Got Hip Pain? Move those nerves!

This beautiful first weekend in March, I'm in Phoenix at an advanced level neuroscience training weekend.  Four days of brain-based vision and speed mechanics.  Practicing for this certification, I pushed it too hard and now my hip flexors are killing me.  It's humbling but coaches need coaching, too.  

Luckily, I'm here with the best of the best Z-Health Neuro-Performance Coaches to get some relief for my pain.  Through testing, it's determined that I have a nerve problem!  It's time to practice what I preach in my  "Holistic Hip Pain" Workshop  and do those nerve movement drills!

Essentially,  we are really just one big nerve.  One nerve that crosses a lot of joints.  The more joints a nerve crossed, the greater the chance it will get "entrapped" or "compressed" along the route of our body; especially in tight places like the shoulder, hip and low back.  

As a Z-Health Practitioner, I follow an 8-Levels Model approach toward assessing and working with a client.  From the outside in, Level 1 receptors transmit information to Level 2 peripheral nerves.  My hip pain is along the peripheral nerves.  

When working with peripheral nerves, one must consider health and function of each nerve; particularly areas of pain.  Dr. Cobb teaches us how to do "neuromechanic drills" for specific nerves to help relieve specific aches, pains and problems.  

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Neuromechanic drills are designed to help nerves be healthier and function better, which includes better sensation, better strength, and better neural mobility and resiliency (i.e., the nerve can stretch and slide and handle compression during body movements). 

These "nerve glides: can be used when there’s a deficit or you just need a boost, and they can be included as a regular part of more systematic movement programming.  

If you’re taking joints through full ranges of motion on a regular basis, you may also want to take muscles through full ranges of motion and nerves through full ranges of motion at some point as well. 

I haven't been exercising so my femoral, peroneal and tibial nerves need a boost!  

Neuromechanic drills are amazing option to add to your regime if you want to move better.  Schedule a session with me or join me in an upcoming Holistic Hip Pain workshop to learn how to do nerve glides for better performance. 

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Holistic Hip Pain

Nagging hip pain, low back pain, shooting sciatic pain in hip and side of leg; if you have or had it; you have, or had, a nerve problem.

In essence, because of the way we are built, we are really just one big nerve with lots of branches. When one of the 'branches' of nerve get compressed in high nerve density cramped spaces, communication within that nerve is cut off and pain results.  

Sometimes space is an issue but we can relieve pain by creating more space for nerves to move.  If you move poorly, that can cause pain at the joint.   Poor spinal movements can place unnecessary pressure on the dorsal or ventral nerve root. That’s the bulk of chiropractic adjustments.

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Our nerves transmit urgent data to the brain. The brain interprets the information and sends an response to nerves that run to the body.  

Keep your nerve highway clean and functioning with holistic drills that give the brain what it needs for healthy function.

Excruiating Hip Pain Solved With Simple Exercises

Today's client was in tears when she came limping into the gym.  She complains of excruciating left hip pain and asked if I had any 'magic tricks' that could help her.   Ninety minutes later, she was grinning ear to ear when she walked out of the gym.

Does your sciatic pain keep coming back?  Do you want to scream and cry when the pain returns?  Would you do simple movements if you knew it stop your pain?

I can help you!  I am a nervous system specialist.  Using an 8-levels model of assessment, I identify the source of the problem and give you holistic drills to reduce threat to your brain, thereby stopping the pain.  Immediately. 

What did I do for my client?  Let me tell you.  This was the first session after a vacation with her sisters.  After her flight to her destination,  the pain started.  When she flew home, the pain was tolerable until the stress of her seventy-hour work week broke her again.

The first thing we addressed was fuel supply to the brain.  She had orange juice earlier so I had her bag breathe off and on for 5 minutes.  After bag breathing,  the pain was still there so we started neuro-bio-mechanical work on the sciatic nerves. 

There are three nerves that branch off the huge sciatic nerve, so we focused on the tibial, sural and peroneal nerves.  Nerves need to move and nerves that cross multiple joints can easily get compressed or pinched.  

The one that eliminated her pain was the peroneal nerve glide but it was the slacking component that provided the best relief.   She was in disbelief.  She was so grateful.  She said, "I knew you could help me".   

After 5 minutes of nerve tensioning and slacking, we addressed her vestibular system.  

The inner ear system is critical in the perception of pain.  She had just flown and air pressure changes can immediately affect the vestibular canals.  We got her head moving, rapidly.  Since I knew which of her canals need more activation, we went aggressively after those areas. 

In addition, she did lots of spinal mobility drills, some arm circles and figure 8s, bounced up and down on the stability ball, vertical eye movements and the more head tilts and turns specific to her needs.

"My hip is wide open!  What did you do?  There's no pain", she cried and hugged me.   We did some more vestibular activation drills and she wanted to do the weight machines.  Here this lady limped into the gym in tears and was ready to lift weights 45 minutes later.   

If you're in excruciating hip and low back pain, ACTIVATE YOUR BRAIN, don't medicate your system.    If you've tried everything and NOTHING has worked, BOOK YOUR SESSION WITH ME!

I can get you out of pain and give you the tools you need to prevent the pain from returning or how to deal with the pain if it comes back.  

Invest in yourself.  
Pain is not a normal part of growing older.   There are options. 

No such thing as coincidence

I just started a new class in a gated community for mature adults in Rocklin, California.  We were almost finished introductions when a lady walked in asking for the high intensity interval class.  I told her I didn't know about aerobics class but this was a Brains and Balance training class.  She quickly asked if she could watch and then decide if she wanted to join.

She and her husband are new to the area and the students, her neighbors, welcomed her.  Turns out she is a stoke survivor and is always somewhat concerned about her balance.  After introductions, we did a joint mobility warm-up, some vision drills and then some sensory balance activation drills.

Our newcomer had one main compliant; her right shoulder.  She couldn't raise it over her head, it pinched if she moved it certain ways.  As a nervous system specialist, I immediately thought a pinched nerve, the axillary nerve to be exact, and stopped the class to guide her through a nerve glide.

She hesitantly followed along and struggled with some of the step-by step instructions.  She struggled because she didn't know how to move her shoulder blade the way I was asking her.  We slowed down and I coached her through the movement.  Suddenly she smiled with the newfound, pain-free movement she could do with her arm.

At the end of the class she came to me and said she wasn't sure about joining until I 'fixed' her shoulder.  She had been struggling with nagging shoulder pain and limited range of motion since her stroke six years ago.   She was amazed and decided she wanted more!

There are no coincidences!