Build Resilience with Neurovascular Release—with Kier Schumaker - EP003
Where are you stuck in your body? As athletes, we turn to body work to ease restrictions and improve our mobility. But only neurovascular release (NVR) addresses the underlying causes of our stuck-ness, helping us rehabilitate old injuries and prevent new ones. So, how does NVR work to cultivate resilience and fine tune our bodies for high performance? With two decades of experience as a manual practitioner, Kier Schumaker is a Licensed Massage Therapist, Board Certified Structural Integrator and Certified Teacher of Anatomy Trains SI. For the past eight years, Kier has been teaching their own unique curriculum on neurovascular release, and they serve as the Director of the NVR Advanced Certification Program. Since COVID, they have adapted their approach to balancing the body to work with clients in remote sessions online. On this episode of Holistic High Performance, Kier joins Daniel to explain how the injuries they sustained as an athlete led to their interest in body work. They describe how structural integration helped them achieve more mobility, but neurovascular release work addressed the underlying issues and facilitated more permanent change. Listen in for insight on why we get stuck in our bodies and learn how Kier’s online trainings can help you resolve those restrictions with NVR. What You Will Learn How the injuries Kier sustained as an athlete led to their interest in body work The other modalities Kier tried to alleviate their pain before discovering structural integration How Kier describes SI as landing somewhere between physical therapy and massage How SI helped Kier release their compensations but didn’t address their underlying issues Why the subtle touch of osteopathic techniques has such a profound effect on movement What inspired Kier to develop their own neurovascular release protocol What differentiates NVR from other modalities and how it facilitates more permanent change How sprinters, golfers and pitchers can benefit from NVR techniques How Kier shifted her practice during COVID to train practitioners on NVR in a virtual setting How Kier is teaching people a version of the tiger stripes technique to use on themselves The 4 reasons why we get stuck in our bodies and how NVR resolves such restrictions Connect with Kier Schumaker Agile Body Kier’s Online Course Offerings Kier on LinkedIn Email learn.nvr@gmail.com Connect with Daniel Christofferson Holistic High Performance Daniel on LinkedIn Resources Kier’s Neurovascular Release Online Course Anatomy Trains