Like a mack truck broadsiding me at fifty miles per hour, when the pain hit, it nearly dropped me to my knees.
While leading my first yoga teacher training course, demonstrating a shoulder stand for eight enthusiastic trainees - although I’m quite sure I winced (and maybe even shed a private tear), out of sheer will I held it together and told myself whatever that mystery pain was, I’d work it out by morning.
I was wrong.
Two decades of teaching and being a devoted yoga practitioner - with as many years training in anatomy, physiology and therapeutics - I’ve helped hundreds of people feel more at home in their bodies and learn to eliminate or manage a spectrum of aches and pains.
No one was more surprised than I by the debilitating, and at times, constant low back pain that followed.
When the acute low back pain turned persistent, I tried everything I knew from yoga, strengthening, stretching, restorative practices, and even doing nothing (which is way harder than it looks). Convinced that my years of experience held the promise relief, I ignored the pain and suffered on. Being unable to resolve it was humbling, frustrating, and depressing.
Fast forward 18 months when a good friend said to me, "Brent, you've been in pain way too long-- it's time you get some help!"
When the student is ready the teacher appears.
Taking my friend’s advice, I went to see her boss, a talented Physical Therapist.
What I learned that day was nothing short of revolutionary. The treatment lasted only minutes and I was free of pain after trying a technique she called, Nerve Flossing.
The silver lining of having recurring back pain…
Since then I’ve developed a method I call Low Back Resilience, which includes Nerve Flossing - neuromuscular pattern release - and other modalities I use in a super safe and simple 4-step practice that keeps my back resilient, and strong.
Now when I get out of bed an experience stiffness, weakness, or pain, I know exactly what to do to get back to feeling myself again...
And now you can do the same!
