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Jessie Duppler

My newsletters teach people how to move and perform to the best of your abilities through exercises, tips, and evidence-based information and research. I specialize in helping people who have tried PT before without success. Join my newsletter for exclusive information on how to return to fearless movement!

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There are four sides to your core. Most people only train one.

Hey, Chain Reaction fam, If I had a dollar for every patient who came in convinced their back pain was just a matter of weak abs, I could probably retire. I do not have those dollars. But I do have a lot of opinions about why that simplistic approach doesn’t work and why we need to have a more comprehensive approach. Here's the thing. People use "core" and "abs" like they mean the same thing. They don't. Your abs are one wall of a much bigger system. Your core is more like a soda can: it has...

18 days ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader, One of the reasons I called my practice Chain Reaction is because the body is exactly that…a chain reaction. If you’ve seen me, you know one of my favorite PT quips is: “The culprit is silent, the victim cries out.” What that means is the location where you’re having pain is often a symptom, not a cause of the pain. That’s why it’s so important to evaluate the entire body and look at how every joint, muscle, and system interact to get a full picture of what’s causing your pain and...

2 months ago • 2 min read

Hey Reader, I get asked a lot about the "best" core exercises. It feels like everyone has been told that their core is "weak" and that's the reason for their (insert body part here) pain. I'd like to argue that maybe your core isn’t weak, it’s just underutilized. Let’s differentiate. “Weak” = not strong, unable to drive force. “Underutilized” = unable to be recruited effectively, allows other muscles to work harder in its place. Sure, it can also be both. But since our body always works in...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader, I get asked a lot about the "best" core exercises. It feels like everyone has been told that their core is "weak" and that's the reason for their (insert body part here) pain. I'd like to argue that maybe your core isn’t weak, it’s just underutilized. Let’s differentiate. “Weak” = not strong, unable to drive force. “Underutilized” = unable to be recruited effectively, allows other muscles to work harder in its place. Sure, it can also be both. But since our body always works in...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Happy November, everyone! I hope everyone had a wonderful and spooky Halloween. In Prescott, there is one street with old (for the southwest) historical houses that goes ALL OUT for Halloween. They close down the entire street for trick or treaters and the entire couple of blocks is full of Halloween parties and scary decorations. We went down there to hang in, take in the sights, and see what the popular costumes were this year! (A lot of blow up costumes of all sorts of things. My favorite...

over 1 year ago • 1 min read

Hey Reader, my monthly email that I sent out last week was a little bit of a departure from my usual updates, which typically include exercises and info on what's been going on here at the clinic. Instead, I talked about the quote from the poet Rumi, "Live life as if everything is rigged in your favor". I hope that's helped you during this first part in June; I know it resonated with a lot of people! So, that means I missed my usual window to talk about PT! In order to make sure you got your...

about 2 years ago • 2 min read