Treat the CAUSE NOT the SYMPTOM
Let's just cut to the chase, are you looking to treat the cause or just the symptoms of your pain?
If you've tried a bunch of different treatment methods such as physio, chiro, massage etc. and you're only getting temporary relief… Well that's maybe because your practitioner is probably working REACTIVELY instead of PROACTIVELY!
None of those professions are bad but they are set up in a way to have you coming back for constant treatment. Is that good for business? ABSOLUTELY. But if you’re not getting better, why are you going? You know what else is great for business? REFERRALS which we practitioners get when we do the job right! So why not just do the job right the first time.
If you've tried a bunch of different treatment methods such as physio, chiro, massage etc. and you're only getting temporary relief… Well that's maybe because your practitioner is probably working REACTIVELY instead of PROACTIVELY!
None of those professions are bad but they are set up in a way to have you coming back for constant treatment. Is that good for business? ABSOLUTELY. But if you’re not getting better, why are you going? You know what else is great for business? REFERRALS which we practitioners get when we do the job right! So why not just do the job right the first time.
Now don’t get me wrong there is necessary time for healing, there is a level of maintenance you need to stay on top of and not all issues are fixable, especially if there is deterioration in the joint. For example osteoarthritis, at this point managing symptoms and preventing further deterioration is important through regular treatments.
But if you are otherwise healthy and have just a bit of pain, your body probably isn’t aligned and it is sending you alarm bells saying
“Hey,
look at me!
I’m in pain!
Fix me!
If you ignore it for long enough, you’re going to potentially end up with some deterioration in your joints and if that goes on long enough you may eventually need a replacement when you’re older.
“Hey,
look at me!
I’m in pain!
Fix me!
If you ignore it for long enough, you’re going to potentially end up with some deterioration in your joints and if that goes on long enough you may eventually need a replacement when you’re older.
It’s like a car if you hit a pothole, puncture your tire and it throws out your alignment, but you continue driving it. There is obviously going to be damage associated with that.
Which eventually will lead to a REPLACEMENT of a part (very expensive)
OR
You could have changed the tire and fixed the cars ALIGNMENT (usually pretty cheap).
And you just extended the life of your car.
Which eventually will lead to a REPLACEMENT of a part (very expensive)
OR
You could have changed the tire and fixed the cars ALIGNMENT (usually pretty cheap).
And you just extended the life of your car.
Let's look at the scenario, you get out of bed and you have a kinked neck. Then you take that first step and your plantar fasciitis starts bothering you. Then you walk down stairs and your “bad knee” starts to hurt.
You reach up to grab your coffee mug from the cupboard and your shoulder is painful.
You think, oh I should book a massage to have my foot, knee and shoulder worked on.
So you pay over $100 to get that muscle tension rubbed out and you feel good for a few hours or a whole day if you’re lucky. But then you start to feel that pain creeping back in. Should we book another appointment? ...And so the vicious cycle begins.
While a massage might feel good in the moment, it is not a long term fix. Those are just symptoms of a bigger problem!
You reach up to grab your coffee mug from the cupboard and your shoulder is painful.
You think, oh I should book a massage to have my foot, knee and shoulder worked on.
So you pay over $100 to get that muscle tension rubbed out and you feel good for a few hours or a whole day if you’re lucky. But then you start to feel that pain creeping back in. Should we book another appointment? ...And so the vicious cycle begins.
While a massage might feel good in the moment, it is not a long term fix. Those are just symptoms of a bigger problem!
So, what do you need to think about? Your health history... Was there some sort of injury that happened when you were younger, or are you just more sedentary now during the day and your posture sucks?
Let me share a little story about me...
I broke my ankle playing basketball when I was 16, I never properly rehabbed it.
Then I injured my knee squatting in my early 20s,
I threw out my back deadlifting in my mid 20s,
I dislocate my shoulder deadlifting in my late 20s
Then I woke up on my 30th birthday with Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, knee, back, shoulder and neck pain.
Traditional treatments weren't getting me anywhere they would be like a bandaid and then something else would happen and because I am an active guy putting my body under stress with heavy workouts this just exacerbated everything because nothing was aligned, if I continued I would have probably ended up with a knee replacement in my early 40s. So what is the solution? Well figuring out the ROOT CAUSE!
Let me share a little story about me...
I broke my ankle playing basketball when I was 16, I never properly rehabbed it.
Then I injured my knee squatting in my early 20s,
I threw out my back deadlifting in my mid 20s,
I dislocate my shoulder deadlifting in my late 20s
Then I woke up on my 30th birthday with Achilles tendonitis, plantar fasciitis, knee, back, shoulder and neck pain.
Traditional treatments weren't getting me anywhere they would be like a bandaid and then something else would happen and because I am an active guy putting my body under stress with heavy workouts this just exacerbated everything because nothing was aligned, if I continued I would have probably ended up with a knee replacement in my early 40s. So what is the solution? Well figuring out the ROOT CAUSE!
Let me tell you the answer doesn’t lie in my neck, shoulders, low back or knees...
The answer is in the FOOT!
My injury back when I was 16 was a distal fibula break (lower outer ankle), this caused me to start walking on the inner edge of my foot to avoid pain on outside of my ankle. When we do this the joints on the bottom and inside of the foot become open. This develops a pronated foot position (flat foot). The muscles and fascia on the inside and sole of the foot lengthening out. However unlike a normal pronating foot the big toe does not ABduct (moves towards the outside of the foot) instead it ADDucts (moves towards the inside of the foot) creating a dysfunctional pronation. Leading to issues such as plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonits, knee instability, hip pain, back pain, shoulder and neck pain as the body tries to correct itself.
The answer is in the FOOT!
My injury back when I was 16 was a distal fibula break (lower outer ankle), this caused me to start walking on the inner edge of my foot to avoid pain on outside of my ankle. When we do this the joints on the bottom and inside of the foot become open. This develops a pronated foot position (flat foot). The muscles and fascia on the inside and sole of the foot lengthening out. However unlike a normal pronating foot the big toe does not ABduct (moves towards the outside of the foot) instead it ADDucts (moves towards the inside of the foot) creating a dysfunctional pronation. Leading to issues such as plantar fasciitis, achilles tendonits, knee instability, hip pain, back pain, shoulder and neck pain as the body tries to correct itself.
All of this from one joint in the body,
THE FOOT!
Now you’re probably thinking, Aiden what the heck does your foot have to do with my neck pain?
THE FOOT!
Now you’re probably thinking, Aiden what the heck does your foot have to do with my neck pain?
A LOT actually, there are 33 joints in the foot that all have to move and create shapes to allow your body to move in all 3 planes of motion. If the foundation is rocky the house will fall. Your foot is your foundation so you have to make sure it is strong and mobile and if it isn’t then that’s just a recipe for disaster.
So what is the solution?
So what is the solution?
