Wall of love for Pain Academy

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

I have tried so very many exercise programs and worked with trainers within these programs to remediate the imbalances in my body.  Egoscue, Foundation Program, Personal Trainers, and nothing has worked like Pain Academy.  I gave all these different programs over a year of effort and yet still basically continued to train my imbalances into my body. Pain Academy, while using some of the principles of Egoscue, has created such an elegant program that teaches you gradual embodiment, nervous system regulation and so many powerful sets of exercises in a certain order that balance out the imbalances.  I can really feel my body changing!  Changing in a way where you don't have to continually correct how you are walking by thinking your way through walking but I actually find myself walking differently unconsciously as the muscles that have been turned off are now turning on and are on in every movement I make! I am so grateful for finding Pain Academy!  I love listening to Vinny map out what is happening in my nervous system and the cues of why we are doing the exercise and what to notice is so calming, soothing and truely creates healthy embodiment for me.  It is the best use of my money I have ever spent.  I feel like I am getting my life and strength back...

I am only halfway through and my body feels completely different.  I am using muscles that I am sure I have never used before.  It is no joke, it's hard work and a commitment because you are changing the dysfunctional way that your body is currently operating which what is causing the pain.  If you have been in pain, you know that you would do anything to get better.  I highly recommend it if you really are serious about feeling better.  Also, there is a tremendous amount of support, so you can get all of your questions and concerns answered.  I first tried the free class before I committed, so I recommend that.  It will help you decide if this is for you.

I have been getting crazy connections throughout my body and I am even writing and journaling. I want to publish them on Instagram to send people to pain academy because the primitive experience you unfold is outstanding and overwhelmingly gives pleasure and I want to share it with the world.

A while ago someone pointed out to me an analogy I find very relevant thinking about the Pain Academy approach: imagine a house on fire - the fire alarm goes off and it's beeping loudly - to make the beeping stop we have to put out the fire or we can simple turn off the alarm (meaning the house is still burning but now the alarm is mute) - this is what happens when we follow symptom based treatments - As someone who is tired of muting symptoms I decided to change my approach to a more slow and steady method of dealing with my poor posture/back pain. The Pain Academy resources make you aware of imbalances and malfunctions that you didn't even know you had - another analogy but bear with me here: it's like connect the dots: before you start connecting a to b it's a blur of nonsensical dots - but when you have the information and draw the right lines the whole picture is clear in front of you. When we have all the information we need to understand the causes of the malfunction we can start adapting our behaviour and enforce the changes we need! I still have a long way to go, but I am loving going through the program, assessing my asymmetries and realising how they even out because they are evening out, guys!! - slow and steady but I will get there - body awareness at its finest. Thank you guys at the Pain Academy - your content is absolutely priceless.

Vinny! What you do is magic! I believed in your approach before I discovered painacademy. I also got help from masseuses, physical therapists, and doctors with my imbalances. They all somewhat helped but didn't solve the underlying problem. And I knew it, but I didn't know what to do. My issues aren't noticeable to the untrained eye but my imbalances have set me back years as an avid athlete. I am already feeling the substantial improvement from taking your free scoliosis workshop. I know that repetition will pay off! You're the man. I love your mission and I'm sure you're helping so many people live much better lives. My hat is off to you for what you do!

I am SHOCKED by how effective this is....in just a week I feel improvements! Vinnie knows his stuff, it's foundational and amazing!

The fourth day of the hip routine was my favorite . Although its odd at first to be doing this from an online program the routines are designed to slowly deal with the incorrect function of the whole body . As we get older our injuries tend to resurface, and one gets trapped in a loop addressing certain areas one at a time. The results are short lived . This program changes the way the entire body functions, correcting imbalances throughout . I think this is a game changer for longer results. Everyone should know how form and function should work within our bodies if we want to live a long life pain free. Thank you Vinny!

I feel 10 years younger three months into the program! I only wish I had this earlier in my life (I'm 42 now)--would have saved me a ton of money and time I've spent on chiropractic care, physical therapy, and massages for the last 15 years. The way the program is set up is highly motivating to me who grew up on video games, lol--I get excited to unlock the next rounds and phases. Best money I've ever spent! Professionals have always given me exercises to do, but I've never had anyone take the time to explain which muscles should be firing and which ones shouldn't when doing a pelvic tilt, for example. Vinny does just that. I've done exercises like these in the past but I always end up in more pain because I'm doing them with an imbalanced body and using the wrong muscles! Vinny teaches me to be mindful of what is truly going on in my body. He is a gold mine of information about pain and how the body functions and encourages a gentle, "less is more" approach. While there is some pain associated with teaching your body to use new muscles and relax ones that have been compensating, trust the process. Every time I would feel some new pain, I would get a bit discouraged, but within a day or two I was better off than before. It's like taking two steps forward and one step back when trying to fix years of imbalance and to teach your body to function the way it did when you were a kid and good posture was easy. I feel like Vinny has given me my life back as he teaches me how to put my body back together. Chronic pain had become the norm for me and inhibited me from doing many things I used to do and I'm only 42. I had no major injuries, just years of bad posture and a sedentary lifestyle. Eventually I had plantar fasciitis in my left foot and couldn't walk for a summer, then debilitating left hip pain for the last few years. Since doing this program, I've been able to take my kids to an apple orchard, dance the night away at a wedding, bake in my kitchen all day, and sit/stand for long periods of time--ALL activities I avoided like the plague for the last 5 years. I cannot thank Pain Academy enough!

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!

I've always realized that when I need to start over exercising I do too much too quickly and then I get hurt resulting in significant setbacks. This program has exactly the right pace and exactly the right exercises to help me teach my body how to stay in alignment and function so that I don't get hurt again. I am really looking forward to a better life thanks to Vinny and Pain Academy.