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OH MY ACHING BACK and KNEE!  - Find out how Teresa and I and MANY others banned back pain for GOOD!  Learn more about my Knee Rehab Story and what I have done in less than THREE months using JUST T-Tapp and EXCELLENT Holistic Care!

 

 

 

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What can YOU Rebuild Using T-Tapp?

Check out below what both Teresa and I did for our backs, and knees.  The TRUE power of this rehabilitative workout is AMAZING when you REALLY use it to the fullest of it's capacity.  Scroll down to learn MORE and you can even SEE what happened to my knee first hand and read below how I have rebuilt it without surgery and got BACK on the dance floor in under 2 months!

OH!  My Aching Back...Not with T-Tapp!

¨     Banish Back Pain with a Strong Core

¨     Keep your Spine Flexible AND Strong

¨     Scoliosis no PROBLEM!

¨     Injury and Spasm learn to avoid them both

                    

                           Teresa's Spine                  

 

Tension causes muscles to tighten and blood vessels to constrict. Depending on how weak or strong a person's muscles are, this tension can pull vertebrae out of alignment and/or reduce blood flow. It doesn't help that we clump at a desk all day, staring at a computer screen or holding the telephone in the crook of our neck. It's no wonder our back and shoulder muscles hurt by the end of the day!

 

I was born with a slight curvature to the spine known as scoliosis.  It was severe enough that by the age of 2 I had already begun to see chiropractors adn do exercises for my back to keep it in alignment.  I did these for years and every year the screenings came though I was prescribed mroe and more exercises until about age 12 when I seemed to have grown out of it.  Little did I kow that the issue would come back full force years later!  In my late 20's I was at a simple gym healt fair when I did a scoliosis test where I was weighed on each side of my body, the difference between tthe two sides should be no more than 10 lbs, but I was 36 lbs heavier on one side than that other.  Each of my hip and shoulder were off by an inch from teh other and teh doctor wondered how it was I was not in severe pain at all.  I was active and shortly after the test I started T-Tapp, I never DID fill that 3-day a week prescription he wrote me on teh spot.  About 6 months later I got a spinal x-ray done just to check on my progress since the back had been so bad those months before. To my surprise the doctor found virtually NO evidence of scoliosis!  I KNEW T-Tapp had made all the difference.  My spine was not only strong enough to hold the bones in proper alignment, but flexible enough to prevent injury.  My NEW prescription was "come when you want, your back is plenty strong enough to keep you aligned."  And later my chiropractor nick named me Ms. Super Abs because of my T-Tapp core.

Teresa Tapp knows all too well how bad back pain feels because of her spinal condition. As you can see from the photo (above), she also suffers from scoliosis but in addition to MY condition, she also has fusion of three lumbar vertebrae as a result from a high school sports injury. Additionally, her psoas muscles often locks into spasms and pulls on these three vertebrae that are now fused into one bone. Due to these issues, if she doesn't keep her spinal muscles strong and flexible with proper exercise her back HURTS!  She always says pain is a great teacher and I have seen her struggle at 6AM to warm up her aching back and I have seen her hide under sweaters because if her back gets too cold it will lock in spasm.  When she was developing the T-Tapp workout, she focused on creating a program that would build strong anatomical alignment, increased circulation, and open neuro-kinetic flow from the brain, through the spine, to the extremities. The 15-minute program, Basic Workout Plus, contains specific movements for pain relief, as well as movements to realign and strengthen the spinal attachments that help prevent pain.

So if back pain is a battle you fight, just like Teresa and I do, then let me know how I can help. I would be glad to get you started in the right direction toward a stronger back and less pain. In the mean time, check out this article of Teresa's and MY favorite T-Tapp move for a straight, strong, nearly scoliosis free spine!

 

Would YOUR Knee have Survived?

   

Keep in mind he’s 6’-4” tall so here I’m over 4’ off the ground .  Well mine didn’t exactly either...You can see when I landed my left knee (on the right on the screen) wobbled and the foot is still facing forward.  My meniscus, medial collateral ligament and patellar tendons were partially torn and several of the ligaments  stretched and strained...however, watch the video I kept dancing for a while….because T-Tapp made me strong enough to minimize damage and be stable.   Full recovery, without surgery...Yes I CAN!!!

 

What did I do to rebuild my knee?

I thought I would share with everyone what I did to rebuild my knee without surgery to show that YES YOU CAN!  You can see from the pictures that my knee took quite a pounding, but I did not require nor did I get surgery, but here is a summary of what I DID do to re-build my knee, without surgery and how quickly the body can rebuild. 

 

The final prognosis per Dr. Chad Blaker, Raquel Rosas, Hp and Heather Ruth LAc was that there were partial tears in the Medial Meniscus, the Patellar Tendon and the Tibial Collateral Ligament.  Because I had lost my job 8 days prior to the accident my insurance was up in the air and by the time it was straightened out Dr. Chad advised that an MRI would not reveal the original damage and was not worth the time or money so none was taken, all exams were from external features and Ashii points in acupuncture.

 

But without surgery I was off two crutches in 6 days and a single crutch in 4 more days.  Total time on crutches was 10 days.   Then my doctor advised me to walk slowly on the leg instead to keep the body in better alignment and start to strengthen the joint. 

A summary of my treatments is as follows:

Chiropractic adjustments from Dr. Chad Blaker—weekly for 6 weeks stretched to 10 days after that and 3 weeks after that, total treatments 7 to date

Homeopathic Lymphatic Drainage and Inflammation work by Raquel Rosas, Hp—Bi weekly ongoing total treatments 6 to date

Acupuncture with Heather Ruth LAc—biweekly for first treatments then extended to monthly and then to every 5 or 6 weeks, total treatments 3 for injury recovery

Massage with Amanda Parr– weekly once the joint was strong enough to handle a massage then extended to monthly for normal body maintenance, total treatments 2

Reflexology with Jae Sook Cohen—once per treatment thus far, additional treatments anticipated bimonthly, total treatments 1 to date

 

And I never would have been as lucky to sustain such MINOR injury if it weren’t for the T-Tapp workout.  Prior to the injury I was doing the Basic Workout Plus some floor work for myself and teaching classes primarily consisting of the Basic Workout and occasional Floor work.  So luckily I was VERY strong or I would have definitely torn things a LOT more than I did!  After the injury my workouts changed a bit and have continued to evolve to evoke the exercises I NEED to continue my progress

A summary of my workouts each week is as follows:

Week 1—Floor work on my back consisting of awesome legs stretches and modified AL moves, also straddle stretches and ab work with legs up

Week 2—Chair workout of most of Basic Plus and continued work on the floor with Awesome Legs and Straddles

Week 3– Basic Plus except for T-Tapp Twist and Hoedowns, modified  as necessary.  Some work still on straddle stretches.  Addition of 10 laps in the pool and water walking

Week 4—Basic Plus, entire workout including T-Tapp Twist and Hoedowns, addition of some Floor Moves Organs in Place, Half Frogs and Ladybug plus increase swimming to 12 laps and water walking

Week 5—Same as Week 4, excluding swimming because of allergic reaction to chlorine in the pool

Week 6—MORE workout to help really build strength in the leg, including Fencing Lunges and One-Legged Balance Move

Week 7—same as week 6 except added back in Floor exercises of Organs in Place, Half Frogs, Elevators, LadyBug and Craw Claws

Week 8—advised to do single legged squats on a balance ball by Dr. Chad so workout became more demanding focusing on Instructional 2 and included Primary Back Stretch, Plies, Lunges, all THREE sets, Balance, all FOUR sets, Air Planes, Thread the Needle and Runners Stretch, occasional addition of floor work from Week 7

Week 9—Continued regimen from Week 8

 

And of course the MOST important questions answered...when did I get my LIFE back...things like driving my stick shift car, walking, dancing, getting in and out of the car easily and moving around the house really became a challenge for a while.  They taught me to appreciate how easily I moved before and those things returned as follows

Driving my Stick Shift—about 3 weeks getting in and out of a car easily about 4 weeks.

Walking—10 days

Dancing—Went to my first dance in 3 weeks, I danced the Hokey Pokey.  My next dance was 10 days later, I danced 5 songs, 10 days later I danced 15 at a dance and 2 weeks following I returned to the dance floor for GOOD...total time off the dance floor 7weeks until I could enjoy a full night of dancing and I competed again in 8 weeks, made finals!

 

And just for good measure, the supplements I took were as follow.  Note NONE are pain killers: Rotozyme (Homeopathic Anti Inflammatory and Protolytic Enzyme), Inflammenz (similar to Rotozyme), Nikken Joint Complex,  LigaPlex I and II, T_Tapp Alfalfa, BioEnergetics Protolytic Enzyme, Melaluca Joint Complex. Topical—Nikken CM Cream, Arnica Prophen, Bio-Freeze, Muscle Mist, Magnesium Oil and Traumeel, Epsom Salts, Essential Oils, Pomegranate and Peroxide.  Everything all natural or homeopathic!

 

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