The Day hius Arm Started to Run Out of Oxygen Long before anyone used the words compartment syndrome of the forearm, Greg already knew something was wrong. It wasn’t just pain. Pain, he could tolerate. He had lived with shoulder pain for years. He had lived through surgeries, rehab, setbacks, and adaptations. Pain had become […]

Why Pictures Don’t Always Explain Pain — And Why the Body Works More Like a Spring Than a Stack of Bricks Many people today are looking for a doctor who helps avoid cervical surgery or a cervical surgery second opinion doctor because they are scared. And that fear makes sense. Neck pain, arm pain, numbness, […]

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 […]

The Human Spring: Why Your Body Is Not a Machine Made of Parts Most people are taught to think about the human body like a machine made of solid parts. If something hurts, they are told that something must be “broken,” “worn out,” or “out of place.” Then they are told it must be fixed, […]

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 […]

Your Body Is Not a Machine — It Is a Living Spring Most people grow up thinking the human body works like a machine. You pull a lever. You push a joint. You lift a weight. You repeat it. That idea sounds simple. It feels logical. And in gyms all over the world, that is […]

The Body Was Never Meant to Work Like a Machine Many people live with chest pain, chest pains, or thoracic pain and do not really know why. Some wake up with chest pain and arm pain and think they slept wrong. Others feel chest pain and neck pain or notice chest pain with arm pain […]