| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands
Scars don’t just form where the skin has been broken. Damage to the periosteum and the surrounding fascial tissue can be just as neurologically disruptive as the scars which we can see. In our final review of super Saturday’s scar marathon we have not one but two 30+ year old fractures from a car accident…
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet
A client presented with pain on the inside of the left knee, outside of the right knee, scrunchy right hip and sacrum, and was getting cramp in both feet 😬 They’d been doing a lot of walking, and on more undulating terrain they they were used to. There were lots of exciting corrections and mobilisations…
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet
I don’t like leg length measurements as a means of ‘diagnosing’ what’s going on with someone. Sure it can be interesting, but any differences are often transient and normally relatively easy to alter with a change in emotional state or after some simple body work. These are often referred to as functional leg length differences….
Continue Reading | Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Low Back Pain
We’ve talked about sciatica before, but this week has been a very sciaticy kind of a week! > True sciatica is felt in the lower limb. > Pseudo sciatica is felt in the buttock and / or thigh. > Lumbar rediculopathy originates from the back and works through the butt and down. Theres a big…
Continue Reading | Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Cranial / Head, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet
A client retuned from a short walking holiday with pain in the lateral side of their leg. After spending a little time on the leg, we move to doing some cranial work. After more time had passed than I thought we’d spend on the cranium, I asked ‘have you banged your head?’ ‘Oh, I forgot…
Continue Reading | Client Cases, How we work, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Pelvic Floor
Client presented in clinic with a deep aching pain in their left hip, all muscles around the hip and thigh tested weak. We assessed internal and external rotation, whilst external rotation very good, there was next to no internal rotation. Using polarity on the sacrum, enables things to shift back into their optimal position. Movement…
Continue Reading | Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet
Finding shoes which allow your feet to be feet is not easy. Thankfully someone has done the hardworking for you. I’d add in barefoot shoes too.
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Pelvic Floor
Client presented in clinic with stiff ankles, sore and ‘crampy’ feet. A quick assessment of their feet showed difficulty with passive dorsiflexion, and obvious pronation at rest. Optimising the tension in the pelvic floor and activating the toe extensors gave the feet a more neutral position at rest, and improved dorsiflexion considerably. Two minutes of…
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| Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Scars
A client presented for a check up. They were feeling good, and the work we’d done previously was still holding, their range of motion was still good, they were pain free, and were sleeping better. They’d been having a few minor niggles in the low back region, so we dived into to some testing, and…
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| Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
A client presented in clinic with pain on their right hip (anatomically the lower portion of their abdomen) when carrying a heavy load in their arms. Slightly unusual, but as with such things we checked for any hernias which may have occurred. Once this was cleared we tested some of the abdominal muscles, sure enough…
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