I graduated from New York Chiropractic College 10 years ago. Time flies. As I like to joke: I'm going to be dead soon. People often respond: Way to be a downer, Chris. Unfortunately for them, I do Deathbed Meditations almost daily and have found my life is infinitely more meaningful because...
Sit down, let's talk a bit. Would you like some humble pie before we start? I think I'll have some myself ...
We must take the consequences of messages received. ~Carl Jung Do you listen to the signs? Has you heart waved the white flag in surrender to your deepest wishes? It was Saturday morning. Two days ago. While we normally don't have Saturday morning patient hours, we scheduled a few...
This post is written by one of the admin staff for our pain clinic, Amanda. A fitness junkie of sorts, she shares her: experience with different fitness modalities. what happened when she tried to fix her injuries with therapies were only giving temporary relief. what...
I've been really hurt before. Unable to walk without wincing pain for weeks, maybe even months. Praying to get out of pain so I didn't have to suffer anymore. When I herniated a disc, my mom said: You're walking like a duck! "Thanks mom, but I can't stop...
Imagine going to see a doctor. He claims to be able to fix you, even if you're thinking "I'm always the hard case." The standard of care in this doctor's practice is to see a permanent, sustained improvement in your pain in 5 visits. [This is our...
At Barefoot Rehab, we pride ourselves on getting results (even if we have to battle the mind of someone who is addicted to pain killers). Sometimes, it gets hard to run a business, treat patients, talk to insurance companies, + continue to show up day after day. Then,...
Author's Note: I've been resisting writing about anything but physical pain + physical conditions on the Barefoot Rehab blog for some time now. After all, what we do at Barefoot Rehab is get people out of physical pain caused by adhesion. We get paid well...
This post was written by the Barefoot Torchbearer, Loren. She lights the way for our pain management clinic. Her story is one of enormous transformation (losing hundreds of pounds of body weight and regaining her ability to move well). Here, she offers a unique perspective...
Writer's Note: This post is the long personal story of my own injury history and it has affected my perspective of pain, movement, and fitness. The hope is to convey natural principles of the human body and movement through that story to describe how vital it is to...