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Powering Up

Michael Puthoff, PT, PhD, GCS, assistant professor in the physical therapy department at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, was working on his dissertation when he saw a 68-year-old patient who was noticeably deconditioned after suffering from pancreatitis. After six weeks in the hospital, the woman struggled with walking up three steps to enter her home. She labored to stand up from a seated position. Read more »

Gyrokinesis Aids in Stubborn Adjustments

Sharrie O‘Neal has been working out on the Gyrotonic Expansion System for six years, and she has X-ray proof of a 2 mm increase in the space between her previously compacted T1 and T2 vertebrae to show for it. Although she had been receiving chiropractic treatment for her injury, it wasn‘t until she started Gyrotonic exercise that the adjustments started to take. Read more »