The Nellen Method for Peak Performance™ foundation program will increase your physical ability to sustain champion performance. Get physically balanced and poised to perform with effortless mastery. Prepare so you avoid injuries.
Dana has worked with many athletes and high achievers from all walks of life on a varied range of physical challenges. She draws on her experience as a professional dancer and 35 years of study, practice and teaching the science of yoga, including therapeutic applications. Dana teaches clients when to use an exercise, how to execute it according to need specified, and variations for those with limitations. We have created specific sequences of exercises designed to target specific challenges as stated by clients.
Competitive athletes have a high propensity for injury. For this reason, your body has has to be able to move equally well in all directions. We guide you to increase range of motion where you are stiff or weak. Build strength with flexibility and stability of the joints. You also must be agile in competition, to be able to quickly turn and go. We create a program tailored to your specified needs.
Correct training imbalance. Sequences for stiff or strained neck and shoulders, back, groin, knees, hands and wrists, hamstrings, feet, and eyes.
Learn techniques to increase endurance. an MMA professional increased his kick by six inches after one session. A marathon runner remained injury-free for the season. I tennis player overcame back pain.
Recuperation and recovery
Performers experience physical exhaustion and fatigue in the nerves and the senses, either as a result of intense effort or as the effect of stress. Athletes need regularly scheduled, complete rest. Recuperation exercises and practices used in the Nellen Method allow complete rest of the muscles and internal organs as well as increased blood flow for restoring body and brain. Recuperative sequences allow for emotional, mental and physical return to equilibrium. One competitive athlete shared with us that after one hour of recuperation practices, she felt as if she had slept for 8 hours.
Speed recovery from injury or strain. Supported positions bring blood flow to injured or fatigued areas. Adaptations of various exercises allow careful rebuilding of strength with flexibility and help to minimize potential for future injury. We have also assisted clients with recovery from concussions.
NOTE: We work with rehab from injury ONLY with your doctor's permission.
