| How we work, TX - Scars, TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands
Today we had both a Caesarian and pacemaker scar contributing to a shoulder which hadn’t been feeling too happy for a while. The Caesarian was contributing to a loss of core stability (ability to generate intra abdominal pressure), whilst the pacemaker scaring in addition to the device itself was contributing to dysfunction in the local…
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| Client Cases, How we work, Latest News, TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Scars
Low back pain – it’s a phrase which covers everything from a twinge to something truly debilitating. Today’s case review looks at the latter – a female client, currently on high dose Gabapentin, Zapain plus the usual over the counter meds for pain pretty much everywhere, but mostly from the low back and down into…
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| Client Cases, How we work, Latest News, TX - Cranial / Head
Your body knows what’s needed to heal. Along with all the structural techniques employed in sessions, intuition plays it’s part too. People are often surprised when we need to perform a ‘release’ on an area they weren’t aware was uncomfortable or needed any work. The same is true on non structural elements. I had a…
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Tomorrow is National No Bra Day (13th October) in order to keep awareness of breast cancer in our consciousness. I’d also add it’s a timely reminder that bras shouldn’t leave any marks after use, should you choose to wear them (because they can affect so much!). It seems fitting therefore that today I worked with…
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Balance is never more important than in an elderly or frail population, where a fall could mean a broken hip, and months of recovery thereafter. One of the first things we do with any new client, and throughout their treatment is evaluate their stability with a single leg stance and perturbation test. These tests challenge…
Continue Reading | Client Cases, Latest News, TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Pelvic Floor, TX - Scars
Client presented with low grade back pain and localised stiffness. They had been having continence issues as well (averaging 1 or 2 incidents a day). We started with a basic screen. Perturbation showed issues predominantly with the anterior and posterior long chain kinetics, and some lateral issues at the head and hips. The intrinsic core…
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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…
Continue Reading Yes, it’s still whiplash season!!! Driving 101: If you need to: 😎 Put your sunglasses on 😎 Use the sun visor 😎 Shield your eyes 🤓 Clean your windscreen of glare You also need to put your head lights on so that people in front of, and behind you can see you on the road…
Continue Reading | Reminders, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Hi 👋 how are you doing today? Can we take a moment, not later because it never comes, but now, just a few minutes, just for you 😊 Find somewhere you can sit, lay or even stand comfortably. Somewhere safe where you block out your distractions. Focus on your breath, the rise and fall of…
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