It is hard for the general public to wrap their head around the idea that the Aboriginal French people could provide differential diagnostics, treatment and healing with just their hands. This is my quest to dial the precision of my hands for differential diagnostics and treatment that led me down a deeper road of curiosity and understanding. What if?

Verbiage is important not just in the physical therapy world but in all professions.

Let’s first tackle a misconception from our medical community. Your spine, hips, SI joint are not out of place. They do not need realignment unless they are dislocated. This would mean that you experienced trauma or have significant hypermobility connective tissue dysfunction, like Ehlers Danlos syndrome (EDS).

Less than two years ago I made the decision to give my resignation. 

I did not know what my future would hold. If I would ever be able to return to physical therapy, cycling or enjoying the mountains at elevation. 

I went into visceral manipulation course hoping to learn another way for clients then having to take so many supplements and pharmaceuticals. The obvious hope of learning in my first course focusing on the abdomen was how to help the drainage pathways so patients and athletes could eliminate inflammation and inflammatory pathogens that create musculoskeletal pain. The reason most clients end up in front of me.

My hope is that collectively by sharing information and my journey that we can elevate our current sick care system and make changes so that we actually support providing health care. I truly believe lives could change.

The unspoken truth about saddle sores using my experience as a criterium racer, professional bike fitter, working alongside other racers, physical therapist and root cause practitioner…

Drainage…

How do we take something that has been made so complex and break it down to understand it?

Think of the drains in your house. The kitchen sink drains down to the basement or under the home (think lymphatic system). Gravity helps. What if something is too big or greasy for the sink to break down? The garbage disposal and soap help (just like the liver and gallbladder).

I work with feet often both as a physical therapist and as a bike fitter. If I had a dollar for every time a patent or client told me they have a hot spot on their foot or it goes numb, I’d be pretty rich. So let us simplify how to identify a root cause and remedy this situation.

Let’s think root cause approach, where is the pain or discomfort coming from?

It sounds a lot like lions and tigers and bears… oh my. The parasympathetic nervous system, vagal tone and polyvagal theory are a complex topic that we will attempt to break down and simplify.

We now understand that our bodies reactions are a direct correlation triggered by our nervous system due to automatic (primitive) processes, past experiences and sensory feedback.

I am learning that there are many other people out there struggling with different health challenges as I walk this journey recovering from the effects of toxic mold. The one thing that we all have in common is the desire to help others, the necessity to self-advocate and the feeling of isolation.

What is VEGF and why is it important?

Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor improves delivery of nutrient and oxygen via capillary blood flow and stimulates the growth of new blood vessel formation (angiogenesis).

It may be a fairly simple rehabilitation plan, but when you begin chasing pain I have found (in my experience) that there is bigger root issue.

You need someone who will listen to the clues your body is leaving, look for patterns and have the knowledge and tools to help correct the dysfunction.

“So what if we didn’t slap bandaids and started paying attention to clues the body was leaving to determine the root cause?”