I hurt my back when I was in the military years ago. At first I made do and was able to keep up with my training and the back pain didn’t prevent me from daily activities. Fast forward to a desk job and a family and my back, training and physical shape have gone to pieces. I had ended up in a cycle where I would make progress in my training for a month or two and then I’d do something that would trigger my back pain and I’d be down for a month. I first met Ashleigh at a Gymnastic Strength Training Seminar several years ago, and after falling into this cycle I reached out to Ashleigh (Move GST) because she had personally been through her own back issues, far more severe than mine. At the time I was in physical therapy, but my progress was minimal. Everyday I had back pain that while getting better, prevented me from activities I wanted to do. Ashleigh set up a call to review the issues and see if she could help. We talked through my back issues as well as the numerous other surgeries I’ve had on my shoulder and distal bicep tendon. Afterwards I sent her my doctors diagnosis for her to review with her team and then she sent an assessment for me to work through and film. She also suggested that I find a physical therapist who does manual tissue work, as the my current therapist was primarily exercise based. I completed the assessment and then with Ashleigh’s help (extensive help, even calling up the practitioners to make sure it was what I needed) found a manual physical therapist and booked a session. After reviewing the assessment, Ashleigh put together my first week of training and I went to my manual therapy session. The first week of training was appropriately intense, my back was still in pain but the exercises challenged me and helped dial back the pain. I also went to the manual therapy session and combined with the training Ashleigh provided my back underwent a 180. I am now in my fourth week of training and my back pain while still there, is getting better and better. The exercises are helping immensely, but more than just that the entire experience with Ashleigh has been fantastic. We have weekly calls to review the video recordings of my training as well as to talk about how my back and other various ailments are doing. She has been outstanding in making any necessary adjustments on a weekly basis and helping to ensure that I’m making progress not just from a getting stronger perspective, but from a pain one. I can only imagine if I was able to train and work with her team in person for manual physical therapy how much further I’d be. I highly recommend Ashleigh and her team’s services!!!

MAX