Program Overview

The 18WW program is the first program designed to specifically help truck drivers improve their lives.

Our program is the most practical program in the industry today.

We provide solutions for everyday situations that truck drivers face.

Issues ranging from high blood pressure and diabetes to low back pain and everything in between.

Our program are rooted in sound systems and a progression regression model.

What We Cover

Big Belly Breathing

• We Start With What Can Positively Impact Everything

We breathe 20,000+ times a day, that has direct implications on the follow.

We explain how we can positively impact the following

• Nervous System - Decrease stress, fully functioning
  
• Cortisol Levels - decreases, properly activating diaphragm
  
• Heart -  Doesn’t have to work as hard, helps eliminate poor circulation in hands and feet
  
• Muscles - Promotes proper recovery able to take in 6-7 times more oxygen
  
• Brain -  Takes 20% of all oxygen you breathe in, directly affects all other systems. Fuller breath = more optimal systems.
  
• Airway - Becomes unrestricted and is able to take in more oxygen.

90+% of people breathe improperly because of this we cover in depth multiple ways to improve your life and explain in depth the limiting factors.

• Ways to Improve Blood Sugar Levels -

• Truck drivers are 50% more at risk for type 2 diabetes
• 60 - 70 % of people with diabetes develop peripheral neuropathy
• Peripheral neuropathy (loss of feeling in feet or hands) can result in loss of CDL license.
• We talk how something can be twice as effective as Metformin
• to help prevent and lower type 2 diabetes.

Spine First Then Limbs

How To Make Sure We Optimize Our

Breathing, & Spinal Posture

• If the center of our body is out of position nothing else can fall into position.

• Spine first then limbs as we talked about Boyle’s joint by joint that certain joints need mobility and others need stability. If compromised it inhibits the joints surrounding it.
• Improper spinal posture can be the root of poor posture, For simplicity these positions will be called open and closed positions.
• Open - 
• - Lumbar Spine Collapsed 
• - Pinched Facet Joint
• - Low Back Pain
• - Tight Hips
• - Pelvis Tipped Forward

• Closed -
• - Rounded Shoulders
• - Tight Neck Muscles
• - Upper Back Pain
• - Lumbar Spine Pulled Forward
• - Breathing Mechanics Compromised

• With the ramifications of high blood pressure on dot physicals,
• we want to give you a simple effect way to lower your blood pressure.
• Lower by (according to a scope review) SBP of 8.6mm HG and 4.9MM DBP of hypertensive individuals.

• With the varying stage classifications of dot physicals, the ability to go to a lower stage is huge.
  
• We also cover what could prevent us from receiving our maximal return on this.
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Joint by Joint Model

Mobility vs. Stability

Our joints in our body need both mobility and stability, we’d all agree with that statement. 

However what most people don’t know is certain joints need more mobility and other joints need more stability to allow us to move optimally. (example our knee needs more stability where was our hip needs more mobility)

When one joint gets out of position it then compromises the position surrounding joints, thus creating a chain reaction.

Pain Loop

How We Get Stuck In A Constant State Of Pain

When a joint gets out of position, it messes with our motor patterns and how our muscles work creating a “Pain Loop.”

In the “pain loop” why our back pain or shoulder pain is constant and how to break the loop.

The Pain Loop Consists of Six Components

• - Muscle Imbalances
• - Impaired Movement Patterns & Postural Changes
• - Faulty Motor Program & Motor Learning
• - Altered Joint Forces & Altered Proprioception 
• - Joint Degeneration and Postural Changes
• - Pain and Inflammation

How to Align Your Shoulders

To Help Eliminate Shoulder, Upper Back, & Elbow Pain

In this section we talk about multiple different ways to align our shoulders. Without understanding proper posture it’s easy to see how driving for 8+ hours can inject us directly into the pain loop.

Issues that can stem from misaligned shoulders for a long period of time are as follows:

• Head & Neck:
• More force on your spine
• Tight lower jaw and neck pain
• Tension Headaches
• Inhibited breathing 

• Shoulders & Upper Back
• Restricts shoulder tissue
• Limits Range of Motion
• Can Lead to Pinched Nerves
• Elbows & Wrists
• JBJ states that when one joint doesn’t function optimally it affects the joint next to it.
• Carpal Tunnel
• Elbow Pain
• Wrist Pain
• Limited ROM

How To Organize Your Hips

Lower Back Pain is Often Tied to Our Hips

Oftentimes back pain occurs from our hips being in a compromised position. We highlight common issues that arise from our hips being compromised.

• APT (Anterior Pelvic Tilt)
• How It Happens:
• Extended periods of Sitting up “too straight”
• Leaning Back Over Arching Your Spine
• Muscle Dysfunction
• Tight
• Quads, Low back, Hip Flexors
  
• Weak
• Core/Abs

• Potential Long Term Side Effects
• Pinched Facet Joint
• Disc Shortening
• Sciatica 
• Spinal Fusion
• Restricted Hip Range of Motion
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• PPT (Posterior Pelvic Tilt)
• How It Happens
• - Extended Periods Of Being Hunched Over
• - Rounding Your Shoulders & Neck (Looking down)
• - Sitting On Your Glutes & Hamstrings
• - Improper Glute Activation
• Muscle Dysfunction
• Glute Medius Turned Off

• Weak
• Hip Flexors
• Low Back Muscles

• Potential Long Term Side Effects
• Bulging Discs
• Sagging Discs
• Shoulder Pain
• Restricted Range of Motion