Tired of seeing a chiropractor twice a week for weeks, months and years? Find out why chiropractors and the subluxation theory won’t get you better. Dr. Polka covers why the Law of Reciprocal Inhibition wins when theories fail.

Dr. Rhett Polka discusses why conventional Physical Therapy Fails and why the One80 System is the opposite of everything you have tried. In part 1, learn more about Root Cause Analysis. Click below to view this series on the One80 PT You Tube page.

In Part 2 find out what the difference is between picture anatomy and functional anatomy. Dr. Polka also covers the Kinetic Matrix in this episode.

In the conclusion of Why Physical Therapy Fails, Dr. Rhett Polka discusses the gimmicks, gadgets and garbage that conventional PTs use. Why does One80 succeed when the others fail? Watch and find out.

Dr. Rhett Polka demonstrates how stretching effects athletic performance and the risk of injury in this five part series. “Tight hamstrings”? Dr. Rhett Polka shows why muscle tightness isn’t what it seems to be. Find out what happens when you stretch muscle, what to do instead of stretching and why MoStreBility beats flexibilty.

An article written by Lenny Bernstein of the Washington Post, has several strong points when it comes to stretching. Decades of research and physiological fact support many of the points in the article:

• There’s no evidence that stretching prevents injury. In fact, it is more likely to cause one.
• Stretching won’t stave off muscle soreness.
• Stretching won’t increase, but actually decreases, performance levels.
• The merits of stretching are “not based on any science. It’s based on word of mouth. It’s spread by coaches, spread by trainers, (by) all kinds of different people who have an interest in pretending to be experts.”
• According to the National Institute on Aging, “we don’t have the kinds of controlled intervention studies that we need to make a definitive statement about the benefits of doing flexibility exercises… We’re not able to tell the elderly exactly the ways it can help them.”
• A CDC study shows “stretching was not significantly associated with a reduction in total injuries.”
• Static stretching produces microscopic muscle tears and does nothing to prevent injury. It also weakens muscle, increases injury, and limits performance according to the CDC study.
• Research indicates that warming up before exercise is more valuable than stretching.

Bernstein’s article and the “Stretching the Truth” article that I wrote over five years ago conlcude that stretching weakens muscle and causes injury, does not increase heart rate or circulation, only masks pain, and actually decreases range of motion over time.

Most top level high school, club, collegiate and professional coaches have eliminated stretching from their athletes routines with excellent results. They understand that the most flexible athletes are the most susceptible to injury. Therefore they have replaced stretching with active warm up and cool down.

Fibromyalgia.

An article titled “Fibromyalgia, Fact and Fiction” outlined several reasons why One80 PT has such good success with FMS patients.
• FMS is pain signal disorder arising from the central nervous system. Since the One80 System. treatment restores communication between nerve and muscle, our FMS patients experience immediate results.
• Both drug and physical therapies are a good combination for FMS patients according to the article. With One80’s unique manual therapy treatment, many patients decrease and even eliminate prescription drug use.
• Increased physical activity and exercise is instrumental in an FMS treatment plan. The key is to make sure the muscles are working correctly, and then prescribe the correct exercises. At One80 PT, we ensure accurate nervous and muscular system communication prior to giving the patient a personalized functional exercise program.