Ep 30 Beth Kais – Importance of Postural Alignment

Meet Beth

Beth Kais dedicates her career to helping people attain maximum physical fitness and health function.  After suffering multiple injuries in an auto accident, surgery, and receiving traditional physical therapy without progress, she embarked on a mission to help others achieve optimal fitness for their life goals.  Beth is a tireless researcher providing the very best information to her clients based on their specific needs.

 Beth continues to seek out the best available information and is currently studying with the Postural Restoration Institute (Postural Restoration Trained) and Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (Pavel Kolar – DNS Exercise Trained).  She is a CSCS through NSCA, tissue work certified through Advanced Myoskeletal Alignment by Eric Dalton Freedom from Pain Institute and a Level 1 and Golf Biomechanic from the CHEK Institute.  She also earned her Masters in Education from the College of New Jersey. 

 Beth completes 45 to 50 hours of continuing education units each and every year to stay at the forefront of innovative information in health and fitness.  In total, she has worked over 25 years as a Master Trainer for clients ranging in age from 15 to 90, from highly skilled NCAA and professional athletes to individuals or professionals with varying restrictions including severe injury and joint replacement.

Show Notes:

ABOUT BETH

• I got into my field out of complete necessity
• As a kid, I was super active and had my fair share of injuries
• 9 months out of college, I was a passenger in a terrible car accident
• For me, my job was just the beginning
• So, I started to research the proper way to rehabilitate my body
• I just ended up starting out on a track of personal training
• While we look symmetric on the outside from right to left, on the inside our right side weighs more than our left side
• It is mostly because of the liver
• So, we stand more and sit towards more on our right side
• Almost all of the hip replacements are done on the right side which makes no sense
  
• When we start to shift and stand on our right, most people do not realize that, when you are on your standing leg, that your hip will tilt backwards
• That’s one of the ways that the spine is supported
• And the opposite hip will tilt forward
• We try to get the muscles that are inactive to go ahead and activate
  
• And turn off the muscles that work hard
• It’s a nice way to get the body to work synergistically with itself
• Our bodies are wonderful machines
• Most people that come to me do not realize they are carrying more weight on their right side or they have been leaning to the left with their torso
• I like to use measurable tests and a lot of them are physical tests
• Being able to reach down and touch the right and left toes will tell us a lot of the position of the pelvis
• Being able to stand, tuck the stomach and perform a full squat will tell us not only the position of our pelvis, but also our ability to move air through our lungs and support our spine using intra-abdominal pressure
• Especially when you have been really active, one of the things that happens is, the diaphragm is no longer able to fully contract
• That is the principle stabilizer for your spine and pelvis
• The ability of the diaphragm to pull downward and compress the organs and send the pressure down into the pelvic floor
• When the diaphragm cannot fully contract any longer, it fails to stabilize the pelvis and the spine
• As the spine moves forward, the hips and thighs move out and we get that sway back position
• There are different muscles that we could activate to correct that
• Scar tissue is not only something I am extremely familiar with, but I respect it very much
• If you don’t address the scar tissue, then sometimes the muscles and the realignment will be difficult to achieve
• Just massage yourself. By doing your own scar tissue release at least initially to know where are your sore spots
• You can just pinch your skin and move it around to where the pain is
• I am all about the self-fix

WISDOM FOR THE LISTENERS

• Because I work for so many people in different ages, abilities and level of injury, I would say, it is not so much on what you do, it’s the foundation that you bring to it
• If you don’t have stable foundation, that’s when injury occur
• Make sure you are able to support and stabilize all of your joints in whatever it is you are participating
• The most important muscle in your entire body sits at the base of your ribcage and that is your diaphragm
• The diaphragm is essential because it is a biochemical regulator
• When you cannot fully contract the diaphragm, your ribs will lift up
  
• I have my own little YouTube channel, mostly for my clients so they can have their workouts to-go
• Also the Postural Restoration Institute is a fabulous resource
• I have a website where I do a lot of blogging
• In doing this work, we reset the pelvis where you are activating certain muscles and turn off other ones
• I always love the position where you are laying on your back, knees up and feet supported
• When you are there, you can feel the diaphragm pulling down, you can feel the belly expand, and the back being flat and supported
• I always incorporate that breathing work with my pelvic reset activities

HEALTHY HABITS

• I am also a Lyme’s disease sufferer as well
• I have been getting inflammation out of my system
• I am very much into Keto, greens, organic, healthy gut, and making sure I am eating healing foods
• People do not realize that if you have gut dysfunction, that will actually shut down the stability system for your abdomen
• Your intestines have direct connection to the vagus nerve
• So, if the gut is upset, it will shut down the abdominal muscle
• I do not process B vitamins well
• After Lyme’s, I experienced a weight gain for no reason and a tremendous weight loss for no reason
• It was the beginning of a really odd roller coaster for me

ADVICE

• Listen to your body
• Listen to those tweaks in the muscles and joints
• Recognize that it is probably occurring because you are not in proper alignment
• Seek out someone who will not only give you physical measurements, but also a physical test and activities
• I personally love my yoga practice because it is just about breathing and being in my body, and seeing how my joints can and cannot be challenged that day
• Yoga is not a punishment, it is creating more awareness about myself
• It’s not how hard you work, it how well you rest

HOW CAN PEOPLE FIND YOU

• Website: bethkais.com
• Instagram: @bethkais331139
• LinkedIn: Beth Kais
• You can’t build a great building on a weak foundation. You must have a solid foundation if you’re going to have a strong superstructure

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