Spirit Gym with Paul Chek 374 — From Parking Lot Test Failures to Neurological Integration: A New Approach With Daniel Vladeta and Dr. Nick Dawe
Dec 2, 2025
Join Daniel Vladeta, creator of the OOV device, whose engineering and osteopathy background brings a revolutionary tool for movement restoration, alongside Dr. Nick Dawe, a chiropractor specializing in developmental neurology. They dive into the importance of neural integration for bodily healing and discuss alarming trends in neurological dysregulation among young adults. The conversation spans the connection between our aquatic origins and movement patterns, the pressing need for nature-informed health practices, and how individual choices can lead to collective systemic change.
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Information Overload Breaks Integration
- Modern life floods the nervous system with information, much of it fear-based, preventing the body from holding therapeutic change.
- When the brainstem perceives unsafe, manual care and exercise often fail because the system repeatedly resets.
The Parking Lot Test
- Paul describes his 'parking lot test' where clinic changes vanished after a patient walked to their car and back.
- He used the test to show most manual interventions lacked integration and quickly reset.
Favor Active Integration Over Static Holds
- Do use instability and movement to force neural integration rather than static supports alone.
- Create tasks that require active control so the nervous system reorganizes and holds change.
