Details Matter

Millions of years of human evolution did not produce a body prone to dysfunction, early onset pain and deterioration of the spine and joints.

Change The Details & Outcomes Change

Bombarded with flawed narratives,

we have come to believe discomfort and pain in our bodies are inevitable.

Drawing from insights gleaned from almost 30 years of experience working with clients and a lifetime of healing myself, I have witnessed repeatedly that the root of all common discomfort, injury and subsequent surgery is not age or what we do with our bodies but how we inhabit them, the habits that got us there and our relationship with gravity.

Just as standing can be accomplished with various muscle combinations and skeletal positioning, so can every movement we make throughout our day; appearing roughly the same on the outside while masking different and often destructive internal engineering. I believe this is the “mystery” to why muscular skeletal disorders are spread across age and size as well as all levels of fitness and performance … occurring even when form has been prioritized. Everything is connected!

Your Unique Engineering Affects the Longevity of Your Spine and Joints. Causation Through Accumulation.

Change the Details, Change the Outcome.

What People Are Saying…

“Deborah is a skeletal savant!”

~ Amber “Bert” Templemore-Finlayson

Director/Producer/Writer

Silo, Lessons in Chemistry, Hawkeye…

*****

Having spent the 1990’s as an Olympic rower left me entering my 50s with chronic back pain and a history of disappointing therapeutic outcomes with no relief and worsening symptoms. Deb’s unique and simple approach to assessing and aligning natural movement and body positioning has reduced my pain and given me a path to a natural and common sense approach to healing long standing injury. This has been a welcome relief from disappointing and endless physical therapy sessions and pain relief medication programs. Thank you Deb for giving me the tools for managing my own rehabilitation and giving me the tools for managing my long-standing issues!

~ Mike Peterson, 1996 US Olympic Team member

*****

Deb goes beyond traditional views of the body's bones and muscles, perceiving it as an interconnected web of fabric and innate systems. Her approach delves deep - fast. In each session she carefully unwinds years of inefficient and suboptimal movement, with tangible advice and practical exercises, transforming pain into peace within the body. Her method appears almost magical yet grounded in calculation, best experienced firsthand under her guidance.

~ Dr. Dan Turner, PhD

Enhanced Games - Director of Athlete Safety  / Human Performance Specialist / https://enhanced.org

*****

“Deb is a MUST HIRE! She literally saved me. I was on a long shoot, working ridiculous hours, when not standing I was sitting in an uncomfortable tall director's chair. My sciatica pain was incapacitating and I could not get comfortable. It kept me awake at night and it was impacting my work. Then Deborah showed up and fixed me! I still can’t believe such small changes made such an enormous impact! She taught me how to stand and sit in ways that would save me from the pain in the first place. She taught me techniques that I have taken with me and continue to use. The bad news for her is that she has worked herself out of a job because I don't need her after the preventative measures she taught me. :)

~ Kelly Frazier

Producer/Writer

*****

“I cannot speak highly enough of Deb - she has been an angel in my life. I have been seeing Deb for issues related to severe congenital scoliosis and kyphosis. My work with her has given me the physical strength to counteract the way my bones naturally want to move, the awareness of my body to know when something is off and the knowledge to know how to fix it. Her attention to detail is amazing, and her ability to adapt to how my body is doing is remarkable. She knows and understands each person’s body and is always thinking of innovative ways to tackle and help their specific issue. Deb has given me the tools to address my back issues on a daily basis on my own. It has been incredibly empowering to realize that I am in control of my own body. She is truly so knowledgeable, a constant learner and a pleasure to be around. She has been such a gift in my life!”

~ Marissa Levi

VP Business Development Private Education Group

*****

“Deborah Campbell is an extraordinary practitioner of body knowledge and practical protocol. She has heartfelt compassion for what it takes to reprogram patterns of movement that enable your body to become pain free. When your car isn’t working, you take it to a mechanic, and when your body isn’t working, you take it to Deb- she is the ultimate “body mechanic.” An anatomy teacher I had while undergoing my own Yoga Teaching program said “teaching is seeing” and Deborah has the uncanny ability to see layers deep within the tissues to get to the core of which muscles need to engage to support and which need to release to free a person from the inside out. She is a genius at structural alignment and has helped me when I have come to her unable to take a deep breath or walk without pain because my back was in spasm or I had a fall that traumatized my entire system. I cannot recommend her highly enough to anyone who would like a deeper understanding of their own particular idiosyncrasies and unique body patterns, in order to become pain free and in structural integrity for a lifetime of wellness.”

~ Brenda Strong

Actress/Director/Producer/Yoga Professional

*****

“No one else can help you the way she can. I have been an athlete my whole life. I played and coached collegiate volleyball, ran marathons, did yoga, and loved hiking, biking, and surf. While my body has been aching and in pain for years, I have always known I am entirely out of alignment and hurting my body by continuing, but I did not know how to fix it. I have worked with excellent PTs, yoga teachers, and rolfers. However, it was always a quick fix, and I was still constantly in pain. Finally, I was able to work with Deb, and after the first session, even virtually, she could see structure problems that no one else could. She quickly pointed out the issues that no one else has ever seen and created exercises and practices to help me help my body. I am now on the path to using my body correctly for the rest of my life. Without her help, I honestly feel like I would have just stopped being active. Deb helps you connect the mental to the physical and heal the whole body! I can not recommend her highly enough!

~ Marritt Cafarchia

UCLA Academic Counselor

Former D1 Women’s Volleyball Head Coach

D1 Women’s Volleyball Athlete - 4 Years

*****

  • Consultations are always client specific. They can be tailored around a specific goal, injury or as an introduction to my approach within the following framework:

    Identify: An overview of crucial yet overlooked details revealed by your skeleton - toes to head - that dictate how you inhabit your body.

    Guided self-assessment: Observation and Recognition - including impact of revealed details. Identify and implement small game changing adjustments useful in everyday living that offer long term change.

    Incorporate physics and your body’s inherent movement systems: You will leave with a shift in the way you relate to your body and gravity.

    Integrate using the science of habit: how to create new (micro) habits that support optimal function in your innate movement systems.

    Subsequent consultations and coaching reinforce and build on previously gained knowledge through various modalities.

    My work is applicable for all ages, positions, movements, sports and activities as everything we do with our body determines the way our muscle suit develops around our skeleton which determines how our body feels and endures. Be it sitting at a desk, cycling, having sex, riding horses, lifting a child, flying in a harness, standing or simply going about daily tasks, small changes can make the difference between wearing down your joints and spine or supporting and strengthening them.

    For those that prefer real time integration, I can join you for a walk, address your work environment or other regularly enjoyed activities and facilitate strategies to encourage positive transformation.

    How we live in our body reinforces or undermines our spine and joints. The devil is in the details.

  • That depends on you:

    You can take the framework learned in a single consultation and run with it.

    Regular or semi regular coaching sessions available: In person or a hybrid of in-person & virtual support is available to reinforce integration and understanding.

    Decide on a consult by consult basis. Explore at your own pace, returning when questions arise.

    My goal is to empower you with knowledge and tools that have the power to improve every moment of your life.

  • No equipment is required although a mirror is quite helpful for the initial consultation. As WalkStraight is applicable to all movement and in all settings, it is not limited to equipment or activity.

    However various furniture, a Peloton, Pilates equipment, guitar, Yoga props, crutches and weights are in studio for targeted instruction.

    Bringing transportable instruments is encouraged for musicians that want to use WalkStraight principles to prevent or address pain or discomfort.

    My work supports bodies of all abilities and disabilities.

  • 60 minute consultations $350. 

    Thank you for honoring my 24 hour cancellation policy. Full appointment fee will be charged for cancellations within this time frame.

    Extended studio sessions are available. Inquire for options. 

    Walk Straight “ergonomics” or house calls within Los Angeles: location drive time & session length dependent. Please inquire with details for quote.

    On location outside LA: Please inquire with details for quote.

  • Yes. I am happy to work from video clips, photos or whichever video conference application is preferable.

  • Absolutely. The way we physically exist in our body is the foundation for all aspects of our health, wellness and performance.

    Talks:

    The evolution and components of WalkStraight shed light on the connection between how we inhabit our bodies and the massive explosion in pain and musculoskeletal dysfunction pervasive in our population. My talks offer a new perspective that empowers the audience with actionable insights they can apply to their daily lives and fitness strategies.

    Retreats:

    WalkStraight is a natural companion to retreats focused on enhancing performance, living with intention and consciousness exploration as well as yoga, health and writing retreats.

    1 day, 3 hour and extended daily modules compliment workshops and retreats centering around performance, health, yoga, connection, writing, well being…

    Please inquire with specifics.

  • The principles of WalkStraight are appropriate for all ages and abilities. Everyone can benefit from knowledge.

    I’ve worked with parents of babies and toddlers, young children, teens - 91 years young.

    I’ve worked with a spectrum of bodies from high functioning, injured and recovering through those challenged by congenital disability, disease and accidents including amputations.

    Sometimes even one small tweak can make an enormous difference in function, comfort and endurance.

 Working with Deb FAQs

Walk Straight

After my parents opted out of surgery to "fix" a congenital defect in my hips, the pediatric orthopedist was asked how I could avoid constantly tripping. His reply was to, "walk straight". Severely pigeon-toed (acute femoral anteversion), I did my utmost to follow his impossible direction. Now, over 5 decades later, with no medical or therapeutic intervention, the hips that weren't meant to last through my 30s are still going strong, the legs that were never supposed to walk straight can and the body I was told would endure a lifetime of chronic pain no longer does.

Changing the outcome of my original prognosis inspired a decades-long journey of exploration studying the mechanisms of movement in bodies of all shapes, sizes, ages, strengths, weaknesses and physical histories - both in motion and at rest, culminating in a transformational approach.

WalkStraight is not an exercise regime or method. It is a framework that empowers each of us to utilize skeletal positioning and our innate movement systems to promote spine stability, joint mobility and pain-free longevity.

WalkStraight doesn’t require more time, it improves the time we have!

It's what we think we know that keeps us from learning.

~ Claude Bernard

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Consultations available for individuals and groups / In studio, virtually or on location.

Based in Los Angeles.

Consultations available on location in London - Inquire for more information.

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