Points….Ice! Winter is not done with us yet! The ice wreaks havoc on many fronts. We’ve seen several people in the past month for help with fall-related issues. Here are three typical injuries and how we are able to help— Head vs. Ice Slipping on ice, no matter how careful, often ends up with […]
A Wild, Weird, Cool Year of Amazing Client Stories—2015! Looking back on the stories of new clients this year further reinforces that we are crazy resilient and the myriad of things that affect us before birth makes me wonder how any of us actually grow up and function. Here is a sampling of the reasons […]
A Holiday Without a Headache! Until Dina found herself at Kinetic Konnections in early May, the mother of five was living a life of daily headache pain. “I totally love life without headaches,” she exclaims. “I have been limited for so many years and to now actually go back to doing stuff that I could […]
Jordan’s Back to School Journey! “I constantly had a headache, felt seasick, and had shooting pains through my face and neck. I looked completely fine, so people thought I was completely fine. I was far from fine!” Fall 2015: Jordan is in her junior year of college studying abroad for the semester. As typical as […]
Scott and His Body Casts One hot summer an eight-year-old was sidelined with a full body cast bummed at the loss of his budding soccer career. Fast forward 29 years later…Meet Scott, a father of two preschoolers. He has struggled with chronic body aches and pains which limited his ability to play with his little […]
Snakes, Peanuts, and Nano-movements! The first of the nano-movements, PEANUT, is such a simple movement, yet we find many whose core movement doesn’t pass. Read on to learn more about this movement and how missing it may affect you. Biology Basics Cells are rapidly vibrating, expanding, and dividing. The mass of cells on their […]
Just What Are Nano-movements? Nanotechnology, Nanobiology, Nanoparticles…Nano-movements? The prefix ‘Nano’ is a math term meaning one billionth, or .000000001, which is really small! During the past year we’ve taken movement down to a whole new level—integrating the smallest observed movements with amazing results! Teeny-tiny movements have been systematically observed via ultrasound during prenatal development. Twenty […]
Connecting to Spring Fun! What a fun time we’ve been having the past few weeks. Clients young and not so young have been in to work on a wide variety of sports and recreational skills. Ranging from running, tennis, golf, lacrosse, hockey, soccer, ice skating, ballet, badminton, baseball, and basketball to cartwheels, back bends, and […]
Balance, Biking, and Nano-movements! Tommy’s mom wondered if her 9-year-old son would ever ride a bike on his own. She pushed the idea of riding for a couple of years but with no success. “It just seemed like he didn’t have the core strength or balance,” she said. “It was hard for him.” When Tommy […]
Colds, Coughs, and Nano-movements Count yourself lucky if you’ve avoided the respiratory bugs making the rounds this winter. This season’s version seems to be accompanied by a long-lasting nagging cough. At first the cough is nagging, annoying, and tiring. The worse the cough, the more likely chest muscles are getting stressed. When coughing lasts for […]