Chronic Tension = Chronic Pain
The effect of Modern life
Muscle Tension Develops
Stress, sitting, injuries, cell phone use, overuse, and instability. These are just some of the reasons muscles to become tight.
The body loses its natural state
Tension pulls on bones
That tugging pulls you out of alignment, strains and compresses joints, and weakens muscles that you need to function. This leads to pain.
Restore your body
Focus on key muscles
The hip flexors, glute, chest, and neck hold tension in nearly everyone. Aletha prioritizes these areas because they matter most.
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Before You Build Strength, You Need Resolution.
Prolonged pressure doesn't replace other popular modalities, but we believe it is the essential first step in realigning the body before flexibility, strength, or recovery work.
| Modality | Release Trigger Points | Improve Flexibility | Increase Blood Flow | Reduce Pain | Improve Alignment | Support Long-Term Muscle Function |
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Measurably better
In a randomized controlled study of 25 people with lower back pain
60%
Sleep Better
60% improvement in sleep quality on the PSQI due to reduced nighttime low back pain episodes
25%
Immediate Relief
Participants with lower back pain experienced their pain decrease by 25% after a single use
71%
Less Tension
Participants felt 71% less tension after releasing their iliacus and psoas just once
100%
Relief That Lasts
100% of participants maintained their improvements after the trial, and no side effects were reported
Muscle tension is something you should not ignore
Builds Over Time
From desk jobs to deadlifts, instability to stress, tension is silently building over time. Consistent, guided self-treatment stops the cascade of effects and prevents them from returning.
FIX TENSION FIRST
From desk jobs to deadlifts, instability to stress, tension is silently building over time. Consistent, guided self-treatment stops the cascade of effects and prevents them from returning.
Different than stretching
Clinical research validates sustained pressure and its role in reducing pain, improving function, and restoring postural alignment. Tight muscles are well known to create a multitude of issues and Aletha's products have been shown to work better than stretching.
Why Your Chronic Pain is a Signal You Can't Ignore
Muscle tension explained
Pain isn't random. It's your body flagging dysfunction. Muscle tension is both a signal and a source, one that's often ignored or misread. When you decode and address it, you start to resolve the root of the problem, not just the symptoms.
Everything You've Tried Works Better After This.
Physical Therapy. Chiropractic. Massage. Stretching. Strengthening. They all have value, but none of them release the chronic muscle tension that may be driving your pain. When tension in deep, overlooked muscles is resolved first, everything else finally works the way it should. That's the piece that's been missing.
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Meet the Founder
The clinician behind every Aletha tool
Christine Annie, MPT
Licensed Physical Therapist, author of Tight Hip, Twisted Core, biomechanist, and inventor
Christine didn't set out to build a wellness brand. She set out to solve a problem she kept seeing in her clinic.
Over 25 years of physical therapy practice, one pattern repeated itself. Patients arrived after they'd tried everything; PT, chiropractors, massage, stretching, strengthening, injections. They were diligent. They were exhausted. And they still weren't getting better.
What most practitioners were missing was chronic tension in certain key muscles, like the iliacus, that no foam roller or massage gun could reach. Christine could release it with her fingers. It worked. But there was a limit to how many hands she had, how many hours in a day, and how consistently a patient could access that kind of hands-on care.
So she designed the Hip Hook to replace her fingers.
Every tool in the Aletha line followed the same logic: take a hands-on clinical technique most people will never get enough of, and build a device that lets them do it themselves, at home, as often as their body needs it.
That's the through-line of this company. Not a trend. A clinician who got tired of watching people suffer inside a system that kept missing the same thing and decided to build the tools the system wasn't going to build on its own.
Watch how six key muscles affect the body
Focus on what matters.
The Right Muscles
The iliacus & psoas (hip flexors), piriformis, suboccipitals (top of neck), pec minor (chest), and upper trapezius (shoulder) are small but powerful muscles that drive the biggest ripple effects on alignment and pain.
The Right Tools
Sustained prolonged pressure signals the nervous system to release. Every Aletha tool is engineered by clinicians to mimic the precision of expert hands, bringing professional-grade care into your home.
In the Right Sequence
Release comes first. Then alignment returns and pain fades. Only after that can stretching, strengthening, and recovery truly work. Our method makes the sequence simple and repeatable.
Get Professional-Grade Myofascial Trigger Point Release at Home
Ischemic compression isn't new. But accessing it outside a clinic used to be. Aletha Health makes it possible to apply prolonged targeted pressure to the muscles that matter at home, unlocking professional-level care in your living room.
We're not another startup. We're a team of clinicians, engineers, researchers, and coaches.
Christine Annie, MPT
- Master of Physical Therapy
- B.S. Biochemistry
- Founder, Inventor, Chief Medical Officer
Kerry Gordon, MS, ATC
- MS, ATC, CSCS, LMT
- KG Sports Med
- Former NFL, XFL, NBA, Cirque du Soleil
BOBBY WEST
- Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist
- Product Specialist
DEBDUTTA MUKHERJEE
- Master of Physical Therapy
- Musculoskeletal & Orthopedic Specialist
We work with leading institutions to drive validation and impact.
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Key Scientific Terms to Know
Aletha Method
A resolution-first protocol centered on applying prolonged pressure to key myofascial trigger points. By releasing tension before stretching or strengthening, the method restores alignment and makes other interventions more effective.
Primary Core
Aletha's term for the iliacus and pelvic region, the foundation of skeletal alignment. When the iliacus, psoas, and hip rotators like the piriformis are tight, it tips and twists the pelvis and creates a ripple effect of pain and alignment issues through the hips, spine, and lower body.
Secondary Core
Aletha's term for the upper end of the body's alignment system, the neck and shoulders. Tension in muscles such as the suboccipitals, upper trapezius, and pec minor disrupts posture, compresses the spine, and contributes to headaches, neck pain, and upper-body dysfunction.
Compensatory Spiral
The chain reaction sets off when one muscle stays tight. As posture shifts and movement patterns adapt, stress spreads to new areas, creating a spiral of misalignment and pain throughout the body.
Myofascial Release
The application of sustained pressure on the connective tissue (fascia) to eliminate pain and restore motion. Fascia surrounds all muscles; when restricted, it acts like a straightjacket, causing pain and poor movement.
Postural Alignment
The proper positioning of the bones so that muscles are in their optimal length to generate force. Misalignment causes certain muscles to be overactive and tight, while others become inhibited and weak.
Hip Flexor Muscles
The psoas connects your low spine to your thigh bone and the iliacus right inside the pelvic bone. When tight both muscle pulls the pelvis forward, increasing pressure on the lower spine, hips and twists the foundation the body.
Trigger Point
A hyperirritable spot in a taut band of muscle (a "knot") that causes local pain or refers pain to a different location in the body. Resolving trigger points is essential for restoring muscle function and reducing pain.
