Movement is more than just joints and muscles.

Visual System

More than just 20/20

Vision is your brain's most important system and sits at the top of the “neural hierarchy.”

We often think of 20/20 as “perfect vision.” However, it really means that at 20ft you can see what the average person can see at 20ft. It means that your eyesight is perfectly average. But vision can be improved.

Your eyes have muscles that can all be trained and strengthened like any other muscle in the body, enhancing your eye’s ability to move and focus in a coordinated and accurate fashion.

When we think of testing our eyes, mostly we think of reading an eye chart when we see our optician. We look at a well-lit, highly-contrasted letter that isn’t moving. But life - and vision - doesn’t work that way. Things move; we move, and we use our eyes in many different ways, including looking at static objects and tracking moving objects as we (and they) move.

In your neuro-centric movement sessions, we’ll look at and train your eye’s ability to see clearly and move well.

Vestibular System

Balance: The Sixth Sense

Our vestibular system (in our inner ear) is our brain’s second most important system. It’s so automatic that it’s often overlooked as one of our senses. With it, we have an innate sense of which way is up, and which way we are moving. Without it, we are virtually unable to move.

It is such a sensitive and responsive system that even small deficits can have outsized impacts on our movement.

A small deficit in one ear will send imbalanced signals to the brain incorrectly suggesting that you are moving or turning. In response, the brain adjusts your posture and muscle tone to compensate.

Over time this can manifest as long term pain, tension and postural issues. You can be manually “adjusted” or “manipulated” back into correct alignment, but without addressing the underlying vestibular issue, your brain and body will continue to contort in line with the sensory input your brain is receiving.

Assessing and retraining the vestibular system is an essential part of neuro-centric movement.

Proprioceptive System

Creating clear movement maps

Movement begins with the brain’s ability to judge where your body is, before sending signals to your muscles to move. The ability to judge and move your body is proprioception.

However, a lifetime of accidents, injuries and habitual movements can blur your brain's map of your own body, making it harder for your brain to judge where it is at any moment. Much like driving with foggy windows, any lack of clarity in the brain's map will impact movement, resulting in reduced speed, strength, and range of movement. You move more slowly and cautiously when your brain is unsure of where you are and what is around you.

Both fortunately and unfortunately, the brain adapts to what it does - and doesn't do. This means that our capacity for movement is always either growing or declining.

Through neuro-centric movement, you will develop your brain’s ability to judge and move your body. We train the proprioceptive system, not just a muscle or joint in isolation.