By Debra Wallace

When traditional medicine did very little to help Blake Schicker heal from decades of health issues, he turned to a more holistic approach.

From the age of nine to his early 40s, he grappled with numerous injuries, including a fractured skull and concussion, a spine fractured in two places, a broken nose, a broken wrist, and a broken elbow. Some of these injuries were caused by two car accidents and a motorcycle accident. He also suffered from clinical depression, learning disabilities, visual and audio-processing disorders, and more.

“A psychiatrist told me when I was 24, that I should settle for a simple job because he didn’t see me being able to do any more than that,” said Schicker, who balked at this advice and forged his own path that led to great insight and education he uses to help others today. “When mainstream medicine did very little to help me, I started to learn on my own. This became both a passion and an obsession because I knew that there had to be a better answer out there for me,” explained Schicker, LAC, COTA, MSOM.

After his intensive training, Schicker started looking at the more alternative, holistic side of medicine. “That’s how I got into healthcare, and I treat a variety of patients who need help recovering from pain, stress, and traumas as well as providing wellness treatments for people who want to level up. After learning how to heal myself and function better, I graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor’s degree originally in business. But then I went into healthcare and became licensed in OT, Occupational Therapy,” he said. “In OT, I worked in sub-acute rehabs helping people with a broad variety of complicated medical and musculoskeletal conditions, from stroke and post-heart surgery to joint replacements, as well as people with cognitive issues.”

If all of this wasn’t remarkable enough, he returned to school at age 53 to graduate with a master’s degree in traditional medicine. After this, he passed three national board exams on the first try, the final one being in biomedicine, which had a massive amount of information to study from.

“I literally broke down and cried when I passed biomedicine,” he added, “because I had come so far from where I once was. I was so thankful.”

Since 2019, Schicker has been the owner and lead therapist of LIVE FULLY NOW Rehab and Wellness, which has two locations in Hackettstown. The practice provides a wide range of holistic, whole-body treatments, including those for (1) complicated, chronic conditions, (2) a Total Wellness Boost treatment, and (3) treatments for expanding awareness.

He sees his practice as grounded in Western science and physiology, blended with the best of alternative medicines. All of this is based on his personal and professional philosophies: “Never, ever, ever give up on your dreams. Just take it one step at a time.”

He appreciates this wisdom from Alex Hormozi, a self-made millionaire, investor, and philanthropist: “Always try. Either you’ll succeed or you’ll learn. Either way, you win.” Schicker said the best advice he ever received came from Mooji, his spiritual teacher, who said, “Your awakening is not just for you; it is for the whole world.”

How Schicker helps his patients to live a full and pain-free life:

• Meeting them, truly

•    Listening openly without judgment

•     Caring genuinely about their concerns and their progress in their journey

• Offering feedback to help in their own self-discoveries

• Treatments that remove obstructions that interfere with their own self-healing and progress

• Holistic, whole-body treatments for de-stressing

• Treating patients with CranioSacral Therapy, acupressure, myofascial release, acupuncture, reiki, and other holistic treatments to ease pain and promote well-being

Feedback from Pleased Patients

Many of Schicker’s new and longtime patients heap high praise on Schicker, including Jennifer Bramley, who for 27 years lived and worked in the Morristown, NJ, area, and now returns to the area from Greenville, South Carolina, every 2-3 months for treatment from Schicker for her autoimmune-related issues. She said he helped her after COVID-19 with sleep issues, migraines, neck pain, and more.

“Blake’s background is in sub-acute rehab, and he knows a great deal about anatomy,” Bramley said. “After I see him, I sleep so much better and I am not as achy. I feel better both physically and mentally.”

She added, “I believe there are true healers in our midst who have divine gifts, these are people who have a lot of energy to them, and Blake has this gift.”

The patients who come to Schicker’s practice, he said, “want an honest recognition of the amazing potential each human being has, a humble understanding of the limitations of the body, and the insight to when it needs help to reach its potential.”

Robert Eric Wagner, of Hackettstown’s N.J., has been Schicker’s patient for four years, and has been helped with chronic back pain, anxiety, and mental health issues. “Blake is a wonderful practitioner, and I would highly recommend his services to anyone seeking relief and pain management techniques, which can help improve the quality of life,” he said.

How to Live a pain-free and full life!

His practice specializes in groundbreaking techniques that retrain your nervous system, relieve pain, and enable his patients to redefine their body’s ability to Live Fully Now!

His practice aims for lasting pain relief and to resolve the root cause of each condition, and offers:

• Leading-edge manual therapy techniques including Craniosacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point, Reiki, Shiatsu, and TuiNa.

• Acupuncture, dry needling, and E-Stim are offered as a stand-alone treatment or are included free in any manual therapy session.

• Clinical Somatic Education® (CSE®) home exercise programs to empower you to maintain your newfound freedom.

On the personal side, he said that what gives him joy are the simple things in life, including hearing his wife laugh, helping his teenage daughter feel heard and supporting her journey, connecting with his three adult children and his grandchildren, and communing with his two adorable golden doodles.

After years of struggles and triumphs, Schicker is eager to share his hard-won advice. “Don’t live in your goals. Enjoy the journey.” He added, “You can enjoy your goals, too… when you get there.”

Two locations in Hackettstown. For more information call 862-244-5885, email [email protected] and visit LiveFullyNowRehab.com, See ad, this page.

Debra Wallace is an award-winning contributing writer for Natural Awakenings.