As a world champion in my sport, I can pretty much choose the best trainers, therapists, and coaches to work with to improve my body for my craft. When my training camp moved to South Florida a year ago, I was tasked with finding an entirely new team to help keep me healthy so I could do what I loved to do and stay in the best shape of my life. For me, bodywork was a big gap I had to fill, so I started asking around. My training partner Robbie Lawler recommended I go see Chris Kidawski (CK). 

From our very first session, I was blown away by the knowledge CK had of the human body, where injuries originate from, and how to correct them. He was unlike anyone I had ever worked with. For instance, while training for a fight I suffered a contusion on my thigh from an accidental knee. That same night I hobbled in to see CK thinking I was going to have to take some serious down time from camp, but he worked his magic, and I was still able to train the very next day.

I’ve come to Chris with a variety of other injuries as well as my sport is very demanding. I had severe pain in my right big toe, and he fixed it by treating my calf. He has reduced my chronic back pain by showing me how to open up my hips and hip flexors, and he found a tight hamstring muscle in my left leg that was causing instability in my knee from time to time.

If you know me, you know I take my career very seriously. If I can’t fight, then I cannot support my family or those I love. When it comes to keeping me pain free and healthy I choose to go see Chris every time because of the results he gets for me, and I’m sure that he will get them for you too!

Michael Chandler
Two-time MMA Lightweight World Champion
Nashville, Tennessee

I met Chris Kidawski (CK) at the University of Hawai’i in 2005 when I was there on a visit auditioning as a potential walk-on wide receiver. Coming from Oakland, California, Honolulu was a major change for me, not just environmentally, but mentally as well. Not to mention I was fresh out of jail for picking friends up who had stolen goods on them (which I didn’t know). 

I could tell right off the bat that nobody, and I mean nobody, wanted to help me when I decided to walk on the football team. Honestly I couldn’t blame them. I was kind of like bad news. That didn’t stop me from asking people, though. Out of the 5 or 10 people I asked to help me, CK was the only one who took the bait, and I’m glad he did because not only did his methods work better than everyone else’s, he also saved my butt on a number of different occasions when I got hurt.

At the end of my 2012 season with the Miami Dolphins I was running a 10-yard crossing route when the ball was delivered to me right on the money. Before I had time to make my move, I was tackled with a helmet to the outside of my left knee as I landed and it was instantly filled with pain. After the trainers helped me up and off the field, I was escorted into the training room to get my MRI, and X-ray. The diagnosis came back as a fully torn MCL and a partially torn ACL. The MCL was not a problem and didn’t even require surgery; the ACL on the other hand was a huge problem. Having it partially torn was a major, major problem because the doctors didn’t know if they should clip half of a good ACL off a multi-million dollar athlete, or just leave it as it was and “hope” it healed in a good enough fashion to keep me playing.

While the Dolphins staff was scratching their head, CK was actively seeking treatment for me elsewhere. He contacted a doctor in the Kendall area who did platelet rich plasma (PRP), a therapy where they draw your own blood, spin it in a centrifuge so all of the good healing properties get concentrated, then inject the good stuff into the injured area.

CK saw me through the entire process. When I went back for my two-week check up, I was informed that my ACL was now fully healed. You would think that the story ends there, but it doesn’t.

When the Dolphins got news that my ACL was healed I was then under their care for the rehabilitation process. After just two days of rehab with them my knee started to act up. It felt very weird and unstable, and there were shap pains coming from it when I would squat. I again asked CK if he could figure out what was going on and turned all of my rehab over to him. Amazingly, he found several tight muscles in my thigh that were signaling pain into my knee due to instability they were creating. As he worked on my leg for about four or five sessions, the pain quickly disappeared and my leg felt like my leg again. Within two months time, CK had my knee and my leg fully functional, and I never missed a single day of offseason training.

I realize that many of you may not be professional athletes, but I’ve seen CK work miracles on all types of people. If you are at the end of the road with your pain; if you’ve seen 12 doctors and they all tell you that you’ll just have to live with your pain, then I know that this program and these methods with be your saving grace, just like they were mine.

Davone Bess
NFL Wide Receiver 2008-2014

Chris was integral in keeping my body pain and injury free before and during my Championship run in the UFC – Robbie Lawler

If you are physically active you are going to get hurt or injured. Accept this and continue to make progress by means that are practiced and proven. Not everything needs surgery, in fact, my personal belief is that you should exhaust every other means of correction prior to going under the knife. With the increasing popularity of recreational fitness, and the increase of occupations that require that you remain physically capable, surgery can be a form of negative progress that is regrettably unnecessary. This is not to say that sometimes surgery is not absolutely necessary. The opposite in fact. But, if you are experiencing discomfort, loss of ability, loss of mobility and or pain, try the methods Chris has first.
 
 
My job requires, not only that I remain physically able, but physically competitive. Each day I view it as a part of my occupation that I exercise, build my strength, increase my endurance, hone my speed and form and perform routine maintenance on my body and its abilities. With all this, though I consult with professionals, always seek guidance and listen to advice from others, regardless of my opinion, I am still a human and I get hurt.
 
This was the case with my (shoulder) or so I thought. My most recent injury came from who knows where. It just started hurting one day. This was problematic because I couldn’t tell anyone how I hurt it. No one could examine my movements to come up with a probable cause. It just hurt. I trained through it for a couple of weeks and it continued to get worse. My problem was that I could not describe exactly what the pain was or where it came from.
 
Luckily I knew a guy and after swallowing much pride I approached CK and asked him to have a look at my issues. CK did his work and I was honest with him. There was an instance where I got up from doing the exercises and he gave me the routine “how does it feel?” To which I replied “nothing has changed.” I have been like that with every (trainer) that I have ever consulted. It is just what I feel is right. Later that night I received a battery of text messages and screenshots with drawings of my problem area with certain areas highlighted and circled and noted, all from CK interrogating me about my pain. Totally unexpected. I thought that he would just accept my word for words and move on to the next client. The man took the time at his house and studied my problem! After we reached a verdict, the next treatment was immensely effective. And the treatment after that, more. And the treatment after that, more.
 
 
This rounds out two points that I want to give you about the course Chris put together. Chris knows how to, and is willing, find it and fix it but most importantly, it takes time, and determination to get better. Repeat after me, it takes time. Do not become frustrated if you follow the instructions and guidance and it is not better after the first, second or third session. Remember, you are seeking progress. You don’t lose the weight in a day, you don’t beat every PR in a day, and you don’t see or feel the results in a day. Be patient and make progress. That’s what I did and it worked for the extreme measures I put myself through.
 
Aaron G.
Captain USMC

I have known and worked with Chris Kidawski for about 8 years now. He has helped myself, family members and a large number of my patients. He is not only able to treat a wide variety of ages but both chronic and acute problems as well. Recently, a patient of mine who suffered with chronic back pain for over 20 years was referred by me to Chris and after his second treatment he said he has not felt better in many years. Another case, I had a patient that was undergoing traditional physical therapy modalities for many months and then was treated by Chris and after only a two treatments had more improvement then many months prior. It is evident that Chris’ passion and devotion is to help people achieve maximum wellness and musculoskeletal fitness/function at any age in life. No mater your goal in life the techniques he puts forth in this will help you tremendously.

-William L. Rowland M.D.
Board-certified in family medicine and fellowship Sports medicine.
25 years of experience in family and sports medicine.
Part of the medical team for high schools, colleges and professional (MLB) baseball.

Not only is Chris a gifted bodyworker and a skilled trainer, but he draws from years of experience of trial and error. I experienced this first hand many times as he has helped me with pain and problems in my own body that traditional medicine could not figure out from years of running, weightlifting, and Karate. Chris condenses this information to dispel the myths surrounding joint injury, and helps you get to the root of your problem quite easily. This program will give you a clear understanding of the importance of self-care through regular, consistent mobility work. 

– Jeff Oppenheimer, MD
Neurosurgeon

Chris helped me through a few soft tissue injuries that was not able to be corrected by my team doctor’s and therapist. Once healthy this allowed me to throw the 8th no hitter in Detroit Tigers history!!! Thanks CK! – Spencer Turnbull