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We take a whole-body movement-based approach to help our clients achieve their optimal outcome by addressing the root causes behind their pain. Our mission is to empower our clients to reclaim responsibility for their health through education.
01/02/2026
Migraines aren’t always a head problem.
Sometimes they’re a posture problem.
When force isn’t managed from the ground up, the body compensates.
Feet miss the load.
Hips stop accepting force.
The spine stiffens to keep you upright.
Breath gets shallow.
Neck and jaw brace.
The nervous system stays alert.
Good posture isn’t something you force.
It’s something you earn when the system works.
Fix the foundation.
The rest can finally relax.
12/31/2025
If your balance feels off, check your toes.
Most people are clenching them without realizing it.
That gripping lifts the arch, disconnects you from the tripod, and takes away your foot’s ability to load and spring.
Your foot isn’t meant to stay rigid.
It needs to yield so you can push forward efficiently.
Quick test: let your toes hang off a step or book and notice how much you rely on them for balance.
Awareness comes first.
Comment TOES to learn how to reconnect your feet.
12/30/2025
Strong doesn’t mean connected.
Most bodies never learn to rotate through a hinge.
Try this before your next lift.
Comment HINGE if this humbled you.
12/16/2025
Your groin isn’t just a “stretch it when tight” muscle.
It’s a major stabilizer that tells your nervous system your hips are safe.
If it’s offline?
Your body tightens, shifts, compensates… and your hips feel unbalanced no matter how much you stretch.
This drill wakes up the real groin, the one that actually supports your pelvis.
Watch his reaction.
This is what true connection feels like ⚡️
Comment GROIN if you want the beginner version.
12/14/2025
Most people pull with their arms…
but your body was never designed to move that way.
When you let your spine drive the pull, your glute turns on automatically…no squeezing, no forcing, no “activate your glutes” nonsense.
That’s what coiling does.
It teaches your body to rotate, load, and transfer power the way it’s actually built to move.
If you want to learn this unconventional way of moving…
drop COIL below. ⚡️🍑
12/13/2025
Most people only move forward and backward.
But life and injuries happen sideways.
Training in the frontal plane opens your hips, strengthens your stabilizers, and makes your movement feel effortless and athletic.
Start exploring side-to-side and your whole body will feel different.
12/11/2025
Your shoulders are NOT supposed to live “down and back.”
That creates tension, stiffness, and a fake posture that doesn’t translate to real movement.
Athletes like Arnold naturally let their shoulder blades sit high and wide, which opens the rib cage, frees the neck, and creates that powerful V-taper shape.
Try this and feel the difference instantly.
12/11/2025
Most people train their glutes 🍑 but never train what powers them: the foot 🦶.
If your foot isn’t rooted, your glutes can’t fire efficiently — and your whole system leaks power.
Strength without coordination is just decoration.
This is how we build pain-free performance: from the ground up.
👇 Curious how this works?
Comment REWIRE and I’ll show you how we start.�
12/09/2025
Your feet aren’t weak.
They’re disconnected.
Most people walk around with half their foot “offline”…
then wonder why their knees, hips, or back never feel right.
Would you rather feel MORE connected to your feet…
or LESS?
👇 Comment FLAT and I’ll show you how to turn them back on.
12/05/2025
Whether you train hard or sit all day…
If your hips always feel tight, this is probably why.
It’s not stiffness.
It’s missing support.
Your groin is supposed to guide how your hips move and protect your back.
When it doesn’t, your body locks down your hips instead.
This drill looks boring.
It isn’t.
Comment GROIN for the full instructions.
12/03/2025
Walking shouldn’t hurt.
Most people accept stiff, painful steps as “normal” until one simple drill changes everything.
This isn’t about stretching harder or strengthening random muscles.
It’s about reconnecting your body so walking feels smooth, easy, and natural again.
Comment MOVE and I’ll send you the exact 2-minute drill I gave this client.
If every step feels heavy, this one is for you.
12/01/2025
Stretching might feel good.
But stacking exercises for individual muscles
doesn’t rewire how your body actually works.
That shaking you’re seeing?
That’s your nervous system turning back on.
Real change happens when you train the system —
not just the parts.
This is the exact process I use with people who’ve “tried everything”
and were told they’d just have to live with it.
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My passion for movement and helping others along their own health journey developed from my own physical struggles. In 2013, I sustained an ankle injury that would forever change my life. What appeared to be a routine ankle sprain, developed into a chronic problem in my foot that caused me constant pain for 3 years. I consulted and worked with many different rehab professionals to no avail and eventually underwent surgery. Unfortunately, this was only the beginning of my journey, as compensatory patterns triggered hip and back pain that had not been there prior to the operation.
I had reached a low point and was struggling for answers. It was at this point that I knew I needed to dive deeper in order to understand my body if I was ever going to escape the pain I was experiencing.
While my professional education includes a Bachelor of Science in Physiology and Kinesiology, and Masters in Physical Therapy at McGill University, my curiosity has always extended far beyond the classroom. I have spent thousands of hours learning from books, coaches online, attending courses and trying to gather as many perspectives on different therapeutic approaches, researching and experimenting which methods work and which don’t.
​I began to incorporate a comprehensive approach that looked at the root causes behind my pain and considered the environmental factors—shoes and chairs to name a few—that were continuing to contribute to my poor movement behaviour. Over time, I diligently and methodically applied the concepts that I learned to slowly restructure my body. Thankfully, I am now able to experience life pain-free, play the sports I love unimpeded by fear and go for long hikes barefoot after not being able to stand for more than few seconds without pain.
​With From the Ground Up, my aim is to help guide people through their own path of self-discovery on their health journeys and guide people to not only be pain-free, but to thrive in their everyday lives. Injuries are not only a process of recovery, but discovery; an opportunity to learn, be curious, to better understand your body, to correct issues and improve efficiency and performance.
