| Posts, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Neck & Eyes, TX - Scars
Could your hip niggles and neck pain be coming from a toe you fractured years ago? You betchya! The client presented with discomfort in the toe when the dorsal surface of the foot (top) was on the floor during their Pilates class. They also had issues standing on one leg, which would cause pain around…
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Knowing how to treat a scar is only maybe 15% of the work, 25% at most if you know how to link it to a primary movement dysfunction. Understanding the subtle elements of permission, consent and safety around a scar is what makes the difference in scar treatment – IMHO Today’s scar is from a…
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Following on from yesterday’s scar post, I wanted to discuss emotions 😱 In addition to working on the physical – neurological, feel and appearance – scar work can also have some very powerful effects on an emotional level. I’m always surprised by how many people dislike (hate?) their scars, often being unable to look at…
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| Posts, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
When assessing breath / breathing dysfunction it’s always important, where practicable, to see the areas around the diaphragm being checked. Clients don’t always remember injurys, scars seemingly less so (limbic involvement?). One such case came up this week when we were evaluating the hyoid / mylohyoid diaphragm. The tiny little scar needed a little work,…
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| Latest News, Posts, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Client presented with a hernia the size of a small fist just above their colostomy bag. Not the easiest to treat, as it’s an open ‘scar’ but compromising their ability to generate and maintain intra abdominal pressure (IAP), and therefore causing some shoulder discomfort they were still getting. How did we achieve these results in…
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Scars, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands
A client presented in clinic, a therapist themselves, having seen 60 clients that week in preparation for them going on holiday 😳 They were having pain around the lateral portion of their elbow, had started dropping things and being clumsy with the right hand. There were two elements to this. Firstly an old scar from…
Continue Reading | Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
I work with a lot of people who have had abdominal surgery. Most common are scars from appendix, gall bladder, caesarean or hysterectomy procedures. Some people come to me because the scar(s) are red, raised, tight or uncomfortable. Some, however come to me because they have chronic back / hip pain, or because they’re experienced…
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| TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Scars
3 months post natal a new client presented with extreme low back pain (9/10), tracking down both, but mainly the left leg. They were having difficulty walking – penguin posture / shuffle with a noticeable forward lean. We checked for spinal nerve involvement, which was cleared, but they were completely unable to stand on just…
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Neck & Eyes, TX - Scars, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands
Client presented with numbness and tingling in the index finger and dorsal surface of the hand. Compression of the C5-C7 vertebrae were not helping and correcting the breath before decompression of the lower cervical spine helped stabilise this. Interestingly a scar from a Dupuytren’s contracture correction surgery was causing hypertonicity in the supinator and brachioradialis…
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| Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Scars, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands
Really exciting bit of scar work after breaking the neck of the humorous. Their body adapting amazingly well 🤩 Experience the difference – A refreshingly different approach to pain and dysfunction, so you can breathe better, move better, to live better.
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