Decision??????

[luv2ride94]

Hey everone!

Went to the manual therapy place today for my first app. It was WEIRD...
They did a whole body evaluation and then some work. First the videotaped me walking, then walking fast, and then took a whole lot of pictures of different things I think it was flexibility and range of motion stuff.. arms, legs, standing, laying, neck, posture, bending, straight.. Then they did what they called Mapping and my whole body was a still spot? Not good, did something to get the tissue moving and mapped again and my whole left side showed it had issues, from my neck down to my hip, shoulder to fingertip. And the spot on my head right under where my helmet was dented. And They said I have a desended sacrum? Anyways, they put their hand on different places of I think they said release and my whole body was shaking like I couldn't stop shivering but I wasn't cold.. REALLY odd... BUT heres the great part, when I got there i was 7 degrees from straight, and when I left I was 1!!! And it feels less tight.. I don't know how it works, but I'll take it!! I go back for a 2 hour session next thursday again.

[Wahine]

Hey KT. Good news!! What they did with you is called myofascial release and they may have done some cranioosacral work as well. It's based on the principle that our body parts are directly connected, from head to toe, by connective tissue under the skin, through the muscles and around the bones. Sometimes this connective tissue does not move quite right it can cause all sorts of restrictions.

This type of treatment can work very well for some people. I read an article once about a competitive diver that had to stop diving due to dizziness. She had a similar assessment to yours and they told her that the problem was related to changes in the connective tissue related to an old knee injury!! She had the same types of treatments and her dizziness went away and she returned to diving. I'm glad it's helping you.

I'll be really interested to hear how it goes after the next session.

[silver]

Wow! That's interesting! I sure hope that it helps you!

Now that my bones have healed from my bike wreck I've found a couple weird little things myself and am working with a chiropractor. I didn't think of it in your case since we were talking about your arm, but now I see how it's related.

My weird little things: My right groin and left shoulder have hurt since the accident. Seems the right groin was the opposite injury from the right hip impact in the wreck. And the left shoulder seems to be slight tear from the wreck. But with all the other things going on, you don't really seem to notice these things. x-rays can find broken bones, but they don't reveal these small soft tissue issues.

Keep us up to date!