We are in unprecedented times. Organized sports are on hold, and gyms are closed. But this is no reason to stop your activity. You can still exercise in your own home or yard doing some off-season training for your sport and ramp up your sport recovery protocol.
I provide my Structural Integration clients with an exercise and/or injury recovery protocol called Relief Through Rolling. It is a pain-free foam rolling protocol that creates long term tissue change by tapping into the nervous system. The techniques work by supporting your body’s biomechanical design as opposed to tearing it apart. Exercise recovery is about making the tissues you just worked supple and resilient so that you can do your activity all over again without pain and injury. Maybe you are already injured and in rehab. This protocol works for both scenarios.
Exercise recovery should feel good, be easy and not push the boundaries of your tissues. Relief Through Rolling techniques work with the nervous system to make the changes in your tissue. The techniques tap into the receptors in your connective tissue sending messages to the brain that the tissues can let go of tensional loads and strain patterns that are not serving your body well.
Relief Through Rolling techniques mimic the in-clinic sessions. With these techniques, you get high-level support for your body on your own at the time you need it. This protocol keeps the brain feeling safe by not invoking pain and creating positive change in the connective tissue.
The added benefit of this protocol in our current crisis is that it reduces pain and down regulates the nervous system. If you are struggling with an injury, pain or stress, a 15-minute session on the foam roller using these techniques will allow your connective tissues to become more resilient, relieving pain and discomfort which will allow the brain to be calm.
I am using the Relief Through Rolling techniques daily to support my body during the spring yard work, treks on my bicycle, extra weight workouts, and to reduce the chatter in my brain before sleep.
If you are interested in a free half-hour online demo, contact me at mail@livingbalanceclinic.ca or at www.gwenmaclean.ca.
By Gwen MacLean for Living Balance Clinic
GWEN MACLEAN RMT, CSI
551 Knights Hill Road, Unit 2
London Ontario
519-601-6602
www.gwenmaclean.ca
@structuralintegrationlondon
