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Not able to be as active as you would like? There are often structural causes that exercise, massage, or chiropractic do not address. Bridging both identifies and addresses these causes and has helped thousands of people at every stage of life from 5 days old to 95 years old to be more active.

Pain from past injuries

Pain following medical interventions

Balance and coordination challenges

Anxiety

Fatigue

Developmental concerns for your child

The Bridging Technique uniquely uses an engineering-based approach to problem-solve the ways your body should move. In just 2-3 sessions you have less pain, are calmer, more confident, and able to be more active! Here are the three steps used in the Bridging Process:

Assess:

Micromovements of the core and limbs are passively assessed for flow and ease of transition. These micromovements form in early life and are foundational to all daily movement skills.

Analyze:

Assessment results and the causes for the micromovement disruption—injury, illness, medical intervention, and early life/birth events—are analyzed to develop an optimal plan to reset affected muscle relationships.

Reset Muscle Memory:

Gentle rocking and microstretches are used to reset muscle coordination. The results are fast and long-lasting!

From an engineering perspective, a bridge structurally connects two separate segments to make them continuous. In an electrical circuit, a bridge is used to convert an unstable electrical current into a continuous one. The Bridging Technique embodies both meanings when resetting movements.

Step 1

Schedule your appointment

Schedule

Step 2

Complete our intake information form

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Step 3

Dress in comfortable clothing
It does not need to be athletic wear, but should be easy to move in. Expect to take your shoes off to help keep our floors clean, as we play with little ones here.

Step 4

In your session you can expect us to:

Keep things safe! Our assessment is limited to what you can do, especially if you aren’t mobile or stable.
Photograph simple postural positions.
Observe how you move.
Move your core and limbs passively to assess movement flow, transition, and symmetry.
Play, bounce, and dance with little ones as a way to observe and assess their movement.
Rock, wiggle and stretch to gently reset muscle memory.

Step 5

After your session

(No homework!) Enjoy moving naturally without home exercises.
Be active to reinforce the new muscle memory.
Follow-up with your next session in 3-5 weeks.

First Session Step 1:

Schedule your appointment.

First Session Step 2:

Complete our Intake Information Form.

Go To Form

First Session Step 3:

Dress in comfortable clothing.

It does not need to be athletic wear, but should be easy to move in. Expect to take your shoes off to help keep our floors clean, as we play with little ones here.

First Session Step 4:

In your session you can expect us to:

Photograph simple postural positions and observe how you move.
Play and observe babies and children as well as gently bouncing and rocking.
Keep things safe! Our assessment is limited to what you can do, especially if you aren’t mobile or stable.
Passively move your core and limbs to observe movement characteristics and symmetry.

First Session Step 5:

After your session…

there is no homework. Being active is all you need to reinforce the new muscle memory. Your follow-up session will often be 3-5 weeks later.

Bridging Insider features video sessions which cover a wide range of scenarios of how micromovement disrupters are tied to your pain, balance, and anxiety concerns. In each, you will see how Bridging is used to quickly help. Note: There are no sessions with children out of respect for privacy concerns.

Bridging Insights are discussions about common movement and development issues and their relationship to being physically active. The discussion often ties together perspectives and events which we commonly find impacting our clients.

Research Insights share a variety of new or topical research findings on the relationship of being physically active, and why being active is essential to our physical, emotional, and cognitive health.

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Cara Lindell

Cara is the founder, of the Bridging Institute and the innovative Bridging® technique.

Becki Logan

Becki works with all ages to help them move better and to be active.

Leslie Teng

Leslie works extensively with the younger crowd, and also enjoys helping adults maintain an active life.

Lynne Golden

Lynne loves to help people move better and feel better. With her NICU background she loves being able to help get babies off to a great start with their moves.

Louise Dechovitz

Louise is the practice manager at the Bridging Institute and brings with her a variety of experiences–professionally in consulting, and personally in parenting.

Franziska Malsy-Murphy

Franziska (Ziska) is the voice on the phone. As our Client Coordinator, she is able to help with your questions and scheduling.

When he started crawling, we knew we were good. Every time we have a session at The Bridging Institute he sleeps better after.”

Trisha (mom on William, 15 months)

What I appreciate about the Bridging process is that the body is all connected. I may have knee pain, but it might be the symptom of something else which is the real cause.”

Katie (41) elite runner

I have suffered from joint pain for years, maybe decades. After just one session I was relatively pain-free.”

Diane (56)

Bottom line, what changed was that I had a faster recovery time from surgery so I was able to get back to work and my daily activities.”

Lisa (51)

I thought it was regular aging. But after my first session I walked out saying, "Jeepers, I feel 10 years younger!"

Donna (80)

I was skeptical about the process until I tried it and it does work.”

Vic (91)

I’ve been to so many specialists and had so many tests to try to find answers and relief from severe constant pain. I started to think it was all in head. After my first appointment I left crying because not only did I have significantly less pain, I felt heard, cared for and had a plan on how to continue to feel better. After only a few sessions the pain reduced enough that I was able to return to work as well as enjoy playing with my grandchild."

Nora (60)

After his fist session my 9-year old son said, ‘Mom, I never knew my muscles could work this way!” And he couldn’t wait for his next session.”

Leigh (mom)

Cara’s original quest was to help women thrive through strength and balance.

The three key elements to the Bridging story include Cara’s:

Personal Passion

Professional Expertise

The Evolution of Bridging

For Professionals

Looking for new options to help your patients or clients with pain, balance, calm, and even with learning motor skills? Bridging is a new option for you to consider.

Understanding More

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Learn To Do

The three aspects of the Bridging process which set it apart from traditional medical perspectives on pain, movement ability, and self-regulation are:

Assessing...

...micromovent flows and transitions in the body. When these foundational basics of movement are stuck or asymmetrical there is often pain, poor movement control and sensory feedback imbalance.

Analyzing...

...why the movements may be suboptimal. A lifelong view of injuries, illness, medical intervention, and birth/early life are all factors which are taken into account.

Resetting...

...muscle memory to quickly and gently restore movement ease, and the postural transitions needed for easy and balanced movement.