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quotes.push(""Since attending your classes my ability to work and play soccer have greatly increased. I am amazed. I'm 46 and I feel 20 years younger!"
- John Fagan,
Selmer, Tennessee");
quotes.push(""It has been just one week and what a difference!!! The constant pain in my forearms, mainly my right arm when using the mouse, has almost gone. I still get occasional pain but it's easily treated. Thank you, Julie!"
- Wayne Bosher,
Wellington, New Zealand");
quotes.push(""All I can say is, THANK GOODNESS I found Julstro, because I have finally found some relief for all of my problems! While I am not 100% pain-free – yet – I am definitely experiencing dramatic improvement."
- Sandy Meador,
Sanibel, Florida");
quotes.push (""You and your Julstro Protocol have been life changing."
- Jesús A. Tovar,
Victoria, Texas");
quotes.push (""Julie′s techniques have been invaluable to myself and my husband! Whenever I get a pain, I look for the associated trigger point, press it (hard!), and voila, pain goes. Thanks, Julie!"
- Devorah Tarrow ,
New York, New York");
quotes.push (""This weekend I successfully completed my first 100 miler, the Kettle Moraine 100 Mile Endurance Run. With Julie´s help I was able to put in the training necessary to accomplish this goal. Once I started applying the self treatment methods, I never again found myself sidelined by an injury. I feel like I really started to get to know my muscles better, and was able to just do some maintenance treatments from time to time based on how I was feeling. Thank you so much for helping me!"
- Steve Emmert,
Illinois");
quotes.push (""I started to read The Pain Free Runner and came across the piriformis stretch where you first place the ball under your hip pocket and roll onto it. Afterwards I laid on my back, brought my knee towards my nose and pull the leg to the opposite shoulder. I must say it was MIRACULOUS! The stretch totally hit the spot and took ALL the pain and tightness away. Yesterday I was able to run 4 miles and not stop once to stretch, my flexibility was better and it felt great all day sitting. I am excited to get my injuries under control. Thank you so much for having this website."
- Debbie Ramin,
Anchorage, Alaska");
quotes.push (""After a few days of working the deep-tissue Julstro method, the clicking in my knee is completely gone. It had been almost two weeks since I'd done any type of running or leg exercises, but last night I did 45 minutes on the treadmill at the gym after 45 minutes of exercycle. Two days after making an appointment with the orthopedic surgeon, I canceled it and am on the road back to running. Thank you for the wonderful books and tools to stay active."
- Victor Richardson,
San Pedro, California");
quotes.push (""I was thrilled to try the psoas release from the front of the body right by the hip bone -- the "hitch" that was hiking my pelvis into an anterior tilt immediately went away. I felt the release all the way to my back! my chiropractor told me, "This is the first time in I don′t know how long that your pelvis isn't tilted." Not only that, but at my subsequent appointment my pelvis was still in a normal position! Whoa! I am sold on this trigger point stuff!"
- Kelly Johnston,
Victoria, Texas");
quotes.push (""I am 99% certain that without Julie's advice I wouldn't have made the start line and although I am still having problems with my knee (it was pain free in the race) the treatments are working as it is slowly improving (both whilst running 50 miles a week and since the marathon). I will aim to keep these stretches up whether injured or not and hopefully they will help me keep running into old age."
- Nigel Sanderson,
United Kingdom");
quotes.push (""Two years ago my wife developed what seemed to be Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I read the the Julstro and aboutCTS.com sites, traced the muscles from her neck to her wrist, decided the problem was in her shoulders and neck, and we completely rid her of the problem in six weeks."
- Shammah Pavao,
Selmer, Tennessee");
quotes.push (""Your book and knowledge has helped though and I'm on the right track. I read your Pain Free book cover to cover over 2 weeks and everything you say is logical and the book is so easy to read and follow. My right thigh had gone numb and was numb when you met me in St. Louis. After a week of doing the Protocol the numbness subsided!!!! That alone is a testament to the power of you teaching people how to take care of themselves!"
- M. Hayes,
St. Louis, MO");
quotes.push (""This professional was fantastic. She was clear in the explanation of what I was feeling and gave me a source for follow up information as needed, and she offered to help me as needed. When you become disabled you feel others have given up on you. She did not and I am already making the corrections she taught me and my issue is resolving. Wish others were as caring. This issue was restricting me even more and now the resolution has given me freedom and less to feel down about. I remember the internet when it started. It has changed from that, but this service brought those original memories back. A universal exchange of information to help one another."
- Julie is the Repetitive Strain Expert on www.AllExperts.com
This testimonial was received 1/16/2010");
quotes.push (""I have to say between following your protocols religiously for almost a year and getting PT to strengthen weak muscles I am cured. Now if I feel any twinge I just do what I need to release and stretch. Thank you so much. I have sent several others here for help. What I find is most people do not want to take the time and this is time consuming but well worth it.
I also use the Julstro System to relieve my carpal tunnel numb fingers and weaskness anytime I overuse my right hand. Who would have thought releasing the bicep could help, it does!
I recommend you to anyone who has pain. Simple techniqes, simple stretches, all free. BLESS YOU!"
-Debbie
Alaska");
quotes.push (""I did a little gardening (planted pansies) yesterday and again today. This simple activity used to cause extreme muscle soreness and aching for several days -- as recently as last spring. But now I'm feeling only a minor, normal kind of soreness. And I'm also walking around the house barefoot, Hooray! and thank you!"
-D. Kennedy
Conroe, TX");
quotes.push (""IJust have to say THANK YOU again for your kit. It was a definitely life saver for my son Matt. He has had it all under control for six months now and no complaints. He is back to his music, recording, and on those drums and keyboards.
He uses the kit like brushing his teeth...just part of his daily routine!!
No doctors, no more therapy...nada!!!
Thank you again...glad we found you!!!"
-L. Merisola
Phoenix, AZ");
quotes.push (""Your recent newsletter about the teres major is so true. My shoulder was frozen for a good 6 months after a fall on the ice. I finally found the knot in my teres major and within a couple of days my shoulder was functional again. That treatment wasn't specifically mentioned in my old copy of the Pain Free Triathlete, but because of that book I was able to figure out what to do."
-G. Seifert
Shoreview, MN");
quotes.push (""I had hip pain from cycling. I read your article on Cyclists Can Prevent Low Back, Hip and Knee Pain. You were right on with the contracted iliopsoas.
Thanks for the help. I started doing what you recommend in the article and its helping."
-Sam Hudson
Triathlete Team USA 2009");
quotes.push(""I know that intense pain and a sense of being overwhelmed with severe pain (not to mention having to deal with your doctors insisting you have back surgery) can lead to depression not knowing what to do to give you some sort of relief from the pain.
At the most severe pain intensity (a 10 in scale of 1-10... I could barely walk), I asked God to help me find a solution. In my case the solution was to find your website and the Julstro Protocol.
Your Julstro Protocol is difficult to understand at first. But in the past few months, I have gotten better at understanding the names of muscles, treatments and stretching techniques. I have been working with you for the past few months and have seen my pain in legs, back; gluts, calves, hips, etc. decrease significantly. Persistency pays off. I am not totally pain free but I am working on it. Thank you so much."
- J. Tovar,
Victoria, TX");
quotes.push(""I went to a trigger point "expert" and ended up worse. So I decided to work on myself. Now I see that the truth is I don't need the pain, massage, and to be stretched like a rubber band as I am finding that I am becoming an expert at Julstro!! As you said it just takes practice, I can do my own Julstro treatment. At least I have control and hey it's cheaper!!! As you say I am my own best therapist!!"
- C. Villarreal,
Queensland, Australia");
quotes.push(""I bought your book, The Pain-Free Runner 3 days ago and experienced almost instant relief to my lower back pain that had been nagging me. I had just about had it with the doctors I had seen, the last of whom "took care of my pain" with cortisone and pain relievers. When my back was feeling better he didn't offer much hope when he vaguely said that it could come back anytime.
After following your treatments for just a few days I feel like I know my body a lot better. The back is much better and my foot pain has also disappeared. It seems like perhaps the back pain was masking other pains which I am now more aware of -- only now I feel confident that there is something that can be done. Best of all, running is fun again."
- J.M. Ubriaco,
Belo Horizonte, Brazil");
quotes.push(""Thank you so much for EVERYTHING you have done for me and others. Not only has your information helped me physically but I feel much more educated on muscle treatments that I have been able to offer suggestions (helpful ones too) to others."
- K. Quinn,
Bellingham, WA");
quotes.push(""Several years ago after yet another injury to my playing shoulder, my doctors told me that there was no surgical procedure that would help and suggested that I take up a sport other than tennis. Surprisingly, after a year of rest and physical therapy, I was able to return to the courts and play in a competitive 4.0 league. However, this proved to be only a temporary stay and within a couple of years my shoulder hurt too much to continue play. This time, even after a year of rest & physical therapy, it still hurt too much to play. After another 6 months of trying many other treatments including chiropractic & acupuncture, I thought my luck had run out and my doctors prediction had come true. Then, a tennis friend suggested I see Julie and... well, what could I lose? After only one 1-hour treatment, I was able to move my arm without pain for the first time in 18 months and I returned to the courts the very next day. More importantly, Julie's self-help techniques have given me the confidence to face the few, seemingly inevitable, setbacks that result from the condition of my fragile shoulder (my doctor once said, "Your shoulder is nothing like God created.") and get back to playing. You have been a God-send. Thank you."
- C. Knoblock,
Westchester, NY");
quotes.push(""Julie is the Obi 1 Kanobi of muscular therapy. She knows how to treat from a hands-on perspective, but more importantly, she is the brains behind systems for helping people self treat. I have suffered from tendonitis my entire adult life and the pain is incapacitating. Julie explained how the muscle system works and taught me self treatment. The pain has not returned."
- R. Menard,
Flower Mound, TX");
quotes.push(""As a highly-competitive runner it's vital that I keep my muscles and joints pain-free. I've gone to many massage therapists but nobody ever released the tension in my muscles like Julie. Her treatments have meant the difference between coming in first and not being able to run at all. The biggest benefit is I've learned how to take care of my own muscles so I can treat myself every day and prevent repetitive strain injuries. I can't recommend Julie enough, she's awesome! "
- A. Langelier,
Spring, TX");
quotes.push(""Since I've incorporated Julstro techniques into my massage I am now able to get to the heart of my clients issues. They are walking away feeling better which has both improved my client retention as well as my own confidence as a therapist. I feel I am really making a difference."
- E. Feinberg,
NY, NY");
quotes.push (""I am a 47 year old male that was diagnosed with a severe level 2 calf strain from playing basketball. I was told It would be 6-8 weeks of rehabilitation and I was put on crutches. I was also told that I was at risk for developing a chronic and debilitating condition because I reinjured myself 1 week into recovery. Despite intensive treatments and taking anti-inflammatories there was no improvement in 3 weeks. I was deeply frustrated and despaired of even walking normally again. I discovered Julie's website and ordered her e-book "Pain Free Living". WITHIN 3 DAYS I was walking normally and the pain was almost all gone. Bye-bye crutches and hello walking, running and playing basketball again! "
- J. Lewis
Grass Valley, CA");
quotes.push (""Thanks so much Julie. The knee problem is turning out to be minor and healing fast. Of course doing the protocol religiously really helps!
Yesterday I had my first pain free day in 5 weeks! Also Im very excited because Ive had chronic hamstring pulls for 15 years and I now have the key to resolve them. Also looking forward to my 50's, 60's, and beyond I feel that I can anticipate being limber and pain free and avoiding the unhappy fate of ageing in a contracting body. Youve been a such a blessing! "
- J. Lewis
Grass Valley, CA");
quotes.push (""My shoulder had been hurting for weeks, but being a tennis fanatic, I continued to play several times a week despite the pain. One evening I was playing in a USTA League doubles match, and was in the middle of the second set after having won the first set. As I went to strike a firm forehand, I felt my shoulder give out. I tried to raise my arm, but couldn't lift it above shoulder level and IT WAS MY TURN TO SERVE! So I served underhand, and thanks to my stalwart partner, we somehow managed to win the match.
I knew I was done playing tennis for a while. What followed was months of painful physical therapy, twice a week, to try to strengthen the shoulder. Despite my diligent adherence to the prescribed regimen, my shoulder wasn't getting any better, and in fact seemed to be getting worse. When an MRI revealed a 15% torn rotator cuff, I knew that surgery would be unavoidable. I also knew that rehab from rotator cuff surgery typically takes 6 to 12 months... a very depressing thought. But it had now been five months since I had walked painfully off the tennis court, and I was determined to get back to my sports passion whatever it took. I was ready to bite the bullet and call the surgeon.
Just before calling to schedule my surgery, my tennis pal Joel told me about a woman his wife had met who was purported to have a novel deep tissue therapeutic treatment for a variety of sports injuries. You can imagine I was highly skeptical that massage could heal a partially torn rotator cuff, but I figured I had nothing to lose and would give it a quick try before scheduling my surgery. So I went to see Julie Donnelly.
Julie assured me that she could help with my condition. I went in for a one hour treatment that seemed to reach muscular touch points I didn't know I had in my body. It was a wonderfully intense treatment, and I could immediately feel release of some of the pain built up around the injury. I felt a little better, but still could not imagine a complete cure.
I scheduled another appointment one week later and once again experienced a significant level of relief. The deep seated core injury however was still there and still ached. Since there was significant improvement, I decided to try one more appointment one week later.
During the third treatment I suddenly felt complete release of the deep seated pain not only from the injury, but from the tension that had built up from five months of protecting the injury. After the hour treatment was over, I sat up and lifted my arm virtually pain free. I was astonished. I was ecstatic. I was cured, and back on the courts the next day. I have been playing tennis ever since, and have never had a recurrence of the injury.
I have since referred a number of friends and relatives to Julie over several years. Some have had tremendous results. Interestingly, the older the person I referred, the more success they seem to have had. Others have reported little improvement.
To this day, I am still telling friends about Julie the "miracle lady" to whom I owe a year of my tennis life (the year that I would have spent recuperating from surgery). And not only am I fully cured, but I have made a delightful new friend ! "
- R. Getler
Tarrytown, NY");
quotes.push (""At age 75 I didn't think I'd ever relieve the pain in my glutes, hamstrings, extending into the calfs. I purchased Pain Free Runner and began the floor exercise for the Iliopsoas. The first few days were painful and I could only do one or two reps. By week four I was doing 10 reps and arching higher, and all pain was gone. I reduced heavy doses of Ibuprofen (up to 2 grams/day) or Tylenol (up 4 gms/day) to nothing at the end of four weeks. Your guarantee that most medical doctors don't recognize the psoas as the cause of the pain is true. My didn't, nor did two of my doctor golfing friends. Today I do 10 reps of the floor exercise each morning just as a precaution. Thanks for being there."
- J. McGarrigle
");
quotes.push (""It keeps growing daily both due to the application of what I learned in your classes and now using what I'm learning from your book.
I had been relying on the Anderson's stretching book but I was always stiff and sore. My overall flexibility was improving but none of my major muscle groups felt right. Apparently I was doing a great job of tightening knots. Now I don't stretch until the muscles are released. I attributed my condition to age and mileage and wished I could be like people who seem to be able to stay fit and athletic as they advance in age. I was looking for the answer and it came through your class.
This Sunday before playing soccer I worked my legs for over an hour. My quads and Gastrocs were like over cooked pasta, they felt great. I also worked on my feet trying to prevent the soreness I experienced the previous week from kicking. We played in heavy rain and while running through a deep puddle my foot rolled way over. I was kicking the ball and as I planted my left foot I could see it going over. I tried to shift my weight but was committed to the kick. The goalie saw what happened and asked if I was all right. He said it looked like it should have been a bad sprain. I kept playing. After the game I again worked on every thing that might have been damaged. I could tell it was weaker but it never hurt all week on a construction site. I believe if those muscles that support my ankle had been as tight as they used to always be I would have spent most of Sunday in the Emergency room with a sprained ankle.
Thanks again."
- J. Fagan
");
quotes.push (""I had these symptoms last summer. I found Julie's site, bought her Julstro Self-Treatment System, and a month later, my symptoms were gone! Period.
Back in March of this year, I fell and broke my fall with my forearm. Two days later my carpal tunnel symptoms came creeping back. I thought, "Oh no! Not another month of this!" Two weeks after the fall, I was scheduled to tour the Mid-South, performing (I'm a musician). Well, after about 2-3 days of self-treatment, the symptoms started to wain. By the time the tour came around, I was back to normal again.
The Julstro Self-Treatment System is by far the answer for those who experience Carpal Tunnel Symptoms. Julie makes it easy, by demonstrating how to treat yourself on the enclosed DVD. If you use her system, be diligent because it will only work, if you work with it.
- Bos
");
quotes.push (""Thanks again for the advice and excellent book. I have been using the Protocol regularly and to great effect. I have coupled the 'self-treatment' with some regular weekly physio sessions over the last 6 weeks and combined they really have got me back on track. The whole hip area has freed up and the quad is smooth and seems relaxed rather than like a block of muscle (as it was when I got injured); and gone are all of the lumps and bumps (some of which I didn't even know I had until I began the Protocol); hopefully 'nipping' some potential future problems 'in the bud'. In fact, I've been treating both legs for the duration and once the initial pain was endured (and it has to be endured), it really has been an eye-opener. I've also been working on my glutes and core, which have taken some of the workload away from my quads and I'm getting great results. I've also introduced some very basic plyometrics exercises and I've really gained a bit of zip and spring in my legs. I've passed on the Julstro wisdom to a few team-mates who have suffered back problems and they are surprised with the improvements that they have made. I'm back playing matches and doing the Protocol every other day. Thanks again for replying to my emails and keep up the great work. If only I had been aware of this at the other end of my football career, but hopefully this will add a few more years on at this business end of my career! All the very best.
Paul
posted on Muscles and Joint Pain forum, 6/30/10");
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