How Ed Coans Strength Training Designed His Body as a Human Spring Long before anyone ever talked about the Human Spring Approach, long before patients ever used a Vibeassage Pro or a Vibeassage Sport at home, everything started in the gym. Not a fancy gym. Not a gym with screens and machines and cables everywhere. […]
Your Body Is Not a Lever — It Is a Living Spring Many people live every day with neck pain, neck shoulder pain, or neck and arm pain and think this is just part of getting older. Some wake up with neck stiffness, some struggle with constant neck pain, and others notice neck pain and […]
The Day I Learned the Body Is Not a Machine, It’s a Spring When I was young in my career, I learned something that changed the way I see the human body forever. One thing you have to understand is that my dad did not have a strong back. I know that because I was […]
The Day a Giant Taught Me How the Human Spring Really Works One of the strongest men I ever worked on was Ed Coan. If you know the world of powerlifting, you know that name. But what most people don’t understand is what it feels like to stand next to someone like that in real […]
The Doctor Who Looked at the Human Body Differently Some doctors spend their whole lives looking at the human body as a machine made of parts. Bones are treated like sticks. Muscles are treated like ropes. Joints are treated like hinges. When something hurts, the goal is often to “fix the part.” But Dr. James […]
The Human Body Is Not a Machine — It Is a Living Spring System A Simple Idea That Changes Everything Most people grow up thinking of the body like a machine. If something hurts, something must be “broken.” If something feels tight, something must be “stuck.” If something feels weak, something must be “worn out.” […]
The Human Spring: A New Way to Understand Your Body, Your Pain, and Your Recovery Many people think of the human body like a machine made of stiff parts and hinges. They imagine bones as sticks, joints as door hinges, and muscles as ropes that pull things around. But what if that picture is wrong? […]
The Human Spring: A New Way to Understand Why the Body Breaks Down If you ask most people what the human body is like, they will say it is like a machine. They imagine bones as sticks, joints as hinges, and muscles as ropes that pull things around. That way of thinking has been taught […]
“The First Pain” (Helen’s Journey — A 37-Year Descent Into Compression) Helen had always thought of herself as strong. Not in the loud or dramatic way. Not in the way people announce. But in the quiet, dependable way—someone who carried groceries in one trip, who painted for hours without noticing time pass, who worked in […]
Your Body Is Not a Machine Made of Sticks — It Is a Living Spring Most people are taught to think about their body like it is a machine made of hard parts. Bones are seen like sticks. Joints are seen like hinges. Muscles are seen like ropes that pull on levers. In this way […]
