Live More. Hurt Less.
Helping people lost in the gap between healthcare and fitness.
We train coaches to solve aches, pains and movement problems that others work around. And we run two locations on Long Island where our team does exactly that, every day.
What we call this work
Fitness as Healthcare
Fitness as Healthcare is the name of the discipline we pioneered. It’s the study and practice of how humans adapt to pain, purpose, and possibility: physically, emotionally, and socially. Whether by default or by design.
At Active Life, we train professionals in this new science, and guide individuals through its application.
Because tactics don’t change lives. Identity does.
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Which one are you?
For coaches
Become the go-to coach when clients hurt.
Get so good that physical therapists send you their patients. Education and mentorship in biomechanics, assessment, programming and the business of coaching.
For people lost in the gap
You’re not broken. You haven’t had the right help.
Work with our team in person on Long Island, or find a trained Active Life Professional near you or online.
Long Beach
Port Washington
Does it actually work?
Real people. Real names. Real stories.
Our prosCoaches who Turned Pro
Their clientsPeople who got their lives back
The best-selling book
Live More. Hurt Less.
Reclaim the life pain interrupted.
Dr. Sean Pastuch’s real-world, practical guide to taking back your freedom, your confidence, and the active life pain tried to steal. The mindset, movement, and people skills behind every Active Life Professional, in one book.
- E-book
- Paperback
- Hardcover
- Audiobook
Curriculum contributors
Built by people who do this work.
The AL-P curriculum was developed with clinicians, coaches, and business owners who have spent their careers in the gap between healthcare and fitness.
What it took to get here
Contributors to the most updated version of the curriculum
Trusted by
The people others trust.
“Active Life rebuilt so much of my function. Amazing to work with. Encouraging and motivating. Evidence-based. There is nothing to not love!”
Chris WilliamsonHost of the Modern Wisdom podcast
Dr. Gabrielle Lyon®Board-certified family physicianTrained in geriatric nutritional sciences. Founder of the Muscle-Centric Medicine movement and best-selling author of Forever Strong.
Dr. Amy WestMD, EdM, FAAPMRSpecialist in sports medicine and physical medicine & rehabilitation. Graduate of Harvard Medical School.
Dr. Scott A. BuhlerMDBoard-certified orthopaedic surgeon and fellowship-trained sports medicine specialist.From the blog