Risks of Intu Flow

[Nick1974]

I am delighted with the progress I am making with my neck mobility practice, particularly the lateral glide. However, along with that elation, as the days go by, I am becoming increasingly "paranoid" that some day I am going to "tweak something" in my neck.

Of course, I appreciate that if one is "doing it correctly" and adhering to the CST principles there won't be a problem, but it is not humanly possible to be perfect every time, and a momentary lapse in concentration could spell disaster when working a sensitive area like the neck.

Basically I'm asking - how concerned should I be? How "risky" are these movements? While I appreciate the none-sense of the SISSies, I can also identify with the fear that folks have of engaging in complex exercises without knowing exactly what they're doing.

[Scott Sonnon]

Nick,

Fortunately, "perfect form" is a belief myth only promoted by conventional training.

You are perfect already. Your goal is only to get and stay out of your own way of abundant natural health.

To do that, follow the compass of CST Intuitive Training. You'll then be able to navigate around pitfalls before you stumble into them.

[KD Jones]

I have an experience related to this.

In attempting to produce an abstract "perfection" to my bilateral glide I did actually did hurt myself once, BUT it was because I very pointedly was NOT following the principles.

I've had trouble with my neck in the past, and had a mad desire to shield it against injury ASAP. So, I tried to make the movement as wide as possible - ignoring the principles of intuitive training. Which is to say, I was, while believing my goal to be functional, I was in fact persuing a purely cosmetic goal.

My error was to turn the exercise into a stretch. I don't think it takes much imagination to see how this would lead to an injury, given the way a human neck is built.

A more or less prolonged stretch, which is what I did, involves considerable effort. So, in essence, I really had to really try to hurt myself.

Given this experience, along with prior and subsequent sensible experiences with the exercises, I really do believe that a person would have to have a serious or very specific precondition to harm themselves with these exercises as presented, unless they were really trying turn them into something they are not - and do not remotely appear to be.

So, I really believe that only physical precondition or fallacious predilection could lead to harm... (laughs while writing, which usually means that nothing written made any sense)

[joemyers90]

I'm a practicing chiropractor. In my opinion, none of the neck movements in Intu-Flow are risky. If you follow the 10 principles that are described at the beginning of the program, you'll be fine. When performing the movements from Intu-Flow, you're not doing anything abnormal. You're always moving within your body's normal active ranges of motion. You're not forcing anything. Nothing is being compressed. No force is being introduced into your neck.

I would say the same thing about all of the other movements in Intu-Flow. They're all biomechanically sound and safe.

[Nick1974]

Fortunately, "perfect form" is a belief myth only promoted by conventional training.

There goes another nail into the 'conventional fitness' coffin!

Time to make the funeral arrangements, I would say. :lol:

KD, I hear you about the 'cosmetic goal'. That, also, is due to conventional fitness conditioning! :wink:

[Nick1974]

Thank you Joe. I appreciate your input.

[Coach Simon]

I'm a practicing chiropractor. In my opinion, none of the neck movements in Intu-Flow™ are risky. If you follow the 10 principles that are described at the beginning of the program, you'll be fine. When performing the movements from Intu-Flow™, you're not doing anything abnormal. You're always moving within your body's normal active ranges of motion. You're not forcing anything. Nothing is being compressed. No force is being introduced into your neck.

I would say the same thing about all of the other movements in Intu-Flow™. They're all biomechanically sound and safe.

I agree with Joe. Not only are the movements and principles biomechanically safe and sound, they are neccessary.

[Scott Sonnon]

Joe and Mitch, thank you for chiming in here. Your expert opinions are very valuable to all of us!!

[stultzies9]

I can chime in a little bit here.

I admit to having spent a long time beating myself up about my appearance, especially when compared to the images we're subjected to every day of our lives, i.e. the chiseled bodybuilder look. I FINALLY took Coach Sonnon's words to heart and decided to stop caring about the aesthetic results, and just concentrate on feeling better. So I've been doing Intu-Flow anywhere from 3-7 times a week for the past 5 weeks now. That's all. And not only do I feel about 100 times better than I did, I just stepped on a scale for the first time in about 2 months, and I'm down 10lbs. And I didn't even notice.

[Scott Sonnon]

Aaron,

And that's the "little detail" that's SOOOO hard to convince people of initially. ALL of those fitness outcomes (and then some!) WILL come as natural by-products of feeling good through healthy, vital exercise like getting Intu-Flow. Congratulations! That's outstanding high-bar results!

PLEASE post this to Your Success Story!!!


I can chime in a little bit here.

I admit to having spent a long time beating myself up about my appearance, especially when compared to the images we're subjected to every day of our lives, i.e. the chiseled bodybuilder look. I FINALLY took Coach Sonnon's words to heart and decided to stop caring about the aesthetic results, and just concentrate on feeling better. So I've been doing Intu-Flow™ anywhere from 3-7 times a week for the past 5 weeks now. That's all. And not only do I feel about 100 times better than I did, I just stepped on a scale for the first time in about 2 months, and I'm down 10lbs. And I didn't even notice.