Parasympathetic Performance

 Parasympathetic Performance is an independently operated performance and bodywork practice founded and operated by Samuel Groom, BS, CSCS, LMT. My approach combines exercise science, strength and conditioning, licensed massage therapy, and neuromuscular approaches to help clients improve movement, physical capacity, recovery, and performance. 

• Athletes: Develop strength, power, movement quality, conditioning, and the physical qualities required for your sport. 
• Active Adults: Build strength, maintain physical capacity, improve movement, and continue doing the things you enjoy. 
• People Returning to Activity: Transition from rehabilitation back into exercise, training, and the activities you want to return to. 
• Those New to Training: Learn how to move, train, and build strength with a program that meets your current abilities.
• People With Movement Limitations: Explore what's influencing how you move and develop strategies to improve your capacity and confidence. 
• Youth & Developing Athletes : Build foundational strength, coordination, movement skills, and physical literacy appropriate to their stage of development. 

 As a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Licensed Massage Therapist, and BeActivated level 1&2 Neuromuscular Activation practitioner

I incorporate the following:

Assess movement patterns, breathing mechanics, muscular recruitment, stability strategies, and compensation patterns to improve access to efficient movement and force production.

Hands-on bodywork and soft tissue techniques may be incorporated when appropriate to improve tissue tolerance, reduce excessive tension, and support readiness for movement.

Individualized strength training and programming designed to build capacity, resilience, coordination, and long-term confidence & competency.

Clients develop better understanding of movement tendencies, progression principles, recovery, and sustainable training habits.

Sessions may include:

• movement assessment 
• positional testing 
• neuromuscular activation 
• breathing/stabilization strategies 
• bodywork 
• strength & conditioning
• individualized programming

Many training systems overlook the nervous system's role in health, movement, and performance. At Parasympathetic Performance, It is where we start.

Movement and performance cannot be fully understood through a single lens. I combine a traditional mechanical understanding of the body, including: strength, mobility, joint mechanics, tissue capacity, and exercise science with neuromuscular principles that consider how the nervous system influences movement, coordination, and physical performance.

Athletes frequently experience recurring injuries and performance breakdowns. I begin by asking, "Why?" Rather than simply addressing the site of the problem, I look for the factors that may be contributing to the pattern.

Many individuals are cleared for exercise or discharged from treatment before they feel physically capable, confident, or prepared to manage independently. My approach combines exercise science, neuromuscular assessment, bodywork, and individualized programming to help bridge that gap. 

Building physical capacity and long-term autonomy rather than focusing on symptom management.