Julie Donnelly's Julstro System

I am excited to be able to recommend Julie Donnelly's Julstro System. I have been using it on myself and others, I know it works; so I also know that most people have no idea what they're missing nor how much pain they could easily avoid.

In some cases, it's the difference between surgery and simple, free at-home treatment. The Julstro System can save you hundreds or thousands of dollars on chiropractors and muscle therapists because it teaches you to treat yourself at home.

Trigger Point Therapy

It's not that the Julstro method uses new or unknown treatment methods. The science behind it is accepted, and it's growing more used every day.

Previously, I was advertising for LoseTheBackPain.com because they use this extremely effective treatment. The problem is that I find Lose The Back Pain's sales methods almost unbearable.

What the Julstro method offers is a do-it-at-home method to apply trigger point therapy.

You could actually go online and research your injury every time you had joint pain. With a little searching, you'd find someone to show you how to use trigger point therapy to help your injury. The problem is that you don't know who those people are or whether they're showing you the right solution to YOUR problem.

Besides, that's a lot of work that could be avoided by simply purchasing Julie's book.

Here's what Julie offers:

• A thorough yet simple explanation of trigger points (or spasms, as they're also known).
• An explanation of how trigger points affect your joints and why injuries recur if you don't release them.
• Clearly illustrated techniques for releasing trigger points that you can do at home.
• Charts on which you can locate the trigger points most likely to cause YOUR specific pain.
• A link for direct communication with Julie should your injury prove unusual or difficult.

Benefits of Home Treatment

Not only is at-home treatment free, but it is often more effective than professional treatment.

Really!

It's because you can treat yourself multiple times per day, while the chiropractor or other professional gets you, at best, several times a week, and that at great expense.

In fact, that's exactly why Julie developed the Julstro system. She knew that multiple treatments per day were best, something she could not do for her clients on a professional basis.

My Recommendation

With my reputation as an honest man and a Christian on the line, I am personally vouching for what Julie Donnelly teaches.

I have met Julie, spent an entire day with her, corresponded with her off and on for ten years, and she is an honest woman who cares about people. I do not have the slightest hesitation in recommending her treatment system to you.

My experience includes a decade of treating the aches and pains common to an over-40 jogger and father of 6 children. It also includes being a reference point for muscle injuries for a Christian community of 250 people. I've had lots of opportunities to put the Julstro Method to the test.

Just a few of the many stories I could tell are below. Julie has many more testimonies on her site, which you can read if you follow the links to her books.

Testimonies

My testimonies are below. There are several, and I could produce a dozen more without thinking very hard.

I'd like to start with Julie's own description of why she developed the Julstro method. My stories follow immediately after.

Julie Donnelly's Julstro Method

Written by Julie Donnelly

My training began as a massage therapist, licensed in the State of New York where the initial requirement was 650 hours of classroom study in topics such as Anatomy & Physiology, Kinesiology, Pathology of Muscles, Medical Massage, and Eastern Theory. I spent hundreds of hours focusing on an understanding of why muscles cause pain that may be far removed from the actual source of the problem, and why conditions such as carpal tunnel syndrome exist.

Ultimately, the work that I love and the training that I wanted (and needed) took me to wonderful places like Hawaii, St. Thomas, The U. S. Virgin Islands, and the City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia. During this time, I had the good fortune of taking advanced training from a doctor of osteopathy, a physical therapist, a therapeutic massage therapist (the best I've ever met) and from other professionals involved with just about every form of muscular training.

This diverse exposure widened the scope of my practice far beyond spa massage and was the solid foundation of everything I do now. Unlike relaxing massage which has its own benefits, my work focuses on the deep muscles that hold joints bound, preventing full range-of-motion and causing chronic joint pain.

In 1989 I began working with individuals who were suffering from chronic joint pain and sports injuries. I quickly began working with serious athletes, many of them endurance athletes that compete in races with such grueling events as the Century marathons (actually running 100 miles!), the Race Across America (RAAM) where an athlete cycles from San Diego to Atlantic City, NJ in just 8 days, and Ironman triathlons which combine 2 ½ miles swimming, 112 miles cycling and then finishing off with 26.2 miles running, It's just amazing working with these athletes and it definitely made me stretch my abilities to figure out how to help them.

From my work with endurance athletes, serious local athletes, and people who were suffering from a wide assortment of chronic joint pains, the Julstro techniques of self-treatment developed. Expanding my teaching with the addition of the self-treatment concept really started to separate me from the majority of my peers. I found that as I began to teach people how to help themselves, they could continue their therapy outside of their session with me. It was (and is) wonderful to watch people begin to get permanent relief from pain.

In 1993 I opened my first Julstro Muscular Therapy Center in New City, NY just north of Manhattan. After many successful years of work there I finally decided it was time to escape the northern winters and I began exploring the US for a new home. In 2007, after much driving, I came upon The Woodlands, Texas and knew immediately that this is where I wanted to settle but more importantly this is where I wanted to establish my second generation therapeutic center. So JMTC is born.

My message to you is this: "When you come to visit me, I'll work on your muscles, release the knots that are holding the muscles short and putting pressure on your nerves and joints, and then I'll teach YOU how to do simple treatments that will help you when you are at home". That is my promise to you!

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

All the following are written by me, true stories from my own experience of successful use of the Julstro method.

I live in a Christian community. Carpal tunnel syndrome has come up three times here. One time it was my wife. She went to a chiropractor, and she borrowed special gloves that had been given to another sister here at the village. Nothing worked.

I learned at Julie Donnelly's site that carpal tunnel syndrome is caused by the medial nerve, which runs from way up in the neck down into your fingers. On the way into your hand, it goes through a tunnel in the carpal bones of your wrist. The tendons of your forearm muscles also run through that tunnel. Therefore, if your forearm muscles become irritated, stiff, and develop spasms, then the tendons will suffer, swell, and squeeze that medial nerve. Thus, carpal tunnel syndrome.

The medial nerve can be impinged anywhere along its route, however, so I checked all my wife's muscles from her forearm to her neck. When I got to her shoulders, I was able to press in spots that made her fingers tingle. So I massaged her shoulders daily for about three weeks.

Poof, no more carpal tunnel syndrome.

Recently, a co-worker told me he was wearing special gloves at night to help with his Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. I referred him to Julie Donnelly's site, and he told me the next day he had found deep sore spots in his forearm muscles where Julie told him to look. When he takes care of those, he'll have cured Carpal Tunnel Syndrome with no surgery and no expense … none, free.

Lower Back Pain

Another friend here at our village was having back pains. Every time he got out of his car and stood up, he soon developed horrible back pain.

I learned at Julie's site that the iliopsoas, or hip flexor, is one of the major causes of back pain. It runs from the top front of your femur to the lower five vertebrae of the spine, basically running right through your stomach area. When you sit for long periods, it shortens. When you stand, it puts great pressure on your lower spine.

I knew my friend drives for hours a day. I told him about the "psoas stretch" I learned on Julie's site, and he did it. Two days later he was completely better.

Upper Back Pain

Upper back pain seems to be pretty common. The heart of the pain tends to be between the shoulder blade and spine. It tends to radiate up into the neck, making it very difficult to turn your head.

That same friend I mentioned went on a trip to California with me. On the way, his upper back and neck were bothering him so much that I was carrying his suitcase for him.

When we got to our hotel in Sacramento, I gave him a tennis ball and explained how to work the sore spots.

Needless to say, I wasn't carrying his suitcase on the way back. To this day, he always keeps a tennis ball around.

I don't know how many times I've heard a friend complain about such pain. Each time, I hand them a tennis ball and tell them how to use it. I don't have space for the details here, but any of Julie's Pain-Free series of books explain it.

In the case of upper back pain, I've never seen it not work.

Other Various

For myself, I've used Julie's methods for all sorts of minor—and occasionally major—pains that I've watched others just learn to live with.

I'm not interested in learning to live with pain unless I have to, but there's something more important. Muscle spasms ("trigger points") pull things out of alignment, and they increase in pain over time, leading to needless surgeries and to expensive but almost useless treatments.

The alternative is the use of a tennis ball, a dowel rod available from any hardware store, and if you want a couple better-designed tools from julstro.com. The cost can't even be compared to surgery. It's less even than a doctor's office visit, and it's a one-time payment.

I'm telling you I've put this to use at least a hundred times over the last ten years, on myself and others, and found plenty of evidence that it's scientific and effective.

If you've read this page, it's because you need help. You're not going to get better help than the Julstro system.