Build Strength That Supports Your Daily Life
Integrative Strength & Movement(ISM) is an educational company that specializes in teaching strength & movement for daily life for individuals who are struggling to gain functional strength due to persistent injuries, hypermobility, or chronic pain.
Through thoughtful & distilled processes, I can teach you how to build a bridge from where you are today to functional strength that allows you to do more of what you want in your daily life.
Through individual coaching online (via Zoom or FaceTime), individualized strength programming, and online programs, I offer accessible and easy-to-understand coaching that is designed to be scalable to meet your needs.
Who ISM is Built For
Individual coaching, strength programs, and online programs work best if you:
- Are hypermobile, have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS), or struggle with chronic joint instability
- Struggle with chronic injury regardless of going through physical therapy or other rehab programs
- Want to be active, but keep getting hurt
- Are struggling with daily life tasks due to discomfort, stiffness, or chronic conditions
- Are frustrated, want to stop forcing things, and are ready to build a solid foundation
- Used to be able to do more & want to get back to that place
- Struggle with ongoing stiffness & discomfort
- Need something that provides a progressive structure with flexibility
You probably have tried multiple programs and you know what does not work for you. If you are looking for coaching and programs that take your unique needs into consideration and provide you with the blueprint for how to build a solid foundation of strength that supports your daily life, you are in the right place.
The Method: How to Build a Solid Foundation
Most rehab programs take an isolated approach that can help you to gain strength in one part of the body, but do not help you build whole-body functional strength. Ordinary strength programs assume you know how to do the movement with proper engagement and focus on pushing towards heavy weights and more intensity rapidly.
This leaves a gap that is often the cause of persistent injuries and stiffness. If you are hypermobile, have chronic pain, or a chronic condition, this gap of foundational strength often makes functioning in your daily life extremely difficult and makes run-of-the-mill programs useless and, at times, dangerous.
Coaching & programs at ISM aim to fill this gap, building a bridge to more functional movement that improves your daily life.
This approach is 3-part:
- Improve body awareness through movement, commonly starting with individual joints and small movements
- Address imbalances (which can include improving stability, mobility, motor control, and more)
- Learn how to connect & move your body as a whole, rather than only as small pieces
How ISM is Different
Coaching and strength programs at ISM are focused on providing empathetic, accessible, and functional processes to gain strength and improve wellness. Your needs and your experience are integral to the process, and personalized adaptations are encouraged to make strength training functional for you.
All programs provide a whole-body approach, and while exercises start small, they grow into movements that teach you how to functionally connect your body through strength movements that support daily life.
ISM coaching and programs are designed to improve body awareness and incorporate breathing, postural adjustments, and lifestyle changes that support you.
Through coaching and/or programs, you are guided through a thoughtful and progressive approach to strength building that provides you with structure and flexibility. This approach allows for progressive strength building without the pressure of having to perform exercises at times when they do not meet your current needs.
Meet Coach Chelsea Z
Hi, I’m Chelsea, Owner and Coach at ISM. As a Certified Personal Trainer and Nutritional Coach, I have been helping clients build strength & movement for daily life for over 15 years.
For me, this work is personal, as I have a long history of injuries, chronic pain, and hypermobility. I understand the frustrations and challenges of chronic pain & injury, and can help you find a way forward!
I have worked in brick & mortar gyms and coached specialized athletic endeavors such as gymnastics, trapeze, and horseback riding since 2010. Through years of coaching, I have found that while generic strength programming works for some people, injuries and frustration are common.
Therefore, I offer an approachable and sensible approach that provides foundational knowledge of how to build functional strength & movement that allows you to access more choices in your daily life.
Getting Started With Online Coaching
Online coaching is an alternative that allows you to have the support and instruction that you need without the constraints of traditional personal training.
Getting Started is easy.
