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UNVEILING THE MYSTERY BEHIND YOUR PAIN
A holistic approach at MyBodyworks
Pain can be frustrating, often appearing out of the blue with no obvious cause. While it’s a clear signal that something needs attention, it doesn’t always point directly to the source of the problem.
Unveiling the hidden clues
At My Bodyworks, I take a comprehensive assessment approach to understand the driver of your pain. I go beyond just muscles and bones to explore several possibilities.
Protective Mechanism
Is the tightness in your muscles and joints a form of protection your body has adopted to prevent further injury?
Compensation
Could the area experiencing pain be working overtime to compensate for another area that's not functioning optimally?
Physical Issue
Might the pain or movement dysfunction be caused by a physical issue in your muscles, ligaments, a particular joint or a nerve entrapment?
Looking Beyond the Obvious: A Wider Lens
However, I don’t stop there. I believe that examining the body solely through a lens of muscles and bones can lead to chasing symptoms and missing the bigger picture. That’s why I utilise a wider lens at My Bodyworks, taking into account:
Your Body's History
Every movement you make is a chapter in your body's story. We delve deep into this history to piece together the puzzle of your pain. Past injuries, surgeries, dinks, donks, your general health and even everyday stresses can leave imprints on how your body moves. By understanding the resulting compensation patterns, we can identify the root causes of your discomfort and create a roadmap to lasting relief.
Your Functional Neurology
No function in the body occurs without commands from the brain. Your visual, vestibular and proprioceptive systems, alongside other sensory stimuli contribute to the postures, alignment, efficiency of joint recruitment and the way your body moves. We test out your brain’s responses to everyday inputs, to assess how these affect your pain and movement patterns.
The Body's Systems
We acknowledge that your body works as a whole. Other systems, such as the lymphatic and respiratory systems or overworking organs, can influence pain by creating tension or inflammation in surrounding structures and connective fascial tissues, which exhibit as muscle and joint pain.
Stress and Emotions
We understand that stress and emotional tension can manifest as physical tightness throughout the body. Unprocessed emotions and stored emotional stress linked to surgeries can create tension in the tissues of the body, through a nervous system response.
This comprehensive approach allows us to create a targeted treatment plan for lasting relief, addressing the root cause and not just the pain symptoms.
Ready to solve your pain puzzle and step into your full potential?
Your sessions go beyond our time together in clinic. I believe in empowering my clients to equip you with Functional Healing for a Functional Life. I don’t just want you to be pain-free on the couch; I want you to move with freedom and confidence in your everyday life.
We work together to optimise your movement patterns for your specific needs, by equipping you with personalised homecare techniques that reinforce the progress made in our sessions. Think of it as creating new “happy highways” in your brain for lasting improvement, whether it’s playing with your kids, hitting the gym, or simply walking the dog pain-free.
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