Case study: a woman with rib-area pain
She was taking the Reset for the second time, mostly for the accountability of a group. Her record has one of the clearest single moments we have. Right beside it is the part that keeps it honest: she couldn't hold it on a walk.
Posture Dojo LLC runs this site and sells Syntropic Core. We picked this record because it is long, not because it is typical. Quotes are the member's own words from recorded sessions, trimmed with “...” and never reworded. Words in [brackets] fix an obvious transcription error. Names and identifying details are removed. Individual results vary and are not guaranteed. How these case studies were put together.
| Who | A woman with pain in the rib area. No other condition named in the sessions. |
|---|---|
| On record | All four weeks of her second Reset. Her first time through isn't in the records we drew from. |
| Imaging | None reviewed. |
Where it started
Week 1, on why she came back:
“Yeah, I'm taking this again because I just need. To put some practice into my practice. So I practice this method. I practice the breathing and everything. And I just, I work better with the group of people that kind of hold me accountable and then I go from there.”
Week by week
Reported change: they described a before and after. Noticed: a sensation or realization, with no claim that anything got better. Struggle: something hard, or something that didn't work. Question: what they asked.
Week 2
“so about the back molars mine don't touch never I so I feel like I'm gonna miss I feel like I'm missing something then maybe I'm supposed to force them”
Week 3
“I feel like I had some sort of a breakthrough the other day when I was standing and organizing the pressure like the [dantian] and everything. And I kind of just lean back.”
“And I lean back just a tiny bit. I usually don't do that. I just kind of like loosen my ears and kind of lean back just to find it. And the pain stop, the pain that I normally have in my rib”
“And I just like, what is this? This is something.”
“And so I tried to keep that plus the pressure while I'm walking my dog, but that's hard.”
“And I keep losing the other thing, losing the pressure. Like, I'll get it. I'm like, this is it. I got it. And then it's gone. It's in there. All in like half a walk.”
“So this is, so this is second time I'm taking this class.”
“I am like discovering a lot of things that you explain the first time”
Week 4
“I'm not, I'm not walking and trying to do the pressure thing. I've learned my lesson with that.”
“I'm getting a lot of good expansion lying down and, yeah, whenever I, basically whenever I get a chance to, you know, like this morning get out bed and lay on the floor and do some breathing.”
“I'm trying less, actually.”
“I'm walking my dog and I'm not trying to organize for the pressure when I'm walking, I'm going slower.”
What changed
One standing moment in week 3 when the rib pain she normally has stopped.
By week 4 she had stopped trying to hold pressure while walking. She went slower, practiced lying down, and in her words was trying less.
What didn't
She couldn't keep the organization going on a walk. It was gone in half a walk.
The cue about the back molars didn't fit her bite, and she wondered if she was supposed to force it.
Her record has one pain-free moment. It doesn't show her rib pain changing over time.
Caveats
- The pain report is one moment on one day.
- She was on her second Reset, so this isn't a first four-week result.
- Everything here is self-reported. No imaging, no measurements.
What the record shows they practiced
Breathing lying down on the floor, often first thing in the morning. Organizing pressure while standing. Slowing down, and trying less on walks.
One person's record isn't evidence the practice works for everyone. For more members in their own words, read Syntropic Core reviews, and see how we collect and choose reviews.
Syntropic Core is neurosomatic education, not medical treatment. It won't straighten bone, and it's never a reason to delay a brace, a surgery, or the check-ups that track a curve.
Last updated 6 November 2026.