09/12/2025
Most practitioners get stuck because they chase where the pain is.
But pain isn’t the driver.
Avoidance is.
If a client won’t rotate…
Won’t load…
Won’t move into a certain range…
That’s not tight tissue.
That’s the limbic system tagging threat.
At some point:
• Injury
• Trauma
• Stress overload
The brain learned:
“Don’t go there.”
So the body shut the door.
Years later you see it as:
• Chronic pain
• Restricted movement
• Failed rehab
• Endless flare-ups
Before I had the skills I use today, my fail-safe was simple:
👉 I’d ask:
“What don’t you like to move?”
“What direction do you avoid?”
Then I’d gently habituate their nervous system to that exact range.
And over and over again…
Pain dropped out.
Not because I forced it.
Because the brain felt safe again.
Stop chasing symptoms.
Start restoring neuro-permission to move.
That’s where real change happens.