How we find what's holding you back

We don’t provide medical diagnoses. It’s not within the scope of our practice or business to do so. And yet we have a very high success rate at finding and fixing problems and equally high customer satisfaction. So how do we find your issue when we don’t do medical diagnostics?

Patient History

The time we take to hear your history and interpret it is a fantastic investment. There are many clues in your history which often point in the right direction. Because the root of so many issues is neural, your experience leading up to and since the issue started are all relevant.

Neural Assessment

We believe that one of the best diagnosticians for you is your own brain! When your brain feels something is not right or potentially threatening, it moves to protect you, often by reducing performance attributes, like speed, strength, and flexibility and/or introducing pain, weakness, cramping, and fatigue. By having you perform various activities and assessing how you brain reacts, we can identify issues quickly and individualize solutions.

Biomechanical Analysis

We are all skilled at assessing how you move in comparison to the way you should move optimally. That spans individual muscle and joint ranges of motion to full-body movements and coordination. Dr. Higgins in particular has years of biomechanical research and practice, often not just seeing what’s not moving well, but the likely cause in the kinetic chain.

Functional Evaluation

We have a number of quantitative and qualitative ways to assess your vision, balance, breathing, proprioception brain function and tactile senses. You can readily see deficits and improvement.

Muscle Testing

Your brain directly controls whether a muscle is activated and strong or not. All you muscles should be able to be strong at any time and when they are not, it’s a good indicator of dysfunctional structure or activity.

Hands-on Evaluation

Medical Imaging

Many people already have an MRI or X-ray as part of medical diagnostic process or need to have one to confirm or throw more light on an issue. We have relationships with companies that can provide up-right MRIs or dynamic imaging so you can see your body under load or in motion. While all imaging comes with a medical interpretation, Dr. Higgins can educate you on implications and options so you’ll understand what the image reveals and know what you can do about it.

Medical Imaging

Sound Wave

Sometimes it’s difficult to get to deeper tissues or isolate problem areas with precision. We’ve found that using a therapeutic piezo sound wave device, techniques that we pioneered and nervous system feedback, we can pinpoint tissues that require attention and make treatment for efficient and effective.