Pain Awareness Breathing Relief

About The PABR® Method

Play the video above for an introduction from the PABR Institute’s Founder.

Restore Your Body’s Natural Healing Power with The PABR® Method

The PABR® method is a holistic approach to restoring the body to its full potential by using the body’s own nervous system. It is a step-by-step process to change the way the body feels and moves. This is not physical therapy which is a modality that’s applied to you externally. Rather, the PABR® method transforms you through internal changes that you learn and can control.

We coach you through breathing and body awareness techniques that are customized to help you achieve what’s missing in your life. If you want to return to a specific activity, movement, or sport, then your sessions will be tailored toward those goals. We take the time to get to know you in one-on-one sessions with only you and your specialist developing your plan to address your limitations and your goals.

  • Neck, Upper back, Shoulders, Elbows, Wrists, Hands, Midback, Low back, Sacrum, Hip, Knee, Ankle, Foot, Jaw

  • Sprains, Strains, Ligament ruptures, Concussions

  • Brachial plexus injuries, Ulnar nerve injuries, Stroke, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Headaches, Thoracic outlet syndrome, Idiopathic numbness and tingling

  • Total joint replacements (shoulder, hip, knee, CMC), Rotator cuff repair, Labral repair (hip and shoulder), Lumbar and cervical fusions, Laminectomies

  • Low back pain, Neck pain, Headaches, Knee pain, Hip pain, Shoulder pain

  • Stress/anxiety, Sleep disorders, Clients hoping to avoid orthopedic surgeries (joint replacements, disc herniations, tendon and ligament tears), Breathing disorders (shortness of breath), Pediatrics (Calming down flight or flight/improving focus and attention), Poor focus/attention

Conditions Treated

Dr. Amy Novotny founded the PABR® Institute with the mission to provide pain, stress and anxiety relief to those who seek a naturalistic form of treatment when other treatment methods have fallen short. Her unique approach comes from her experience treating in a variety of settings and with a wide range of patient populations over the past 14 years. Her background in orthopedics, sports, geriatrics, balance disorders, nerve injuries, and most recently, chronic pain; and influences from coursework at the Postural Restoration Institute gave her the foundation to develop this treatment method to address a wide variety of painful and restrictive conditions. Her methods have helped countless people reduce and eliminate pain, stress, anxiety, orthopedic surgeries, sleep issues and the need for medications.

She co-authored two Amazon #1 Best-Selling books Don’t Quit: Stories of Persistence, Courage and Faith and Success Habits of Super Achievers, which share her journey on how and why she developed the PABR® Method. She also co-authored Wall Street Journal Best Seller, From WTF to OMG, With a Little LOL: Unpacking Entrepreneurs' Hidden Lessons. Her ability to speak French and Spanish has allowed her to communicate with and help various clients from all around the world, including France, Mexico, Central America and South America. She has a variety of interests including running 40+ marathons, running 10 ultra marathons (including two 100 milers), completing an Ironman triathlon, photographing wildlife and landscapes all over the world that has led to several of her images being chosen as Photos of the Day, most notably National Geographic Your Shot World Top Photo of the Day. Visit her photography portfolio here!

About Dr. Amy Novotny

Bubble Fun with Dr. Amy Novotny

Play the video to learn to learn how to use bubble blowing to calm yourself