tl;dr: Brenda and Dr. Kyle are Masters of their Crafts. They're deeply invested in you as a patient…read moreand how they can help your physical self feel better and stronger. If you know you're ready to change how you care for and nurture your physical self and you feel like you need people in your corner - knowledgeable, supportive motivators and expert caretakers, I highly, highly recommend Midtown. They are truly a rare gem in their fields.
While my nerdy Teacher Self is inspired to write a straight-up essay about how Brenda and Dr. Kyle have already changed how I feel in my body in such a short period of time, I'll try to keep this concise (ish lol).
Evidence:
I wanted to start with experiential evidence - the differences I'm feeling in my body, what I'm able to do for slightly longer than I have traditionally, etc. because that's what matters most to me - less pain, more ability, so that I can live my life fully and stop avoiding activities simply because I don't think my body can handle it.
1. Doing housework (dishes, laundry, dusting!, etc.), for even a few minutes, is really hard on my body. Just standing while organizing or washing dishes for less than 60 seconds can be very painful. I always need to take a lot of breaks and even then, they level of pain is still high when I return. I've lived like this for years - certainly over a decade.
In the last couple weeks, I noticed that I'm able to last a few minutes longer now before the pain becomes great enough for me to need to rest my body. It kind of freaked me out the first time I noticed lol, because I'm so used to feeling it and needing to take very frequent breaks. Of course, the pain isn't completely gone, but Rome wasn't built in a day, etc. etc. etc.
2. This is a big one. I'm on my feet all day at work, and I don't notice the body pain until I'm in my car at the end of the day. The pain is so acute that I often am not able to run quick errands like stopping at Aldi (shoutout!) or picking medications because walking and standing for very short amounts of time are highly painful. My body just needs to sit or collapse in on itself. Sometimes I walk out of a store without getting anything because my body's like "nope, we hurt, please let us rest."
I'm back at work and finding that the acute pain after work is so much more manageable that I AM able to run errands without feeling like I'm pushing my body too hard. This impacts my daily life immensely and feels really good to have this long-standing barrier beginning to break down.
3. Last, the very first difference I noticed was about two or three weeks into working with them. When standing up after sitting for long periods of time, my lower back is often sore and requires me to slowly move and wait until the pain dissipates. I've been hopping out of my car at the end of a long day, again, weirded out by the fact that my lower back either isn't in pain at all or is really low level and dissipates quickly without me doing anything.
The Type of Providers They Are: a bulleted list of why Brenda and Dr. Kyle both earned my deep respect and gratefulness:
- They are patient-centered and they genuinely give a shit about improving your physical wellness. They recognize me as a whole human - how emotions, stress, etc. impact my body, my motivation, etc. They actively listen, ask questions, and their treatment is in response to my answers. (For real - Brenda asked so many questions I didn't have an answer to that it forced me to pay more attention to my body/sensations!). They continuously check in with me so that they always have updated data they're using to adjust treatments as needed.
- They encourage me to voice my needs and always respect my boundaries. I particularly appreciate the teacher moves Dr. Kyle implements - he knows when he can push me just beyond a limit I don't think I can manage (usually he's right and I can and I'll admit it's a little annoying when I'm wrong lol). He also respects when I'm like "I don't think I can do that many." He'll negotiate and compromise without making me feel like I'm not working hard enough or am slacking/lazy/don't care enough.
- They both demonstrate such strong Mastery of their Crafts when working with me. This is something I learned first with how my body feels after treatments with them, as well as the depth of their knowledge and their ability to explain what they're doing (or what/why I'm feeling the discomfort/pain) in ways I can understand.
- Last, honestly, they are both just Excellent Humans. Truly. As a teacher, my job is more than a job or career - it's service for me. It's how I serve and give back to the world.
Brenda and Dr. Kyle are the same. They don't just provide a service - they're invested and dedicated to supporting and guiding you toward your physical wellness goals.
Basically, they're helping me change my life and how I live in really fundamental ways, and I'm deeply grateful to have found such rare, passionate providers.
