When it comes to self care it is amazing how far we as a society have evolved.  Look at your phone.  There are thousands of apps devoted to helping you eat healthy, exercise, meditate and track your sleep.  The resounding message is that your health is important. It is your obligation to care for yourself first so that you can then care for others.   So what do you do if your posture is less than optimal? A simple google search reveals pages upon pages of articles on the benefits of sitting up straight and pictures of good posture vs bad posture.  You’ll definitely f ..read more

“What can be done for painful back pain after the therapeutic model has exhausted the drug arsenal of pain medications, anti-inflammatories, and physical therapy, to no avail?" -Dr. GUY Voyer, DO   At the ripe old age of 20, the spine begins to lose its youthful elasticity.  Dehydration, sitting at desks, stress, and the effects of gravity compress the spine causing pain, loss of function, and other serious medical conditions.  And low back pain causes more lost days of productivity in the workplace than any other medical condition.  So what’s standing in the way of you an ..read more

A brief ELDOA history from a student’s point of view. ELDOA is just one therapeutic modality created by GUY Voyer, DO, osteopath, educator and researcher.  Dr. Voyer spent years studying the effects of his ELDOA postures on clients in his hometown of Marseilles. He is considered the world’s foremost expert on the subject of fascia, the web of tissues that surrounds and connects the entire body.  In 2013, by fate, I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I was invited by a colleague to a seminar at the Hotel Anatole Dallas, where I was one of 100 people to see Dr. Voy ..read more

Can the ELDOA Method help heal a disc problem?   If you have a painful disc injury, you know that a healthy spine is essential to a happy life.  The discs between the spinal bones cushion your spine against impact, allow for movement in many directions, and slow down the spine’s aging process.  An unhealthy or thinning disc is a precursor to pain, nerve impingement, and age-related degeneration. Let me talk science for a minute.  The basic anatomy of a disc is 1) the nucleus 2) the annulus fibrosis.  When forces like gravity and trauma are great enough to cause damage ..read more

  It’s the number one exercise for spine health and posture. If you have ever been 10 minutes into a challenging ELDOA class—muscles quivering as 10 seconds turns into eternity—and thought ”why am I doing this again?”… ..you are really not alone;) The ELDOA is challenging for even the most seasoned athlete, so it takes some real moxie to show up for class and give your ALL. To all the ELDOA students worldwide, congrats for being ready and willing to rise to the occasion! Some of you are a lot tougher than you know. Who does the ELDOA? The ELDOA is good for all bodies of all ages. My p ..read more

Do you have tight hips? Maybe you have taken an ELDOA class and wondered “Why is this so tough on my hip flexors?” . It’s true, sitting in those one-minute ELDOA postures can be a real killer! In the first years of my training I thought the exact same thing.  I remember raising my hand in an ELDOA Method™️ course and timidly asking…”but why do we have to contract the hip flexors so much?”  My question was met with a strange look. Clearly I was missing something.  As a fitness trainer, all I ever heard about in the fitness world was that tight hip flexors were really bad ..read more

When it comes to self care it is amazing how far we as a society have evolved.  Look at your phone.  There are thousands of apps devoted to helping you eat healthy, exercise, meditate and track your sleep.  The resounding message is that your health is important. It is your obligation to care for yourself first so that you can then care for others.   So what do you do if your posture is less than optimal? A simple google search reveals pages upon pages of articles on the benefits of sitting up straight and pictures of good posture vs bad posture.  You’ll definitely f ..read more

“What can be done for painful back pain after the therapeutic model has exhausted the drug arsenal of pain medications, anti-inflammatories, and physical therapy, to no avail?" -Dr. GUY Voyer, DO   At the ripe old age of 20, the spine begins to lose its youthful elasticity.  Dehydration, sitting at desks, stress, and the effects of gravity compress the spine causing pain, loss of function, and other serious medical conditions.  And low back pain causes more lost days of productivity in the workplace than any other medical condition.  So what’s standing in the way of you an ..read more

A brief ELDOA history from a student’s point of view. ELDOA is just one therapeutic modality created by GUY Voyer, DO, osteopath, educator and researcher.  Dr. Voyer spent years studying the effects of his ELDOA postures on clients in his hometown of Marseilles. He is considered the world’s foremost expert on the subject of fascia, the web of tissues that surrounds and connects the entire body.  In 2013, by fate, I happened to be in the right place at the right time. I was invited by a colleague to a seminar at the Hotel Anatole Dallas, where I was one of 100 people to see Dr. Voy ..read more

Can the ELDOA Method help heal a disc problem?  If you have a painful disc injury, you know that a healthy spine is essential to a happy life.  The discs between the spinal bones cushion your spine against impact, allow for movement in many directions, and slow down the spine’s aging process.  An unhealthy or thinning disc is a precursor to pain, nerve impingement, and age-related degeneration. Let me talk science for a minute.  The basic anatomy of a disc is 1) the nucleus 2) the annulus fibrosis.  When forces like gravity and trauma are great enough to cause damage ..read more