In Honor of the Fall Fitness Challenge, I have to give major thanks to John Goldthorp of http://www.FixYourRun.com! I would not be able to focus on fitness again if it wasn’t for John’s help in utilizing NeuroKinetic Therapy to unravel my muscle compensations, to get this mama from feeble to fitness!
I call John Goldthorp the “Muscle Magician” because under his guidance, I felt better than I had in years! What a difference life is when pain-free with a functioning body! My family cannot thank John enough for helping to get our lives back!!!
As you many of you know, I suffered over a year of severe lower back/pelvic pain during pregnancy and postpartum. I went to countless doctors, therapists and experts, to find some relief from pain. I underwent tons of treatments, steroid shots and of course, to dull the pain, I used medications that led to other health issues! No experts seemed to be interested in what was causing the problem, but only wanted to mask the pain! I went to three physical therapists and endured their cookie cutter routines that didn’t help my personalized dysfunctions.
Then, I remembered that John Goldthorp had helped my husband recover from a herniated disc and I decided that the distance to travel to see him was worth the chance to find an answer! Immediately, John found instabilities and dysfunctions compounded from injuries from 15 years ago thru the present. He gave me the simplest routine and I felt better from day 1. We continued to meet and peel away more “layers of the onion” to address several compensations, the majority of which affected my ability to stabilize my spine. We found that my motor control system was most likely limiting movement and causing pain because it was not stable! Under John’s guidance I began to add a pain-free fitness routine.
I have to thank John for giving me my freedom, wellness and mobility! I’m not afraid to get moving and I have strength again! He is a gifted professional, a good human-being and treats your mind and body! Previously, I was considering going on disability, but with John’s help, I can actually see running in my future…and so much more!
ABOUT NEUROKINETIC THERAPY (NKT)
Dr Axe calls Neurokinetic Therapy “a Revolutionary Rehab for Injuries & Chronic Pain”. NKT is a type of natural therapeutic system that has the goal of correcting learned movements and muscle functions within the body that can contribute to pain. NKT is based on observations that certain body parts compensate for other weaker body parts. Essentially muscles or tissue can become weak and “shut down” following injury, while others become forced to work overtime and make up their shortcomings. This concept is known as the body’s “muscle compensation patterns.”
As a fitness professional John doesn’t technically diagnose or treat pain. NKT® assessments help break down faulty movement patterns and address the root cause. This can help unravel movement compensations so you can move more easily and efficiently. If you are moving more freely with less effort, the body often doesn’t have much of a reason to be in pain.
NKT is the most amazing thing I’ve ever experienced. It’s like you are in so much pain and then you do a few simple movements – no sweat, no out of breath, no difficulties – and sometimes the pain is gone immediately and others it may take a week of consistently “doing your homework” but it works!
WARM UP FROM A LOCAL CELEBRITY RUNNING COACH
TIME OUT: WHO IS JOHN GOLDTHORP?
In addition to being a gifted professional, John is also a friend a distance relative by marriage. He and his wife Jen (a nutritionist) are super fit, healthy and energize those around!
John is the owner of Fix Your Run, a specialized fitness coaching business that not only helps runners break through frustrating plateaus and injury cycles, but also helps people build sustainable fitness for a lifetime.
Recently named “Philly’s Best Running Coach” by Philadelphia Magazine and featured in Runners World, Philly.com and MensJournal.com, John currently works with clients at Mass F.I.T. in Center City, Philadelphia and leads weekly group speed training sessions at Philly Surge Running.
As a competitive runner, John, a certified personal trainer and running coach, realized most runners will likely encounter injury at some point in their journey. While many running coaches can develop a solid training plan, John has successfully integrated traditional run coaching with cutting edge strength and movement training. In addition to his B.S. in Kinesiology from Penn State (’00), he’s currently Center City Philly’s first and only Neurokinetic Therapy® Level 3 practitioner which enables him to unravel movement compensations that are often the root of many movement related problems like pain or tightness. He is an Anatomy In Motion® practitioner which provided him with a deep understanding of gait mechanics, a certified ACE Personal Trainer, a Functional Movement Screen Expert, a Road Runner Club of America certified running coach, and Precision Nutrition Level 1 certified. So, yeah, he likes to learn and we are all thankful for his knowledge!
Here’s John’s contact info!
John Goldthorp
267.735.4962
In case you can’t get in to see John or you’d like a masseur trained in NKT, Goldthorp’s colleague Randy “Results” Dillon also offers NKT services, in addition to massage therapy, and is located in West Chester, PA.
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