As you know, I’ve joined with Ana Johnson to combine the Julstro self-treatments with yoga postures, and it’s having an amazing beneficial affect for so many people already.  Ana is incredible!  Not only is she a caring individual who (like me) developed TriggerPoint Yoga for the express purpose of easing pain and increasing flexibility in […]

I had a wonderful thing happen this Saturday. A friend of my son-in-law had been having horrible wrist pain and had gone for carpal tunnel release surgery several months ago. I wish we had met earlier, but we didn’t.  After the CT surgery his thumb began to move in toward his palm and his pinky

This blog is a bit longer than usual, but if you are anyone you know has heart problems I believe you’ll find it worth the time it takes to read it all the way down to the end. I’ve mentioned before that I LOVE Shaklee nutritional supplements, and I may have told you some of

I’ve found that sharing posts and client stories are a great way to teach because they are real-life and others can see themselves in the story.  Yesterday I received a question about tarsal tunnel and cycling on the Muscles & Joint Pain forum, and with so many athletes reading my blog I thought that it may help

Chronic pain is so widespread in the USA that I was told today that it is the #1 reason people go to the doctor.  People fill up on over-the-counter drugs or medications that can have horrible health consequences, yet they are frequently only masking the problem, and at worst they are still in pain.  It’s

This past Wednesday I taught an Ultimate Performance clinic, with a strong focus on teaching yoga instructors so they could become certified in TriggerPoint Yoga.  It went great!  The best part was when we kept figuring out new techniques, and how the yoga teachers were incorporating all the Julstro self-treatments into the yoga positions. I’ve

Hi, Traveling sure does make for an interesting schedule.  As you know, I’ve been on the road since the middle of July and it’s gotten to the point where I need to wake up and say “where am I?”  Right now I’m in Cary, NC, and if all goes as planned I’ll be teaching an

While I was thinking of what I should talk about for today’s Pain-Free Living blog I was looking in Facebook and I saw that Ana just posted a wonderful, short, video.  It’s so perfect for anyone who has any aches and pains from the low back to the knees that I decided this is the perfect post. Ana Johnson

Hi, I’ve finally made This past Thursday I had an “interesting” experience happen to me.  I got a pain in my right side that felt like a knife had been shoved into my rib cage, and it then felt like the tips of my lower right ribs had been snapped off.  It was horrible!  And