Postural Therapy| Teen Returns to Pain Free Cross-Country Running
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Chronic pain can creep up on athletes of any age while doing what you love to do. It's the nature of the human condition. If the body is out of balance at just one of the four major load joints, you could be running, playing soccer, or doing any activity of dailiy living and pain will eventually set in.
Then the load joints are body out of balance, muslce and joint function is compromised. The body in it's wisdom will engage muscles from the peripery to get the job done until pain and/or injury sets in to the point where you are forced to deal with it once and for all.
The following testimonial is from one of my highschool athletes who was side lined from competition and the state championships last year due to debilitating plantar fascitis and shin splints pain.
She came in to Pain Free Posture MN looking to correct the root cause of her problem, as she had tried all sorts of other treatments with little to no success. Both her parents and cross-country coach knew of The Egoscue Method and felt that addressing her postural dysfunctions and compensations would help her return to the her team pain free and ready to go for the next season.
“It is NOT the act of
running that causes your
pain; it’s your body’s
alignment that’s to blame!”
~ Brian Bradley (VP Therapy Protocol - Egoscue)
This young teen athlete truly embraced postural therapy. She stuck to her corrective exercise menu faithfully over the off season and continually decreased and eliminated her pain, and began to re-introduce her love of running back into her life. She dove in - willing to change everthing - mind, actions and habits to achieve success.
Fully recovered and ready to get back to her cross-county team and training, I received this message after the second day of practice.
"Deb - Today was my second day of official cross country practice, and I feel great! My coach could not believe that I had such a beautiful arch, and that I was in ship-shape to run. I ran a timed 2K today and had zero pain (not to mention I was able to keep up with my little sister).
I just want to tell you how thankful I am that I found you. If not for the Egoscue Method, I would be sitting out another season of cross country.
Thanks so much!"
Are you a runner and experiencing chronic pain? Unable to do what you love to do? Are you looking for an alternative therapy without the use of drugs, manipulation or surgery?
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Posture Alignment Therapy can help you resolve your musculoskeletal pain naturally without medication, manipulation or surgery.
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