You may have hurt your ankle and limped around for a week. This caused an imbalance in your knees and hips which lead to a compensation in your shoulders and subsequent pain and tension in you neck 20 years later. Until the underlying base of the problem is addressed and the entire structure is balanced and integrated, the pain and tension will remain as your body continues to struggle to hold itself upright. Rolfing® gets to the root of the problem to create permanent results