What is Z-Health? How Does It work? How Will It Help Me?
Posted on 27. Feb, 2010 by Guy in Fitness & Exercise
Any pain in my body has gone – Kim Bach Petersen – MSc Psychology
There seems to be some confusion as to what Z Health actually is! What is it doing and how is it going to help someone run faster, get out of pain, smash a baseball further and add height to ANYONE’S vertical jump? Tall claims I know, and as usual I didn’t believe it myself….until that is a actually took the time to try it on myself.
After all I have been in the health & fitness industry for over 12 years, studied many forms of exercise therapy, martial arts, corrective exercise, kettlebells, 3-D functional movement screening programs and studied manual therapy at degree level for three years. What more could I learn about exercise, performance and pain reduction?? This article is designed to let you in on that little known secret of Z-Health and encourage you to get started on the R-Phase DVD or do the professional certification right now. As knowing what I now know about it I wish I had been given the proverbial shove in the right direction much earlier in life, it would have got me fantastic results much more quickly, so I will give you the shove right now!
I’ll explain what humble pie tastes like….. it is a warm, crumbly and bursts with flavours of new knowledge, increased performance, pain reduction(zero actually), fast reflexes and fluid movement.
So, What is Z-Health?
It is a system designed by Dr Eric Cobb, a Chiropractic Physician who has studied extensively in the areas of health, he has a degree in human biology and has done post-grad studies in a variety of areas, including kinesiology, musculoskeletal trauma, and advanced soft tissue techniques. The unique system he teaches consistently produces instant reductions in pain, rehabilitation of injuries and amazing performance improvements in athletes, as well as individuals from all walks of life.
Dr. Cobb is an international presenter has an absolute passion for human performance and teaching the practical implementation of complex training concepts comes through in the dynamic, entertaining educational programs and professional certifications he teaches also a life-long martial artist and combatives trainer with deep ties to the military and law enforcement communities.
This system is comprehensive and is based on accessing the potential the body has to move at it highest athletic level – sometimes known as genetic potential – and without pain. A level much higher than individuals usually believe they can actually operate at (including me). I though that I was only good at certain aspects of movement and strength and that I could only change my poorer aspects or athletic abilities a small amount. Again remember that humble pie taste I mentioned. Both my clients and I have improved enormously in pain reduction and speed and reactions since practicing Z Health regularly.
It is broken down into four main areas to allow ease of understanding with a focus on the basics of nervous system control of movement and proprioception first, a simple but effective look at specific mobility. Something no other system I have studied or encountered has done so precisely and effectively in my experience. The subsequent levels as you progress past the basics are :
I-Phase Package – Level II, Integrated Nervous System & Integrated Movement stage training.
S-Phase, Sports Specific & Nervous System Reaction Training and……. Finally T-Phase, learning to use this in Therapeutic respect. So progressive levels for everyone.
R-Phase – so called due to the focus on Injury Rehabilitation and Nervous System Re-Education through the regular practice and understanding of Joint Mobility Restoration. This begins in the form of dynamic joint mobility, using a high level of anatomical specificity that is unparalleled in precision and it improvement in function. The seemingly simple exercises have the ability to rapidly improve the function of your whole nervous system leading to instantaneous and long-term increases in strength, power, coordination, efficiency, agility but first and foremost PAIN REDUCTION. As we all inherently know, without all the fancy talk about pain signaling and motor neurons, mechano receptors inhibiting muscle function etc., that pain in the body reduces our ability to perform, deliver power, speed, relax….whatever functional compensation you like ……PAIN INHIBITS PERFORMANCE!
Click Here to have a look at the R-Phase DVD I move better than I did when I was 21- John Wilde, Financial Advisor and 47 y.o. tennis player
Who Is It For?
In my experience the individuals who benefit most from this type of training are people in pain, and people who want to perform at a higher level in sport. Athletes, Martial Artists, Physical Therapists, Chiropractors, Osteopaths, Personal Trainers, Dancers, Strength & Conditioning Coaches wil find this the fastest way to improve their professional skills. If this is you then read on.
ZHealth unlike most traditional training systems has its roots in athletic movement, infact it mirrors athletic movement. If you think about most exercise programs, they are based on a body building system, and have been mildly adapted to be specific to “your sport” Is that really relevant to helping you move and perform and is it likely to help you realistically avoid pain? If you are lucky maybe…. but usually not that likely due to your nervous system reproducing EXACTLY the moves you train it to do, at EXACTLY the same speed, and you ve guessed it….EXACTLY the same joint positions and angles.
What does that mean? Well think of it like this, if you train for soccer, hockey, tennis, running, rugby etc, what are the movements? What are the speeds? How often do you use both legs together in the same direction, your arms? How often do you keep your knees exactly over your toes? Your feet facing forward? The answer when you spend 10 seconds watching good movers in sport is VERY LITTLE. 
What this means is you have to find a training system that helps you & your Nervous System have more access to the fluid positions that improve performance and maximize efficiency(reduce pain). The template Dr Cobb has created begins with the R-Phase DVD and I make no excuses for telling you to go out and buy it. The reason for that is that I hesitated when I found the ZHealth system and waited for about 6-9months before I actually went out and bought it and that was a big regret. I wish had known about this earlier as it would have got me out of pain and increased my batting average by 50% (thus far) 6-9 months earlier. So I wish someone had told me to go out and get started much more aggressively. Grrrr, there you go! This info IS DIFFERENT I promise!
A truly unique system – and as I see it, the beginning of a huge paradigm shift in body therapies – Pernille Springer, Physiotherapist
More articles on Z-Health – R-Phase, I-Phase, S-Phase & Essentials of Elite Performance to Follow
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