Better input, better movement
Your brain decides at every moment how much strength, mobility and safety it allows you — based on the information it receives. If the input is fuzzy, movement becomes cautious, stiff or painful. I test which system is off and train it specifically.
Eyes
Gaze stability, smooth pursuit, saccades, peripheral vision. The eyes deliver up to 70 % of the information for balance — and they're trainable.
Vestibular system
Head movements with a fixed gaze, rotations, accelerations. The system most often undertrained in dizziness and unsteadiness.
Body awareness
Joint position sense, soles of the feet, spine. Precise joint movements, uneven ground, eyes closed — the building blocks that are in every fall-prevention protocol too.
Dual tasks & perturbations
Walking and calculating, standing and catching, reacting instead of planning. That's the part that really counts in daily life and in sport — and the best-evidenced one.
What's proven – and what isn't
In short: for “neuroathletics” as a brand there is so far no systematic scientific evidence — that's what BARMER, the German Journal of Sports Medicine and sport scientists at the German Sport University Cologne say, and I see it the same way. The testimonials from elite sport are impressive, but anecdotal.
What is very well proven, however: the individual building blocks. Balance training with perturbations, dual tasks and sensory variation reduces falls by 23 to 34 % (Cochrane, 108 studies). Gaze-stabilisation training is standard in vestibular rehabilitation. That pain is modulated in the brain and can be influenced through movement, attention and expectation is textbook knowledge of modern pain science.
My consequence: I promise no miracles and replace no therapy. I use neurocentric methods as a toolbox to apply the proven building blocks more precisely — and I measure whether it works for you. If a drill brings no measurable change to your test within five minutes, it's out.
When neuroathletics makes sense
Athletes
Reaction time, landing mechanics, balance under fatigue, gaze control in the game. For climbers, skiers, ball-sport athletes, runners — and as a complement to falling technique.
Dizziness & unsteadiness
When the doctor finds nothing threatening but the feeling remains: training for vestibular system and eyes, measured with Wobble. After medical assessment, happily alongside physiotherapy.
Pain that won't go away
Back, neck, knee — findings unremarkable, pain still there. Pain is a protective decision of the nervous system. Through movement variation, breathing, sensory drills and load management, that decision can often be testably changed within minutes.
Fall prevention
Eye and vestibular drills are a fixed part of my fall-prevention programme — where they complement the proven building blocks, not replace them.
Z-Health
My neurocentric training comes from Z-Health Performance (Dr. Eric Cobb): Essentials, R-Phase, I-Phase, S-Phase and Fall Prevention Specialist; T-Phase and the 9S modules in progress. Plus FMS/FCS (Functional Movement Systems) for movement analysis and the certified master mental trainer course. I'm not a physiotherapist and not a doctor — and I say so.
Write to me
A quick question or straight to the free first consultation — by e-mail, I reply within 1–3 working days. No newsletter, no sales call.
For doctors, physiotherapists and relatives: same address. With the client's consent I send the test and re-test report as a PDF. Information for professionals →
Questions about neuroathletics
Is neuroathletics scientifically proven?
As an overall concept: no, not systematically so far. The building blocks — balance training with perturbations, dual tasks, vestibular and visual training, pain modulation through movement — are individually well proven. So I work with the building blocks and measure whether they work for you.
Neuroathletics or neurocentric training – what's the difference?
None in substance. “Neuroathletik” is the term common in Austria (coined by Lars Lienhard), “neurozentriertes Training” the one more widespread in Germany. Both describe training that works through the sensory systems and the nervous system.
Where is neuroathletics available in Innsbruck or Tyrol?
With me, 1:1 — in the training room in Mutters near Innsbruck, at your home or outdoors. To my knowledge I'm the only Z-Health-trained coach based directly at Innsbruck; the other Tyrolean providers are in Völs, Wattens or Kufstein and mainly offer trainer education.
And in Vienna?
In Vienna too — at your home, at the office or outdoors, in German or English. I commute regularly between Tyrol and Vienna.
What does neuroathletics training cost?
Like all training with me: first consultation with tests free, then €100 per session or €900 for the 10-pack, travel included.