Conditioning

Big Benefits from Short Evening Strolls

Published: 11 September 2017
Written by Jocelyn Olivier
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Categories: Community Classes, Conditioning, Self Help Techniques, Uncategorized

From Suki Munsell…

“Russell and I recently resumed evening walks and love the benefits. We suggested to Simone and Thorsten Kopitzki, students and Harbor Point neighbors, that they try it.  ‘Walking every night is a good way to balance my stressful office work,’ Simone said. ‘I’ve improved my balance and my fitness. I’m less short on breath than I was before. Being overweight, walking is not stressful on my body, and I’ve lost weight.’

“Boosting your metabolism is one of the many benefits of walking after dinner.Gastric emptying of the meal is accelerated leading to better digestion and better sleep. Even a 15-minute walk lowers blood levels of fat and enhances blood circulation. Blood sugar, which can spike after a meal, gets used up through activity. Bowels move better helping you eliminate more frequently and regularly. Plan the length of your walk accordingly!

“Walking morning, noon or night yields great results. Adding a second exercise session in the evening, especially Dynamic Walking, rebalances your bodymind and erases stress from he day. Add 3 minutes of barre stretches when you return, the best dessert for a good night’s sleep.

“Early evening is a magical time to walk. Follow the sun as it dips over the horizon. Watch the clouds shimmer in luminous light. Listen to the hush spread as it mutes the day. . Smell the night blooming planets call their insect lovers. Watch the stars and planets wink on and the silvery moon gain in brilliance. Walking in the evening is like a meditation, a time for peace and contentment.

“The hardest part of the evening walking is getting off the cozy couch or turning off the TV or computer (whose blue light decreases the melatonin production you need for falling asleep). Set your intention and prepare. A partner or a dog helps (even a neighbors’s dog), and so does reminding yourself how much better you will feel and sleep. So Just Do It – give yourself the luxury of winding down, of intimate time, alone or with another, and with nature. Wait to walk at least 45 minutes after dinner. Then drink some water, dress for comfort, be safe, and delight in the night.”

LIFELONG LEGS

A 2-hour introductory training to Dynamic Walking
led by Dr. Suki and Russell Munsell, dedicated teachers
who bring 90 years of combined experience to their work with you.

“Dynamic Walking is the ambulatory equivalent of flossing.”
Learn to refine your gait, improve balance and walk with effortless ease.

Don’t miss your chance to grow Lifelong Legs!

Saturday, September 30th, 1-3 pm
Healus Neuro Rehab Center
655 Redwood Hwy Ste 225
Mill Valley, California

 $50

 

Avoiding Stiffness with Age

Published: 28 June 2017
Written by Bill Moulton
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Categories: Conditioning, On The Path, Self Help Techniques, Techniques

What is Required for Avoiding Stiffness with Age?

Is your body getting stiff as you get older? Over decades, the gravitational effects of standing, walking and running causes fluids to pool in our legs, hips and low back. Sometimes our pumps, our muscles, are not being used consistently enough to keep our fluids moving.  Over time these fluids, which are rich in connective tissue cells, begin sticking the muscles of the legs together fixating us in our use or misuse patterns.  The muscles become increasingly inefficient at pumping fluids because they can’t move.  The legs feel heavy; the feet muscles get weak; plantar fascitis, shin splints and ‘neuropathy’ develop.  (I put this in quote marks because many times an ankle muscle that is not working is labeled neuropathy), often accompanied by swelling.  Some of these situations are just dysfunctional muscle coordination patterns resulting from adhesions between the layers.

Poor circulation in our legs affects the conditioning of our feet and legs for walking.  Muscles that aren’t being used become unable to move.  We feel stiff and lose the grace of moving freely. We walk in stiff and stomp along ways, using our feet as platforms rather than functional movers.

Here are 3 things you can do to avoid stiffness as you age:

  1. Stretch and wring out your tissues. The yogis have always said “To stay young, keep your spine limber.”  You can do this by holding the arms of your office or arm chair and twisting and breathing multiple times a day. Twisting your spine stimulates CerebroSpinal Fluid circulation.
  2. Hang over and dangle daily; maybe more than once. Let your hips and legs hold you up as you let your back sway and hang loose! Stiffness in your back affects your comprehension and produces cognitive confusion.
  3. Get bodywork!  The older your tissues get the more dehydrated or waterlogged they become.  Good bodywork and massage will keep those fluids moving and not sticking you together in ways that make you STIFF.  Good bodywork will wake your feet up and get them working again.

If your feet and legs are feeling heavy and weak perhaps you would benefit from a session with our talented NeuroMuscular Reprogramming® Therapists at Healus Neuro Rehab Center. Give us a call at 415 388 9945 and make an appointment today. Don’t let rigor mortis set in early…!

If you’ve never been here before and don’t understand how we can help you, you can ask for a FREE NeuroMuscular Assessment where you will meet with Jocelyn Olivier, founder and clinical director at Healus and the creator of NeuroMuscular Reprogramming NMR®.  She will assess your movement patterns and tissue quality and educate you to the best approach to correct those problems that are plaguing you.

Here is a great talk by British anatomist Gil Hedley on the facts about Fascial ‘Fuzz’ and how it sticks our layers together when we stop moving.  With NMR we test all your muscles and make sure they are all moving and working, we release your adhesions and wake up your coordination, more of your muscles working will get the work done easier. As my last client today said going out the door:  “I feel LIGHTER!”  That’s because all the stuckness was gone!

Give us a call at (415) 388-9945 and make an appointment today…Feel better for the rest of your life.

A radical innovation in conditioning and rehabilitation builds muscle and boosts metabolism fast

Published: 18 May 2017
Written by Bill Moulton
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Categories: Conditioning

Working your muscles under cold and compression with interval training is a unique leading edge technology that allows you to build muscle faster than normal methods, and it’s safe for people of all ages.  The effects on your metabolism will be even more startling and satisfying. The Vasper System has been found to contribute to better sleep, faster fat burning metabolism, and better balance in older people.

Vasper Introduction Video

Vasper Performance Impact Video

The Vasper System boosts metabolism, builds muscle, and limits the overheating of muscles that contributes to O2 loss and longer recovery times accompanied by sore muscles. Vasper acts as a natural anti-inflammatory, keeping O2 in the muscle where it is used to quickly manufacture more energy for maximum muscle output.

It is currently being utilized in medical offices, in fitness centers, and training environments with sports teams and the military. The results in boosting testosterone and growth hormone have been astonishing. Vasper has even produced unexpected benefits with post concussive patients.

An efficient, safe, rapid conditioning system that can produce dramatic changes in just 30 minutes 2 times a week

Vasper is based on three scientifically proven principles – compression technology, cooling and interval training. When all principles are working together, the results are extraordinary.

The goal with Vasper is to minimally stress the muscles, still triggering a systemic recovery response. This new, patented health and rehabilitation technology stimulates the natural production of anabolic hormones, which have wide-ranging health, rehabilitation and performance benefits.

 

Vasper’s Low Impact NuStep T5XR

A perfect conditioning environment for people who are recuperating from musculoskeletal issues and haven’t been able to exercise and have lost muscle tone because of it.

Optimize your Vasper conditioning experience. Have a mini NMR tune up in conjunction with your workout. ~ Put your NMR corrections to work immediately.

  • Build muscle mass fast
  • Increase strength
  • Accelerate conditioning
  • Protect your joints
  • Enhance energy and stamina
  • Reduce inflammatory effects
  • Diminish joint pain
  • Raise mood and mental clarity
  • Reduce stress
  • Improve sleep
  • Boost balance

Experience the VASPER System – efficient, safe, rapid conditioning!

Published: 26 February 2017
Written by Jocelyn Olivier
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Categories: Conditioning

Dear Colleagues:

The enclosed flyer announces what promises to be an advancement in the field of rehabilitation for those whose poor conditioning is affecting their metabolism and safety. It unifies several features to create a conditioning environment that builds muscle mass quickly in a safe and time efficient way.

The Vasper System boosts metabolism, builds muscle, and limits the overheating of muscles that contributes to O2 loss and longer recovery times accompanied by sore muscles. Vasper acts as a natural anti-inflammatory, keeping O2 in the muscle where it is used to quickly manufacture more energy for maximum muscle output.

It is currently being utilized in medical offices, in fitness centers, and training environments with sports teams and the military. The results in boosting testosterone and growth hormone have been astonishing. Vasper has even produced unexpected benefits with post concussive patients. I include one such testimonial below.

A Vasper Story –

“Since using Vasper I’ve rarely had a headache, and my depression, outbursts, and isolation have improved. I’ve regained physical stamina, muscle mass, and begun to lose the weight I’d gained as a side effect of taking meds. I know that treating PCS was not your intention, but I am forever grateful. I feel alive again.” K. M., R I

My own story of immediate results in energy production and increased muscle mass within a VERY short time (after trying numerous other more familiar ways to restore my strength and failing) has created the impulse to acquire this workout system to share with others who, like me, have fallen below the black hole event horizon of the need to recondition and the inability to do so due to lack of energy or joint vulnerability.

We hope you take advantage of us soon, both Vasper and NMR will be invaluable to you! You are welcome to call and make an appointment to check it out for free. The front office line is 415 388 9945.

Sincerely,
Jocelyn Olivier
Founder, Director
Healus Center

An efficient, safe, rapid conditioning system that can produce dramatic changes in just 30 minutes 2 times a week

First session is FREE!
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Vasper is based on three scientifically proven principles – compression technology, cooling and interval training. When all principles are working together, the results are extraordinary.

Compression and cooling create the effect of a high intensity (anaerobic) exercise without the time, effort, and muscle damage it takes to achieve the same results with conventional exercise. Instead of feeling tired and sore, Vasper leaves you energized and rejuvenated, alleviating your body aches and pains.

The goal with Vasper is to minimally stress the muscles, still triggering a systemic recovery response. This new, patented health and rehabilitation technology stimulates the natural production of anabolic hormones, which have wide-ranging health, rehabilitation and performance benefits.

Individual Vasper sessions $50
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The first week I ever worked with Vasper I noticed an immediate pick up in my capacity for energy output. My legs were stronger and more stable walking up stairs. I had been using the words ‘bone tired’ about how my legs felt walking upstairs. They had also been very unstable and I was holding on to handrails to steady myself. Now I feel like I did in my 40’s, and wouldn’t think of using a hand rail to walk down stairs.”  – Jocelyn Olivier, Director of Healus Neuro Rehab Center

Vasper’s Low Impact NuStep T5XR

A perfect conditioning environment for people who are recuperating from musculoskeletal issues and haven’t been able to exercise and have lost muscle tone because of it.

Optimize your Vasper conditioning experience. Have a mini NMR tune up in conjunction with your workout. ~ Put your NMR corrections to work immediately.

Build muscle mass fast
Increase strength
Accelerate conditioning
Protect your joints
Enhance energy and stamina
Reduce inflammatory effects
Diminish joint pain
Raise mood and mental clarity
Reduce stress
Improve sleep
Boost balance

See VASPER in action 

Safe for All Ages.
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