about
we make tools so pain relief doesn't have to hurt.
For high achievers and the practitioners who treat them.
We give practitioners a better bridge between sessions.
We give you at-home relief when their skilled hands don't come home with you.
Three evidence-based stages to the (un)Block™ method:
First, shift from stress mode into recovery and repair.
Next, support by applying cringe-free pressure long enough to activate tissue glide for more movement and less pressure on pain-causing nerves.
Then sync your mind and body, as mindfulness is a proven ally in pain reduction and the step most approaches get backwards. If you're in pain, your body thinks you're in danger so the right parts of your brain aren't fully online to achieve it.
The (un)Block™ is the first tool designed specifically around nervous system safety with flat, stable surfaces. It's stationary so your body isn't fighting to stabilize itself or loading joints to support your weight. It works on the wall, couch, bed, chair, or floor. It doesn't look like therapy equipment so it stays out, not in a drawer. Tools in reach get used. Tools in drawers don't.
For practitioners: your patient arrives ready for strengthening, stabilization, or deeper mobilization work. Not needing damage control. Use in-session to aid mobilization of table-side tissue. Great for releasing psoas, iliacus, TFL, IT band, QL, and plantar fascia.
We offer:
· the (un)Block™ in two sizes for different body parts and body shapes
· practitioner professional development
· group and 1:1 sessions
· at-home video sessions
formerly known as unwind body works and the unwind body works method.
(un)Block™ is a trademark of Unwind Body Works Inc.
why it works
pressure + time
Experience a profound physical reset by simply allowing your body to rest on our specialized (un)Blocks, pain-free.
Holding each position for four minutes allows broad, sustained pressure + localized heat is generated in the tissues.
The mechanical pressure and heat promote "melting" of sticky, densified hyaluronic acid (hello, thixotropy) in the fascia. This allows the layers of the tissue to glide again, increasing mobility and while reducing entrapment to decrease pain.
Coming out of position allows fresh blood and oxygen to rush in, helping our cells make energy and eliminate waste.
meet the founder
Melanie Love, Owner and Founder, unwind bodyworks
Melanie Love has been doing body weight fascia release since 2017 as a solution to release tension and tight tissues in her hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos body.
Stretching and yoga are destabilizing for her loose joints while deep tissue massage and lacrosse balls can leave her bruised for days. Love also lives with Bertolotti Syndrome, an unfused S1 vertebrae that causes low back pain. This work is an essential component of her own self care routine.
She is a Certified Block Therapy Instructor (fascia release using wood blocks). Love trained in a neuromuscular reset technique developed by Marissa Macias, MMT where she uses muscle testing with nervous system resets to release locked muscles.
Since trauma and fascia are related, Love became an avid student of somatic techniques, parts (aka Internal Family Systems) work, and functional nutrition.
She's taught at retreats, fitness centers, and wellness centres; in boardrooms, ballrooms, and people‘s homes.
unwind body works
(un)Block(TM) is the what- the evolution of the massage ball, we created tools for nervous system-friendly, cringe-free release
unwind is how we use it - guided body weight massage use four (un)Blocks at a time for effective, efficient release
unlock is 1:1 services - Melanie Love offers 1:1 sessions for the muscles locked on (or off) not responding to strengthening exercises
de-stress, delivered
unwind classes
Come for your aches, stay for the aahhhh...
unwind is a guided body weight massage class.
You'll learn how to release your muscular and mental tension with results you can repeat at home.
We use our (un)Blocks(TM) - the evolution of a massage ball - to release tight tissues. Each setup is led with nervous system-friendly guidance. No thinking or decision fatigue, just sinking into support.
unwind offers deep release without the cringe, working with your nervous system to reset and replenish your fascia.