The longer injuries go untreated, the more complicated and difficult they become to treat, so it was with mixed emotions I saw a client this week.
Obviously gutted they’d had an issue which needed treatment, but overjoyed they were seeing me less than a week after it had occurred.
An evening netball game involved a little more contact than was necessary, resulting in my client taking a heavy hit as they landed on the outdoor court. Nasty gravel rashes to both knees and their left elbow, but thankfully they didn’t hit their head 👍🏻
They presented with a painful shoulder, hips and general fogginess / inability to concentrate for any length of time.
We tested the core initially, and I noticed some peculiar eye movements going on whilst we tested.
A quick examination of the eye muscles revealed a few dysfunctions – but why does this happen 🤷🏻♂️
Like the 8 ball, when it’s traveling in a certain direction and then suddenly stops the inner ball keeps moving. The same is true for the eyes, so despite not hitting their head, the fall, and sudden stop had been enough to cause the dysfunction in the eye muscles.
The upshot …. one dysfunctional pattern was affecting almost every muscle in the front line, the other almost every muscle in the left lateral line.
We could have spent forever and a day trying to resolve the local muscle issues, but without clearing the eyes (a higher priority in the motor control hierarchy) the effects would have been minimal.
There is homework to do, but we’ve caught this early, so a few weeks of concerted effort, using the pointers in my homework post, and taking enough quality rest to allow the body to heal and we should be ready for the next game in no time 🧠💪🏻
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