Individual Design Exercise Programming
Why is health and fitness the norm for comparatively healthy people, yet taboo or a luxury for people who’s quality of life depends on it most?
Health doesn’t come from eradicating illness. It comes from increasing wellness.
Exercise, and the right selection and progressions for you, are imperative to actually decrease the pain cycle.”
— Justine Feitelson
Example of individualized microcycles of exercise planning that regresses and progresses the basic patterns of movement: squat, hinge, single leg, push, pull core depending on the advanced training age of the adaptive athlete.
Example of frameworks to progress aerobic exercise sustainably, respecting where one’s tolerance is at.
Weakness and over-training adds to pain, but you must have the right frameworks to overcome this.
Most people with chronic pain, have tried all the different things that were asked of them from a movement perspective. They did PT, they did group classes, they went to a big box gym, they hired a trainer, they tried expensive and specific modalities - and yet are still in pain. What usually has not been done, is scaffolding in exercise selection appropriately, giving the system time to adjust.
The movement program must not only be the right exercise selection, but the right dose response and way of being organized between the different systems you're trying to build up and gain tolerance to. Building strength without reinforcing poor muscular patterning is the key to getting out of pain, but it requires an individualized approach and adjustments along the way.
Individual Design Programming
This program is like having a Fitness Coach or Personal Trainer. (Who’s also a Pain Coach).
This is an individualized approach to your training or exercise program progressed in a way that reflect your unique diagnosis, compensations, fitness level and issues by someone who lives this and understand pain patients who are trying to more more and are a bit more advanced in their ability to.
You may have graduated PT, have goals around strength/body composition as well as movement quality, or just want to become increasingly more active in a more structured way that feels more like ‘fitness’ than rehab (though we can meet you wherever you’re at).
This program is designed for patients who only want/need to focus on movement, but:
Want a personalized program to follow that is specifically designed to address your body, limitations, challenges and goals
Don’t yet feel comfortable doing things on your own from an exercise selection standpoint
Need more guidance on workout structure and organization both with strength and aerobic activity
Don’t have your own workouts to follow or gym you like going to (can be done at home)
Keep flaring from what you’ve been doing
Desire accountability/support without a ton of face time
The Individual Design Program includes:
60 min initial Movement Assessment to assess motor patterning issues and movement compensations the program design is then based upon
Monthly 60 min video consults to troubleshoot, tweak the program design and integrate additional neuro strategies
CoachRx app exercise programming and feedback with appropriately progressed stability, strength and aerobic workouts week to week
Calls recorded with lifetime access
Unlimited communication with Justine between sessions
Access to evolving movement library
The individual design program has a 3 month minimum (two 6 week mesocycles of programming)
The Individual Design Program is $995 every 3 months, or 3 payments of $400.
Schedule a Discovery Call to learn more about which program is most appropriate for you.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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In the MARSMethod Mentorship we evaluate the previous weeks/months goals, troubleshoot stressors/challenges from previous period, go over exercise programming, cover resources/handouts, learn new movement techniques, and discussing medical/pain aspects of care. This is a real relationship, and I take a whole person centered approach to my care.
In the Individual Design Program consults we go over exercise program design related issues.
In Private Movement Sessions we focus on brain-based neuro movement strategies
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We will typically have a scheduled recurring time to meet that works or you. That being said, this is life with chronic pain and treatments and if there wasn’t some flexibility we wouldn’t be successful. That’s why you have 16 weeks to complete the 12 session in the Mentorship.
In other programs, please cancel at least 24 hours in advance.
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To start, just some basic, accessible items so we can guarantee proper exercise selection, appropriately progress movement, and implement release techniques and sensory strategies. I'll provide a list of recommendations for mobility tools and bands, and based upon your unique situation and goals, discuss anything additional you may need as we progress. There is no need for a gym membership nor any expensive equipment to start.
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Yep! You can pay in full to receive a discount, or in monThly installments for the MARSMethod Mentorship or Individual Design Program.
Private Movement Sessions can be paid for by appointment as you go, or in regular chunks if preferred.