After 15 years of physical decline due to a host of issues, I have strength, range of motion, and confidence in my body. Frank’s mastery of the Restorative Posture Institute strategies, along with his natural and cultivated abilities as a healer exponentially improved the quality of my life.
I met Frank after I struggled to regain my capacity to perform simple tasks like carrying groceries and participating in sports or fun activities like ziplining. Going for walks was hard, yoga was impossible, I injured myself whenever I challenged my body, and stress lived in my shoulders and lower back and was wrecking my alignment. I was told that I could only wear sneakers outfitted with expensive orthotics. When we started working together, both my hips had been replaced, I had a shoulder impingement, failing arches in my feet – and the procedure that set off this domino effect – a fibroid myomectomy.
I’ve spent thousands on doctor’s appointments, special shoes and inserts, ergonomic furniture, group exercise classes, other physical therapists, and more. Although I was fighting like hell and doing all that I could afford and fit into my schedule, I only began making progress when I started working with Frank.
I walked better after the first session. In the sessions that followed, Frank treated me, educated me about my challenges, and taught me movements and breathing techniques to address them. This gave me so much power back. I further benefited from his expertise by acting on his recommendations to minimize my glasses prescription and sleep with a customized mouthguard that he and a dentist teamed up to create. I now walk with stability, ease, and more speed than I have in years - in different kinds of shoes.
I swim twice a week, take yoga once a week, use my Peloton, carry my groceries, and know how to recover from the great deal of stress that I regularly experience. I have so many accomplishment stories. I’ve hiked in Ghana and walked eight miles while cheering on my nephew during a marathon. We are on our way to achieving the goal that I set for myself which is to renew my scuba diving license and hit the Blue Hole in Belize.
Words fail to capture the depth of my forever gratitude for the individualized care I’ve received from this amazing human being and physical therapist.
- CRYSTAL C.