Providers need to have a global view of the body to discover the root cause of disease.
A woman presented with left trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic neuropathic condition that causes sudden, severe, electric pain on one side of the face, of two years duration. She also had left eye pain with the second division of the trigeminal nerve being affected.
She had a root canal in a lower left molar that eventually failed. The tooth was extracted and replaced with a titanium implant.
Doctors found that she had developed osteomyelitis which caused a jaw infection. Antibiotics cleared the infection, but the jaw and eye pain still remained.
Her history was emotionally and physically traumatic. Most notably, as a diver in college, she fractured her lower back.
She felt that the right side of her body was fine, but her left side was compromised. She also mentioned that she had scoliosis.
The Gillespie Approach is always searching for the root cause of a condition. She had been to the best doctors who were looking for the answer in the painful parts of her body.
I have found that many times the root of the problem was in a distant section of the fascial web due to past trauma. In her case I was interested in her scoliosis.
On my examination I surprisingly found a good brain cycle of 140 seconds. I surmised that the trigeminal neuralgia was more of a fascial issue than cranial restriction.
I also found a huge fascial trunk and neck twist that began in her pelvis and extended into her head. It was pulling hard on her left side into the most painful areas of her jaw, eye, and temporal bone.
I suggested this plan to the patient: Let me help work out the strains over a series of visits. I referred her to a local scoliosis specialist who does the Schroth method. The patient can help in the healing process by doing Schroth exercises at home to release these tissues.
I would then check the head and neck areas for any residual strain affecting the three divisions of the trigeminal nerve. Hopefully, that will bring pain relief.
I set the outcome bar high when I accept any patient for treatment. I expect her to do well.
