Inspire Health and Wellness

09/26/2026

Can childhood stress affect your health decades later?

Research into Adverse Childhood Experiences—often called ACEs—has shown there is a correlation between childhood trauma and adult health problems.

That doesn’t mean your childhood determines your future. But it helps explain why I’m interested in more than symptoms when someone comes to me with chronic or recurring health concerns. Often times I have seen my patients tell me that when they really think about it, certain event and traumas do seem like they triggered something. Understanding their history matters, too.

In this article, I explain what ACEs are, what the research tells us, and why childhood stress can be relevant to a person’s health story.

Read it here:
https://inspireharrisburg.com/aces-and-adult-health

—Dr. Tony Fry
Inspire Health & Wellness | Harrisburg, IL

09/24/2026

One question I ask when someone comes in with a chronic or recurring health concern is:

“What was happening in your life when this began?”

I’m interested in the whole story—including significant changes, difficult experiences, and periods of stress.

That question doesn’t assume stress caused the problem. It helps me understand the person sitting in front of me and the context surrounding their health concerns.

I’ve put together an article explaining why the relationship between stress and physical health is part of how I look at that bigger picture.

Read “Can Stress Affect Your Physical Health?”:
https://inspireharrisburg.com/stress-and-physical-health

— Dr. Tony Fry
Inspire Health & Wellness · Harrisburg, Illinois

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07/08/2026

This one hit home. My 12-year-old daughter Emerson, a competitive softball pitcher, came off the mound in serious hip flexor pain a few weeks ago. Weak, hurting, and worried it was bad. Using QNRT and Quantum Adjusting, we got her pain-free and back to 100% within 48 hours. Here's the full story 👇

I'm excited to share this story today because it shows the power of QNRT and Quantum Adjusting — and this one hits home, because it involves my own daughter.
A few weeks ago, she was pitching in a game and we could tell something was off. After a few innings, she told me she had some pretty bad pain in her left groin/hip flexor area. My first thought was, maybe it's in her head — hopefully it's not too bad. She's not one to want to come out of a game, so we were proud of her for admitting she needed to.
I did some testing on the field, and it seemed like it could be serious. She actually turned to my wife and said, "Can we go to Dad's office when we leave so he can work on it?" That's when I knew — she thought it was bad, or was at least worried about how bad it was.
When we got to the office, I tested her hip flexor strength. Her right side was strong. Her left side was very, very weak.
In a case like this, I look at a few things. First: is there an indication to use the Advanced Pain Protocol within Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy? That protocol comes into play when there's mental/emotional stress tied to the pain — we're trying to figure out what's happening with that stress, which part of the brain is involved, and what neurological, brain-based therapies can help strengthen that area. Second: which muscles are involved, and how strong is the neurological communication between that muscle, the nerve controlling it, and the part of the brain driving it? In my office, this is exactly what I mean when I talk about "freeing up nerve interference."
What we found was that her brain was carrying real stress — worry about what was actually going on and how bad it might be. After the QNRT treatment (what we call a "reset"), we moved into the Quantum Adjusting protocols to evaluate the muscles involved. Even before that, her pain had already decreased noticeably from the reset alone. I then used specific protocols to increase the firing from her brain to the nerves to the muscles involved.
Before we left the office that day, her pain had decreased tremendously, her strength had improved, and her stress about the injury — the not-knowing — was about 90% better.
I also spoke with her pitching coach, who flagged a couple of other muscle groups that could be involved. Over the next few days, I used protocols to increase firing to those muscles while releasing some fascial tension.
In approximately 48 hours, she was back on the mound, pitching with no pain — at 100%.
This is what this work can do with pain and injuries. As I say all the time — your brain controls everything. When we use a combination of protocols to help the brain do its job at its best, it's amazing what the body can do.

05/28/2026

The OPK is very powerful to help the brain. This is a great post by Dr. Cedermark that explains how powerful it is. I have used this in the office for several years as both an evaluation tool and a therapy tool.

“Why are eye exercises so important for kids?” 👀

Because eye movements are deeply connected to how the brain develops. 🧠

The visual system communicates directly with the:
• brainstem
• cerebellum
• vestibular system
• attention networks
• motor planning centers

So when we work on:
✨ tracking
✨ convergence
✨ saccades
✨ visual fixation

we’re helping improve how the brain processes sensory information and coordinates movement.

Efficient eye movements can support:
📚 reading fluency
🎯 attention
⚖️ balance
🏃 coordination
🧩 visual processing

The brain learns through repetition, timing, and movement — and the eyes provide some of the fastest neurologic input into the brain. ⚡👁️

Excited to teach all about this next weekend!

05/19/2026

Our next QNRT workshop will be Tuesday, June 2nd at 6:00 p.m. More info at the link. registration is required.

https://qnrtinfo.com/home

05/14/2026

In my professional opinion this is one of the best programs in the country. There are all of the things we would expect. Highly educated and dedicated teaching process. An understanding that when the little things are fixed it all comes together and on top of that KNOWING what those little things are. But also knowing how important the brain is and understanding stress on the brain. Kenzi understands that her pitchers want to excel in pitching but more importantly she wants them to excel in life. She realizes that they all need to develop healthy brains as they develop their bodies and is in tune with that aspect. Of course I don't know all of the programs like what Kenzi has but as a professional that helps patients with their brains this is THE program!

02/10/2026

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11/05/2025

NEW WORKSHOP. We now have two different methods to help calm the nervous system and balance the brain.

Come learn how both Quantum Neuro Reset Therapy and Quantum Neuro Adjusting can help balance the brain and nervous system.

Clink the link learn more and to register for our next workshop.

Tuesday, Nov. 18th at 6:00 p.m.

How past emotional traumas can lead to physical pain and what can be done to help.

09/30/2025

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐀 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐲 𝐐𝐮𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐦 𝐍𝐞𝐮𝐫𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐭 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐲

We all know this but knowing this and really thinking about it and applying it are so far off when it comes to sports

First the definition of the word "sports coach"

A sports coach is a person whose job is to teach, train, and organize an individual or team to improve their skills and performance in a particular sport. They provide instruction on rules and tactics, motivate players, foster team spirit, ensure safety during training, and help athletes achieve their full potential.

MOTIVATE PLAYERS
FOSTER TEAM SPIRIT
HELP ATHLETES ACHIEVER THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

These kids, student athletes or whichever word you prefer to use are young. Their brains are still developing along with their bodies. There are some things that we as coaches (and I include me because when I coached hockey looking back I failed at this as well) must realize.

Again, if you read this and tell yourself you don't do this most likely you do. Because it is HARD to find coaches that don't do this. You may not even realize it.

As coaches we must remember that these are the most instrumental times in their lives. We are part of the overall picture of molding them in to adults. We MUST remember this. The events and situations they encounter while school age will be in their brains forever. And almost certainly they will be done with that sport at any level by the age of 23. As coaches we must be able to see the forest through the trees. What we do, what we say and how we act towards our players affects them. What other teammates do will also affect them. Kids will be kids and no one is perfect but everyone can do better.

Communication and positivity are so very important. Yes it's ok to push them. Yes they need discipline and consequences. No on should argue that. But that's not what I talk about with what I am seeing working with athletes with QNRT.

I will try to explain this as well as I can. There are some things that are important here. Again this is a culmination of reflecting back on when I coached and with athletes I have worked with.
First of all even a little bit of caring can go a long way. Often times coaches don't realize. If you say that's not you then please read through this and make sure of it based on what I have seen.

These athletes want to be seen, appreciated, accepted and have fun MORE THAN ANYTHING. Of course they want to win, and who doesn't. But take any kid on a winning team that didn't really get a chance to contribute and I can almost guarantee that somewhere in their subconscious brain is a negative emotional pattern that can affect them for years. I know we can't please everyone and make everyone happy. If there are 9 players on the field and 16 players on the team then some aren't going to be happy. It's hard to avoid that in that situation. But take that a step further. How many of those 10 - 16 players are getting just a few personal words regularly from the coaches. When I say personal I mean one on one not to the entire team. That doesn't count. Things like "we appreciate you being here, keep up the hard work." Or just regularly telling them what they can work on to improve their chances. Instead what coaches do is brush them off because they are disposable. While really damaging their brains at the same time.

Tryouts can be damaging to their brains. Yes some will get cut, that happens. But what should happen is honesty and clarity from day one. An example I have heard several times is a team having a "tryout" and really just needing one player. It's simple, be clear from the beginning. "this tryout is for just one player. We are really just looking for a utility player" Then DEFINE what you mean by utility player. Let the potential players coming to your tryout know EXACTLY what you are looking for. By doing that don't set some of them up for a let down in what would have been an impossible situation for them. I have heard "we are open to all positions." But think about that. Are you really open for that? If you already have 2 players that you like at first base then are you really open to another one? And if so what message are you sending to your current 2 that play at first? Now once you get to the very elite level I know this changes. But hardly anyone reading this will fit into that category. And even then I have hard stories where those coaches need to read this as well.

Also when holding a tryout if you do cut anyone or if they choose to not play think about taking a few minutes to communicate with them. Simply "this is why you weren't picked" or "is there a reason you chose to not play." It should be about them and not you!! Too often ADULTS are more worried about their ego's than they are about making sure that the athlete comes out of the situation with reasoning. They don't have to like it, but they deserve some respect. Be an ADULT about it. Trust me, unfortunately I know this from making that mistake when I coached.

Remember, we must consider how it will affect all of them. Winning at what cost? It's great to win, I get it. But you know what's even better. Making sure they all have great experiences to learn how to work hard, grow, be positive and contribute and be mentally healthy as adults. These things both can and should happen on winning teams too. It's a competition and I am not a fan of the "participation" trophy mentality. It's a fine line and I get it. People can agree or disagree. But these are the things I am seeing that contribute to imbalanced brains.

If a coach really wants to coach and do it for the kids then do it for the kids.

I could say a lot more on this. Maybe a need to write a book about it. Because the issues with what I wrote above are a lot worse off than most people think.

09/16/2025

Very shortly after I started in practice at the end of 1997 I kept seeing patients that would "try everything" and not get better. What I soon discovered is that almost all of the patients had a deeper issue. It wasn't just a black or white issue that could easily be fixed. There ended up being some type of trauma that was holding them back from healing. Sometimes it was physical trauma, sometimes emotional, sometimes it was an infection that wasn't going away. It would even just be changes inside their own body. As I started exploring this more and talking to more patients I found this link. Often times we get so focused on that one thing that we don't realize it could be many things. My journey started back then and still continues. But now my care is focused on this big picture. It can be multi layered and it can take time for the body to heal. It can be frustrating to go through the process. But you know what's more frustrating? Living with pain, depression, anxiety, low energy or many other symptoms and not realizing there is even a chance to improve. This is what my care is all about.

Just in the past few weeks I have seen patients that were just not healing because of things like mold, infections from tic bytes, anxiety that they can't get under control. The brain and the body are amazing. Once we get to the root cause and help the body heal the changes can be powerful. If we can heal the brain we can heal the body. That's why when you walk into my office on the big wall in the waiting room you will see a picture of a brain and the phrase above it "YOUR BRAIN CONTROLS...EVERYTHING!"

If this resonates with you. If this is something you would like to learn more about please feel free to reach out. Call, text or email. I will also be scheduling our next free workshop (most likely announced later today, 9/16/25) to discuss all of this.

Stress is higher than ever. Anxiety is worse than ever. But I am here to tell you whether you ever walk into my office there is hope. Don't stop. Don't give up even when you feel like that's the only option. Stay strong.

-- Dr. Fry