| Reminders, TX - Bra, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Anytime a health professional utters the word ‘syndrome’ in your diagnosis, question everything, as there is a likelihood there is a misunderstanding around your particular set of symptoms and how best to treat them, but they want to give it a name so they can get you on your way with either medication or surgery…
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Sometimes you have to get creative! One of my clients was having trouble sitting on their horse, their left sit bone was taking all the weight, which meant the horse was bringing its rear end round when walking. On assessment they were pretty twisted throughout their spine. When I asked how she corrected the horse,…
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I had one of my sports people in Saturday, we looked at a number of things that were causing them trouble. Breathing related relationships were top of the pile, in particular the diaphragm and a little known set of muscles called the serratus posterior. As they play ice hockey, I wanted to demonstrate the importance…
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A client came to see me a few weeks back. They’d been having intense jaw pain ever since having their gall bladder removed 2 years ago. They ‘knew’ it had been ‘caused’ by the surgery, but nobody was listening. 😞 The original consultant had signed them off. They’d been referred to the pain clinic, their…
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Neck pain and a breathing dysfunction, it’s often a chicken and egg situation by the time I see it. If there’s neck dysfunction often the scalenes will tighten. This can compress the phrenic nerve, which exits at C3, C4 and C5. It’s responsible for keeping the diaphragm doing what it’s supposed to. Equally if your…
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Some people baulk at the multi page consultation form I send out before a first appointment. Overkill, I think one person said. In truth, this is a pared down version of what I’d like to ask people, but I don’t want to scare people off, and it does at least give us a starting point….
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Skiing is an amazing sport, and recreational activity. Many of my clients enjoy nothing more than hitting the slopes at this time of the year. ⛷🏂 Things aren’t always so great when they come back however. 🤕 There are the usual mishaps that happen, normally involving thumbs and bums, but one of the less frequent…
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❄️❄️ I had a new client come in today ❄️❄️ with possible planta fascia issues / ankle pain. Given the presentation, I wasn’t convinced the ankle, in this case, was the issue. They were getting lower back pain as well, specifically around the SI (sacroiliac) region, so we looked at the core. The diaphragm, transverse…
Continue Reading | Reminders, TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
It’s never nice when you have an old client call you up in pain. Did you know I provide an ‘emergency’ call out service for existing clients? 🚑 There are no blue lights, and I don’t provide a 7 minute response time, but if things are so bad you need to see me before my…
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A great day in clinic, but something which surfaces again and again breathing. We are born breathing perfectly*, but over the years many people develop poor breathing techniques. No matter what kind of individual you are, deep, 360 breathing helps by sending more oxygen to the muscles and improving muscular endurance and performance. How optimised…
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