When I see anyone who is in pain and are seeking help to get it resolved, I always ask them these two questions:
1. What happened during the event?
2. What happened prior to the event?
There is a lot of information I can gather by asking these two questions. This can give me a better grasp on what areas of the nervous system I should be focusing my attention on.
For example, I get numerous client’s that comment that they have severe headaches or back pain, but don’t know why? Then they mention that they upgraded their eye prescription to bifocals. I then give them the realization that by wearing bifocals/trifocals/prisms end up giving your brain a lot of “mixed messages” regarding what they are actually seeing. If the brain feels confused, it will deliver a pain output as to say “I need you to stop what you’re doing, because I feel unsafe for you to continue, so I will give you a pain signal in order for you to make a change.”
Another example:
Client – “I always feel queasy and nauseous on boats, elevators, swings, amusement parks.”
I then ask if any changes happened prior?
Client – “I had an ear infection 6 years ago.”
I then will be assessing at how their vestibular and vision systems are working and have the client train those areas, if they reassess well with that type of brain stimulus.
Last example – Client complains of shoulder pain when reaching for the top shelf.
I ask them if any changes have happened prior to the first time you experienced shoulder pain?
Client – “no, not really…”
I then ask – any tattoos, scars, etc?
Client – “wait? are you saying my gall bladder surgery has an impact on my shoulder pain?”
Me – “any tattoos, surgical scars etc causes a blurred image to your brain. If your brain is receiving a blurred image of how your body should move and feel, then your brain will give you a pain output until the blurred image is more clear.”
I then will be assessing the sensory and mobilization of the skin around the scar and reassessing their shoulder mobilization, in order to justify that is in fact the root cause of their pain.
These are a few examples, and there are several more. I treat everyone’s pain differently and that is because everyone’s nervous system is unique.
Hi my name is Mack and I am a Pain & Brain Rehabilitation Therapist. If you are experiencing chronic pain and cannot seem to resolve it on your own, I’ll be happy to see how my wealth of experience and understanding of the nervous system can help resolve it, and for good.
You can book a free 30 minute consultation or your neuro assessment consultation on my website at www.ntperformance.ca.
Talk to you soon.
Have a great weekend.
