A recent client had been struggling with a number of areas including her hands and neck. There are spinal, arthritic and muscle damage issues. Over a period of 5 months, we worked weekly and as a result, she saw significant progress and a huge amount of pain relief.
Unfortunately, Coronavirus then hit and as she was in the vulnerable category, I wasn’t able to treat her for several months. During this time she ate clean and exercised at home, however, all of the underlying issues were still there and enforced lockdown meant more computer hours.
When she was able to return, almost all of the issues were back to some degree, her migraines had returned and the pain was impacting her life once again.
Due to health restrictions, we’re currently doing treatments every few weeks but this means that progress is slower than before and some weeks it feels as though we’re simply firefighting to keep the worst pain at bay.
What this has shown is that, whilst initially, she may have considered stopping once the pain had receded, it’s crucial to ensure that we have resolved all of the issues contributing toward the pain. They’re not always as obvious as you may think. In her case, neck pain is coming from shoulder and chest muscle tears and her lower back pain comes from collapsing arches in her feet.
I strongly advise anyone having treatment of this kind to see it through to the end and not stop just because the pain goes away, it will simply take longer to fix overall. Fortunately, my client knew this and had expected the long haul, we just hadn’t expected, like so many and pandemic to put things on hold.
If you need help or treatment for chronic pain, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
