12/09/2024
Sometimes I wish I had remote control fireworks on the office roof!
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Client came to me today, I haven’t worked on her in about nine months. She was complaining of her right ankle swelling, hurting and lacked range of motion which was causing her to take shorter steps. She hasn’t been able to go for walks. She said this has caused her low back to start hurting and her opposite shoulder to really hurt. She felt this all started with the statins the doctors put her on for high cholesterol. She has been off the meds for 3+ weeks but no improvement in the ankle.
*hmmmm—-I asked series of questions as Im not convinced it was meds related at all. I checked shoulder ROM, foot pronation, leg length, atlas etc….picked her brain about injuries past and present…..she stated the only thing to that ankle was 20 years ago at an outdoor party where she got hit in the ankle with a skateboard. again…..hmmmmm🧐🤔
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Session based on assessment findings: Art of Bodywork® Atlas-left, Bowenwork® LB1-4 w/adv sacral, AoB hamstring + ankle & achilles, MSTR® three rows over the width of the achilles just superior to the calcaneus--about half way through the series of passes, she said ‘a thought just came to me—a connection—my best friend died about 4 months ago when this pain started and I just realized it was her daughter’s skateboard that injured my ankle 20 years ago’—-😵🤯
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we spent a couple minute pause, acknowledging the emotional connection of grief to her ankle——finished the MSTR® treatment, she said “my ankle feels so light now.”
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Finished her session with some Bowenwork and AoB for some upper back and neck things we found.
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Post tx findings: Sacrum, gluts & hamstrings much softer, Shoulder ROM Left increased from 30 degrees abduction to 170 degrees, Right shoulder increased from 95 degrees to 165 degrees, able to walk with full stride—no limping, able to go down steps out of the office without handrail assistance and normal left/right succession —-client left all smiles❤️…….I love what we do!
