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09/25/2025
What if recovery didn’t always mean more meds or surgery?
Hold on though… do meds or surgery ever really mean recovery?!
Meds can dull pain.
Surgery can repair damage.
But neither guarantees you’ll get your life back.
Recovery is more than symptom relief.
---> It’s being able to move with confidence, perform at your best, and re-engage fully with the people and passions you love.
That’s where my approach is different.
Instead of chasing symptoms, I focus on restoring your body’s ability to communicate and perform through a 4-step process:
>> Unload : Reduce the strain on injured tissues and calm your nervous system.
>> Rebuild: Restore skilled strength and stability at the foundations.
>> Reset: Re-integrate brain-to-body-to-brain communication so movement feels natural again.
>> Recondition: Prepare your body for the real demands of life, work, and play.
This is what recovery actually looks like.
It’s not about masking pain or forcing your body through another invasive fix.
It’s about unlocking the potential that’s already in you, so you can get back to being yourself without fear, hesitation, or constant setbacks.
If you’re a professional, parent, or competitor who refuses to settle for a half-life defined by pain, this is the path forward.
Comment “Recovery” if you want to see how this process works.
09/19/2025
Go, Phil, go!
My client and good friend, Phil Lampe, is a Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu black belt, instructor, gym owner, and recent regional tournament champion.
A week ago, he faced what looked like a sports hernia: tearing tissue in his upper adductors, instability in his low back, and an irritated nerve likely at the root of it all.
For many, this kind of injury can be a career-derailer, 6-12 weeks minimum for return to play.
But Phil wasn’t willing to sit on the sidelines.
Together, we built a plan:
>> Skills to Unload stress from the injured tissue
>> Strategies to rapicly restore low-back stability
>> Targeted resets for nerve irritation
>> And an advanced tool: a unique form of deep pulsed electrical current many of my clients describe as a “game-changer” in accelerating recovery, muscle, and performance
The results?
Rapid relief.
By yesterday, just a week in, Phil was already moving toward strength rebuilding, and within days he’ll be ready to focus on performance again.
This is the power of working with the nervous system, not just the muscles.
When brain-to-body-to-brain communication is restored, recovery accelerates, and potential that felt lost comes back online.
If you’ve been sidelined by pain or injury, and you refuse to settle for living below your potential, you deserve to know what’s possible.
Comment “Ready” if you want details on how my clients are unlocking recovery and strength in record time.
09/18/2025
"Just try harder."
Isn't that what you hear when you're not reaching your goals?
Unfortunately, when you want to build strength, recover from an injury, or perform at your best, "try harder" just isn't your best first step.
When pain, weakness, or lost performance holds you back, the natural response is to try harder.
Push more.
Train more.
Grind more.
Effort isn’t the problem.
Effective brain to body to brain communication and central nervous system integration are.
Strength isn’t just muscle.
It’s a skill controlled by your brain and nervous system.
If your system senses threat (pain, injury, or instability), it will automatically pull the plug on your strength, and coordination.
Like a safety governor on an engine, it limits your output to protect you.
That’s why no matter how much you’ve pushed, rehabbed, or trained, results can stall.
It’s not weakness or laziness.
It’s your nervous system doing its job to keep you safe.
That's why the fastest way forward isn’t “trying harder.”
It’s removing the brakes.
When you calm threat in your system and restore clear brain-body communication, strength returns instantly.
Movement feels lighter.
Recovery accelerates.
Performance climbs.
This is the work I do with professionals, leaders, and high achievers who refuse to settle for a life limited by pain.
Once the nervous system is integrated, effort becomes effective again and potential that’s been locked away gets released.
Want to experience what that feels like?
Comment with the word, “Unlock”, tag me, and I’ll reach out to show you how to take the first step.
09/17/2025
Pain isn’t just about the hurt.
It’s the fatigue that makes even simple tasks feel overwhelming.
It’s the hesitation to make plans, because you don’t know how you’ll feel that day.
It’s the distraction at work when your body demands attention you can’t give.
It’s the distance that grows when you can’t stay fully tuned in with the people you love most.
I call this "The Price of Pain".
For those with disc and nerve issues, this price runs even deeper.
The pain is often invisible.
People can’t see it on the outside, so their conscious or subconscious judgment makes you feel like you have to defend your reality.
That isolation adds to the burden you’re already carrying.
The truth is different though.
You don’t have to keep paying that price.
Often, one simple skill you can learn from home makes all the difference!
With a simple skill, you can unload the threat that keeps pain, weakness, and fear cycling.
Relief, strength, and confidence can return in ways that last.
This is why I do what I do.
Because no one should have to live their life paying for something they didn’t choose.
👉 If this resonates with you, comment, "Share", and tag me. I'll reach out to see if you might be a match for one of these simple but amazingly effective skills.
THE PRINCIPLE BEHIND THE INCREDIBLE BENEFIT OF NERVE UNLOADERS:
Imagine trying to drive with your emergency brake on.
No matter how powerful the engine, how new the tires, or how smooth the road, you’re never going to reach your destination the way you should.
The car lurches forward, wastes fuel, and leaves you frustrated.
This is exactly what happens when an irritated nerve is carrying “threat” signals.
Your brain, the driver, senses danger and pulls the brake.
The result?
Muscles don’t fire right, strength leaks away, mobility feels restricted, and every effort to stretch, train, or rehab falls short.
It’s not that you’re weak.
It’s not that you’re broken.
It’s that the brake is still on.
The threat is still present.
Until that threat is unloaded from your nervous system, all other approaches; strength training, range of motion drills, pain management, etc, can only give partial, temporary relief.
Don't worry though.
There is a simple skill you can learn that will help to release the "brake".
When you learn how to release the brake, everything changes.
Strength comes back.
Movement feels natural again.
Recovery sticks.
This is what I help my clients do: unload the threat, reconnect brain and body, and finally access the potential that’s been there all along.
09/11/2025
YOU'RE NOT BROKEN.
Your body just lost the map.
If you’ve been dealing with disc pain, nerve pain, or stubborn injuries that haven’t responded to physical therapy, chiropractic, yoga, decompression, or even surgery…
.. that doesn’t mean you’ve failed.
It means no one has yet helped your brain and body reconnect the dots.
Pain, weakness, and instability aren’t random.
They’re your body’s way of bracing against a perceived threat, warning you, a nervous system that’s lost access to its own roadmap.
Most rehab and recovery systems never resolve the root issue: faulty communication between your brain and body.
That’s what I fix.
My process targets your control system, the part of you that decides when and how muscles turn on, how joints stabilize, and how you perceive pain or safety.
My process also targets your action system, the part that allows you to act, react, and move with confidence.
I help you restore access to your body’s built-in potential, your latent human potential for recovery and for action.
This work is remote.
I don’t work with everyone, only those who are a good match for my system.
But if you qualify, results can happen quickly, most often in days, and with less effort than you think.
Curious if this could help you?
Send me a message with the words:
“Remote success.”
Let’s see what your system is still capable of. ❤
09/09/2025
Complex pain isn't a wall even though it can seem that way.
Instead, it's simply a maze and mazes can be solved.
Some pain, notably complex pain, doesn’t play fair.
It shifts.
It hides
It lingers.
You treat one area, and another one flares.
You finally get some relief… and it vanishes again. :(
My client, Christina Aprill Kamen, knows this story well.
She’s lived it for years.
But instead of giving up, she committed to a new approach 🙌
One that honors the complexity without getting lost in it.
Step by step, piece by piece, we’ve been working through the tangled mess that complex pain can present.
Not all at once.
Not with force.
With intention, clarity, and consistency.
And just like making all the right turns through a maze in the right order… her body is finally responding.
>> Her mobility is improving
>> Her strength is returning
>> Her pain is retreating
And more than anything: her confidence is growing.
Because complex pain isn’t a wall, it’s a maze.
With the right guide and the right map, you can find your way through it.
I’m incredibly proud of Christina’s persistence, trust, and effort.
She’s making beautiful progress and this is just the beginning!
Please give Christina a cheer for her courage, her trust, and her diligence to overcome complex pain! ❤️
PS: If this path makes you curious but you're worried about location, relax, all of these results and my other clients get their results via the remote services I provide.
Reach out. We can have a chat to see if this approach is a fit for you. :)
09/04/2025
Things can change in days 💖
Give a warm shout out for one of my newest clients, Jacqueline Whitted!
This is where we started just 2 weeks ago:
“I'm always in pain. It just takes a toll on me…”
Jackie’s pain began over a decade ago: neck pain that led to cervical radiculopathy and lower body sciatic pain that never really left.
And still, every morning she’d wake up already exhausted, the pain was her alarm clock.
Riding in a car? Agonizing.
Teaching (which she loves)? Draining.
Taking a walk, something that normally would bring her peace, felt like a memory.
But she refused to give up.
So she tried something different.
First, working remotely, we started with my "7-Day First Steps Plan".
The results?
Almost immediate drop in pain and renewed hope.
Then we began the "Disc and Nerve Recovery Accelerator".
At our first weekly check in today, she’s already reporting:
* Pain all but faded away
* More energy
* A renewed zeal for life
And yes, she's starting to take walks again this week!
All of this ...
- done remotely via Zoom
- with minimal but precise effort
- helping her nervous system let go of the threat it’s been gripping for years.
The moral of this story follows...
.. if you’ve been stuck in pain that won’t budge, no matter how “right” you do everything, please hear this:
>> It’s not your fault.
>> It’s not “just age.”
>> It’s not too late.
Jackie’s story is proof:
When you finally work with the system driving the pain, your nervous system, everything can change.
Let's give a "Go Jackie Go!" to this brave and wonderful woman!
09/03/2025
SOMEWHERE BETWEEN BROKEN AND BEAST MODE…
There’s a frustrating place too many active people get stuck.
Not injured enough for surgery.
Not recovered enough to run, roll, train, or perform the way you want.
Too smart to ignore the pain.
Too stubborn to give up.
Stuck somewhere between hurting and high-performing.
It's actually got a name, The Critical Phase of Recovery.
---> Drop a "👋" in the comments if you'd like access to "The 4 Phases of a Complete Injury Recovery".
You may have tried everything:
✔️ Rehab protocols
✔️ Smart programming
✔️ Clean nutrition
✔️ Consistent effort
But something still holds you back.
>> Pain that just won't leave
>> Mobility that disappears under pressure
>> Strength that flickers on and off like a bad connection
Worst of all?
No clear path forward.
What you may not realize is this:
Pain doesn’t stick around because you’re weak or broken.
It sticks around because your nervous system is stuck in protect mode.
Strength doesn’t return until your brain trusts your joints, nerves, and tissues to handle the load.
Mobility doesn’t improve until your nervous system feels safe enough to let go.
This is why so many people spin their wheels, doing all the “right” things … without ever getting the right results.
But when you learn to Unload the nervous system threat gently and precisely:
⚡ Pain fades.
⚡ Movement returns.
⚡ Confidence rebuilds.
And what once seemed permanent… starts to shift.
If you’ve been stuck in that in-between zone.
Not broken.
Not whole.
Just waiting for something to click…
This is your sign that there’s still a path forward.
A smarter one.
A safer one.
And maybe… the one you’ve been hoping existed all along. 💪
Note: I am now open to book live, in-person, or remote private seminars and workshops. If you, your business, or team are looking for an edge with easy to learn steps and application, I may have just what you're looking for.
With over 35 years of experience, I am eager to share. :) Happy to travel as well.
09/02/2025
Who would like the handout from my recent seminar on using your NS to free your body:
"Instant Strength"??
08/31/2025
Raise your hands for one of my newest clients, Steve Werkmeister!
Steve suffered a neck injury decades ago.
He tried it all, even major surgery, but the tightness and pain on the right side kept creeping up into his head and never let go.
Then, out of nowhere, the left side flared up.
Crippling pain. Loss of motion. Frustration. :(
The kind of thing that makes you wonder: “When does it all end!?”
Thankfully, that acute episode faded but the chronic pain didn’t.
👉 Then Steve tried something different:
my "7-Day First Steps" Plan
It's a strategy focused not on fixing joints or stretching tight spots, but on Unloading the nervous system’s threat signals.
We didn’t attack the pain.
We removed the main threat.
After just one week of simple, consistent, comfortable practice, Steve reported:
✔️ Constant pain reduced from a 5 to a 2
✔️ Noticeably improved neck and shoulder mobility
✔️ A sense of relief and even surprise at how such minimal effort could bring such a meaningful change.
Believe this, nothing should hurt this long.
If you’re doing all the right things…
Eating clean, doing your exercises, seeing great providers…
But you're still stuck in the same loop ... it’s not your fault.
You might just be trying to push through pain that your nervous system is desperately trying to protect.
🔥 The solution isn’t to try harder.
It’s to get smarter about how your brain and body interact.
Pain often lingers not because your body’s broken but because your nervous system is still stuck in defense mode.
And until you release that, nothing really sticks.
No strength.
No mobility.
No confidence.
---> To those who feel like it’s “too late”…
Like the pain is “too complex” or “too old”…
Like you’ve just gotta learn to live with it…
Steve’s story is your reminder:
Healing is still possible.
It starts with safety.
And it often begins with something far gentler and smarter than you’ve been led to believe.
08/28/2025
If you’ve been doing all the right things… but not getting the right results…
This podcast is for you.
You’ve done the therapy.
You’ve tried the programs.
You’ve followed the protocols, been compliant, worked hard.
But your body still feels stuck: tight, painful, weak, limited, or just off.
It’s not your fault.
Most recovery and performance systems skip the most important step: training the nervous system to feel safe again.
Until your brain gets the signal that it’s okay to relax, move, and produce force…
…your strength stays locked away.
…your body stays tense, vulnerable, and even in pain.
…your progress stalls.
In this short but packed podcast, I was asked by the amazing Alex Povey to share my decades of work to realize a radically different lens on recovery, strength, and performance.
We talk about:
🔥 Why “more effort” usually backfires when your nervous system is in survival mode
🔥 How to release the brakes that have been silently limiting your results
🔥 A smarter, safer, more effective path to the strength and freedom you’ve been chasing
This isn’t theory.
It’s what’s helped my high-performing clients recover when nothing else worked.
It's helped so many return to doing what they love, stronger than ever.
Watch now and discover the real reason progress has felt so elusive.
I'd love to hear what resonated most with you! Please comment!
P.S. I help people stop chasing symptoms and start rebuilding real, lasting function, especially when “nothing else has worked.” If that resonates, message me. We’ll find out quickly if I can help.
Looking for a speaker?
I’m available for private seminars and custom workshops (local or travel-based) on injury recovery, disc & nerve pain, and next-level performance. If you’re serious about bringing something different to your group, let’s talk.
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Hi! I’m Jeff Powell and I’ve devoted my entire adult life (over 30 years) to delivering a better service for my clients. My quest: To be able to engage and support you, my client, from wherever you walked in to wherever you want to go. Even if you are bed-ridden with pain and want to see yourself competing among the elite. I don’t want any “holes” in my method.
The result of this quest is Integrated Functional Therapy and Performance. Another result has been the creation of a SuperTeam of trainers at Mastery Coaching Systems,LLC (go like that FaceBook page too!) in Manchester, Missouri. We truly have the ability to meet any client at any point in their development and offer them the next best steps to their personal quest! This is such a satisfying place to be for me and for my team at Mastery Coaching Systems,LLC!
The Latest!: We have launched a new program called, Super Charged Training! This system, coupled with our one-of-a-kind muscle specific technology demonstrates dramatically accelerated results for muscle, tone, strength, recovery, performance and more. Since it is so unique and yields such amazing results in such a short time, we are happy to offer a complimentary “taste test” for you, your team, your company or organization. We can answer all your questions but we prefer to prove it to you.
Here are some of my qualifications and experiences for those of you wondering:
Bachelor of Science - Psychology (emphasis in performance psychology) - UNM-Abq
Master of Science - Injury Prevention and Sports Performance - Cal U of Penn
NeuroTarget System (functional neurology) - Level 2
NeuFit - Level 1 Therapy Provider
National Academy of Sports Medicine -
Personal Trainer
Corrective Exercise Specialist
Performance Enhancement Specialist
Integrated Flexibility Specialist (this one has been retired by NASM but still my favorite)
CrossFit -
Level 1
Running Endurance
ARPwave - Licensed
Neurodynamics System - receiving personal mentorship from Michael Shacklock since Summer 2019
UltraFit/EvoSport - Trainer
Functional Movement Systems - Level 1
Formerly NSCA-CSCS, AFAA-APT, SCW-EDU CPT
Achievements:
3 Amazing Children
Mel Brown’s Combat Jiujitsu - 2nd Dan
Jackson’s Submission Fighting - Brown Belt
Gracie Jiujitsu (Professor JW Wright) - Blue Belt
KC Golden Gloves - 2x Silver Medalist
Grappler’s Quest World Championships - Intermediate Silver Medalist
IBJJF Chicago Spring Open - Master Super Heavy Gold
Costa Rica Abu Dhabi Pans - Adult Blue Belt Silver Medalist
IBJJF Master World Championships - Master White Belt Super Heavy Gold
IBJJF Master World Championships - Master 3 Blue Belt Super Heavy Double Bronze
FUJI BJJ St Louis Championships - Master Blue Belt Super Heavy Silver and Adult Blue Belt Super Heavy Silver
I have been blessed to lead a number of exceptional teams over the years as well in business and competition
