top of page
Search

Unlock your Body and Mind. Eliminate Pain

anneke91



Think about that dull pain or injuries that have lingered in your life—the nagging back, knee, hip, neck, or shoulder pain that seems impossible to shake. How many precious moments have slipped away because of it? How many sleepless nights, tossing and turning or waking up because of the pain.

 



True well-being starts with understanding how the body and mind work together. Every movement you make, every emotion you experience, and every injury you endure leaves a lasting impression on your brain. These experiences shape how your body responds in the future—sometimes in ways you don't even realize.

 

Your journey to rewire the neurons in your brain and body to eliminate pain starts now. With the right tools and guidance, you can retrain pain patterns and restore harmony within. Each movement you make brings you closer to lasting relief, reminding you that healing is your birth right.


Imagine Your Future


Imagine yourself 10 years from now: pain-free, full of vitality, moving with ease and confidence. Your body feels strong, your mind clear, and every step feels effortless. Gone are the days of discomfort and limitation. Instead, you embrace each moment, knowing that the freedom you feel in your body has transformed the way you live your life.

It’s the potential waiting within you, ready to be unlocked through the powerful combination of kinesiology and Pilates. These practices work together to rewire your body, retraining old pain patterns and restoring balance from the inside out. Every gentle movement is a step closer to lasting relief, every breath a reminder that healing is possible. You deserve this future—vital, free, and full of possibility.


The Body-Mind Connection


Understanding the Connection:

In our fast-paced world, understanding the intricate connection between the body and mind is essential for achieving true well-being.

Improving movement patterns by addressing the underlying neural pathways that shape your physical responses can eliminate pain and pathology and ensure joint well-being and vitality.


How the brain files pain.


Emotional Influence on Memory Retrieval:


Emotional Tagging: Memories with a strong emotional component are encoded more deeply in the brain, creating more vivid and easily retrievable memories.


Amygdala's Role: The amygdala, a key brain region involved in processing emotions, activates emotionally charged memories, making them more readily recalled than neutral ones.


Contextual Influence: Emotions can serve as context for memory retrieval; for instance, feeling happy may lead to recalling positive memories, while stress may trigger negative ones.


Memory Bias: Current emotional states can bias memory retrieval, affecting how we remember past events.


Emotions significantly influence memory retrieval, acting as a catalyst for recall and highlighting the strong connection between emotional experiences and memories.


The Power of Memory and Association in Movement


Every movement you make, every emotion you experience, and every injury you endure leaves a lasting impression on your brain.


As noted by neuroscientists, "The brain encodes experiences through neural pathways, which can influence our physical responses to similar situations in the future" (Smith et al., 2019).

Our habits, both physical and mental, are ingrained in these pathways, forming “files” that include not just what happened but how your body responded.


Imagine a woman who hurts her back while lifting a heavy box.

She feels not only the sharp physical pain but also the frustration of being limited in her daily activities. As her back heals, the brain records the memory of the injury combined with her stress and anxiety. Months later, during a stressful day, she experiences the same back pain—not from injury, but from the brain reactivating old pain pathways due to stress.


The Mind-Body Connection in Action


This association is rooted in the brain's non-linear functioning.

"Emotional experiences and physical responses become interconnected, leading to automatic reactions during similar situations" (Johnson & Carter, 2021).

When an old emotional experience resurfaces, so do the associated muscular responses.

 

Traditional Methods and Why They Might Not Work:

Traditional exercise methods focus primarily on strengthening muscles but often overlook these automatic response patterns.


Breaking the Cycle

 

Kinesiology Muscle Testing


Identifying Imbalances Through Gentle Testing:

Kinesiology muscle testing is a powerful tool that uses gentle pressure to assess the body’s neuromuscular system. By applying slight resistance to specific muscles, we can identify where energy imbalances or dysfunctions exist, often revealing weak or overactive muscles that contribute to chronic pain and restricted movement. This gentle approach allows us to understand the body’s deeper response patterns without causing additional strain or discomfort.


Uncovering the Brain’s Hidden Patterns:

The human brain is highly adaptive, storing memories of past injuries, stress, or trauma in its neural networks. Often, these memories manifest as physical symptoms, such as pain or restricted movement. "Kinesiology can reveal where the brain is stuck in old movement and pain patterns, providing insights that traditional methods may miss" (Thompson et al., 2022). By addressing these “stuck” patterns, kinesiology helps us break the cycle and triggers of dysfunction that other approaches might overlook.


Balancing the Body’s Energy Systems:

Kinesiology muscle testing works beyond just muscles—it taps into the body’s entire energy system, allowing us to restore harmony between different physiological systems, such as the nervous, lymphatic, and meridian systems. Imbalances in these systems often manifest as chronic pain or tension. By identifying and correcting these disruptions, kinesiology promotes the body’s natural healing ability and enhances overall well-being.


Reprogramming Neurological and Emotional Responses:

What makes kinesiology unique is its ability to address not only physical but also emotional blockages. Emotional stress, anxiety, or trauma can get stored in the body, influencing muscle function and leading to chronic pain. Kinesiology muscle testing can uncover these emotional links, helping us to reprogram the brain’s response to stressors. By correcting these imbalances, the body can return to a state of ease and proper function, reducing or eliminating pain that has emotional roots.


Holistic Assessment of the Body-Mind Connection:

Unlike traditional methods that focus solely on the physical, kinesiology takes a holistic approach to assess the connection between mind and body. It acknowledges that emotional, mental, and physical factors are deeply intertwined. By testing muscle responses, we can gain insights into how the body’s emotional and neurological responses are influencing pain patterns. This integrated approach ensures that we address not just the symptoms but the root causes of pain, promoting lasting relief and overall well-being.

 

The follow up. Pilates Neuro-Training Pre-Hab:


Once the neurology has been woken up to support new patterns from the inside out reinforcing these new patterns are necessary for lasting change.


Why Traditional Pilates Isn't Enough:

Many people turn to Pilates to eliminate pain, but when the body's neurology is locked into dysfunctional patterns—especially when tied to strong emotional responses—traditional Pilates training alone may not be the solution. Without addressing the neurological and emotional roots of pain, the exercises can sometimes reinforce dysfunctional patterns instead of correcting them.


Unlocking Dormant Muscles:

The first step is not just strengthening muscles but unlocking those that have gone dormant due to years of disuse or faulty neurological wiring. These "sleeping" muscles are often bypassed by overactive muscles that take over, compensating for the imbalance. This leads to chronic tightness, strain, and ultimately, pain.


Dampening Overactive Muscles:

By applying neuro-training pre-hab Pilates, we focus on calming down overactive muscles that have been working overtime to compensate for weak or inhibited muscles. It's a delicate process of balancing the body's muscle response system—quieting the muscles that are firing too much and reactivating those that have been underutilized.


Rewiring the Brain-Muscle Connection:

Through specific neurological retraining techniques, Pilates exercises can be tailored to slowly reset the body's habitual pain responses. This isn't just about movement but about re-educating the brain on how to communicate effectively with the body. Movements that seem simple are carefully chosen to rebuild proper neuromuscular pathways, creating a more balanced and pain-free body.


The Foundation of Progress:

You wouldn’t run a marathon before learning to walk, and similarly, you can't achieve lasting pain relief without addressing the foundation first. Pre-hab Pilates provides that foundation, ensuring that the body is neurologically prepared before engaging in more advanced training. Only when the brain-muscle connection is restored can you move forward to more challenging Pilates routines, and ultimately, to a pain-free, strong, and functional body.


Holistic Approach:

By combining these techniques, we retrain the body’s neurology using specific touch-based methods and mindful breathing alongside targeted Pilates exercises.


This holistic approach enables us to treat the root causes of pain, promoting lasting change and enhancing your body’s ability to heal.

 

Perpetual Energy Studio – online and in Studio Hampshire

Shift Body & Mind

WhatsApp Contact: +44 7480747508

 

7 views0 comments

Recent Posts

See All

Comentarios


bottom of page