Company
Structural Elements- (se) specializes in the tissue health of endurance athletes by treating the athlete not the injury. There are many factors that determine the success of an athlete, (se) focuses on the dynamic between quality of movement, mechanical stressors and tissue compliance. The term “tensegrity” refers to the structural integrity that arises from a balance between tension and compression elements; in a true action/ reaction model never can the two be addressed independently. Using a highly effective method of locating focal adhesions and their corresponding pattern, an (se) practitioner can facilitate quick, effective and long lasting improvements to an athletes efficiency. There are several other modalities that claim to normalize soft tissue adhesions, so how are we different? If adhesions are addressed only near the site of pain but not globally, they will reform. If the adhesions are released through tissue tearing, they will reform. If corrections are made to the osseo-structure without the release of soft tissue adhesions, they will not hold. How (se) differs is that we use acupuncture and dry needling to dissolve focal adhessions before integrating improved tissue glide and skeletal alignment with change to movement patterns. This results in lasting change.
Clinical
We are a network of providers who have trained in the modality of Structural Elements. Structural Elements is a modality developed by, Douglas Bertram, L.Ac., MTCM- “Acupuncture Geek and Endurance Athlete”. (se) is focused on the tissue health of endurance athletes. The (se) modality is a combination of hands-on manual therapy and the tissue mapping/ medical philosophy of Chinese medicine. What is unique about (se) as a modality is that there is a never seen before mapping of systematic focal adhesions that has been charted into a numerical grid making learning this work exquisitely simple.
Education
Structural Elements is taught to practitioners of different disciplines in seminar format (both online and live) and in clinical settings. We offer certification as an (se) provider, as well as individual course work.
Products
Structural Elements is also developing clinical assessment tools and self care products. For example, we developed the iPhone app “The Body Level”. The other products are so close to hitting the market that I can’t say more….but stay tuned.
We also will be posting oppurtunies for certified providers to pursue Instructor level certifications, giving them the ability to teach this course work.
I am excited to watch decades of hard work finally take shape as this company celebrates inexhaustible human potential.
“Realize Your Body’s Potential”.