Stretch Mobility Coaching

Kim Nartker

Founder of Stretch Mobility Coach™ and Creator of The Stretch Method® Kim Nartker is a healthy movement pioneer who spent more than 20 years studying how the body moves only to discover the truth most of us were never taught: stiffness and tightness are not aging. They are the first signs that your joints are silently losing mobility. After decades of working inside traditional healthcare Kim realized there was a massive gap between what the system treated and what people actually needed. Science clearly showed a different story about joint mobility muscle health and the nervous system yet no clinical model addressed it. So she built one. Through years of research testing and hands on work with thousands of clients Kim developed the Mobility Health Assessment™ the first comprehensive testing protocol designed to identify joints that are in decline long before pain shows up. She discovered what she now calls the Silent Shutdown Cycle™ the silent progressive shutdown of the system that controls the way you move. This cycle is the root cause of the tightness stiffness and soreness that millions silently struggle with. Today Kim teaches people that tightness is not normal aging. It is a signal. Pain shows up last. By the time you hurt the damage is already done. But when you test for it early and unlock it everything changes. Her mission is simple: To help people unlock their joint mobility build the muscle to support it and move like they did 10 years ago. Kim also created the 5 Drivers of Healthy Movement™ the solution framework that addresses joint health muscle health cellular health nutrition and nervous system health. These five drivers are the foundation that must be in place for fitness strength and recovery to actually work. On this podcast Kim brings her expertise her honesty and her passion for healthy movement to help you understand what is really happening inside your body and what you can do about it today. And for movement professionals who want to change lives the way she does Kim offers the Stretch Mobility Coach™ Certification a complete training pathway rooted in The Stretch Method® that teaches providers how to test unlock and maintain healthy movement in their own clients. Move Like You Did Years Ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. Ep# 243 Understanding Muscle Relaxers

    1 day ago

    Ep# 243 Understanding Muscle Relaxers

    In this "Ask Coach Kim" episode, Kim dives into the topic of muscle relaxers, looking at the research to see if muscle relaxers help improve tightness, stiffness and soreness like marketing of this drug says it does. Kim will explore what muscle relaxers do for you. she will dive into the research to see if muscle relaxers truly relax your muscles and she will talk about why you are tight, stiff and sore and what is going on in your movement system that causes tightness, stiffness and soreness to continue and lead to pain.  summary This episode explores the true effects of muscle relaxers on tightness, stiffness, and pain, revealing what the research actually says and how these drugs impact movement health. Kim breaks down the cycle of joint restriction and offers insights on better ways to assess and restore healthy movement.   Keywords muscle relaxers, movement health, joint restriction, arthrogenic muscle inhibition, pain, tightness, mobility testing Chapters 00:00 Introduction to Muscle Relaxers 03:02 Understanding Tightness and Its Implications 06:04 The Mechanism of Muscle Relaxers 08:59 Research Insights on Muscle Relaxers 12:02 Long-Term Risks of Muscle Relaxers 14:54 The Silent Shutdown Cycle 18:07 Recognizing Early Signs of Movement Health 21:01 Assessing Movement Health and Solutions Topics Discussed in todays show How muscle relaxers work in the nervous system The cycle of joint restriction and muscle inhibition (AMI) Why absence of pain isn't a good indicator of health The role of joint health and movement in pain prevention Effective methods to restore joint mobility and muscle function Want to get your healthy movement score? Connect with Kim info@thestretchmobiltiycoach.com 513-874-8800 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    26 min
  2. 30 Jun

    Ep #242: How To Relieve Neck Tightness For Good

    Your neck tightness is not a muscle problem. And that is the whole reason your neck tightness never goes away. You stretch it. It feels better for a moment. Then the tightness comes right back. You have been told this is tight muscles and bad posture. The research tells a different story. In this episode Coach Kim explains the real reason your neck stays tight. The tightness you feel is more complex than what you have been taught to understand. The problem lies deeper, in your cervical joints. They have lost functional joint space and your nervous system has quietly switched off the deep muscles that support your neck joints. The big muscles take over and grip to brace those joints, limiting how far they can now move. That bracing is the tightness you feel. Coach Kim calls this the Silent Shutdown Cycle and it runs silently for years before pain ever shows up. In this episode, you will learn why stretching only provides short term relief. Why neck tightness shows up long before neck pain. Why posture is not the full story. And why neck tightness peaks in midlife and hits women hardest. Most people wait for pain to act. Coach Kim works upstream of pain. She built a way to measure your tightness before it becomes something bigger. It is your Healthy Movement Score and it comes with your Movement Age. Ready to find out why your neck feels tight? Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility session. You get your joints tested. You get your Healthy Movement Score and your Movement Age. You leave knowing exactly what is happening and how to move like you used to move. Book your session: www.thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett Kim Nartker The Stretch Mobility Coach Test. Unlock. Preserve Healthy Movement For Life #TheStretchMobilityCoach #TheStretchMethod #SilentShutdownCycle #HealthyMovementScore #StretchMobilityCoach #MovementAge #UnlockHealthyJointMobility #HealthyMovement #KimNartker #5DriversOfHealthyMovement #NeckTightness #TightNeck #NeckPain #NeckPainRelief #NeckMobility #JointMobility #Mobility #MidlifeWomen #MidlifeWellness #MidlifeHealth #Healthspan #Longevity #MoveBetter #StiffNeck #ArthrogenicMuscleInhibition #MovementHealth #WestChesterOhio #BeckettRidge Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min
  3. 23 Jun

    Ep #241: Uneven Loading With Strength Training: How it causes arthritis

    You lift heavy. You eat your protein. You follow the program. And the orthopedic surgeon just told you that you need a joint replacement. How did this happen? In this episode, I break down the real benefits of strength training. What it cannot do for you. And the silent decline running underneath every workout that is loading uneven joints and building arthritis without you knowing it. You will hear the 6-stage path your joints go through before arthritis ever shows up on an X-ray. You will hear about one of my trainers who did everything right and still ended up at the orthopedic surgeon with bone formation and an unstable shoulder. You will learn the signs every athlete should be watching for. And you will hear why tightness after a workout is not the badge of a hard session. It is a warning. If you are a lifter and your body has started telling you something is off, this episode is for you. Share it with the athlete in your life who is hitting plateaus and blaming it on age. It is not age. It is the Silent Shutdown Cycle. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at our Beckett Ridge studio. In person or virtual. One session. Every joint was tested. Your Healthy Movement Score and your Movement Age are delivered the same day. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/appointment-start.html?id_class_tab=3&id_mode=1&k_business=770209&k_class_tab=78026&k_service=310933 ----------- If you are interested in becoming a Certified Stretch Mobility Coach, schedule with me using this link: https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett/ Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it on your Instagram account and tag me @thestretchmobilitycoach Thank you for supporting the show! Additional Resources 📸 Find Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestretchmobilitycoach/ 👍 Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564227692513 🔗 💼 Connect with Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-stretch-mobility-coach-beckett/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    24 min
  4. 16 Jun

    Ep #240: Why Hips Lock Up in Midlife (Stretching Won't Fix It)

    In this episode, Kim breaks down what is really happening inside your hip and why it feels stiff, tight, and stuck. If you are in midlife, menopause, or postmenopause, this one is for you. How a hip actually locks up and why it is not just aging Why your hip flexors stay tight no matter how much you stretch How sitting changes your joint capsule first and your muscles second Why dropping estrogen affects your joints tendons and ligaments How stress and cortisol quietly work against your joint health Why your old ankle sprain is still showing up in your hips today What the Silent Shutdown Cycle is and how to stop it. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/appointment-start.html?id_class_tab=3&id_mode=1&k_business=770209&k_class_tab=78026&k_service=310933 ----------- If you are interested in becoming a Certified Stretch Mobility Coach, schedule with me using this link: https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett/ Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it on your Instagram account and tag me @thestretchmobilitycoach Thank you for supporting the show! Additional Resources 📸 Find Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestretchmobilitycoach/ 👍 Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564227692513 🔗 💼 Connect with Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-stretch-mobility-coach-beckett/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  5. 9 Jun

    Ep #238: The Movement Health Score: The Test That Predicts How Well You Live And Move

    Your Movement Health Score may be the single most important number nobody has ever measured for you. In this episode, Kim Nartker pulls apart the word healthy and shows why most of us are only tracking one or two layers of it while the layer that decides how well we move gets ignored completely. It starts with her husband in the recliner. He asked her to work on his neck. She asked him to turn his head. He said he felt fine and had no pain. He had quietly lost about half the rotation in his neck and had no idea. That is the trap. We were all handed the same broken measuring stick that says no pain means healthy. Pain is one of the last things to show up. You will learn what every current health test actually measures and what every single one of them misses. You will hear the research tying how well you move to how long you live, including a study of more than three thousand adults followed for over a decade. And you will learn how the Movement Health Score catches the silent decline at the stage where the work can still bring it back. If you have been feeling something nobody has explained to you, this episode names it. When you are ready to find your own number, book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility session and stop guessing about how your body is aging. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/appointment-start.html?id_class_tab=3&id_mode=1&k_business=770209&k_class_tab=78026&k_service=310933 ----------- If you are interested in becoming a Certified Stretch Mobility Coach, schedule with me using this link: https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett/ Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it on your Instagram account and tag me @thestretchmobilitycoach Thank you for supporting the show! Additional Resources 📸 Find Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestretchmobilitycoach/ 👍 Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564227692513 🔗 💼 Connect with Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-stretch-mobility-coach-beckett/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    37 min
  6. 2 Jun

    Ep #237: Women's Movement Health: How Menopause Affects You

    Peter Attia and Dr. Abbie Smith Ryan had a powerful conversation on Women's Health and Performance. They covered training nutrition and hormones across life stages. But two questions hung in the air without answers. Why are older adults falling when they get bumped? And why is Dr. Abbie afraid of tearing her Achilles tendon when she trains? I am bringing the missing piece. The joint capsule and the deep stabilizer shut down that lives upstream of every muscle and tendon conversation happening in menopause health right now. In this episode, you will learn what metabolic flexibility means for your muscles and your joints. Why are your Type II fast-twitch fibers the ones that catch you when you trip? Why do tendons get more fragile after estrogen drops? And the five-step order that protects your movement system so you can train hard and load safely without ending up in the surgery line. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at our Beckett Ridge studio. One session. Every joint was tested. Your Mobility Health Score and your Movement Age are delivered the same day. In person or virtual. Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility Session at https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/appointment-start.html?id_class_tab=3&id_mode=1&k_business=770209&k_class_tab=78026&k_service=310933 ----------- If you are interested in becoming a Certified Stretch Mobility Coach, schedule with me using this link: https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett/ Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it on your Instagram account and tag me @thestretchmobilitycoach Thank you for supporting the show! Additional Resources 📸 Find Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestretchmobilitycoach/ 👍 Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564227692513 🔗 💼 Connect with Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-stretch-mobility-coach-beckett/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    42 min
  7. 26 May

    Ep #236: Why Menopause Quietly Sets Up a Shoulder Tear Before You Feel It

    Menopause shoulder pain is the warning signal most women miss until they are scheduled for surgery. In this episode, I walk through a real case from my studio. A 53-year-old woman in menopause came in with a Mobility Health Score of 85. Within 30 days, her score rose to 33, and her Movement Age moved from 85 to 81. She was getting better in measurable ways. Then she lifted a suitcase on a work trip. Now she is scheduled for rotator cuff surgery. This episode answers the question that the case raises. How can someone be getting better and tearing at the same time? The answer is the Musculoskeletal Syndrome of Menopause. Estrogen withdrawal hits every joint capsule, muscle, tendon, ligament, and bone at the same time. Research shows women with estrogen deficiency have 48 percent higher odds of rotator cuff repair. Frozen shoulder rates are also higher in women not on hormone therapy. The Silent Shutdown Cycle runs faster and louder in a menopausal body, and pain is the last signal, not the first. I walk through the case. I explain the deconditioning cascade. I show why symptom-directed care misses the shoulder until it tears. And I lay out what frequency of work the research supports for women in perimenopause and post menopause. FREE SELF TEST: GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND TAKE THE FREE SELF-TEST:  https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/health-test/ Book your Unlock Healthy Joint Mobility session here: https://www.wellnessliving.com/rs/appointment-start.html?id_class_tab=3&id_mode=1&k_business=770209&k_class_tab=78026&k_service=310933 Test. Unlock. Maintain. Healthy Movement for Life. ----------- If you are interested in becoming a Certified Stretch Mobility Coach, schedule with me using this link: https://thestretchmobilitycoach.com/beckett/ Did you enjoy this episode? Please share it on your Instagram account and tag me @thestretchmobilitycoach Thank you for supporting the show! Additional Resources 📸 Find Me On Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thestretchmobilitycoach/ 👍 Follow Me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61564227692513 🔗 💼 Connect with Me on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-stretch-mobility-coach-beckett/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    55 min

About

Founder of Stretch Mobility Coach™ and Creator of The Stretch Method® Kim Nartker is a healthy movement pioneer who spent more than 20 years studying how the body moves only to discover the truth most of us were never taught: stiffness and tightness are not aging. They are the first signs that your joints are silently losing mobility. After decades of working inside traditional healthcare Kim realized there was a massive gap between what the system treated and what people actually needed. Science clearly showed a different story about joint mobility muscle health and the nervous system yet no clinical model addressed it. So she built one. Through years of research testing and hands on work with thousands of clients Kim developed the Mobility Health Assessment™ the first comprehensive testing protocol designed to identify joints that are in decline long before pain shows up. She discovered what she now calls the Silent Shutdown Cycle™ the silent progressive shutdown of the system that controls the way you move. This cycle is the root cause of the tightness stiffness and soreness that millions silently struggle with. Today Kim teaches people that tightness is not normal aging. It is a signal. Pain shows up last. By the time you hurt the damage is already done. But when you test for it early and unlock it everything changes. Her mission is simple: To help people unlock their joint mobility build the muscle to support it and move like they did 10 years ago. Kim also created the 5 Drivers of Healthy Movement™ the solution framework that addresses joint health muscle health cellular health nutrition and nervous system health. These five drivers are the foundation that must be in place for fitness strength and recovery to actually work. On this podcast Kim brings her expertise her honesty and her passion for healthy movement to help you understand what is really happening inside your body and what you can do about it today. And for movement professionals who want to change lives the way she does Kim offers the Stretch Mobility Coach™ Certification a complete training pathway rooted in The Stretch Method® that teaches providers how to test unlock and maintain healthy movement in their own clients. Move Like You Did Years Ago. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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