Self-Care for Migraines & Chronic Pain

I love to read testimonials from those who have benefited from Block Therapy. Whenever I hear that someone has gained the understanding of how-to self-care, I get very excited because they experience the power of fascia decompression and the body’s innate ability to heal. In our Facebook community, testimonials are shared on a regular basis.…

Inflammation & Acute Injury

For years I have been sharing a different approach to addressing acute injury. Icing never made sense to me as the body’s initial response to injury or stress is inflammation. I couldn’t wrap my head around why we would move in the opposite direction to this. I remember the first time that I questioned using…

Bone is Fascia

“The fascia is any tissue that contains features capable of responding to mechanical stimuli.” In our last blog about Lisa Songer-Burkes remarkable healing journey with Block Therapy, we shared how she was able to defy the limitations of healing after an accident where she sustained multiple fractures. Lisa was expected to not walk again, or…

Acute Injury

Injury is something we will all likely experience at one time or another. What is most important to understand when this occurs, is how to handle it to create the most efficient healing possible. As an Athletic Therapist, I was trained to handle injury in the first 48-72 hours with the RICE method – Rest,…

How Block Therapy Benefits Neck Pain

Neck pain is a common complaint that can be an annoyance or extremely debilitating. It can be caused from an injury or from negative posture. Whatever the reason the pain develops, one of the most important and effective things you can do is to strengthen the tongue muscle. The tongue muscle has some obvious functions,…

How Block Therapy Benefits the Jaw

Tension in the jaw is something I have known very well. There was a time when I was under so much stress, filled with anxiety, that I had to think and almost force to open my mouth. What I know today is that there were a number of factors that took me/my body/fascia to that…

Arthritis and Block Therapy

Sometimes breaking down a word into the meaning of its parts makes it easier to understand why the problem is there, and what we can do to correct it. “Itis” always means inflammation of, when at the end of words like arthritis, bursitis, tonsillitis and tendonitis. It simply means inflammation of that structure. Inflammation, when…