My body, however, did not adjust well to the hard surface of the court, the cuts, and turns, the quick acceleration and deceleration that occurred much much more frequently than in regular Soccer.   Soon enough, my body was falling apart again.

My knee pain came back, my Achilles tendon was chronically inflamed,  I was constantly rolling my ankle again, and I started experiencing foot injuries.    Although not chronic anymore, acute low back pain would appear after hard training sessions.

I would still tape them up, endure the pain and stayed in the game as much as I could... until I pulled both of my calf muscles in a period of a few weeks.  It was impossible to keep playing with torn calf muscles.

This is when I truly understood that I needed to change something.     I had to dig deeper and deal with the root cause of all my conditions.   As a trainer, I already knew the strategies to get rid of imbalances to prevent injuries. What I failed to do with my own body was to link my injuries together to figure out the origin of them all.   I realized that I wasn't asking enough questions about the "why".

That's when I met and began to be mentored by one of the top athletic trainers in Japan, who was among the first to incorporate the newly developed ReaLine® training method.   It was from him that I learned the "ReaLine® Concept", and how I and my clients could benefit from the uniquely designed ReaLine® devices.