ATHLETE'S COMPETITIVE EDGE

Whether your game is at pro or amateur level, you still have to move your body within the laws of gravity. The myofascial or connective tissue system that innervates your entire body acts as a web-like wetsuit. Whatever sport you play, regardless of the movement or direction, your body likely has movement or postural restrictions. When you move your body’s entire myofascial wetsuit moves with you and so do the restrictions. Layers of connective tissue can form adhesions that create postural imbalances that will eventually limit your range of movement and slow you down.

In a competitive sporting industry, can you afford to be limited by your body’s hidden restrictions? Take advantage of Hellerwork and get the edge on your competitors.

Hellerwork Structural Integration involves extensive evaluation of postural alignment and movement, in order to balance the myofascial tone, length, and strength across all the major joints of the body. Through myofascial reorganization, the Structural Integration process moves the body closer to a more efficient organization and function in gravity (the individual’s structural and functional “myofascial wetsuit”).

Every time you have an injury, the body’s healing process covers the area with scar tissue to help repair the injury. Over the years we forget about all the injuries that have healed that can add up to many areas with scar tissue and consequently less range of movement. Traumatic injuries can affect proprioception (individual muscle control). This means that the neural pathways used in your body for remembering movement can be temporarily clouded or you may even end up with Sensory-Motor Amnesia.

The term Sensory-Motor Amnesia refers to states of muscular activity that we no longer sense because they have become so habitual. We are no longer aware of the action of holding tense. That's the amnesia. People are also often “amnesic” about the injury that led to their tension habit—until asked to recall injuries they have had in their lives. Suddenly, the connection between their pain and the old injury becomes clear.

What about knees? Your back? Your neck? Think of the variety of possible injuries (whiplash, anyone?) and you have a possible explanation for chronic muscular tension and pain anywhere in the body. To that, add the various ways you condition yourself to hold muscles tight (e.g., overuse injuries, improper athletic training, poor work habits).

Get the most out of your performance by getting the most out of your body…get integrated.