deep tissue work backfired?

topic posted Tue, November 20, 2007 - 9:35 PM by  EnthusiAdam!
I've been working with a client for a month and a half now. She came to me saying she was having low back pain linked to foot issues. I noticed she had a higher right hip (illiac crest) and a mild s curve to her spine. I focused my work on deep work to the plantar fascia to break up the fibrotic tissue. work to relase left gluteus medius and right quadratus lumborum. Also worked to lengthen fasica away from the right hip down the itb, and towards the left hip up the itb. And moved fascia along the illiac crest from front to back.

It was working great, and last week after seeing me i was thrilled to find that her hips were totally even.

however...

the next day she woke up in worse pain than ever. everything i had been working on seems to be worse than before now. She had to have a cortizone shot for one of her feet and is apparently in severe lower back discomfort. Any ideas what happened and what the next step would be?

Thanks,

Adam
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EnthusiAdam!
SF Bay Area
  • Re: deep tissue work backfired?

    Mon, December 24, 2007 - 1:21 PM
    Have you looked into her psoas at all? Could be that it is pulling her hips out or even pulling on the trochanter. I have found that pressure on the femur can cause all sorts of problems all the way down her leg.

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