I grew up in rural Texas. Like many young boys in rural Texas, my preoccupation was with the physical world. From the time I had the independence to run, jump, swim, and play, that’s exactly what I did. As My passion for exercise and adventure began to develop, so did my fascination with the world of heath and fitness. During my senior year at Texas Tech, I knew I wanted something more than what the 9to5 world was presenting. It was at this time that I competed for and won a contract to attend the US Navy’s BUDs program- part of the famed selection and training process to find and make Navy SEALs. A year and a half into training, I suffered my first heat stroke. Then my second, and then my third. A year and a half in and I was separated from my team and from training and told that they- our medical staff- simply did not have the time nor the means to help me recover and regain previous thermoregulation and neurological functions. It wasn’t personal, they did not know why some people have heat strokes, and they had given up on trying to discover why in favor of more solvable problems. During the next few months I would undergo numerous forms of physical therpay at Balboa Medical Hospital in San Diego, and it was during this time that I was first exposed to Neuromuscular Electronic Stimulation Therapy. Of all of the medications and exercises prescribed, Vagus nerve stimulation was the only therapy I seemed to respond to, and respond to quickly.

After my discharge from the Navy, I went on a mission to test my new physical limits- racing in Ironman triathlons and diving headlong into martial arts. Both communities characterized by 2 things- people committed to finding new limits; people suffering from chronic pain and injuries. It was in this world that I became aware of NeuFit and their approach to handling those two threats- pain and injuries. Their mission and their method struck a chord with me. From my first day in the clinic, I knew there was a role to play in bringing cutting-edge technology and evidence-based practices out of the small, siloed communities of professional athletes, special warfare operators, and other high-level competitors. There is a whole world of people who stand to benefit, and they are being ignored.

This practice is my way of giving back to the various coaches, teachers, and mentors I have had and will have, and a way for me to serve a community in need of an alternative, or addition, to their pain management, physical therapy, and personal training routine.