I showed up to flow force in low spirits. I have been dealing with back pain for the past 6 months. What started off as a small pain in my thoracic spine, began to manifest into back and shoulder pain that was beginning to ruin my day to day activities. I had just about ran out of options.
My usual chiropractor that had helped aligned me in the past was no longer affective and traditional physical therapy recommended by my internal medicine doctor was producing similar results. MRI's.. cat scans.. evaluations.. all resulted in no findings.. and no one could even begin to tell me how I was in pain.
I kept hearing about Ben up at flowforce from my teammates and how much he had helped them with their aliments. I decided to make an appointment and give it a shot. At this point, he was my last hope, and I was all but defeated.
He was extremely honest when evaluating me, and lucky for me, was confident that he could help. We got to work and were able to develop a treatment plan that not only worked for my busy schedule but was simple enough to uphold throughout my day, even at work. He made modifications to the exercises as my body found fit and really personalized my recovery. He never asked me to stop my daily training routine and even encouraged me to continue with the methods I had found some relief with on my own.
The most surprising thing for me was the follow up. Ben would contact me daily to see how I was doing and how my body was feeling throughout the week. Some days were better than others but over the course of a few weeks my pain dropped dramatically. He modified the exercises and stretches according to my daily condition. I am now waking up pain free, and going through my day without excruciating pains throughout my back, ribs and shoulders.
My only regret is all the time and money I spent and wasted else where on gimmicks, machines, massages, chiropractors, acupuncture.. stuff that has usually helped in the past, but just fell short this time.
I am extremely grateful to had met Ben, and encourage anyone on the fence, to make the decision to step out of their comfort zone and give FlowForce a try. It truly has been a life changing experience for me, giving me tools that I can and will continue to use for the remainder of my active life.