Sue Hitzmann, MS, CST, NMT is the creator of the MELT Method®, a simple self-treatment technique that helps people get out and stay out of chronic pain. A nationally recognized educator, manual therapist, exercise physiologist, and founding member of the Fascia Research Society, Sue is the author of the New York Times bestselling book The MELT Method, which has been translated into eight languages and helped over 200,000 people lead a healthy, pain-free life.
Sue’s interest in neuromuscular and manual therapies began when she was in her twenties with her quest to find a resolution to her own debilitating pain. Even top doctors and physical therapists couldn’t explain what was going on in her body. In hands-on bodywork, she found solutions she was desperately seeking. Determined to share this, she changed her focus from fitness to manual therapy and became known in New York City as the person who solved seemingly impossible pain issues.
IN THIS EPISODE WE DISCUSS:
- The power of LESS in a “no pain no gain” culture
- The cultural landscape of “I am not enough”
- The beliefs we subscribe to – that we have to WILL ourselves to change
- The benefits of a softer more gentle approach to our bodies
- Frequency of body dysmorphia in the fitness industry
- The irony of how we often resist to change, when change is the only constant
- The concept of “Detox”
- What caused her to shift from intense bootcamp instructor to teaching pain-relief modalities
- How emotion is stored in the body (our issues are in our tissues)
- Limbic system and the role it plays in processing of emotions
- Getting curious about how we tie emotion to a circumstance (movement behavior, memories, and future intentions)
- Potentiation – our ability to manipulate and rewire our brains
- Somatic emotional release & cellular memory
- Hands on bodywork and somatic therapy
- Cranial Sacral Therapy
- Visceral Manipulation of the gut
- The importance of getting quiet, slowing down, and tuning into the signals our body is sending to us
- Cellular hydration & Rehydrating connective tissue
- Causes of poor cellular hydration
- Her theory of why women experience more pain and systemic problems over their lifetime than men
- The effects of inflammation & fascia
- The desire to “fix” ourselves which can incidentally lead to keeping ourselves stuck
- The importance of switching up your routine
- We live in a touch-starved society
- How essential touch is to happiness
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Website: meltmethod.com
Instagram: @meltmethod
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