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01/19/2026

How wide is yours?

Happy Monday!

With the awesome power of the algorithm, my feed is full of movement professional and normal folk trying to solve everyone's problems.
One thing that sticks out to me is how many people talk in absolutes.

“I need eight hours of sleep or I’m wrecked.”

“Training your fascia will turn you into an athlete.”

“Lifting heavy causes injury.”

What I rarely hear is curiosity about range.

Not a perfect number. Not a magic rule. Just an honest understanding of what your body can tolerate on the low end, what it can tolerate on the high end, and how well it can move between the two.

That idea stuck with me after listening to a recent conversation from Dr. Mike T Nelson, where he described what he calls human dynamic range. In simple terms, it is your capacity to operate across highs and lows, and your ability to oscillate between them without breaking down. Heart rate, workload, fuel, sleep, stress, even focus. The principle shows up everywhere.

We love linear answers. One target. One number. One protocol. But the human body does not work that way.

It works in ranges.

From a biomechanical standpoint, think about tension or in a training environment we call it "load."

There is a low end where the body is underloaded and starts losing tolerance. Muscles shrink. Tendons get less stiff. Joints lose awareness.

Then there is a high end where the load exceeds what the system can absorb. That is where flare ups, injuries and a multitude of other symptoms can live.

Health is rarely found at either extreme! It is built by spending most of your time inside a tolerable range, then occasionally nudging the edges to expand it.

Physiology follows the same rules!

Fuel is a great example. Some people swing hard to one side and decide carbs are the problem. Others rely on them constantly and crash without them. The reality is most people have a usable range of fuel sources, but they have lost access to part of it. Spending too much time at one end shrinks the other.

Sleep works the same way. If you can only function when everything is perfect, that is not resilience. That is fragility. On the flip side, living in chronic short sleep and stress is not toughness, it is erosion. A healthy system has a range of sleep durations it can tolerate, and more importantly, the ability to recover after a short night or a hard week. That capacity is trained, not gifted.

Psychologically, range matters even more. People who feel best only when life is calm tend to unravel when pressure shows up. People who live in constant grind mode eventually burn out. Emotional and mental health are not about eliminating stress or chasing constant stimulation. It's about being able to downshift and upshift when needed, without wrapping up your identity to either end.

Again, most of y'all miss this part... Spending too much time at either end of a range does not just stall progress, it shrinks the range itself!

The goal is not balance in the way people usually mean it. The goal is range with control.

The awesome part is though that over time, most ranges can be expanded! Slowly. Intentionally.

Too many people try to jump straight to the edges without earning them. They want high output without a base. They want restriction without flexibility. They want resilience without exposure.

Even if you're not an athlete yourself you see this clearly in elite athletes. They are not fragile. Their ranges are massive. They can tolerate high workloads and still recover. They can handle imperfect sleep during travel. That does not happen by accident.

The same concept applies to longevity. I have clients in their seventies who are not trying to be athletes, but they are trying to stay adaptable.

So here is a simple place to start this week: Pick one system and get curious about your current range.
1) Workload. What is the lowest amount of movement you can do before stiffness and pain show up? What is the highest you can tolerate before recovery suffers?
2) Fuel. What foods feel easy to use? Which ones consistently leave you foggy or flat?
3) Sleep. What happens after six hours? After eight? After a late night?
4) Stress. How quickly can you calm down after a hard day?

Do not judge it. Just observe it. Then ask a better question.

Not “How do I optimize this?” but “How do I widen this slightly without blowing myself up?”

That is exactly why our process at Charge is built the way it is. We are not chasing perfect protocols. We are rebuilding lost capacity. We expose people to just enough load, just enough stress, just enough challenge to expand their usable range without overwhelming the system. Over time, life gets easier not because it is softer, but because you are more capable!

If this email hit a nerve, it probably should. Most people are not broken. They are just living inside a very small range.

If you want help expanding yours, that is what our core programs are designed to do. Not quick fixes. Not band aids. Just a smarter way to rebuild resilience across your body and nervous system.

Reply to this email with one word: workload, fuel, sleep, or stress. I want to know which range feels tightest for you right now.

Take control of what you can, today!
Dr. Dom + Team

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01/12/2026

Everything you need is within you!

Mernin yall, lets get right to it today...

Every January, people like me in the health and fittnes space see the same thing happen.

People start looking for the next thing.
The next peptide. The hot new supplement.
The next best form of workouts. The next piece of equipment that promises less pain and more energy without changing anything else.

To be fair, there are new tools, better research, and smarter ways to approach health and performance today than there were ten or twenty years ago so being curious about "what's best" is great!

But here’s the boring & uncomfortable truth I keep running into, both in my own life and in the clinic.

The basics, done consistently, still win.

No biohacker headlines. Just fundamentals applied over long enough periods of time that the body is allowed to adapt instead of constantly being yanked in a new direction.

So I narrowed things down to five priorities that move the needle the most for health, energy, pain reduction, and quality of life, these would be them:

1. Fix your circadian rhythm before chasing hormones
Most people think hormone issues mean they need to “boost” something. Testosterone. Cortisol. Thyroid. Estrogen.

What they miss is that hormones are not independent k***s you turn. They are outputs. Signals that respond to timing, light, sleep, and stress.

For most of human history, we woke with the sun and went to sleep shortly after it went down. Light exposure early in the day told the brain, “It’s safe to be alert.” Darkness at night told the brain, “It’s time to recover.”

Fast forward to now. Screens at midnight. No morning sunlight. Irregular sleep times. Artificial stimulation all day. Then we wonder why energy is low, weight creeps up, sleep is trash, and labs look off. Simple improvements like consistent sleep & wake times, morning light exposure, dimming lights at night, and protecting sleep windows can regulate cortisol rhythms and downstream hormones far more effectively than most people realize.

2. Lead with protein and fats in the morning
This one tends to rub people the wrong way for some reason. Too many of us are emotionally connected to their food choices.

Charlie Francis (all time great Olympic coach) was big on this idea for his athletes, and the logic still holds up.

In the morning, your nervous system is already coming out of a cortisol driven state. Dumping a big hit of sugar on top of that pushes blood glucose up fast, which then requires a strong insulin response to bring it back down. For a lot of people, that sets the tone for crashes, cravings, and poor focus the rest of the day.

Protein and fats digest more slowly. They stabilize blood sugar. They provide amino acids for repair and neurotransmitter support without spiking energy and dropping it an hour later.

It’s about earning your carbohydrates later in the day when your system is better prepared to handle them. Most people don’t have an energy problem. They have a regulation problem.

3. Use creatine later in the day and separate it from caffeine
Creatine isn’t just about muscle. It plays a role in cellular energy availability, brain function, and resilience to stress. What gets overlooked is timing.

Caffeine increases energy output and stimulation. Creatine supports energy storage and buffering. Taking them together early in the day is like pressing the gas pedal while trying to fill the tank at the same time. Spacing creatine into the second half of the day allows it to support recovery, hydration at the cellular level, and nervous system resilience without competing with stimulants.

4. Train with lower volume and higher intent
More is not better. Better is better. I see a lot of people bury themselves in volume because it feels productive. Sets upon sets. Endless variety. No clear direction.

Lower volume, higher intensity training with a single metric to progress keeps you honest and keeps you safe. Focus on 3-4 movements that you feel confident with and focus on one variable to improve: one more rep each week. That allows for cleaner ex*****on week after week.

That approach stacks small wins without frying your nervous system or beating up your joints. It also makes training sustainable instead of something you have to recover from emotionally and physically.

Consistency beats novelty every time.

5. Protect time for your mind
This one gets lip service and then ignored. Journaling. Quiet walks. Creative outlets. Time without input.

Your nervous system doesn’t distinguish between physical stress and mental stress. It just counts total load.

If you never give your mind a place to downshift, your body stays on edge. Recovery suffers. Pain lingers. Sleep degrades. Mental health practices are not optional extras. You don’t need to do everything. You just need to do something consistently.

I hope yall see that’s the common thread here...
Not perfection. Not optimization. Consistency.

If you’re tired of bouncing between ideas and want help applying these basics in a way that fits your life, your stress level, and your body, that’s exactly what our core work is built around.

Control what you can. Stack small wins. Let time do the rest.

Dr. Dom + Team

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01/05/2026

Reaching Goals Don't Equal Happiness

Hey guys,

The last couple weeks have felt quiet in a good way. We took an extended period off and Ill be the first to say, WE NEEDED THAT!

The end of 2025 felt "slow," though the schedule may not have reflected that (lol.) Fewer big announcements. Less noise. More people just showing up, doing the work, and asking better questions about their bodies. I always take that as a good sign. When things "slow down" a bit, you get a clearer view of what actually matters.

As we roll into 2026, I’ve been reflecting on effort. Not the grind-for-the-sake-of-grinding kind, but the kind that still matters when progress feels boring or unclear. Most people quit not because they are incapable, but because the process doesn’t reward them fast enough. Pain lingers. Strength takes time. Change asks more patience than we expect.

One of my favorite historical examples of this is Thomas Edison. People take the light bulb for granted like it was some overnight stroke of genius. What gets left out is that he failed thousands of times before anything worked. When asked about it, he didn’t frame those attempts as failures. He framed them as learning what didn’t work. That mindset matters!! He wasn’t chasing a finish line. He was committed to the process long enough for the result to eventually show itself.

That idea hits home in healthcare too.

At Charge, we continue to refine our passive care. Hands-on treatments. Massage therapy. PEMF. Laser. Shockwave. These things matter. They calm the nervous system. They improve tissue quality. They give people relief and breathing room. When done well, they create opportunity.

But opportunity only turns into results when it’s paired with intentional activity!

Strength. Movement. Awareness. Rebuilding capacity instead of chasing symptoms.

This is where most people get frustrated, because it requires consistency instead of intensity. Small wins instead of dramatic ones. Learning how your body responds instead of forcing it to behave.

That is the puzzle we are committed to solving with you.

Not just getting you out of pain today, but helping you understand why it showed up and what needs to change so it doesn’t keep repeating.

Sometimes that looks like lifting lighter than your ego wants.

Sometimes it looks like slowing things down.

Sometimes it looks like doing less, but doing it better.

The truth is most of the good things in life don’t come from hitting an arbitrary metric. They come from the version of yourself that gets built along the way. The confidence of showing up. The awareness of knowing what your body needs. The quiet wins that stack when consistency becomes the goal.

As we head into this year, our role stays the same. Help you take control of what you can. Give you the tools. Give you honest feedback. And if you choose to lean into it, our hybrid rehab/training programs exists for one reason. To put all the pieces together in a way that actually holds up long term.

No pressure. Just clarity.

Here’s the only ask I’ll make today. Take a moment and ask yourself one simple question. What would change this year if consistency mattered more than speed?

If you want help answering that, you know where to find us.

Welcome to 2026.
Dom

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12/16/2025

“Do More” or “Do Nothing”

Morning everyone,

There’s a principle I keep bumping into no matter what field I'm studying.

Psychology, finance, relationships, strength training, pain science, they all share one simple truth...

Human beings live at the mercy of contrast. Every important behavior sits between two competing forces.

And earlier this week, during a meeting with a high-level sports psychology team, that idea hit me and I was excited to share it yall today. The main doc shared a framework built on a triangle. At the top of the triangle sits anxiety, with the bottom corners representing two directions anxiety pushes us toward: control on one side, avoidance on the other.

And the important part? Anxiety is not going away. It’s not a glitch. It’s part of being human. The only question is what direction it pushes you.

This applies perfectly to pain, injury, and mobility issues. When your shoulder hurts, or your low back nags you, or you wake up every morning wondering why things feel tighter than last year, anxiety becomes the background noise driving your decisions, searching for solutions to dampen the noise.

Some people respond by leaning hard into control. They stretch every day. They Google a hundred solutions. They do band drills at their desk. They try to fix the problem by force.

Others (or most if were being 100% honest) go the opposite way...

They shut things down. They stop reaching overhead. They avoid the gym. They “wait and see.” They focus on factors they CANT control instead of acting on the ones they can.

Lets be clear though, one isn’t morally better than the other. They’re just different reactions to the same discomfort. But both can get us into trouble if we stay there too long!

When you’re in control mode, you can do too much. You can over-stimulate tissues that are already irritated. Especially if your actions are based off some Instagram video you saw. Or, you can create so much conscious thought around the area that your brain is hyper focused on it, increasing pain sensitivity.

On the other hand, when you’re in avoidance mode, you slowly lose tolerance, strength, and confidence. Your world shrinks, and you don’t even notice it happening until simple movements feel dangerous.

This is the real reason people struggle to get out of pain. It’s not because pain means something is “broken.” Often it doesn’t. It’s because pain exposes our default coping style. It shows us where we drift under pressure.

The good news is this: pain, weakness, and injury are not personal failures. They’re universal human experiences. And the way out usually begins with three things:

1) Awareness — knowing which corner of the triangle you gravitate toward.
2) Structure — having someone in your corner who can separate noise from signal.
3) A plan — graded steps that teach your brain your body is safe again.

When someone comes in with a frozen shoulder, or a stubborn rib issue, or a hip that’s been tight for a decade, the first thing we look for is not the “perfect exercise.”

I look for the behavior pattern underneath the pain!

Are they doing too much? Are they avoiding? Are they bouncing between the two and burning out?

Once I know that, I change my language, propose a plan that respects your current status, and encourage action based on things we have immediate control over.

If today’s message hits home for you, do me one favor:

Reply and tell me which corner you slide into when something hurts: control or avoidance? (provide a quick example too) I love reading the responses I get!

It’s a simple awareness exercise. And it’s usually the first step in actually solving the problem instead of circling it for years.

Have a great week,
Dr. Dom + Team

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12/11/2025

Be the first to experience a new offering to Fort Wayne!

Whoa! Email back to back days??

YUP! Just a quick update, but it’s an exciting one.

Most people know they should stretch more… I hear it 10x/day!

I get it though. It’s tough make time, know the right positions, know how long to hold, which intensity to choose, and how not to hold your breath the whole time lol.

So we brought in help!

Introducing Assisted Stretching at ReCharge

Before now, there were no stretching services in SW Fort Wayne! We are excited to the be first and integrate it to everything were doing in the Charge Ecosystem.

Adam just completed a professional certification in assisted stretching and is officially open for booking. If you’ve ever had your hips, ribs, or shoulders worked through a full range with the right amount of pressure and support, you know it hits differently.

These stretches will be performed to you while you're laying/sitting on a therapy table. There may be some stretches that require some light resistance (similar to isometric drills you've used with me at Charge) but for the most part, it will be a session in which you can purely relax and feel the effects of proper stretching sequences, hold time, breathing practices, etc.

Think of it as the bridge between your chiropractic adjustments, your training, and your recovery tools.

Intro Pricing Through December 31

We want the whole Charge fam to try this, so we’re running a launch period through the end of the year:

30-minute stretch session: $20

60-minute stretch session: $50

No limit on how many you can book during the intro window.

Morning Sessions Now Available
Cody, a new hire at ReCharge continuing my hybrid physical therapy there, is also trained in the same stretching techniques, is highly capable, has tons of real world experience, and is available for morning appointments starting now.
He and Adam will be splitting availability so you’ll have options regardless of your schedule.

Sooo Who Should Book First?
If you’re dealing with:
- Chronic tight hips or hamstrings
- Mid-back stiffness
- Shoulder mobility limitations
- Training volume that’s outrunning your recovery
- A job that keeps you sitting more than you’d like
…this will help you feel better almost immediately.

How to Schedule
Book using the link below, utilizing the same Square platform you use to book to see me.

And with this being holiday season, buying a couple at a discounted rate would be a great gift for a loved one needing some help but doesn't want to engage is a major commitment. (If a "gift card" is something you're interested in, reply to this email and we can send you virtual gift card to send to you fam/friends)

Give these guys a try, they are great additions to the team.

See you soon,
Dr. Dom

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12/09/2025

Unchecked Stress Can Make You Fat

Morning all,

This memo is hitting you a day later than usual but I think its one that's truly worth the read as I've had this conversation with too many patients recently not to share the insights..

First, a question...

Why does fat loss feel easy for some and not others? Or you hit a hot streak for a few weeks, then suddenly your body hits the brakes?

You're eating in a deficit. You're training. You're doing the "right stuff." Yet nothing changes. Most people blame age. Or hormones. Or a "slow metabolism."

But the truth is simpler and probably more uncomfortable!

Your system doesn't feel stable enough to let go of stored energy. Not because your body is dramatic or fragile. Because it's practical.

Fat is survival currency. And stressed brains don't spend currency easily.

Let me explain this in real language...

A Fast Lesson from the World of Sport
A few years ago, during the final weeks before a title fight, an MMA athlete was cutting weight while dealing with a chaotic home life. Training volume was high, his sleep was trash, and every day he walked into the gym looking like his brain was plugged into a 220-volt outlet.

Even though he was in a caloric deficit, his weight stopped dropping.
Coaches eventually pulled back his conditioning, forced him to sleep, and cleaned up his stress inputs. Then something wild happened.

He dropped five pounds in four days.

Same calories. Same macros. Same training plan. Different nervous system.

Fat loss wasn't the problem. His perception of threat was.

Your brain doesn't distinguish between a chaotic home, a demanding job, a poorly timed workout, or a literal tiger. It only recognizes one thing: "I feel safe" or "I don't." And that distinction affects fat loss more than we were ever taught.

A Story Closer to Home
A middle-aged mom came into Charge recently. House full of kids. Full-time job. Running on fumes. The kind of person who gives everyone else oxygen while suffocating quietly. She tired many different diets, lots of different supplements, and was trying to train 3-4 days/week all while eating less than 1,500 calories a day.

Her question to me was the question a lot of you have: "Why does nothing change?"

Me knowing her and her current environment, the answer was pretty clear.

She wasn't broken. Her system was flooded.

Poor sleep. Late-night stress. High blood pressure. High resting heart rate.
And most importantly, she had early signs of insulin resistance even though her glucose looked "normal."

This is the part no one explains well.

You can be insulin resistant even when your blood sugar looks fine. That's because your body compensates by pumping out more insulin to keep things stable. It's a "silent" stress response. And insulin is incredibly powerful.

It influences almost every cell of your body. Which is why it also influences fat loss.

When your nervous system is revved up, your behaviors shift:
- You don't sleep deep
- You crave faster energy
- You move less without noticing
- You lose the ability to hit real training intensity
- You rely more on carbs for quick fuel
- Your insulin stays elevated longer than it should

This isn't about willpower. It's about physiology.

What This Means for You
Fat loss isn't just calories in versus calories out. Yes, a deficit matters. But the conditions that make a deficit effective matter even more.

Think of it like building a house. A caloric deficit is your hammer. But if the scaffolding is unstable (poor sleep, chronic stress, inconsistent training intensity), you can swing the hammer all day and nothing gets built.

Here's the reality I've seen in thousands of patient visits:
-People don't sleep enough to regulate hunger hormones.
-People don't eat enough nutrient-dense food to stabilize blood sugar.
-People don't train hard enough to stimulate muscle and change body composition.
-People live in a constant drip of stress that alters insulin long before glucose ever becomes "abnormal."

It's not that your body won't lose fat. It's that your life isn't giving it permission yet.
And that's exactly why our work at Charge blends nervous system regulation with training intensity, breath work, walking protocols, actual resistance training, and lifestyle structure.

Fat loss is earned through behavior, not punishment.

Your Small Homework
I want to know your number one stressor right now!
Not the polished answer. The real one.
Sleep? Work? Family demands? Mental load? Under-recovery?

Reply and tell me.

I read every message. And it helps me tailor what I teach next so the whole community learns together.

Have a great rest of the week,
Dr. Dom + Team

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11/24/2025

A great example of, "Its all connected."

Happy Turkey Week!

Hope everyone is doing well and is looking forward to family & food! No message last week as I was hunting with my family in Michigan. I didn't get anything but my cousin put down a beautiful ten point that we've been watching mature for years!

I do have an interesting message to share today though and it is based off another family members experience that is a lot less fun...

Most people think their neck tightness, shoulder irritation, or pressure behind the eyes comes from something smaller. Sleeping wrong, maybe poor posture, could be stress, etc. But very few people look at the part of the body that quietly drives all of those areas. The thoracic spine and rib cage.

When the mid back loses motion, the entire system above and below it becomes reactive. The neck takes over. The shoulders compensate. The diaphragm strains. The lymphatic system slows. And the sympathetic nerves that run along the spine start firing in ways that make people feel “off,” anxious, or stuck in survival mode.

This is not rare. I see it every week in the office. Today I want to show you how this works in real life and why this area matters far more than most people believe.

A simple story that explains everything
Someone in my family dealt with months of confusing symptoms that did not make sense at first. It started as mid back tightness on the left side near the shoulder blade. Over time it became headaches behind the left eye, pressure in the jaw and ear, and neck irritation that came and went.

The real issue was hidden. Her thoracic spine was barely moving. Recent imaging showed severe compromise of her spine in that region. When that part of the spine stiffens, the rib cage stiffens with it. And when the ribs stop moving, the lymphatic system slows because it relies on rib expansion, diaphragmatic movement, and pressure changes to drain fluid upward behind the ribs and under the collarbones.

Once that system slowed down, she began feeling congested in her chest and sinuses. Fluid was not clearing well. That buildup irritated the sympathetic nerves along the spine which can trigger sensations that mimic heart or neurological problems.

The scary part was that her scans were normal. Heart. Lungs. Brain. Bloodwork. Everything looked fine. And this is exactly why so many people get stuck.

Mechanical problems in the thoracic spine do not show up on imaging but they can create real systemic symptoms.

Two practical ways to improve your thoracic mobility this week
Here are two simple things anyone can try to keep the ribcage and t-spine moving (videos below.)

1. Eccentric IR DB Shoulder Rotations
2. Split Stance Cable/Band Punch.

These drills work because they target the mechanics that keep the entire upper body and lymph system functioning.

Why this matters for your health
Your thoracic spine is a high traffic zone. It affects the way you breathe, rotate, stabilize, clear fluid, and manage stress.

When it is locked up:
Your neck muscle work harder.
Your traps help you breathe.
Your diaphragm loses control.
Your lymphatic drainage slows.
Your sympathetic nerves become irritated.
Your symptoms start stacking one on another.

This is why some people feel “inflamed,” congested, or stuck in a heightened stress pattern without a medical diagnosis to explain it. The body is reacting to poor mechanics, not disease.

Restoring rib and thoracic mobility creates space for the nervous system to calm down, improves drainage, reduces pressure, and helps the neck and shoulders finally settle.

How we help at Charge
This is a core part of what I do with my patients. I assess your rib motion, thoracic rotation, breathing mechanics, and neural tension.

Then I adjust, reset, and rebuild the patterns that keep you out of pain and out of survival mode.

If this email feels like it describes you, try the exercises out and let us know how they go. If you think you need more direction first, book your next visit.

Your thoracic spine influences everything above it. When it moves, you move better. When it is stuck, the whole system feels it.

Let’s keep it moving.
Dr. Dom + Team

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11/10/2025

Fog --> Focus

Brain work today, lets get right into it!

After trauma to the head, most people are told to rest and wait it out. Rest matters, but waiting is not a plan. The injured brain is inflamed, energy hungry, and struggling to communicate from cell to cell. Food and targeted supplements can help shift that environment so healing actually happens. That is true for concussion recovery and for everyday brain performance in people who have never been concussed.

Decades ago, fasting researchers noticed something odd. When glucose was low, the brain could still run clearly on ketones, a backup fuel our liver makes from fat. More recent lab and clinical work has shown that the main ketone, beta-hydroxybutyrate, is not just fuel. It also signals the brain to reduce inflammation and upregulate growth factors that support plasticity and repair.

A couple months ago, a patient came in after a concussion with classic symptoms. Headaches. Brain fog. Short fuse. We kept the plan simple and consistent. Short bouts of visual training to reactivate the brain’s timing. PEMF Treatment directly to the head chair to help calm inflammation. Nutrition shifted toward a ketogenic pattern with more healthy fats and fewer fast carbs. We added a higher-than-typical dose of fish-oil omega-3s. Also immediately, the headaches faded, the fog lifted, and he and his family members noticed a positive change in mood. That kind of turnaround is not guaranteed, but it is common when we address the brain’s fuel and its inflammatory load while we retrain the circuits.

Here is what the current research says in plain English.

Omega-3s are raw materials for brain cell membranes and for resolving inflammation. EPA and DHA get built into neuronal membranes, improve fluidity, and support signaling. Reviews in TBI show omega-3s help moderate neuroinflammation and tissue loss, which is the biochemical ground the brain needs to relearn and stabilize.

Dosing probably needs to be higher than most people expect. For metabolic and cardiovascular indications, authoritative bodies have long used two to four grams per day of combined EPA and DHA under clinician supervision. That range often moves blood markers and is consistent with how we dose in brain-recovery contexts, with attention to meds that affect bleeding risk.

In concussion-specific work, pediatric trials have tested high-dose DHA and found the approach feasible and safe, though larger trials are still needed to confirm faster symptom resolution. A recent information paper for the Military Health System notes mixed findings at more modest doses, which tells us dose and timing matter.

Ketones change the brain’s energy and signaling. In the hours and days after TBI, glucose handling in the brain can be impaired. Ketones provide an alternative fuel that bypasses some of those bottlenecks and also act as signaling molecules that turn on antioxidant and neurotrophic pathways.

Movement is a medicine here too. Once symptoms allow, carefully dosed aerobic work below the symptom threshold speeds recovery. In a randomized trial, adolescents assigned to sub-symptom aerobic exercise recovered faster than those doing stretching only. We pair brain-fuel strategies with this style of aerobic loading as soon as it is safe.

If you calm inflammation, supply the right fats, and give the brain a steady fuel it can actually use, you create the conditions for clearer thinking, fewer headaches, steadier mood, and a faster return to normal routines. This is the same physiology that supports focus and memory in non-injured brains. It is not a magic trick. It is giving cells what they need so the nervous system can do the work.

Recent reviews summarize that higher omega-3 status reduces neuroinflammatory damage after TBI. Pediatric DHA studies show feasibility and safety with signals toward faster symptom resolution, although bigger trials are needed. On the keto side, clinical pilots show ketogenic diets are workable after brain injury and basic science shows ketones upregulate BDNF and related neuroprotective pathways. Together, this points to a practical framework rather than a single silver bullet.

Here is how we make this real for busy humans

Omega-3s, daily.
• Aim for two to three grams per day of combined EPA and DHA from a third-party tested fish oil. Keep it in a dark cool place so the sun doesn't oxidize it! Split doses with meals to improve tolerance. If you are on anticoagulants or have a bleeding disorder, coordinate with your clinician. The FDA labeling for prescription omega-3 products uses four grams per day, which is a helpful safety and dose benchmark when we personalize care.

Fat-forward meals that do not spike glucose.
• Build plates around protein, vegetables, and quality fats like olive oil, avocado, eggs, nuts, and fatty fish. Lower the load of refined carbohydrates so the brain is not riding a roller coaster. For many, this looks like a gentle low-carb pattern. For some, a therapeutic ketogenic phase is appropriate for six to eight weeks, then we cycle back toward moderate carbs around training.

Experiment with a simple overnight fast.
• Twelve to fourteen hours between dinner and breakfast is enough to nudge ketones without extremes. The brain can then use ketones as steady fuel and benefit from their anti-inflammatory signaling, similar to what is seen with structured ketogenic diets and exogenous ketones.

Move on purpose, but stay under the symptom ceiling.
• Start with easy walking or bike work and progress to sub-symptom threshold aerobic sessions. This improves cerebral blood flow and appears to accelerate time to recovery. We leverage this fact in our training programs all the time.

Layer in brain activation and recovery tech.
• Short visual and vestibular drills sharpen the brain’s timing. We often pair that with PEMF sessions for symptom relief while we rebuild capacity. Clinical evidence for PEMF in concussion is still emerging, so we frame it as an adjunct to the pillars above, not a replacement.

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Monday	8am - 5pm
Tuesday	1pm - 7pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	1pm - 7pm
Friday	8am - 12pm