Block Therapy for Athletes: Chronic Pain

Block Therapy specializes in getting to the root of the issue by targeting the interconnected fascia system. If someone has chronic pain or a recurring pain, we understand that this is a result of their alignment.

With back pain, neck pain, or IT band pain, for example, these are the result of adhesions holding muscles and tendons in an overstressed state, causing inflammation. In this case, basic stretches and exercises are not going to fix this, and anti-inflammatories are only going to hide the issue. Instead, we have to understand cause sites and pain sites.

Let us take a simple example: IT band syndrome. When we stand, walk, or especially run and jump with a poor alignment in our feet and calves, the fascia will build around the compressed, overworked muscles, binding the bad alignment into place with a grip as strong as 2000 lbs per square inch. This misalignment causes further pulls and grips all the way up the chain. Once twisted and bound, certain muscle/tendon groups will be compressed while others, like the IT band, are overstretched and overworked. 

Most know that it is nearly impossible to stretch the IT band, but the good thing is, you don’t have to. In fact, stretching it is a waste of your time. The IT band is already overstretched, held in its tense state by the adhesions in the calves and feet.

In order to resolve this, we need to release these adhesions. Rollers and fascia blasters only scratch the surface. The Block is a much more effective tool with a powerful technique behind it, and it is able to contend with this 2000lb force.

These same principles can be applied to back pain, neck pain, knee pain, and more. Cause sites are far removed, and stuck in place by fascial adhesions. Chronic pain is a bigger and more complicated picture than acute, but with the holistic perspective that Block Therapy teaches, we get directly to the root of the issue, creating instant relief.