| Latest News, Techniques, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet
Two and a half years ago I attended my first neuro based seminar. It looked at, and demonstrated how to influence, the brains connection with, and optimisation of our movement patterns. My professional practice has developed exponentially since that pivotal moment in time. My own physical practice has taken a little longer to develop. I…
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Knee pain is one of the most common overuse injuries that cyclists can suffer from with an estimated 41% of recreational cyclists being affected. Patellofemoral syndrome and iliotibal band syndrome seem to be the most common diagnoses people get. Remember what we said about syndromes!!! So what’s going on? Well, if you consider that riding…
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We touched on iliotibial band (ITB) issues the other day, particularly in relation to knee pain in runners and cyclists. However these aren’t the only people affected by ITB issues, those in sedentary roles can also suffer, and it seems the ‘go to’ treatment for everyone is to perform self massage / self fascial release…
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…
Continue Reading | Client Cases, How we work, Latest News, TX - Low Back Pain
Very exciting week this week – signed off a client who presented with 20 years of back pain, visibly obvious forward lean with trunk rotation as well (noticeable to the man on the street). Been seeing osteo’s etcetera for that 20 year period – signed them off after 3 months work. 4 active treatment sessions,…
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Client presented in clinic with stiffness from the base of the skull to around the mid low back region. Nothing of note had happened they just woke up like this. We performed a zombie test, both uni and bilaterally, all failed, indicating, unsurprisingly the thoracic extensors weren’t happy. Using Emotion Code we were able to…
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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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| Latest News, TX - Pelvic Floor
Painful Sex? There can be a number of reasons for this, ruling out any pathological issues, the rest typically fall into two camps: Pain on entry, or pain with depth. Again, assuming there is no pathological issue, pain with depth can often occur at different times throughout the month / cycle as the cervix shifts…
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| 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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