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Is it possible to solve the 4-year-long problem in 40 minutes? Holistic approach in pain treatment.
Holistic approach is the only form of work with human body which guarantees a solution to the dysfunctions causes. Pain and restrictions are only the symptoms, this awareness makes us wonder why in a specific area of our body the problem surfaced. Modern medicine operates by focusing the treatment on the area where the symptom exists, and not by looking at the rest of the body.
We were visited by a patient with shoulder pain radiating through the biceps, and with a amplified pain sensations at nights. The problem has been present for over 4 years, and surfaced after motorcycle accident. He had broken ribs and blocked shoulder joint. The open-access medicine focused only on diagnosis on the level of the shoulder joint. Afterwards, when the pain was still present after conventional therapy, the diagnostics and treatment of the cervical area were applied. This area of the spine is responsible for the nervous supply of the shoulder. However, the problem still existed, that was when he heard that he suffers from the joint degeneration and has to live with it.
Our physiotherapist in barely one session was able to bring back the mobility of the shoulder and liquidate the pain. The success was so immense that on the next session tha patient wanted to focus on other ailments.
What was the source of shoulder dysfunction in this case? The patient hadn’t been adequately treated for over 4 years as the problem wasn’t connected to the shoulder.
Cause of the problem lied in the blocked joints of the previously broken ribs and in the abdominal muscles superficial fascia slide.
Now, let’s take a look on this problem from the perspective of the Holistic approach. What influences the shoulder dysfunction?
First of all, there are many possibilities.
It can be a problem of the given joint, but also of the rest of the organism.
Also the conditions like discopathy, degenerative changes, cartilage loss, chondromalacia, osteophytes, and cracking usually aren’t responsible for the symptoms, more significant are the mechanisms, which caused their presence.
Mechanisms influencing work of the shoulders are:
• superficial fascia slide in all muscles, from the skull to the fingers of the particular shoulder
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deep fascia slide of all muscles from the skull to the fingers of the
particular shoulder.
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increase of the muscle density of all muscles from the skull to the fingers of
the particular shoulder.
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decreased slide
of the radial, median, and ulnar nerves in-between muscles.
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decreased
slide of the blood vessels.
• decreased slide of the respiratory muscles
• increased density of respiratory muscles
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mobility of the intervertebral spine joints on the level of the cervical and thoracic areas
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mobility of the respiratory system joints (all costal joints, especially
sternum joint)
• diaphragm blockage
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shallow
breathing (lack of abdominal breathing)
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blockage of the liver slide on the ribs
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blockage of the renal slide on the lumbar muscles
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blockage of the abdominal muscles’ superficial fascia slide
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blockage of the abdominal muscles’ deep fascia slide
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blockage of the intestines mechanical functions
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wrong hip position
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gluteus muscles and leg muscles weakness
• gastrointestinal factors (diet, stimulants)