Hands On Mobile Therapies

Sharon O’Carroll

Complementary Therapist

087 9515 534

 

 

 

Hip Pain

Breda, a 58 year old domestic engineer, had recently found that even lying on her side in bed was giving her discomfort. As Breda was an active woman, who walked at least 3kms a day, this was quite restrictive.

 

We decided upon a course of Sports Massage.

 

We began and ended each treatment with a series of tests on Breda’s range of movement.

 

The first treatment was gentle, but firm, and by degrees I was able to work into the affected area and this was quite evident from the amount of heat that radiated from the muscles during and after the treatment.

 

The second treatment was two days later and the area was quite sensitive. Breda was concerned that this was an indication that the condition was getting worse rather than better, but I assured her that this is what is called a ‘healing crisis’; that the body is, in a way, realising that it is being treated and reacting to it by releasing various hormones to aid recovery, as well as eliminating toxins - all part of the process. The massage was actually ‘fast-forwarding’ the natural process that would be taking place. We continued the treatment at a more shallow level than the first treatment, but there was still an improvement, nonetheless.

 

The third treatment was two days later and this time the area was quite pliable and Breda’s threshold for deep massage and manipulation was a lot higher. Though the area was slightly restricted at the start of this treatment, it reacted quickly to the manipulation and any knots in the muscles became smooth quite quickly and easily.

 

In our final session, Breda had recovered her total range of movement.

 

She is now a regular for aromatherapy massage, but as with any client, even though she may think she wants a totally relaxing massage - if I find a knot - I know that she will relax even more without it.....