Before I go to a massage therapist, a physical therapist, a personal trainer, start a new exercise…read moreprogram or a surgeon, I'd go see Jesse.
I've taken the Movement Exploration Program, and with Jesse's help, I'm not only able to move better, but I'm able to better evaluate EVERY other movement decision I make going forward...
Let's just pick an exercise program, for example:
If I'm looking at a program for fitness, I can see where that program is taking my body...to freedom and power, or limitations, weakness and injury. I really couldn't tell that before.
Not only that, but even if I found the "right" program, I can still do those movements without really listening to my body's signals and end up with plateaus, pain or movement problems/limitations. With Jesse's help, my own senses of what I'm doing with my body have become stronger. I know when I'm pushing too far too fast...before I ACTUALLY push too far too fast.
The next benefit I got from the group program was accounting for what I "don't know that I don't know" about my body or movement. I had certain assumptions...like if I'm stretching my hamstrings and they feel tight, they must be tight. Not necessarily. Or if I feel my IT band is tight, then I should foam roll my IT band.
Clearing away those assumptions about movement and my body, actually gave me a clearer set of lenses to better sense what my body is telling me through sensation...which means I have better chance of moving past chronic pain or at least live with it in a way that doesn't add to pain.
Before you spend thousands on surgery, fitness programs or therapists, work with Jesse. He will empower you to have a better sense of what your body actually needs before jumping onto a "solution" (surgery, fitness, foam-rolling-that-IT-band-within-an-inch-of-its-life) that might make things worse.
Background on Chris, your reviewer:
I teach voice lessons in the Austin area and what has been too often ignored in the field of voice is the reality that singing is a movement, therefore to learn how to sing, you need to learn how to move, especially movements focused on breathing, the tiny movements of the various muscles in that mouth and throat, and the style of movement: balanced, slow, fine-motor, etc.
To that end, I've worked with various teachers of movement: Alexanders Technique teachers, Hanna Somatic teachers, personal trainers, various disciplines like martial arts, gymnastic rings, MovNat etc. All of these have helped me have a much more discerning eye for what (and who) can help me move better, breathe better and therefore sing better.