Pain Free Postural Therapy
What Is It?
Postural Therapy deals with the body as a whole, as opposed to just the site of the pain. What does this mean? Often, the site of the pain is NOT the cause of the problem. The root cause of a client’s shoulder pain may be their hip. The root cause of a client’s right hip pain may be their left ankle or their spinal curve. The body functions as a unit and deviations from balanced posture will often result in pain or limitations at a completely different site to the original departure.
Think of pain as your body’s way of communicating with you. If your car’s wheels were out of alignment, you may find that your tires screech or wear out quickly. Pain is the human body’s way of letting you know something is out of alignment. The good news is that we can listen to the body, we can take heed of what it’s trying to tell us. When we correct the misalignments, the improvement in pain or non-optimum performance is often immediate. Nature’s design of the human body is extremely satisfactory. The body’s ability to heal itself when given the right conditions is miraculous. But we need to restore alignment, restore it’s basic engineering, restore posture – and with it comes your evolutionary inheritance: the ability to run, jump, lift, and be back to your active self.
How Do We Do This?
When you have postural therapy, you will get a personalized program, tailored to your needs. The exercises are designed to take you, step by step, back to alignment and health. Whatever your fitness level, a program can be created for you. The caveat is that you play a role in your own return to a pain free life. This is a good thing!
As opposed to endlessly paying somebody to ‘fix’ you, wouldn’t you rather put your health in your own reach?
Who Can Benefit from Our Pain Free Therapy?
Is postural work just for people in pain? No.
Improving posture and alignment can assist you to:
feel more energetic
improve performance
improve all systems of the body
improve metabolism
improve respiratory system and
improve the immune system
We have a saying in postural therapy: ‘align the body before stressing the body’. If you want to prolong your athletic career, get an edge on the competition, if you want to get the most out of your training, if you want to avoid ‘training in’ dysfunctional movement patterns – then you must pay attention to postural work.
Postural therapy based on the Pete Egoscue’s method has been used by various renowned athletes including PGA legend Jack Nicklaus, pro surfer and subject of the Hollywood blockbuster ‘Soul Surfer’ Bethany Hamilton, NFL stars Marshawn Lynch, Justin Tuck and Brian Urlacher, and other public figures including Tony Robbins, Deepak Chopra and Tim Ferris.