Elevate Your Athletic Performance.
Sports Performance Training in Spokane
Unlock your body's full competitive potential through the science of Fascial Counterstrain and precision Clinical Pilates — two of the most powerful, yet underutilized tools in elite sports performance.
Board Certified
Fascial Counterstrain & Pilates
specialist on Staff
1-ON-1
Individualized session
tailored to your sport
Full Body
Fascial, neural & joint
system assessment
WHY MOST ATHLETES PLATEAU
The hidden limits holding you back
Most athletes train hard — but training harder doesn't always mean performing better. Restrictions deep within the body's fascial network silently rob you of range of motion, reduce force output, impair breathing mechanics, and slow recovery. These restrictions often go undetected by standard tests, yet they dramatically limit what your body is capable of. At You Turn PT, we specialize in finding and resolving these hidden barriers so you can compete at a level you didn't think was possible.
TREATMENT APPROACH 01
Releasing the body's hidden performance limiters
Fascial Counterstrain
Fascia is the continuous web of connective tissue that envelops every muscle, nerve, organ, and bone in your body. When fascia becomes restricted — through injury, overtraining, or chronic stress — it creates tension patterns that limit mobility, alter movement mechanics, and even compromise vascular and neural function. Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) is a highly refined manual therapy technique that precisely identifies and releases these restrictions at the source.
Unlike conventional stretching or massage, FCS works by positioning the body to achieve a state of complete unloading in specific fascial tissues, allowing the nervous system to "reset" the restriction. Athletes who receive FCS treatment frequently report dramatic improvements in mobility, power, and body awareness — often after just a single session.
Fascial Counterstrain targets the neurological "alarm signal" that keeps tissues in a guarded, restricted state — turning it off so the body can function as it was designed to.
— Foundational principle of Jones Strain-Counterstrain methodology
Greater range of motion
Unlock joint mobility and tissue extensibility that conventional stretching can't reach.
Increased power output
Reduce neural inhibition so your muscles fire at full capacity without restriction.
Faster recovery
Improve tissue perfusion and lymphatic drainage to flush out metabolic waste more efficiently.
Sharper proprioception
Clearer body awareness leads to better balance, agility, and reactive movement.
Injury prevention
Resolve subclinical fascial restrictions before they become full injuries under load.
Improved breathing mechanics
Release thoracic and diaphragmatic fascia for greater respiratory capacity during exertion.
TREATMENT APPROACH 02
Clinical Pilates
Building the foundation elite performance demands
Pilates, when applied in a clinical setting by a trained physical therapist, goes far beyond the fitness studio version. At You Turn PT, Pilates is used as a precision tool to rebuild the deep stabilizing systems of the body — the muscles that high-level athletes depend on for explosive movement, dynamic balance, and injury resilience.
The integration of Fascial Counterstrain and Pilates is where the real magic happens. FCS releases the restrictions that limit movement quality, and Pilates then rebuilds functional strength within that newly available range. The result is an athlete whose body moves with greater efficiency, control, and power from the inside out.
Deep core activation
Train transversus abdominis, multifidus, and pelvic floor — the true foundation of athletic power transfer.
Movement efficiency
Eliminate compensatory movement patterns that waste energy and create wear on joints.
Dynamic stability
Build the stabilization reflexes that protect joints during high-speed, high-load athletic demands.
Postural alignment
Correct imbalances that reduce force production and create asymmetrical loading over time.
Return to sport readiness
Safely reintegrate after injury with movement quality benchmarks, not just pain levels.
Progressive overload
Systematically increase demand on the neuromuscular system to build lasting performance gains.
ATHLETES WE WORK WITH
Sport-specific performance optimization
Volleyball
Basketball
Softball/Baseball
Tennis & Pickleball
CrossFit & Weightlifting
Running
Dance & Gymnastics
Cheerleading
Golf
Triatholon
Soccer
Cycling
Running & Track
HOW IT WORKS
Your performance optimization journey
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Comprehensive assessment
Full body fascial, joint, and movement screen to map your restrictions and asymmetries.
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Fascial Counterstrain treatment (FCS)
Targeted Fascial Counterstrain to release identified restrictions and restore free movement.
3
Pilates integration
Build strength and control in the new movement quality achieved through FCS work.
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Sport-specific training
Apply gains directly to the movement patterns and demands of your specific sport.
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Performance maintenance
Ongoing sessions to maintain tissue quality, adapt to training loads, and continue optimizing.
THE YOU TURN PT ADVANTAGE
What sets our approach apart
You Turn PT sports performance
Board-certified Strain Counterstrain specialist, with advanced training in FCS
Addresses root cause fascial restrictions, not just symptoms
Clinical Pilates integrated with hands-on treatment, with certified Pilates expert.
One-on-one attention every session, no aides
Measurable, objective performance outcomes tracked
Works alongside your existing training program
Conventional sports PT
Focuses primarily on pain and injury rehab
Generic exercise protocols not tailored to your sport
Often misses subclinical fascial restrictions
High patient volume, limited 1-on-1 time
Cleared once pain is gone, not when performance peaks
Disconnected from ongoing training demands
Breaking Through Performance Barriers: Your Questions Answered
❓ Q: Why am I hitting a performance plateau despite training harder?
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The Problem: Many athletes hit a ceiling in their speed or power because they are conditioning over deep, protective tissue restrictions. When your nervous system senses structural strain, it locks down surrounding tissues, creating a compensatory pattern. Harder workouts don't break these patterns—they just reinforce them, leading to wasted energy and diminished power.
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The Solution: We utilize Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) to identify and release these deep, reflexive spasms in the fascial system. By gently positioning the body to decompress the restricted tissues, FCS shuts down the protective neural reflex. This instantly restores multi-directional tissue mobility, eliminates the compensation, and allows your strength and conditioning to actually transfer into explosive, on-field power.
❓ Q: How can physical therapy improve my agility and multi-directional speed?
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The Problem: True agility requires instant deceleration and rapid re-acceleration. If your deep core and stabilizing muscles aren't firing automatically, your transition time is slow, and your joints absorb dangerous amounts of sheer force, significantly increasing your risk of injury.
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The Solution: We integrate Clinical Pilates concepts directly into our performance programs to bridge the gap between static strength and dynamic, athletic movement. By focusing on precise alignment, breath control, and deep lumbo-pelvic stability, Clinical Pilates retrains your nervous system to automatically engage your core during high-velocity movements. This sharpens your cutting mechanics, shortens your transition times, and ensures your body stabilizes dynamically under chaotic forces.
❓ Q: I’m recovering from an injury. How do I know when it’s truly safe to return to competition?
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The Problem: Returning to play based purely on a timeline or a lack of daily pain is the leading cause of re-injury. Without objective data, athletes return to sport with hidden strength deficits, restricted fascia, and a subconscious fear of re-injury that fundamentally alters their movement mechanics.
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The Solution: Our protocol targets both structural readiness and functional performance. First, we use Fascial Counterstrain to ensure the injured area has full, restriction-free interstitial flow and neural mobility. Then, we transition into advanced Clinical Pilates and movement testing to measure explicit functional metrics, such as limb-to-limb strength symmetry and dynamic balance. We don't clear you when you are just "pain-free"—we clear you when you possess the objective structural integrity to withstand the demands of your specific sport.
❓ Q: How do Fascial Counterstrain and Clinical Pilates work together for athletic longevity?
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The Problem: High-intensity training builds muscle, but it also creates micro-trauma, tight fascial planes, and repetitive strain. Over time, this thickens connective tissues, restricts joint range of motion, and dulls your nervous system's responsiveness, making you highly susceptible to overuse injuries.
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The Solution: They form a perfect performance loop: Counterstrain releases, Pilates retains. Fascial Counterstrain acts as the "reset button," rapidly flushing metabolic waste, releasing deep fascial restrictions, and restoring mechanical freedom to your joints. Immediately following that release, Clinical Pilates steps in to build functional strength and motor control within that newly gained range of motion. This powerful combination accelerates recovery, optimizes muscular recruitment, and extends your athletic longevity.
In today's competitive sports environment, any advantage could make the difference between getting a sports scholarship or not. Traditional approaches aim to increase your strength, speed, and endurance by performing weight training, stretching, and plyometrics to achieve those gains. Unfortunately, most people have underlying issues that will limit those benefits from being gained. At You Turn Physical Therapy, we get rid of the fascial dysfunction that will inhibit your strength, limit your ROM and decrease your speed. Make your appointment today to get started. To see more about the benefits of Fascial Counterstrain on sports performance, click on video below see the interview that Tim Hodges did with Diego Valeri, with the Portland Timbers.
