanding Pain

For decades, biomechanics taught us to believe pain comes directly from tissues. If your back hurts, it must mean the spine is damaged, the shoulders are misaligne...

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The Hidden Reason Pain and Old Habits Stick - The Pain Neural Tag applied neurology chronic pain neural tags

Why Pain and Habits Feel So Hard to Change

If you’ve ever wondered why pain lingers long after an injury heals, or why old movement patterns keep coming back, the answer may surprise you.

It’s not ...

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Neural Tags 101: The Brain’s Hidden Labels for Pain and Movement applied neurology chronic pain neural tags posture and the brain

Neural tags explain what biomechanics can't.

Why does pain linger long after the injury heals? Why do clients fall back into old movement patterns no matter how hard they try?

The answer lies in th...

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The FMS Inline Lunge - A Neuro Perspective| Faster Results applied neurology for coaches corrective exercise for therapists functional movement screen in-line reverse lunge vestibular drills for balance vision training for athletes

Every coach has seen the client whose Inline Lunge refuses to budge. You cue alignment, mobilize joints, strengthen stabilizers, and still the score hovers low.

The temptation is to think something i...

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Understanding the Neurology of POTS and the Hope Applied Neurology Offers applied neurology pots treatment vagus nerve

A New Way Forward for POTS Clients

A New Lens for an Overlooked Condition

Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS) is one of those diagnoses that tends to leave both patients and clinicians ...

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Brain-Centric Warm-Ups vs Traditional Movement Preparation: applied neurology chronic pain movement preparation vestibular training vision training warm up

Why Your Nervous System Comes First

 

Most people treat warm-ups like a checklist: roll this, stretch that, maybe jog a few minutes until they break a light sweat. Traditional movement preparation i...

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Carpal Tunnel Therapy: Neurology-Based Care applied neurology carpal tunnel syndrome chronic pain

Do all carpal tunnel patients have to resort to surgery? What if new, science-backed approaches could reduce the stress on the median nerve and offer lasting relief?

 

More Than Just Wrist Pain

Car...

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Why Your Tight Muscles Aren’t Just a Biomechanical Issue applied neurology chronic muscle tension health industry myths limbic system and stress neuroplasticity and pain posture and the brain somatic therapy

The Myth: Tension as a Biomechanical Problem

For decades, the health and fitness industry has told us a simple story:

  • If your hamstrings are tight, stretch them.

  • If your shoulders are tense

    ...
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The Assess–Reassess Loop: A Brain-First Method for Pain Relief, Client Trust & Performance applied neurology assess-reassess process neuro mentorship the fundamentals of applied neurology

Why First-Session Results Matter More Than Ever

In today’s industry, clients and patients expect to feel results in their very first session. 

If they don’t, many won’t return.

That’s where applied...

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The Vagus Nerve: Your Client’s 24/7 Recovery Membership vagua nerve training vagus nerve

No swipe card. No cancellation fees. No monthly billing — just a built-in recovery system your clients already own.

 

As coaches and therapists, we’ve all seen it:
A client crushes their workout or
...

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Carbs, Ketosis, and Brain Fuel: Why Your Diet Could Be Feeding (or Flaring) Your Pain brain science chronic pain neuro mentorship pain relief

When it comes to fueling your brain and calming chronic pain, what you eat matters just as much as how you breathe. Nutrition plays a central role in pain regulation, brain function, and overall nervo...

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Metabolic Dysfunction, Mood Swings, and Pain: All Tied to Brain Fuel?

The Long-Term Consequences of an Under-Fueled Brain: Pain, Mood, and Metabolic Breakdown

Short-term dips in brain fuel—like skipping meals or poor sleep—can leave you foggy or irritable. But what hap...

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Is Vestibular Training the Missing Link in Golf Rehab and Performance? applied neurology education golf training vestibular training

If your golfers sway, stumble, or lose balance in their swing, the problem may not be strength, it may be their vestibular system. 

 Here’s how to fix it at the brain level. 

 

If you’ve ever watch...

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A Brain-First Morning Protocol! applied neurology brain morning protocols pain relief the fundamentals of applied neurology
If you were asking us the best way to start your day from a brain-first perspective, this is how we might reset your nervous system, start calm, and stay focused all day.


Let's Ask The Hard Question:
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4 Brain-Based Ways to Help Golf Clients Swing Safely After Back Pain applied neurolog applied neurology education back pain golf swing

You’ve probably had a client like this:

“It’s not that I can’t swing. I just don’t trust my back anymore.”

 

They want to get back on the course.

They’re cleared.

No structural red flags.


But
...

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The Hidden Brain Systems Most Training Programs Miss pain personal training education physiotherapist education posture training strength neurology the neuroscience of posture

..and the one that has been doing it all along. How can we steal these principles and incorporate them into our practice and training?

 

The Practice That Was Doing Neurology All Along

 

If you’ve...

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