For this episode we interview Dr. Joe LaVacca, DPT and owner of Strength In Motion Physical Therapy based out of Manhattan, NY.  Together with his girlfriend,  Courtney Conley, Joe has recently started teaching a course all over the world called Top Down Bottoms Up! The course focuses on the importance of understanding function and assessment of the lower quarter of the body  followed by joint by joint treatment and different intervention strategies. Joe also teaches consistently for RockTape all while having his own practice in the city! Joe is also certified in Functional Range Conditioning and Functional Range Release Therapy.


On This Episode:

 Joe's Background
 Training smarter to be more efficient 
 What is pain? The emerging field of Pain Science
 How we can look at pain the same way we look at emotions
  Pain and psychology
  Pain and our past experiences
  People's expectations of pain
  Concept of "getting out of pain"
  People's pain coping mechanisms
  How pain can become a part of a persons identity
  Asking better questions related to pain
  Pain as a number on a pain scale
  Pain and the external environment
  Joe's humor! (he's top notch!)
  Top Down Bottom's Up Course
  Human's are complex- using more than one system to work with people
  Foot mapping technique
  Rocktape- using tools to assist your work and not the only aspect of the work
  Joe's bare minimum of movement daily!





Where you can find Joe:
https://www.strengthinmotionpt.com/
https://www.instagram.com/joelavapt/
https://www.instagram.com/strength.in.motion_pt/


Books on this Episode:
Sapiens: A Brief History of Human Kind- Yuval Noah Harari 
How Emotions Are Made- Lisa Feldman Barrett


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All Things Pain with Joe LaVacca, DPT - Ep. 10

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Alternative Health

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Health & Fitness

Karen Kelsall, DC, CCSP®, has been practicing the healing art and science of chiropractic since 1997 from a stately Victorian set in the bustling commercial district of NW 23rd Avenue in Portland, Oregon. She discovered gymnastics at nine, and within three years had moved from her Surrey, BC, home to Eugene, Oregon, to hone her talent at the Olympic training center. Kelsall competed internationally for five years, culminating in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics where she earned distinction as the Games youngest competitor. She climbed to tenth in world ranking in 1978. At her peak as she prepared for the 1980 Olympics, her Olympic
career came to an end when her native country, Canada, boycotted the Moscow Olympics.
 
 
On Today’s Episode:
·        Karen Kelsall is an Olympic gymnast who competed in the 1876 Olympics in Montreal
·        Gymnastics has been a positive experience, opening many doors for the speaker
·        She was instilled an incredible work ethic and showed that if you set your mind to something, you can achieve it
·        Pursuing a career in modern dance in New York City
·        An injured shoulder made her pursue a career in chiropractic
·        The pressures of an Olympic athlete
·        Modern equipment is much better now with more safety
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Her experience in
gymnastics has helped treat injuries
 
Connect with Karen Kelsall at her:
 
Website: Kelsall Chiropractic Clinic
LinkedIn: Dr. Karen Kelsall
Facebook: Kelsall Chiropractic Clinic
Instagram: @kelsallchiropractic
 
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Guest Quotes:
“The one thing that I really like about being a chiropractor is it's a mix of science and art.” – Karen Kelsall


“If you set your mind to something, no matter what you have or don't have, you can actually do it. You just have to do it and proceed, just keep working at it and incremental steps sometimes need to happen. I use my gymnastics every day and I have a very positive memory of it because it did a lot for me.” – Karen Kelsall

From Olympic Gymnast To Chiropractor with Dr Karen Kelsall, DC - Ep. 92

On this episode, we welcome Melissa and Lacee, Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013; working with bells not only changed her body but her entire career trajectory. She now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and bodyweight training. Lacee is a graduate with honors from Portland State University, holding a BA in communication forms/Business Administration, and National Academy of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer. She is a StrongFirst Kettlebell Level 2 and Bodyweight Instructor and a current RKC Level 1 Kettlebell Instructor. 

Melissa has a degree in dietetics and has been working as a personal trainer since college, Melissa has 15 years of fitness and nutrition experience. Since the birth of her sons in 2014 and 2018, her business shifted to working with prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery.




On Today’s Episode:

 Melissa and Lacee are introduced to the show!

 Lacee discovered kettlebell training in 2013 and now helps clients build strong bodies with kettlebells, barbells, and body-weight training

  Melissa has been working as a personal trainer for 15 years and specializes in prenatal and postnatal women seeking guidance in safe and effective ways to retrain strength for the duration of pregnancy and recovery

  Building businesses from the ground up, all referral based, and with a strong clientele

  Mentoring and learning from experienced trainers are key to success

  Personal connections to helping others feel good about their bodies and elevate them

  Applying traditional values that have led to a corporate job, but feeling stuck

  How they started building digital businesses before the pandemic for flexibility

  They found that kettlebells are most effective for clients

  How they funded themselves by teaching kettlebell basics during the pandemic

  They stress the value of consistency and repetition in a program

  They compare fitness goal setting to teaching a child to read with a progression

  Kettlebell training is functional and translates well into everyday life

  Group fitness can be unsustainable and frustrating for many people

  Bells Up TV focuses on building long-term habits and progress over time

  Fitness requires consistent effort and cannot be achieved with a quick fix or pill

  Video format provides encouragement, technique cues, and explanations

  Flexibility in training plans is important for managing stress and life demands

  Strength training is important for recovery and injury prevention

  Extreme exercise can come with a price and it’s important to find balance and listen to your body




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Guest Quotes:
“This is a journey, this is a process... It’s maintaining and giving you like the anti-aging answer. There is no pill, this is the pill, this is it! You actually have to do the thing.” – Melissa Paris
“I think it's an evolving science and I have learned so much over nine years working with general population. We could never have built a digital business without that experience of working with people.” – Lacee Lazoff

Bells Up with Lacee Lazoff and Melissa Paris - Ep. 91

On this episode, we welcome Scott Kennedy, Scott is the owner of Light Path LED. He is on the show to discuss the benefits of red-light therapy and how it can help increase blood flow, oxygen, recovery time, and healing. He explores the differences between red and near infrared light, as well as the benefits of using specific pulses for different purposes such as 40 hertz for inflammation and brain health, 2.94 hertz for eyes, 5.87 hertz for lymphatic flow, and 4.69 for pain relief. He delves into the effects of light penetrating through the sinuses and eyes up into the nasal cavities, and how one should take off their clothing to ensure maximum effectiveness. He is a certified laser/light specialist and health coach. In 2018, he started the first light therapy wellness center in New Jersey where he met with clients from all walks of life, all ages, and with the gambit of issues. He started my journey 10 years ago when he suffered from peripheral neuropathy. He saw countless doctors and tried countless remedies with only limited relief. He went from running ultra-marathons and boxing to being sedentary. Within 4 months, his symptoms decreased over 80%. The improvements he felt from light therapy were life-altering. He’s now back to running and boxing and living life. His goal is to now help others get back to doing what they enjoy in life, without pain or pills. With a focus on safety and quality, he began LightpathLED to create the best home use panels on the market. He now has panels that surpass the competition at a lower price point as well as panels with multiple wavelengths and pulsing, which no other company is doing. His commitment is always to the pursuit of optimal health and well-being of his clients and their families.
On Today’s Episode:

 Scott Kennedy is introduced to the show!
 Scott owns and runs Light Path LED, which offers home-use spread light therapy devices
  Light therapy has been researched wavelengths of red and near infrared light that are absorbed into the cells and mitochondria
  Near infrared light for bones, joints, brain, organs, and lymphatic flow
  Pulsing has been shown to be more beneficial than non-pulsing or continuous wave
  Some side effects of NIR pulsing setting
  Red light benefits for inflammation, age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma
  Starting up a wellness center in upstate NY
  How Scott moves his brain & body



Connect with Scott Kennedy at his:
Website: Lightpath LED
Instagram: @lightpathled
YouTube: Lightpath to Wellness
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Everything You Need to Know About Near Infrared Light with Scott Kennedy the owner & founder of LightPathLED - Ep. 90

Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC is originally from Colorado, Torin knew from an early age that he wanted to be a physical therapist and help people.  As he went through his schooling, he kept searching to know not only what was going on with people but “Why”.  Shortly after graduating from PT school in 1999, he was exposed to PRI and was hooked knowing there was a framework out there that helped with that question.  After several more years of learning and treating Torin was hired on at the Hruska Clinic in 2011 and has worked there immersed in PRI ever since.  Along with working as a staff physical therapist for the Hruska Clinic, he has helped with the growth and evolution of the PRIME program which focuses on providing multidisciplinary tools to assist those people who just can’t seem to get better with “traditional” methods PRI or non-PRI.


On Today’s Episode:

 Torin Berge is introduced to the show!
 The focus on integration of vision, dental, and other specialties with the body
  Streamlining the process of vision, splint calibration, and orthotic molding
  Getting the right tools is a huge step forward for people who have been trying PI for a long time
  A good shoe can make a huge difference and doesn’t have to be expensive
  The PRIME program takes 3 big pieces into account:
    
      Feet/shoes
      Head/neck
      Vision
    
  
  The goal for PRIME is to get people to the starting line of their rehab 
  Neurological symptoms that we find that are becoming more common:
  POTS
  Dysautonomia
  Heart palpitations
  Seizures
  Dystonia
  Focal vision can be used to reinforce a pattern of locking into a certain position
  Clarity is an important aspect of vision
  How we used to use prisms and force prescriptions on people, but now we try to minimize focal demand
  The benefits of neuro optometry
  People are not giving bad treatment, but it is a matter of working together to get all the treatments to work together
  PRIME started to integrate several pieces and make patients work less hard than before
  The community aspect of the PRIME clinic setting
  Having a community around energizes to keep producing and learning
  How Torin moves his brain & body

Connect with Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC 
Hruska Clinic


Guest Quotes:
“The goal is to peel away all those things and I think even for our PRIME patients, people that we see, that still becomes the hardest part is just taking things away.” - Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC
“We have this profession and their job is to get people to see clearly, which again, in our world, if you can't see clearly, it doesn't help you. So, if you can't see clearly and you're straining to see, you're creating more tension than we want regardless. So, clarity is an important, it's an important thing. We have to be able to see clear, because we live in the world.” - Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC










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Understanding Integration Between Professions : Vision, Dental & PRI Clinical Application with Torin Berge, PT, MPT, PRC - Ep. 89

Today on Move Your Brain Move Your Body Podcast Meghan & Aleena  discuss their favorite episodes of 2022 and release an announcement for 2023!!! 


THANK YOU TO OUR LISTENERS!!!
Thank you for supporting us in 2022. Looking for bigger things in 2023!

All Things Pain with Joe LaVacca, DPT - Ep. 10

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