By working on the balance of the muscles that were pulling things out of place, Sue was able to increase her range of motion, release the tension that was causing her pain, and get back to walking the six miles a day she wanted to do.  All it took was the right stretches and exercises to get her body back to the right alignment.

Get these out of your medicine cabinet.

This is a quick public service announcement unrelated to posture…

If you or someone you know is taking Bi Yan Pian, please read this bulletin from Health Canada about excessive amounts of mercury in the pills.

I found out first-hand about the side effects, and they weren’t pretty!

If you’d like to learn to how to control stress on a daily basis with simple, practical, time-tested tools, get your calendar or planner out.

In its dedication to making sure people stay healthy and pain free, Upright Health is offering a first-of-its-kind stress-reducing meditation workshop on Thursday, January 5, 2011 at 6:30PM.

This will be a one-hour, donation-based Introduction to Meditation class in which you will learn the basics of meditation as well as get first-hand experience in a guided meditation. The class is led by an experienced meditator and former instructor at the Chopra Wellness Center in Carlsbad, Robert Schreiber, who excels at making meditation practical and accessible to individuals from a range of cultural and spiritual backgrounds.

In 2012, replace distress with de-stress!

Click here to reserve your spot in this workshop! Spaces are limited!

Suggested Donation: $10

On behalf of Upright Health, I hope you’re not working today and have some plans to enjoy this long weekend!

Today is a working day at Upright Health — and not just for me! For those who haven’t heard about or seen her yet, Maryann Berry has joined the Upright Health team to help San Diego beat pain, and she’s in the office today working on a few odds and ends.

Who is Maryann? Well, she took quite a path to get to be hanging out at Upright Health on this rainy Labor Day. Her path started with a college knee injury, and took a turn for the worse at the age of 27 when she found herself with hip pain so severe that she was wheelchair bound. Surgery to fix the cartilage and bone damage did nothing to help the issue and…well you know how the rest of this story goes!

Thanks to Posture Alignment Therapy, Maryann is living an active life and will be part of the team that helps you, your family, and your friends reclaim their lives. If you’d like to get to know Maryann a bit more, feel free to check out her bio page at: Maryann’s Bio and check out the video testimonial from one of her clients!

Especially on a three day weekend, don’t forget: Pain sucks. Life shouldn’t.

Again, special thanks go to the raffle prize sponsors:

Icetown La Jolla (family 4-pack of skating passes): Summer’s hot. The ice rink is not. Plus, you have a high probability of seeing me there!

Paul Mitchell Salon ($40 gift certificate for men’s and women’s services): Incredible haircuts at truly incredible prices.

Addie’s Personal Training Studio (Assessment and two personal training sessions): Say goodbye to your flabby butt.

Lumiere Imagery (Family portrait and an 8X10): Your family will never look so good.

Maplets iPhone and iPad app (Free download coupons): In case you ever find yourself in Thumb Butte Recreation Area (yes, that’s the actual name of an actual place), you’ll want to have this app with you to navigate yourself to the more scenic parts of the area.

Future events coming

Keep your eyes peeled for word on the next party at Upright Health. It won’t be a grand opening, but it will be fun, and it will be grander than grand.

If all that hyperbole is not exciting enough, let me add that it will involve the opportunity for you to shoot hockey pucks at my groin.

Yes, you read that correctly. You. Pucks. Shoot. My groin.

Make sure you’re on the email list (you can sign up by downloading my e-book)!

Special thanks go to the raffle prize sponsors:

Icetown La Jolla (family 4-pack of skating passes): Summer’s hot. The ice rink is not. Plus, you have a high probability of seeing me there!

Paul Mitchell Salon ($40 gift certificate for men’s and women’s services): Incredible haircuts at truly incredible prices.

Addie’s Personal Training Studio (Assessment and two personal training sessions): Say goodbye to your flabby butt.

Lumiere Imagery (Family portrait and an 8X10): Your family will never look so good.

Maplets iPhone and iPad app (Free download coupons): In case you ever find yourself in Thumb Butte Recreation Area (yes, that’s the actual name of an actual place), you’ll want to have this app with you to navigate yourself to the more scenic parts of the area.

Future events coming

Keep your eyes peeled for word on the next party at Upright Health. It won’t be a grand opening, but it will be fun, and it will be grander than grand.

If all that hyperbole is not exciting enough, let me add that it will involve the opportunity for you to shoot hockey pucks at my groin.

Yes, you read that correctly. You. Pucks. Shoot. My groin.

Make sure you’re on the email list (you can sign up by downloading my e-book)!

SEE THE NEW PLACE!

It’s bigger and better! There’s fresh air, good light, and room for you to do your posturally aligned modelling!

SERIOUSLY, DO SOME MODELING — IN A CRAZY HAT!

Professional photographer Sheryl of Lumiere Imagery will be on hand to snap a few flattering photos of you in the new space. Bring your wildest hat, funkiest tie, rattiest t-shirt, or use the toys in Sheryl’s trunk of goodies to make your photographs shine with silliness! Have your photos tagged on Facebook (so all your friends can see) or emailed to you (so you can forward it on to your mother — who wants to know why you haven’t called recently, by the way)!

BRING YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY FOR A LITTLE MAGIC!

Who doesn’t like magic? Okay, yes, there are some people who don’t like magic, but those are exactly the people you should bring to watch the magic of Sebastian! He’s got a wry sense of humor, hands that can make anything vanish, and a bag of tricks that will make even the most cynical of magic-haters crack a stupid grin!

Sebastian will have two 30 minute shows to entertain and bedazzle! The first one starts at 3:00 and the second one starts at 4:00! He will also be mingling with us common folk to wow us with his prowess!

WIN SOMETHING GREAT!

I know, you’re thinking it’s crazy that the fun has not yet stopped. But it hasn’t. Everyone who shows up will be entered to win some cool prizes. I can’t tell you exactly what they will be, because that would very much ruin the surprise, but the prizes will not be mediocre. I can guarantee that they will be at least two ticks above average.

Hope to see you there!

To RSVP, please send me an email!

New location is at 3443 Camino del Rio S. #211 San Diego, CA 92108

Here are his pictures.  The picture on the left is the first day.  The picture on the right is after one week of doing “some” of his exercises on a daily basis (meaning he didn’t do all of them as he was supposed to).

Can you tell why his pain is getting better?  Just look at the curvature of his spine in the first picture versus the second picture, and it should be a little more obvious.  Look at how the curve of his spine affects the pooching out of his belly.  His body wasn’t working efficiently.  He was getting a lot of extra strain on his back because of its non-ideal position.

Now it’s moving closer to a more efficient posture that means, quite simply, less pain.

Look at what he accomplished after 6 days (yes, 6 calendar days) of 30 minutes of exercises that were tailored to his needs.

After only six days, "the Killer" made significant changes to his posture and pain.

There’s no posing or posturing for these pictures.  These are the real deal.  This guy simply did his exercises, made a small adjustment to the way he was sitting every day at the computer, and in one week, he made a huge change to both his relaxed standing posture and the recurring pain that was plaguing him.

Of course his posture’s not perfect yet, but the Killer is moving quickly in the right direction!

And it’ll probably help fix your posture too.