Movability - Wellness & Sport Sciences

Movability - Wellness & Sport Sciences Chiropractic, pelvic floor physiotherapy, acupuncture, massage, orthotics, naturopathic care, and rehab all under one roof.

We treat complex conditions through full-body assessment, root-cause care, and a collaborative, patient-first approach.

She caught norovirus on a cruise.Hours bent forward on the toilet.Violent vomiting with diarrhea.A crushing pressure beh...
09/14/2025

She caught norovirus on a cruise.
Hours bent forward on the toilet.
Violent vomiting with diarrhea.
A crushing pressure behind her eyes.

The virus passed. The pressure did not.

Even on calm days she lived at a seven out of ten.
Headache all day.
Blurry vision.
Tunnel vision.
Then bathroom trips spiked it to a ten.

Two years of normal scans.
Normal eye exams.
Normal GI testing.
Several rounds of gut treatments.
Nothing explained why constipation and stress made the pressure surge.

On exam the driver was below the belt.
That illness had locked her pelvic floor in guard.
The floor would not relax when it needed to.
Resting abdominal pressure stayed high.

Veins from the brain and eyes drain into low‑pressure pathways through the neck and chest.
When abdominal pressure runs high all day, that drainage struggles.
You feel a heavy, inside‑the‑skull pressure.
Vision narrows at the edges.
Then you strain on the toilet and the spike is instant.

We changed the loop.
Pelvic physio downtrained the floor and retrained defecation without pushing.
Breathing that couples diaphragm and pelvic floor.
Stool mechanics that do not require force.
I treated the neck for the fallout from weeks of guarding and rebuilt cervical and scapular control.

Her baseline fell.
Bathroom trips stopped being a trigger.
The constant seven faded.
Her vision steadied.
Focusing got easier.

If your head or eye pressure rides with constipation or stress, widen the search.
Normal scans can miss a mechanical loop.
Screen the pelvic floor. Help the floor relax. Restore flow.

Red flags still matter. Sudden worst headache, progressive visual loss, double vision, weakness, or thunderclap pain need urgent medical care.

Dr. Sina

Before you call an exorcist for the bathroom, read this.IBS is real. It means recurring belly pain plus a change in how ...
09/08/2025

Before you call an exorcist for the bathroom, read this.

IBS is real. It means recurring belly pain plus a change in how often you go or how your stool looks. The problem I see every week is the fast IBS label and an anxiety script while the real cause gets missed.

Common lookalikes I check first:
🔎 Celiac disease. Ask for tTG IgA with total IgA.
🔎 Inflammatory bowel disease. Bleeding, weight loss, night diarrhea, or high f***l calprotectin need workup.
🔎 Bile acid diarrhea. Watery urgent stools, often worse after meals or after gallbladder removal.
🔎 Microscopic colitis. Colon can look normal unless biopsies are taken.
🔎 Carb intolerances. Lactose, fructose, sugar alcohols.
🔎 SIBO or intestinal methanogen overgrowth. Bloating or constipation with slow motility.
🔎 Pelvic floor dyssynergia. Straining, thin stools, incomplete emptying. Needs anorectal testing and biofeedback.
🔎 Thyroid disease. Hypothyroid tends to constipate. Hyperthyroid can cause diarrhea.
🔎 Pancreatic insufficiency. Greasy floating stools and weight loss.
🔎 Mast cell activation syndrome. IBS‑like flares tied to multiple foods, heat, alcohol, or stress, plus clues like flushing, hives, itching, nasal congestion, or lightheadedness.
🔎 Infections and meds. Giardia after travel. C. diff after antibiotics. Metformin, GLP‑1s, and magnesium can trigger diarrhea.

Red flags that need timely investigation: blood in stool, unintentional weight loss, fevers, anemia, symptoms that wake you at night, new onset after age 50, strong family history of IBD, celiac, or colorectal cancer.

If IBS is confirmed after the right checks, there are solid options: a short low FODMAP trial with careful reintroduction, soluble fiber like psyllium, enteric coated peppermint oil, targeted meds by subtype, and brain gut therapies such as CBT or gut directed hypnotherapy.

If your IBS label has never been investigated, book an assessment with our naturopath for a root cause plan that fits your story.

Dr. Sina

She came in after years of chronic neck pain, migraines, TMJ, and thoracic outlet symptoms. Her cervical curve was rever...
08/31/2025

She came in after years of chronic neck pain, migraines, TMJ, and thoracic outlet symptoms. Her cervical curve was reversed. She also had PCOS. She felt self conscious, tense, and exhausted.

Everywhere she went the focus stayed on her neck: Botox, nerve blocks, pain meds, anxiety pills, stretches, adjustments, releases. Thousands of dollars and hours. Nothing held. She felt like a guinea pig.
Here is the turn. The neck was the messenger, not the problem.

I widened the lens. I reviewed labs, retested posture and load, and screened her airway. Ferritin had been very low for years but dismissed by her doctor. Palate was high, tongue tight. An old MRI showed a narrow airway that had been missed. PCOS raised the risk of sleep apnea and inflammation. The real drivers lived in airway, iron, hormones, and gut.

We rebuilt foundations. Myofunctional therapy for nasal breathing and tongue posture. Sleep study and CPAP to stabilize recovery and support your brain’s nightly wash cycle. Iron infusion through her physician, then gut repair with our in-house naturopath so she could finally absorb iron. Movability neuromuscular release with thoracic outlet decompression, plus cervical and scapular control. Pelvic floor work too, since the diaphragm, tongue, and pelvic floor work as one chain that shapes neck tension and control. Our in-house naturopath built a sustainable PCOS plan.
Results were life changing. Sleep deepened. Clenching stopped. TMJ eased. Migraines lifted. Thoracic outlet symptoms cleared. Cervical lordosis began to return. Most days were finally quiet again. With the PCOS plan in place, her confidence followed.

If you have been told your pain is just stress or you have cycled through quick fixes that never last, you are not broken. You have been overlooked. Chronic pain, neck pain, migraines, TMJ, airway problems, iron deficiency, pelvic floor dysfunction, and posture are connected. When we stop fragmenting care and connect the dots, real healing begins. This is what we do at Movability.

—Dr. Sina

He came in with relentless nausea and bouts of dry heaving after a blow to the head on his bus route. What bothered him ...
08/24/2025

He came in with relentless nausea and bouts of dry heaving after a blow to the head on his bus route. What bothered him most was that it came on with neck movement. Shoulder checks. Mirror checks. Speed bumps. Long periods of holding his head still. Sometimes a cold wave of anxiety would hit first. Then the heaves.

He was sent for a full GI workup. Endoscopy. Ultrasound. Labs. He was put on acid blockers and stomach meds. They made him worse. He kept saying it was not his stomach. And he was right. His gut was reacting to his neck. Doctors told him it was “just a concussion” and there was nothing they could do, so they focused on his gut instead. No one examined his neck.

The trauma overloaded the C0 to C2 region and the deep suboccipital muscles. Afferents from this area, via the dorsal horn and the central cervical nucleus, modulate the vestibular nuclei and the trigeminocervical complex. From the vestibular nuclei, signals reach the dorsal medullary emetic network, including the nucleus tractus solitarius and the lateral tegmental field, and vestibulo-recipient parabrachial regions that relay to limbic centers. That chain explains the sudden anxiety wave, then nausea and retching, despite a normal GI workup. His stomach was normal. His brainstem was being misled.

The mistake was chasing the gut. It was not the gut. It was the signal.

I treated the signal. I restored mechanics at the skull-neck junction to reduce abnormal C0 to C2 afferent drive, eased suboccipital myofascial load on the myodural complex, used paced diaphragmatic breathing to increase vagal modulation, then retrained cervical ocular integration and graded the exact driving movements that used to trigger him until his system stopped overreacting.

Week 2: fewer waves and shorter anxiety surges.
Week 4: 25 minutes of simulated driving without symptoms.
Week 8: full routes.

The nausea stopped. The anxiety wave disappeared. The dry heaving resolved.

The stomach everyone kept blaming did not need another pill. It needed the neck and the system around it to change.

Dr. Sina

💡 “You are what you eat” isn’t just a saying. Your diet programs your microbiome and your microbiome programs you. Swipe...
08/18/2025

💡 “You are what you eat” isn’t just a saying. Your diet programs your microbiome and your microbiome programs you. Swipe for diagrams from Nature Reviews Gastroenterology & Hepatology, 2025.

Fiber that microbes can eat becomes short chain fatty acids (SCFAs). They fuel the gut lining, tighten junctions, trigger GLP-1 and PYY, steady glucose and lipids, and cool inflammation. Protein metabolism cuts both ways. Tryptophan indoles protect the barrier through AHR (an immune sensor). Putrefactive products like p-cresol sulfate, indoxyl sulfate, phenylacetylglutamine, and imidazole propionate link to vascular risk and insulin resistance. Microbes convert cholesterol to coprostanol. Some make helpful lipid mediators. Others make bacteria-derived trans fats and sphingolipids that raise ceramides. Choline and carnitine can become TMA, then TMAO, tied to cardiometabolic risk. Bile acids are remodeled by microbes and signal through FXR and TGR5, shifting GLP-1, thermogenesis, glycemia, and inflammation.

Patterns matter. Fiber-rich whole foods and fermented foods support resilience. Polyphenol plants add metabolic range. Ultra processed foods, emulsifiers, and some sweeteners thin mucus, loosen junctions, and drive inflammation.

People vary. Baseline microbiome, meds, genetics, sleep, and activity change how two bodies handle the same meal. Precision nutrition builds on that, but the signal is clear: more fibers and plants, smart fats, balanced protein from quality sources (enough to support activity and recovery, not overloaded from processed meats), fewer additives and ultra processed items. Adjust to your response.

Learn to cook. It is a life skill, cheaper over time, and it gives you control over salt, sugar, oils, emulsifiers, and ingredient quality. Save this. Tell me one dish you can cook this week that feeds your microbes. Staples to keep: oats, beans, olive oil, kefir, kimchi, eggs, dark chocolate 85% and for animal protein, focus on quality: pasture-raised eggs, wild-caught fish, high quality lean unprocessed poultry or beef.

—Dr. Sina

If your hand or foot burns, swells, turns red or cold, and even the lightest touch feels like fire while every test come...
08/13/2025

If your hand or foot burns, swells, turns red or cold, and even the lightest touch feels like fire while every test comes back “normal,” read this.

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS type I and II) is one of the most misunderstood causes of chronic nerve pain. It is not just a sprain that never healed. CRPS is a neuroimmune condition where an injury meets a primed body and the sympathetic system, microcirculation, and brain maps all join in, amplifying pain long after tissues should be quiet.

Why some people develop it and others do not. Injury plus an internal environment that tilts toward inflammation: high blood sugar, low vitamin D, iron or B12 deficiency, poor sleep, smoking, stress, and deconditioning. The result? Warm or cold limbs, shiny skin, nail and hair changes, swelling, and pain from the slightest touch or temperature shift.

The good news is that early, coordinated action can change the trajectory. In my latest blog, I outline a rapid-start CRPS plan:
• Confirm the Budapest pattern fast
• Start gentle movement, desensitization, and graded motor imagery immediately
• Stabilize sleep and autonomic tone with paced breathing
• Open a short, targeted medical anti-inflammatory window when appropriate
• Support the body from the inside with labs, nutrition, and micronutrients
• Escalate strategically with bridge tools, interventions, or neuromodulation if needed

This project was built in collaboration with international experts in pain medicine, neurology, rheumatology, rehabilitation, and anesthesiology, so it is rigorous, referenced, and practical for patients and clinicians anywhere in the world.

CRPS is devastating. I wrote this from the heart, grounded in science, because if it helps even one person turn the corner, it has done its job. Do not give up. Small wins compound.

📖 Read the full guide in the blog section of our website: CRPS, rethought: a clinician’s field guide to the neuroimmune storm, early “abort” strategies, and whole-system support. Link in bio.

—Dr. Sina

She came in with relentless headaches, a heavy pressure behind her eyes, and brain fog so thick she felt “like my head w...
08/10/2025

She came in with relentless headaches, a heavy pressure behind her eyes, and brain fog so thick she felt “like my head will explode when I lie down.”

Her doctor said it was anxiety.
Yoga, medication.
When things got worse, a pain clinic for neck injections.

No imaging.
No one asking why.

Months earlier, she’d been bullied in a toxic workplace.
Her stress was through the roof.
Her body wasn’t bouncing back.

It didn’t look like a tension headache.
It didn’t match a classic migraine.
Headaches worse lying flat.
Intermittent visual changes.
Pulsatile tinnitus.
Neck and shoulder tightness that didn’t follow muscle patterns.

She also had subtle connective tissue hypermobility.
More fragile vascular tone.
A mild scoliosis now pulling her thoracic outlet off balance.
The left first rib and clavicle intermittently compressing her subclavian vein 🩸 slowing venous return from her head.

That backup of blood flow was a red flag.
It meant raised intracranial pressure was possible.

I ordered advanced testing.
Her salivary cortisol curve was flat.
Free T3 and reverse T3 showed thyroid underperformance.
DHEA depleted.
Electrolyte patterns hinting at mineral imbalance.
Her body wasn’t adapting 🔐 it was locked in survival mode.

I pushed for neurology, neuro-ophthalmology, and targeted imaging.
The specialists gave it a name: Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension.
But the label didn’t explain the why.
That part had been missed.

I had already begun targeted neuromuscular release, postural correction, drainage work.
Our naturopath rebuilt her adrenal and hormone health.
We addressed the vascular mechanics driving the pressure.

Her symptoms lifted.
Her vision cleared.
Her energy came back.
She made a full recovery.

It wasn’t anxiety.
It wasn’t a mystery.
It was a system out of balance and once we found it, everything changed.
It is never normal to have a chronic headache.

— Dr. Sina

You don’t “hack” your vagus nerve in your 30s. You shape it starting in the womb, and across decades of experience.Every...
08/06/2025

You don’t “hack” your vagus nerve in your 30s. You shape it starting in the womb, and across decades of experience.

Everyone talks about the vagus nerve like it’s a wellness trend: cold plunges, humming, breathwork. But few understand that your ability to regulate stress, inflammation, digestion, immunity, and mood is wired long before you ever learn to meditate.

The vagus nerve is your body’s main parasympathetic highway. It controls your heart rate, gut function, immune signaling, and how quickly you recover from stress. When vagal tone is high, your system is adaptive and resilient. When it’s low, you feel wired, reactive, inflamed, disconnected, or constantly stuck in fight-or-flight.

Here’s what the science tells us about how vagal tone is built:
In utero: A mother’s stress levels, HRV, inflammation, and breath rhythm influence fetal vagal development.
Infancy: Skin-to-skin, breastfeeding, rhythmic movement, and attuned caregiving help wire the social branch of the vagus for safety and connection.
Early childhood: Breath games, co-regulation, gut health, and physical play build stress recovery and emotional flexibility.
Middle childhood: Autonomy within structure, physical movement, and stress inoculation strengthen HRV.
Adolescence: Sleep, identity, relational safety, and exercise determine whether vagal tone matures or stalls.
Adulthood: It’s not too late. With somatic therapy, HRV biofeedback, breathwork, and nervous system-informed care, tone can improve dramatically.

You don’t just inherit vagal tone. You build it 🔨 through rhythm, safety, repetition, and repair.

This isn’t about perfection. It’s about neuroplasticity. You can reshape your regulation. And if you’re raising kids, you’re shaping theirs, too.

Want the full breakdown by life stage?
Read our blog: “Raising Resilience: How to Build High Vagal Tone from Conception to Adulthood.”
Find it in the blog section on our website. Link is in our bio.

Leave your questions in the comments below!

— Dr. Sina

He came in with chronic dizziness, migraines, neck and shoulder pain but what bothered him most was how unstable his vis...
08/01/2025

He came in with chronic dizziness, migraines, neck and shoulder pain but what bothered him most was how unstable his vision felt when he moved. Especially in his right eye.

The eye doctor said everything looked fine.
But every time his right suboccipital and upper cervical region flared up, it triggered migraines, blurred vision, and a strange internal shakiness.

Everyone told him it was vertigo.
“Just take Serc. Do the Epley.”
Those made him worse.

He was also told it was anxiety.
But it wasn’t. It was dysautonomia triggered by overstimulation of brainstem centers via distorted upper cervical afferents.

He’d been to multiple clinics. Nerve blocks. Botox. Injections into the suboccipitals. Some helped briefly. One triggered a severe vertigo episode. That’s when he stopped everything.

By the time he found me, the case had been labeled “refractory.”
But the problem wasn’t stubborn pain. It was a misread system.

His obliquus capitis inferior wasn’t the cause. It was the signal.
It doesn’t move the head. It tells the brain where the head is.

It feeds proprioceptive input from C1–C2 into the vestibulo-ocular (VOR) and cervico-ocular (COR) reflexes, forming the neck’s direct line of communication with your balance and gaze systems.
When overloaded or overstretched, the signal gets noisy.
The brain miscalculates position. The eyes drift. The system spirals.

The mistake is treating the muscle as the villain.
But the OCI wasn’t tight. It was overcompensating.

His real issue was:
– Forward head posture
– Scapular instability
– Thoracic outlet compression
– Fascial asymmetry dragging the system out of sync

So I didn’t chase the muscle.
I offloaded the system.
Neuromuscular release. Fascial decompression. Eye–head coordination drills. Cervical and scapular rehab. We recalibrated the loop.

The dizziness stopped. His vision cleared. The migraines lifted. The “anxiety” resolved.
And the muscle everyone kept blaming?
It didn’t need another needle.
It needed the system around it to change.
— Dr. Sina

We don’t often think about emotions as physical inputs.But they are.Your nervous system listens to your emotional state ...
07/25/2025

We don’t often think about emotions as physical inputs.
But they are.

Your nervous system listens to your emotional state and responds accordingly.
Every time.

Gratitude lowers inflammatory cytokines like IL-6 and TNF-α.
Awe activates the vagus nerve and reduces sympathetic output.
Love and safety release oxytocin, improving circulation and calming the heart.
Forgiveness downregulates cortisol and restores autonomic balance.
Laughter boosts blood vessel function and supports immune regulation.
Even expressive writing increases CD4 counts and speeds wound healing.
And social connection?
Lack of it has been shown to raise blood pressure, increase inflammation, and shorten lifespan.

This isn’t philosophy. It’s measurable physiology.
It’s how the immune system, hormonal system, and nervous system work together in real time.

Your body can’t heal in a state of perceived threat.
It doesn’t allocate resources to repair when it’s busy protecting you.

That’s why emotional states influence everything from migraines and digestive disorders to heart disease and chronic pain.
They affect hormone balance. They shape inflammatory patterns.
They shift your physiological baseline — from cortisol and heart rate to immune tone and pain sensitivity.

Research across neuroimmunology, psychoneuroendocrinology, and behavioral medicine consistently shows it.

The mind and body aren’t separate. They never were.
Everything is connected.
The mind is biology.
And it’s always good to see the research finally say the same.
❤️If this helped you see things differently, share it, someone else’s healing might start here.
— Dr. Sina

Swipe left and you’ll see two maps of the same body…but through completely different lenses.On the left: the intricate w...
07/22/2025

Swipe left and you’ll see two maps of the same body…but through completely different lenses.
On the left: the intricate web of nerves and spinal roots we study in modern anatomy.
On the right: the ancient acupuncture meridians, mapped thousands of years ago without imaging, microscopes, or textbooks.

Here’s the wild part…
Modern research is now confirming that these systems overlap more than we ever imagined 🤯

Acupuncture points often lie along peripheral nerves, myofascial trigger zones, or connective tissue planes. When a needle hits the right spot, it taps into the nervous system and stimulates natural healing:
✅ Endorphins
✅ Serotonin
✅ Vagal tone
✅ Blood flow
✅ Neuroplasticity
All with minimal side effects.

In study after study, acupuncture is matching or outperforming pharmaceuticals:
📌 For migraines, it beats topiramate and has fewer side effects
📌 For insomnia, it improves sleep longer than pills
📌 For anxiety, it rivals benzodiazepines without the withdrawal
📌 For pain, it relieves faster than morphine and causes fewer complications

This isn’t “alternative” anymore. It’s backed by science.
It’s used in hospitals, cancer centers, fertility clinics, and rehab programs across the world.

One of my patients, after years of chronic neck pain and daily medication, told me that after her third acupuncture session, “my pain eased for the first time in years, and I finally slept through the night.”

That’s the power of stimulating your body’s own systems instead of shutting them down.

At Movability, we offer acupuncture for pain, migraines, fertility, digestion, hormonal balance, stress, and sports recovery. Our acupuncturist is highly skilled and works closely with our whole team to treat the root cause.

If you’ve tried everything and still feel stuck, don’t underestimate what one tiny needle can do 🧠💡🌿

—Dr. Sina

“We listen and we don’t judge.”Me: 👀👀👀👀👀👀😤Here’s my villain origin story:When patients finally make it to me and tell me...
05/03/2025

“We listen and we don’t judge.”
Me: 👀👀👀👀👀👀

😤Here’s my villain origin story:
When patients finally make it to me and tell me what they’ve been through.
• They went to the doctor for anxiety and depression—no bloodwork done, just a prescription.
• A woman’s been iron deficient her whole life… suddenly her iron is high and the doctor’s happy about it instead of realizing it could be chronic inflammation.
• Physio? Shockwave therapy from head to toe—including on nerves. (Ever heard of nerve fibrosis or neuroma growth? Apparently not.)
• Chiropractor? Same 7 adjustments, 3x/week, whether it’s a migraine or a sprained ankle.
• Shoulder pain? Let’s refer you to 7 specialists—but ignore the fact that it’s actually a pinched nerve in your neck.
• Life-long constipation? Tried every diet, every gut protocol—yet nobody thought to assess the pelvic floor.
• Chronic migraines? Put on birth control and migraine meds—but nobody checked C1 or the surrounding muscles.
• Every time a kid complains of pain? “Must be growing pains.” No assessment. No exam. No curiosity. Just shrug and move on.
• And the final boss:
An elderly patient on 75 different meds for symptoms that scream vitamin deficiencies, anemia, and dehydration—and not a single person asked what they eat, how much they drink, or if they’ve ever taken a basic vitamin.

People are really good at putting symptoms under microscopes and completely missing the bigger picture.
Nobody’s asking why. Nobody’s treating the person.

By the time these patients get to us, they’ve wasted years—and we’re the ones who have to undo all the copy-paste care.

If you work in health and you’re reading this: Do better!
And yes, I’m judging a little. But it’s coming from love.

- Dr. Sina

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