Rudy, thanks for the opportunity to turn my knee-jerk, "I don't believe much in Chiropractic" reaction into a more meaningful discussion.
I clicked through the link you posted to the referral page. I'm not sure if this is generic referrals to chiropractors or if this is specifically for those who practice chiropractic biophysics. In any case, I recognized the name of a friend who I haven't seen in decades. He was in chiropractic school back when I was a teenager. I sent him a message. I hope to get together and discuss these new techniques with him. I’ll post when I do.
IMHO, we all have a level of core strength, flexibility and fitness that is based on who we are. (Wherever I write core fitness; read core strength, flexibility, aerobic fitness, and lose weight if you are overweight.) After an injury or surgery, everyone gets the recommendation to increase core strength and fitness. More of us did PT in the past, but as co-pays and deductibles have increased so dramatically, fewer and fewer of us get through PT programs.
Walking back from my "I don't believe much in chiropractic", I do believe that ALL spine patients can improve their situation by increasing core fitness. I believe that chiropractic, PT, pilates, gyrotonics, etc... ALL have the potential of helping us to achieve greater core fitness if they motivate us to work towards that in our lives. These programs are VERY useful if they get us on an intellegently thought out program that allows us to work at levels we can reasonably do. We must be able to dial up the program when we are doing better and dial it back when we are not.
I do believe that this program will be beneficial to all who can turn it into a self-directed program that will allow you to continue to increase or maintain core fitness. I hope to learn that there is something here that is different from the other programs, but as I said earlier… whatever works for you is great.
I really like gyrotonics, but gyrotonic studios are still hard to find. You might want to look for that in your area. At the AlphaKlinik, they had a superior gyrotonic program. I believe that the benefit from these programs has much, much more do to with the therapist than with the style of workout.
For the worst of us, the battle is nearly impossible. We struggle to make it through each day and all activities seem to make us worse. We would benefit from increased core fitness, but can’t seem to take the steps necessary to get there.
All the best,
Mark
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