The Genius Life 526: What If You Could Feel Good Again? How Foundation Training Reverses Pain and Builds Real Strength | Eric Goodman, DC
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Nov 17, 2025 Dr. Eric Goodman is a chiropractor and the mastermind behind Foundation Training, a method aimed at alleviating pain and enhancing mobility. He shares his personal struggles with back injury and anxiety, highlighting how Foundation Training helped him recover. Listeners learn about decompression breathing, the importance of pelvic alignment, and effective exercises for strengthening the posterior chain. Eric debunks common posture mistakes and provides insights on how to integrate movement for overall health and pain relief.
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Performance Anxiety And A Breakthrough
- Eric Goodman describes 15 years of crippling performance anxiety that caused vomiting and panic before interviews.
- Max Lugavere suggested a low-dose propranolol which Eric tried and found life-changing for interviews and teaching.
Anchoring Pelvis, Decompressing Torso
- Foundation Training pairs pelvic anchoring with decompression breathing to restore posture and spinal space.
- Practicing posterior chain extension recruits legs, hips, lats and ribs to offload the lumbar spine.
Breathe Into The Back Of Your Ribs
- Practice decompression breathing: expand the rib cage primarily behind you and breathe into the thoracic cage.
- Use the front rib barrier to funnel breaths posteriorly and protect the airway and spinal curves.