Karl Beers

Folks are often asking me how I came to practice my craft and what helped me become a successful pain management/postural restoration/movement therapist. So, here is some of the background from whence I sprang!

Unremitting back pain
Beginning at the age of 19 I suffered from sciatica-like symptoms in my left leg. *Sciatica is condition in which the sciatic nerve and/or the associated tissues or compromised creating nerve pain that can radiate into the hip legs and even feet-VERY uncomfortable. Here is a link from the Mayo’s clinic’s website which explains in further detail:

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/sciatica/symptoms-causes/syc-20377435

As a solution, I sought out surgery. Being young and relatively fit I was sure this would be a breeze. Unfortunately, the surgery was a failure, even setting me up for worse back pain in the years that followed.

Fortunately, this setback spurred me to begin intensive training in body-centered therapies that helped me fully recover and inspired my life’s work.

To this day I continue to engage in full body, 3-D inspired practices such as Tai Chi, yoga, breath work (Sun-Do/ Zen Meditation) and ground-based martial arts (Brazilian Jujitsu).

When I’m not busy with work I enjoy spending time with family and friends. I am an avid gardener and my wife and I have just completed rehabbing a 6000 square foot property in the City of Detroit to be used as an organic flower and vegetable garden.