Athletes find Structural Integration particularly beneficial for several reasons.
- Better performance. As you become more aligned and breathe more efficiently, your performance improves.
- Rehabilitation of old injuries. Most injuries result in a build-up of scar tissue. The scar tissue makes the area less flexible and decreases mobility. Strain or injuries in the same area or in a compensating area of the body are frequent. Structural Integration can soften the scar tissue, so that the area can heal at a deep level.
- Holistic approach to acute injuries. Structural Integration is holistic bodywork, its focus isn’t work on acute injuries. If an acute injury exists, the practitioner starts a series of sessions, avoiding the area of injury initially. In later sessions, some special focus, for example, to break up scar tissue, might be appropriate.
- Decreased risk of injury. Most athletes find that they tend to feel discomfort or even injure the same areas of their body again and again. Most people have such imbalances in the body, be they leaning to the front, back, or side, or a twist somewhere in the torso. During Structural Integration, the tight fascia that holds the imbalances is loosened. Gravity can now support you instead of pulling you to the area where you are leaning. Risk of injury decreases.
Testimonial: I used to have recurrent pain in my left knee when running, then tore a ligament in her left ankle. When I made an SI appointment, Renate noticed chronically tightened areas in the left leg, which made that leg appear shorter. After a ten series, the tendency toward injury on the left decreased noticeably. Thank you, Renate!
Enjoy a run on the beach after your SI session