The hips are the powerhouse of the body.  What happens at the hips can greatly affect what happens up the biomechanical chain to the shoulders and neck, as well as down the chain to the knees, ankles, and feet.  When it comes to the feet in particular, muscular imbalances in the pelvis can redistribute debilitating loads to the much smaller and weaker muscles and connective tissues of the foot, which can cause severe pain and dysfunction over time.  Plantar Fasciitis (along with Metatarsalgia, Morton's Neuroma, Achilles Tendonitis, Bursitis, etc.) is a very common outcome of these muscle imbalances.  

Unless the muscular imbalances of the pelvic girdle are corrected by strengthening the neuromuscular connection between the brain/nervous system and the hip muscles, no amount of attention to the foot itself is going to heal the pain long term (despite what many foot specialists may tell you).  Instead of using bandaid approaches on the feet themselves, Muscle Activation Techniques (MAT) uses Range-of-Motion Assessments, Manual Muscle Testing, Neuromuscular Stimulation, and Targeted Isometric Exercise to locate, activate, and strengthen the hip muscles that are not working properly to get them back online and relieve the compensating parts of the body that have been overworked, inflamed, and causing pain.  

The best part about MAT is that it typically only takes 1-2 sessions to achieve long-term results, allowing you to avoid/ditch the expensive orthotics, boots, pads, shoes, electric stimulation treatments, and painful massage, trigger point, or scraping treatments typically advised for Plantar Fasciitis and other foot ailments.  To learn more about MAT or to schedule a session with Alana in Maple Grove, MN click here.

Our head is the Command Central of our body.  Despite being protected by one of the hardest bone structures in existance (the temporal bone of the skull), by a closed-loop fluid 'cushion' (cerebral spinal fluid), and by a highly intelligent and selective gatekeeper (the blood brain barrier), it is still extremely vulnerable in so many ways.  Blunt force (concussion), whiplash, toxins, dehydration, hormones, pathogens, nutrition, spinal misalignment, pressure dysregulation, physical and emotional stress, sensory exposures (light, sound, smell, taste, and touch) and disease processes can all negatively impact the head and brain.

With both acute and recurring headaches/migraines, it can be a guessing game trying to figure out what might be causing them.  Lab tests often don't find anything, treatments such as chiropractic adjustments, craniosacral therapy, massage, supplements, and detoxes don't always help, only help temporarily, or can sometimes even make the problem worse!

Muscle Testing (Applied Kinesiology) can help take the guesswork out of treating headaches and migraines.  It can find causes that traditional modalities miss...that food additive in your morning coffee creamer, your posture while driving, the blue light from your phone screen, the supplement your neighbor recommended for your brain fog, the pillow you've been using for too long, the purse you always wear on your right shoulder, or the electrolyte imbalance that can easily be fixed by putting a pinch of sea salt in your water a few times a week.  These are all things that muscle testing can easily point to and help determine the best fix.  No waiting months to see a doctor, no needles, no pharmaceuticals, no guessing.  Just your best next steps towards holistic, natural health-based solutions.

To learn more about Muscle Testing or to schedule a session with Alana, click here.