Today I want to talk about a case report regarding a client with low back pain who experienced significant improvement after manipulating the lower leg.
Client K’s main complaint was low back pain and she also reported pins and needles on both hands and tightness around shoulder and neck area.
Lower back pain was affecting her ability to carry out her work duties as she works at a restaurant and standing for a long time aggravated pain and laying down was not comfortable either.
Lower back pain resulted in sleep deprivation which included:
* Disturbances during sleep,
* Shorter duration of sleep,
* Less satisfaction with sleep.
So, her goal was reducing the back pain and improving symptoms of hands and shoulder so that she could enjoy her job and other activities.
Firstly I investigated her back area including upper back as she reported shoulder and tightness in her neck. I then commenced massage along spine down to sacrum region I then asked her to try do a push up to check the change of pain and quality of movement. Her response was that the pain had reduced, but there was still some pain and discomfort.
I then started looking for any other issues that was causing the low back pain, that’s when I found a scar on the sole of her foot so I checked the ankle joint movement and it was not smooth compared to the other ankle and found a place that fascia was not sliding well on the inside of her ankle.
After manipulating the point where fascial adhesion was detected, I asked her to try push up again.
The result was quite impressive and I must admit even I was surprised at the immediate result.
So, why and how did something like this happen?
I hypothesized that when the client had the mole extraction operation, the client avoided putting weight on affected foot and this changed her walking pattern as well as fascial structure Her lower back pain was a result of compensation of ankle issue.
*Conclusion*
Client K’s main complaint was low back pain.
Massaging low back area didn’t significantly reduce the pain.
There was a fascial adhesion on the inside of ankle.
Manipulating ankle resulted in a dramatic improvement of low back pain.
So if you have low back pain and it doesn’t go away even after receiving massage where the pain is located, the cause of pain may present somewhere else and it may be related your fascial disturbance.
Our pain release treatment focus on fascial structure, and the client is involved in the treatment so that you can feel the immediate effects of treatment each time.
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