Greg’s Descent Into Pain: When Cervical Fusion Became the Only Answer A Career Built on Endurance Greg was an Emmy-, Tony-, and Grammy-nominated producer whose career demanded long hours, constant travel, and relentless mental focus. Creative excellence required physical stamina, and for years he pushed through discomfort without concern. Pain, when it appeared, had always […]
Your Body Is Not a Machine — It Is a Living Spring Most people grow up thinking of the human body like a machine. If something hurts, you assume a part is “broken.” If something feels weak, you assume it is “worn out.” And if something keeps hurting, you may start to think that this […]
The Body Is Not a Machine — It Is a Living Spring It Was Never Just About Being Strong Yes, he held massive records like a 901 lb deadlift, a 2,463 lb total, and dominated the 220 lb weight class powerlifting world. Yes, he was an IPF powerlifting champion, competed in USPF powerlifting, and became […]
The Doctor Who Looked at the Human Body Differently Some doctors fix broken bones. Some doctors prescribe medicine. Some doctors do surgery. But once in a while, a doctor comes along who looks at the human body in a completely different way. Dr. James Stoxen is known around the world as a world-renowned doctor, an […]
The Human Spring: Why Your Body Was Designed to Bend, Breathe, and Recover A Different Way to Understand the Human Body Most people grow up learning that the human body works like a machine made of levers. Bones are described as rigid sticks, joints as hinges, and muscles as motors that pull things around. This […]
A Life Built on Precision, Now Dominated by Pain David West had spent his career mastering systems. As an enterprise agile coach, he specialized in identifying breakdowns that others missed—feedback loops that failed quietly, inefficiencies that compounded over time, and structures that collapsed not from one catastrophic error, but from thousands of small misalignments. Gaming […]
The Doctor You See Before Surgery: How Functional Biomechanics Solves Neck, Arm, and Thoracic Outlet Pain Without Cutting The Modern Neck Pain Trap Every day, patients search for the same things online: They look for a doctor who helps avoid cervical surgery, a cervical surgery second opinion doctor, or a non-surgical neck pain specialist. They […]
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome is a term used to describe a pattern of symptoms involving the neck, shoulder, arm, and hand. Many individuals describe discomfort, heaviness, numbness, or fatigue that worsens with posture or arm position. These experiences often vary widely, which contributes to confusion and delayed understanding of the condition. In my clinical experience, Thoracic […]
Thoracic outlet syndrome is a complex condition involving the space between the neck and shoulder. This area contains nerves, arteries, and veins that serve the arm and hand. The thoracic outlet is not a single structure. It is a functional passageway formed by bones, muscles, and connective tissue. When this space changes shape, symptoms may […]
Chest discomfort is one of the most alarming sensations a person can experience. Many individuals describe sudden pressure, tightness, or aching across the chest as a sign of a serious medical emergency. In my clinical experience, musculoskeletal and biomechanical factors can sometimes create sensations that closely resemble cardiac distress. One condition frequently associated with this […]
