The Wake Up Warm Up program helps people with back and spinal pain. This program is designed to help people with herniated discs and bulging discs, scoliosis, sciatica, spondylolisthesis, pelvic floor issues and many kinds of unresolved spinal issues, back pain, hip, neck and shoulder issues.

Why this program works

The Wake Up Warm Up program works because it takes a different approach to typical physical therapy or Pilates and Yoga based programs. Physical Therapy and Pilates fitness focuses on strengthening muscles in the back and other parts of the body. And while this can important in some phases of healing, it is not the first priority, and can also create further tightening and restriction of muscle groups that are already tight and restricted. Yoga programs are often too focused on strength, and holding poses for a long time, which can also create more tightness and restriction in the body. Yoga also tends to be too extreme - extreme extension exercises of the back (tadasana) and focuses too much on flexibility which creates the opposite issue of Physical therapy tightness, which is hyperflexibility, which is often just as dangerous, if not more dangerous than over strengthening and tightness of the muscles. This program is a gentle mix of specific and structured movements and exercises that focus first and foremost on release, alignment and relaxation of muscles, while bringing in some gentle strengthening as a third priority.

• We offer instruction and movement exercises to reduce pain, and restore movement and functionality

• We teach you how and why the body is responding with pain, and how to listen to the signals in your own body

• We offer the “Healing Back Pain Series” as well as an entire growing collection of online videos