"My goals when I met Mitch were to sleep through the night without pain, regain physical strength and supporting muscle structure, return to the sport I love (Brazilian Jiu Jitsu), and have physical longevity both on and off the training mats. For about 5 years, my nights were staggered with tossing and turning, bad sleep, and neck and shoulder discomfort. The last 2 years were especially severe—I felt like I reached a breaking point where years of accumulated tension and physical stress were taking a serious toll on my body. I found myself in the worst shape of my life—weak and in pain. After decades of professional sports, physical strain, and injuries that I believed had healed, I was still dealing with the lingering effects of damage that had built up over time.

I came into this process with several mechanical issues that had been previously identified by medical professionals—among them a torn rotator cuff, a protruding AC joint, labral tears in two locations, blunted vertebral processes on C6 and C7, and a painful subscapularis strain that had been recurring for 22 years.

Part of the pain with these kinds of injuries is the frustration of not finding a trustworthy solution. Before Mitch, I had spent time and money on:
• 2x MRI Arthrograms, with surgical recommendations ranging from connective tissue anchoring to clavicle resection—none of which felt right or guaranteed meaningful improvement. The providers didn’t seem to understand the needs of athletes, and some suggested I might never return to sport.
• Cortisone injections (which I later regretted).
• Ice machines, internet programs, and generic rehab protocols.
• A wide variety of therapies including acupuncture, cupping, massage, scraping, TENS, and corrective exercise programs.
• Rotational joint work (CARS), isometrics, and even stem cell injections (possibly from a scam operation).
• A well-meaning holistic practitioner who used muscle testing, emotional release, and proprietary supplements.

Working with Mitch has been a revealing educational transformation. From the beginning, he advocated for my goals while emphasizing knowledge transfer. It wasn’t just about getting results—it was about understanding how to create and maintain them. Through this process, we explored mobility limitations specific to my body and movement patterns. In many previous approaches, well-intentioned strategies were actually exacerbating my issues because they didn’t account for those personal restrictions.

After decades in sport, I finally gained through Mitch a foundational understanding of what true physical integration means. Sleep, hydration, nutrition, tension, and mobility—all of these were contributors to the problems I was experiencing. The learning was gradual and simple to implement. Once I committed to the new methodology, I began to sleep through the night, pain reduced significantly, and strength and mobility began to return.

Within a few months, I was feeling so good I added a new goal: get as shredded as possible for my 40th birthday. Just 6.5 months after starting, I hit that goal, avoided surgery, and kept improving. Today, when anything comes up, I have the tools to assess and address it myself with confidence.

I could not have imagined this level of improvement prior to meeting Mitch, and I’m incredibly grateful that my friends referred me. Over the past year, Mitch hasn’t just become a coach—he’s become a trusted friend and one of the best investments I’ve ever made in my long-term health and quality of life. I cannot recommend him highly enough."