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Hi Everyone, My grandson Martin loves to play soccer and is a really good player, and even though he’s only 14 YO, the injuries he and his teammates experience are the same as any adult soccer player. Today I received a message from a father of a 9 YO girl who also loves soccer, and […]

Hi Everyone, I’m visiting with Ana Johnson, my partner in TriggerPoint Yoga and it’s always so incredible how I grow professionally and personally just from our lively discussions. TriggerPoint Yoga is a teaching that we have created together to first release the spasms that hold the muscles tight and then to safely do yoga. Ana is an

Hi, The name of this blog is Pain-Free Living and it has always been my intention to share not only information about how muscles cause pain, but also to share information I find about other topics that cause both physical, mental, and spiritual pain. Today I was reading something that made me realize I needed to really

I have been traveling all over the country since April 6th and it’s been really exciting to see how people are responding to treating muscles for so many painful conditions. I’ve also been teaching massage therapists how to do Julstro Muscular Therapy and they are thrilled with the results they are having with their own

A young woman, I’ll call her Mary (not her real name), came to see me this week because she’s had terrible chronic spasms in her shoulder and neck for over three years. None of the medical professionals she’s gone to has been able to release them and it’s gotten so bad that she hasn’t been

Hi Everyone, Happy Mother’s Day to all the mom’s out there, hope your day was as nice as mine. Today I was talking to a woman who spent many hours on a computer finishing up a project and her eyes hurt. Here’s a real simple self-treatment: Close your eyes and put the side of your

Last night I had a meeting with Steve Chaney, PhD and Dr. Gallagher (chiropractor in Apex). Dr. Steve is the Professor of Nutrition and Biochemistry at UNC Medical School. Dr. Gallagher has been concerned because he has several patients who are extremely overweight, to the point of it being potentially life-threatening, so he has been

Hi, Chronic pain is a terrible thing, keeping you up at night, aching all day long, affecting your work and stopping you from doing the things you love. As you know, I teach people how to do self-treatments for chronic pain and sports injuries. I also speak at conventions and teach self-treatment clinics, which is

Hi, Pain-Free Living is certainly about more than just muscle pain, or even the nutritional information I share with you. Pain-Free Living is about any topic that brings pain into your life. In my case right now it’s that I’ve gained 25 lbs that appears to have turned into cement and I really don’t like the way my

This week I had someone come to me who has been experiencing pain in his ear. He described it as feeling like he had an ear ache, but his doctor said his ears were clear so he didn’t know what to do next. He went to his dentist because they thought maybe he had something