Wall of love for Pain Academy

This is life changing. I've had a pinched nerve in my neck for 25 years. Causes shoulder and are pain with very limited mobility. Low back and chronic hip pain for 38 years following a car accident. The first day during the movements my neck pain stopped and I was able to raise my arm. My hip pain is decreasing. It's been 1 week, I can use my arm normally, my head turns both ways finally after all these years. I signed up for the full course. At 65 to regain range of motion, mobility, strength an eliminate pain is life changing!

These videos have genuinely been helping me so much. Ive had severe back/hip/ right leg pain and after following your videos, i can actually walk without pain, i can sit and not want to cry out in agony. Ive been to chiropractors, osteopaths, doctors, none have helped me like this. So thank you, seriously!

I've had lower back and hip pain for over s year now. I've tried acupuncture, chiropractic, working with a trainer in physical therapy all with only temporary relief. A few months ago I did the Pain Academy's 4 day better hip challenge and immediately saw a difference. Even my chiropractor and trainer commented on the difference in my hip mobility. I since signed up for the 365 day Movement program. It's a process but I finally feel like I am getting better!

After trying everything to "fix" my messed up leg, I joined Pain academy. I am on week 2 and the move that is obviously addressing my problem is the hip twist over. YIKES... last week it almost brought tears to my eyes to try to do it on my problem leg, but it was the type of pain that I felt was beneficial, if that makes sense. It has been getting easier and today, day 11, I can actually do it in reasonable form for ALMOST the entire time. Also, today, I tried it again at the end of the session and it was so much easier. For the past 5 or so years, I have not been able to get comfortable to sit, or lay down, put on my shoes or socks, lift my leg up to get into my jeans or get into the car even. I was thinking about a hip replacement! I am astonished at this program...the approach makes so much sense. I want to thank you thank you thank you for putting this out there. I feel that I will be able to be the "active senior" that I had planned to be. I retired from teaching during the Covid shut down and went from having way too much to do, to NOTHING to do, so I hiked, a LOT. It was fine at first but gradually I could do less and less and only go short distances and I would pay for it for a couple days. I have been so depressed after nothing that "modern medicine" and traditional PT seemed to work, in fact the PT was making it WORSE! and on top of it I couldn't sleep at night because my leg was making me so uncomfortable. Anyway....I sleep and I can walk and I am going to try hiking again this weekend....I will stick with it, believe me! I am forever grateful that you make this program available.

Pain Academy and all of its teachers has completely changed my approach to my body. My pain was my "shoulder" but my hips had everything to do with why it was hurting in the first place! Crazy right? Customer service - A+ Instruction Videos - A+ Passion for their job - A++++ Definitely recommend anyone looking to work on their pain. Trust me, it won't go away without moving. -Vesal

Great video Vinny. I love learning! I am on my three year journey to restore my movement. I have had many micro breakthroughs, which I’m grateful for. My question to you is lately I’ve noticed That the right hip has been giving me trouble when normally it is the left. This is a first but I know things are shifting and I just would like to understand the why behind this if you don’t mind. I don’t wanna fear when new things pop up so I wanna have understanding. Thanks so much Vinny. I appreciate all that you do!!!

A friend from a sport I play with my dogs, agility, recommended  Vinny and The Pain  Academy to me.  Like me, my friend had struggled with pain and limitation from past injuries and in my case, a hip replacement surgery which wasn't completely successful.  I confess, I was skeptical but she persisted with encouraging me to try one of tge Movement Program's free routines. I had tried physiotherapy, reformer and mat Pilates as well as working with a PT with limited success and at great expense.  At some point, I would hit a wall and be back to hobbling around again. I joined up to one of Vinny's 3 day hip challenges and at first thought the exercises were way too easy to make any impact.  I was very wrong.  Everything settled down immediately as my nervous system deregulated.  I had relief from plantar fasciitis that had been plaguing me fora couple of years. Long story short, I joined up to the Movement Program with some trepidation.  I'm in Australia and our dollar is weak to the US$ so it seemed expensive at almost double the US cost but truly, it had proved to be worth every single cent to me.  I have barely needed a chiropractic adjustment, osteopathic treatment  or massage the past year and I used to have all three monthly to keep somewhat "comfortable". I won't lie, I've had a few flare ups - that's pretty normal for me and Ive had to make some andjustments annd regressions to anddress these.  it's nothing I've worried  about.  Ive just kept on track, confident that things would settle down again and they have.  There is plenty of support from the team about finding a routine/s to help settle things back down and modifications to exercises that are presently too challenging. All in all, I am very happy with The Movement program.  Vinny is an incredible source of knowledge and has developed a unique program that is tailored to your current physical needs and challenges, is progressive and adapts and adjusts to your progress as you move through the levels.  Vinny knows and understands pain, compensation and body mechanics  like no other practitioner I've come across.  You're in good hands with him and his team.  There are no gimmicks or quick fixes. promised.   Disabling plantar faciitis was the first biomechanical dysfunction to resolve itself for me within a couple of weeks and has never come back after several years of trying every exercise, treatment aa well as expensive orthotics  without success.  That in itself was worth signing up to The Movenent program for me.   Give the Movememt Program your consideration.  Vinny is the real deal.  I couldn't recommend this program or Vinny and his team more highly.

PainAcademy.com restored my back function after a year when nothing else worked. Quite simply, it gave me my life back.  I'm a  75 year old 5th degree karate black belt and retired brain research scientist with a long history of lumbar stenosis. I had 7-years pain free after an L4-5 laminectomy, but then injured my back again and was in pain when standing more than a few minutes for over a year. I had to wear a brace constantly, put a chair by the sink to do dishes, use a wheelchair at the airport, and could not stand in lines,  kick higher than my waist or touch my toes. I tried acupuncture, chiropractic, spinal compression, and every "cure" on the internet for a year.  Nothing worked until I started PainAcademy.com. In two months, the 15-50 minutes of  daily guided exercise made my back 90% better. I do two hour black belt classes again and do not need the brace! I'm incorporating some of the exercises into my daily practice and will do them the rest of my life. I've realized that my lumbar stenosis and history of frozen shoulder (cartilage growth) have decreased the joint functioning of my hips and shoulders, and the whole body PainAcademy.com program is restoring the way they work together. I highly recommend this program!

A car accident that damaged my hips and spine, along with poor movement patterns, and 4 pregnancies left me seeking help from doctors and specialists. I was basically told physical therapy would be useless in my case and prescription meds, injections and surgery were my only options. I tried for years to "fix" my issues, to the tune of $10,000+. I found Pain Academy through their free 4 day hip challenge. I knew that this is what I needed! I joined their movement program almost 3 months ago and I cannot believe how much better I feel. My hips, back and feet don't hurt anymore, I'm getting stronger every day, I can walk without pain and my pelvic floor dysfunction/pain disappearing was the icing on the cake. This program is very easy to follow along with, Vinny's encouragement, instruction and queues throughout the videos are very helpful, the movements are challenging without being complicated, and if something begins hurting, I have learned the tools to resolve my issues. I truly cannot recommend Pain Academy enough!!!

Vinny is an excellent resource for physical rehabilitation. Even though I am going through a recovery process that has currently kept me limited in my movements, I am continuing my first two month's exercises at a slow and regular pace with the belief that my body will finally break free and I can continue through the course. The free hip challenge week convinced me that it works if I stay the course and do these "simple but not easy" movements.

After 2 years of constant lower back pain and thousands of dollars spent in chiropractic visits with minimal relief I decided to give Pain Academy a try. The experience was life changing. I have seen my body change for the better over the past 6 months. It is a slow process and you get out what you put in. Working with Justin has been amazing. He is knowledgeable, professional, friendly, and patient. My kids love to show up and interrupt our session and he takes it all in stride. He really does care and I've never felt rushed to end a session early. He always answers my questions and concerns no matter what. His answers are thoughtful and filled with insight. I can't recommend Pain Academy enough! It is 100% worth the money.

I'm on week three of the movement program and noticed the hip rotation has been hard for me which makes sense because I've been stuck in a left AlC pattern for 5 years after a disc herniation. I've noticed major changes though and have stuck through and usually the symptoms subside by the end of each week. 👌 Things reseting is going to bring up some resistance to the old patterns. Just gotta keep moving through it. Thanks so much for making this program. I've had more results in 3 weeks than years of in person PT.

Missed the live, from Helsinki Finland. Thank you for the replay. I feel better after doing this exercises, more grounded. And hip feel better.

The exercises are simple (not always easy). We move with grace, being sure all of our parts a in proper alignment (or close to it). Vinny is speaking most of the time, reminding us of our parts that might be sneaking into the old wrong places. Even though I still need my hip replaced, I'm in a much better condition to rehab and look forward to getting back to PA as an important part of my PT.

I have chronic hip pain & tried every modality I could but only gained temporary relief. I found this Program & have been doing it faithfully since July 2024 - what a difference in decrease in my hip pain & increase in mobility. I have been working functionally & slowly to rehab. It's working. This program addresses the physical as well as mental and nervous system tie ins - extremely valuable. I would highly recommend it & Vinny. He explains things well & the exercises are easy to follow (not necessarily easy - but easy to follow).

I have been suffering, knee, neck, back and hip pain for years. 5 years ago I was diagnosed for hip arthritis. I started with pain academy videos on the Youtube and finally I enrolled the movement program. This program is incredible. I can walk, sleep without pain already. I can't thank enough to Vinny. I am exited about the progress, I am only at the first phase of the program. I will continue patiently till the end. Ian 56 years old. Thank you very much.

This program is the only thing that has given me any light at the end of the tunnel so to speak. I now have 20 years of terrible dysfunction from my feet to my elbows. This accumulated from terrible ankle injuries that I didn't rehab properly when I was younger. I was a three sport athlete, college athlete, and pro racquetball player. The injuries and beating my body took was tremendous. I tried all the usual stuff to help my horrible hip and back dysfunction. Chiropractors, massage, physical therapy, egoscue method (which is great but didn't have much progression so it stagnated), acupuncture, etc.... minor relief came from these things and never lasted. Vinny spreads this information with love, compassion, and extreme passion. You can literally tell by his aura. His eyes say it all.  I've been doing this for little over a month while still having to work an extremely physical job, and my body is changing in ways that I never thought possible. I can't tell you how many times I've cried tears of joy from getting relief in certain parts of my body. I'm feeling much straighter, have activation in muscles that haven't worked properly in years, and have far less pain overall. Please please please give this a try and commit to you. I promise you that you won't regret it.  With love, peace, and Aum!

Pain Academy has put the joy back in hiking. My quality of life has definitely improved since joining the Pain Academy. I also love Vinny's voice. It feels so good to not think about moving.

I started this program due to a hip alignment issue+a shoulder issue. I felt like the program was legit and I bet if I had stuck with it + exercised, I'd have a straight body. I just couldn't devote the time.  When I can, I'll rejoin and try again.

I'm so thankful for this program. I'm almost at 2 years hanging out with your movement sequences!!! I'm 50 years old and a vegetable farmer, I want to be able to farm my whole life and this program has me on track for that. I was noticing tightness in bending over, my left foot was turning in as I walked and it was a bit floppy. My spine is curved and and my right wing sticks out. I saw the results people were getting with your program and so I'm going for it. I see that this is a continuous practice and I'm all in. I tell everyone about this practice and when they tell me their hurts I tell them the problem is probably upstream of the hurt. It's not my knee but my very tight right hip and so on and so on. Mostly this program has helped calm my nervous system and I'm connecting to my body like never before. This program is about DEEP listening and awareness. My video of me walking might still look the same, I haven't checked but I don't feel the need to because as long as I listen to and communicate with my body THAT is the skill I want. I feel really strong.

This is by far my most needed and life changing experience. It's so amazing to move around pain free and when you can't it really sucks and is very defeating. I've had incredible struggles with my hips and knees and from years of playing sports and crossfit and not enough self care that the problem only gets worse. I'll never stop doing crossfit but ignoring the problem isn't working either - so I saw Vinny after a major muscular breakdown and it was amazing! Simple movements, carefully planned plans and infinite patience brought about some remarkable results. I can push more weight, faster, and without pain. There is nothing I wouldn't give to ensure I stay pain free and Vinny makes it easy to understand and even easier to accomplish bigger goals. Besides the muscular transformation he also has some KILLER work outs and keeps my competitive edge on fire!

After years of physical therapy for shoulder issues and then a hip problem, my new religion is Egoscue, and my rabbi is Vinny. I say rabbi because his approach to your physical dysfunction is both much broader and deeper than that of a physical therapist, and he bases his customized program for you on not only watching your movements but also your emotional experience of them, which is a factor absolutely, since it affects the way you hold muscle tension in your body. Over the course of a year, Vinny instructed me basically on how to become attuned to the nature of the dysfunction myself and how to eventually work out my own program. The reason PT is unsustainable -- and I've done years of it -- is that it is piecemeal and attacks the problem only from the perspective of the presenting problem. Vinny analyzes your postural habits and weaknesses in a holistic fashion so that you can yourself address them. His approach does require time and dedication, but if you want long term results, he is the man! Generally, he is also a bundle of positive energy and a delight to deal with. On a few occasions I have contacted him with acute issues and he immediately directed me to just the right exercises which nipped them in the bud. In sum, if you just want a few shots of cortisone for a quick fix, the Egoscue Method will not be for you, but if your goal is maintaining your musculoskeletal system over your lifetime, you will want to invest in Pain Academy and sessions with Vinny.