The Cast Concept: The Body is Built to Heal

 The body is built to heal itself.

Many of us are told that things like cartilage or joints cannot heal themselves. But if you think about it if you broke your wrist -unless it’s a big compound fracture- a doctor will simply put a cast on it. The cast really just really keeps the bone from getting re-injured or moved in a certain way that would cause more damage and after 6-8 weeks it’s miraculously healed and it’s actually stronger than tit was before the injury. 

So, why isn’t it possible that our joints or cartilage can heal? If you think about the cast, it’s keeping the bone aligned while it heals. When we correct the alignment of your spine and major joints, we cause those joints to sit in the right position so that all the muscular and soft tissue is allowed to heal itself.  For instance, when our shoulders are rounded forward, all the tissues on the back of the shoulder are overstretched, while the front is over compressed. Over time that area of your body is just going to wear and tear more than necessary. 

The ability to heal your joints or any other body part is very much dependent on how well you can keep them in the right position. By sticking with posture therapy and keeping everything in right position you are optimizing how quickly you can heal and mitigating the likelihood of becoming re-injured in a natural, low risk and sustainable way. 

Anu Lawrence owned multiple Egoscue Method clinics for over a decade before moving to private practice in 2021 and is a certified Master Instructor in the Egoscue Method, having learned the craft directly from its founder, Pete Egoscue. Serving Colorado from our centrally located office in Westminster and seeing clients from Fort Collins to Colorado Springs, to Denver and Boulder; we can also help globally via WebCam such as Zoom or FaceTime. 



Common symptoms we help with include but aren’t limited to: back pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, bulging, herniated or degenerative discs, joint replacement, knee pain, elbow pain, foot and ankle pain, wrist pain, carpal tunnel, sciatica, stenosis, nerve pain, arthritis, scoliosis, plantar fasciitis, headaches, migraines, TMJ, vertigo, balance issues and numerous others.