The fascial web connects everything in odd ways. Few people make the connection between a problem in one part of the body and a seemingly unrelated condition in another distant part.
A woman presented with pain in her right leg for three years. She also had depression, asthma, and a history of a right frozen shoulder that required surgery.
She slipped on a bowling alley and cracked her head on the wood floor fifteen years ago. She also had a number of dental implants.
I focused on her current leg pain issue. Her “bursitis” in her right hip persisted even after a cortisone shot. She had pain behind her right knee and also was diagnosed with right plantar fasciitis.
She presented with a zero-second brain cycle and was loaded with fascial strain throughout her body. On the first visit, I focused on her right leg where the fascia started to release nicely from her foot through her knee and into her hip.
She felt much better walking after the visit and left the office with a 60-second brain cycle. I was excited because I have seen many patients with their depression starting to lift when coming out of a zero-second brain cycle.
Apparently, pressure on the brain from tight cranial dural meninges can affect its function. In newborns and infants, I often see it as poor sleeping. As untreated patients age, they often “grow out of” one condition only to “grow into” another condition.
Since her body was in constant sympathetic mode of flight or fight, releasing the fascial web can possibly have a direct effect on her depression.
With her history of asthma, frozen shoulder, and oral trauma, I am suggesting that, with continued therapy as her web releases, the brain cycle can open even further and possibly relieve more of her depression symptoms. This is an exciting new way of thinking about mental illness.
Connecting the dots in multi-dimensions is a critical skill for our work. Gillespie Approach Training can help providers give excellent service to their patients.
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