Re: Testamonicals

[Guest guest]

Mike is right. I may have gotten a bit carried away with my praise. But, I was

(and still am) so greatful that whatever he did helped , and she is now

feeling fine. When he finished working on her, she felt great, and she had been

in bed for about 3 weeks prior to that. I'm sure anyone would have felt the way

I did. Being helpless to help your child when in pain is the worst feeling a

parent can have. I was so upset and aggravated that I couldn't do anything but

take her to dr after dr, with no answer. Then to be told she would have to

undergo a very painful treatment, was quite upsetting.

I know that if this returns, I can call on Mike to help, before we try any of

the number of invasive things the dr wanted to do. I can also call on him to

help before we try any more narcotics, which is a big concern. If he can help,

then it is a much better way to go. And, with some of the dr's we've run in to

lately, we have no desire to be in that situation again, if it can be avoided.

Mon

Testamonicals

As gratifying as it is to my ego to read some of the backpats that

has been throwing my way lately, I do feel I need to clarify

a few things.

- I am not a faith healer

- I am not a wizard

- I don't do magic

- I possess no supernatural powers

All I am is a relatively highly trained bodyworker.

All I possess is a somewhat higher level of training than your

average practitioner or therapist.

More importantly, my training has been multi-disciplinary, with a

fairly solid Western based footing in things like Kineseology,

Anatomy and Physiology, balanced by an equally solid Eastern based

footing in basic Ayuvedic (Indian) and Chinese traditions.

Of equal importance, I have had enough cross-training in some of the

more specialzed modalities to be able to more readily integrate the

two sides of the coin when I am treating someone, whether I am

blending two or more " western " modalities or blendilng west with

east.

I have no pretensions - I am not an expert in any of the modalities

I practice. I personally know experts in every one of them who could

individually stomp me into the ground.

But in fairness to me, I know very few who come even close to me on

breadth of training. My Polarity instructor is not only an expert

in Polarity, she is also certified in specialized Lymphedema work.

She has also had more training in Cranialsacral than I have. She

does not, however, know how to do Acupressure. One of my Jin Shin

Do instructors is a PT, highly qualified in Neuromuscular work, Jin

Shin Do Acupressure and Visceral Manipulation. But she doesn't know

how to do Polarity or Lymphatic Drainage. My Cranialsacral

instructor doesn't have a clue about either Acupressure or

Polarity. I think you see my point here.

And I will readily admit that, for someone not familiar with it,

energy work can seem a bit like voodoo at times. Nothing could be

farther from the truth. Everyone of you knows, and I mean KNOWS,

that the human body has an energetic component. I have said it

before - where do you think EKG's and EEG's come from? All these

are are measurements of the electrical activity of the heart and

brain. And you all have certainly, with your own hands, felt the

rhythms given off by the blood pulse and respiration.

Why is it so difficult to accept that these are just two of many

rhythms in the body? Why is it so hard to grasp that if you can feel

or sense these two fairly robust rhythms, you can also be trained to

feel some of the more subtle rhythms? That is, once you know they

exist and learn what to feel for. The ones I can personally sense

or feel are the blood pulse, respiration, lymphatic fluid waves,

cranialsacral rhythm, and the energy flowing in the meridians or

chakras. And there are even more than that that I have not yet been

trained to sense.

I am about to violate my professional code of ethics by sharing some

of what happened while I was working on last week. If you

have been following 's posts, you already have a pretty good

idea of what confronted me when I got there - a kid on crutches and

in obvious pain. And I have no doubt that, to , it did look a

bit miraculous when got off the table after three hours work,

with her leg function fully restored and being TOTALLY pain free.

This is especially true considering the number of doctors who had

already examined the poor kid without either diagnosing or fixing

the problem. I haven't bothered to figure out yet whether it was a

ligament or tendon involved, or which one. ly, I don't care

and it doesn't matter. But the sense that I had while working on

her was that one of the two had in some way gotten kinked or trapped

under the lateral edge of the patella. The impingement was

obviously causing pain. Furthermore, when the leg was placed in

just the right position, it compressed the nerves and blood vessels

in the posterior knee region - cutting off circulation and causing

the leg and foot to turn purple.

It does not surprise me that this was not picked up by either Xray

or MRI. It's a little bit like my dashboard lights and my mechanic -

if they aren't on the fritz when he has it in the shop, he can't

figure out the problem.

At any rate, I used a combination of modalities - nothing magic,

nothing supernatural - just a little bit of almost everything I have

been trained to do. Cranialsacral to look for any " energetic "

blockages, Jin Shin Do Acupressure to open up her meridians,balance

her body's energy in general and relax her, myofascial release to

take care of a couple of fascial restrictions around her scapulae,

polarity to stimulate the actual joints, lymphatic drainage to flush

the cellular wastes and toxins out of the knee (thereby reducing

inflammation and felt pain) and something called directed energy to

stimulate the knee itself and get the (whatever it was) to release.

And that is exactly what happened. Whatever it was that had gotten

trapped let loose with an audible snapping sound, at which time her

actual patella started sliding back and forth by itself, readjusting

its position. It might have looked like magic, but it wasn't.

At any rate, while I do appreciate the pats on the back, I don't

want them to leave any misconceptions about what actually happened.

[Guest guest]

Now that I have had a chance to clarify a couple of points, I would

like to use this as a lead-in to make a couple of more important,

broader ones about alternative therapies in general.

As says, had been bed-ridden for three weeks and was

using a knee brace and crutches just to get around. She had been

seen by a number of doctors and undergone some pretty invasive

tests. There had been no definitive diagnosis and the only

treatments were pallative - brace, crutches and narcotics to mask

the symptoms. Beyond that, she was looking at additional tests and

some fairly painful and invasive procedures.

You have all read my earlier posts where I keep harping on the

validity and value of some of the alternative, non-invasive,

therapies. And that is the point I want to stress here. I can tell

you what I did (and in fact have already done so). I think that

has already more than substantiated the reality of it. This

is not just some book theory that I am spouting - witnessed

the physical results.

I worked on for just about three hours. Not once during that

time did I ever cause her pain. More importantly, at the end, we

had full function restored and total elimination of all felt pain.

All it took was a bit of knowledge - and my bare hands. No needles,

no knives, no drugs - just some trained bare hands.

I am not for one minute suggesting the alternatives in lieu of the

established western procedures ... I value my license too much to

say something like that in writing. All I am saying is that there

might be some kinder, gentler, less-invasive ways to achieve some

results. If your primary care providers won't help find them for

you when they have reached the end of their collective ropes, maybe

it's time you checked into some of them on your own.

And that, my friends on the list, is what I see my role to be, to

help you do just that when you are ready. I only push what I KNOW

from first hand knowledge and experience actually works.

Personally, my theory is that I will always opt for the least

invasive procedure first. I can always escalate to the heavier

stuff later if the other doesn't do it.

-- In ceda , " @ Home " <monica-jb@c...> wrote:

> Mike is right. I may have gotten a bit carried away with my

praise. But, I was (and still am) so greatful that whatever he did

helped , and she is now feeling fine. When he finished

working on her, she felt great, and she had been in bed for about 3

weeks prior to that. I'm sure anyone would have felt the way I

did. Being helpless to help your child when in pain is the worst

feeling a parent can have. I was so upset and aggravated that I

couldn't do anything but take her to dr after dr, with no answer.

Then to be told she would have to undergo a very painful treatment,

was quite upsetting.

>

> I know that if this returns, I can call on Mike to help, before we

try any of the number of invasive things the dr wanted to do. I can

also call on him to help before we try any more narcotics, which is

a big concern. If he can help, then it is a much better way to go.

And, with some of the dr's we've run in to lately, we have no desire

to be in that situation again, if it can be avoided.

> Mon

> Testamonicals

>

>

> As gratifying as it is to my ego to read some of the backpats

that

> has been throwing my way lately, I do feel I need to

clarify

> a few things.

>

>

> - I am not a faith healer

> - I am not a wizard

> - I don't do magic

> - I possess no supernatural powers

>

> All I am is a relatively highly trained bodyworker.

>

> All I possess is a somewhat higher level of training than your

> average practitioner or therapist.

>

> More importantly, my training has been multi-disciplinary, with

a

> fairly solid Western based footing in things like Kineseology,

> Anatomy and Physiology, balanced by an equally solid Eastern

based

> footing in basic Ayuvedic (Indian) and Chinese traditions.

>

> Of equal importance, I have had enough cross-training in some of

the

> more specialzed modalities to be able to more readily integrate

the

> two sides of the coin when I am treating someone, whether I am

> blending two or more " western " modalities or blendilng west with

> east.

>

> I have no pretensions - I am not an expert in any of the

modalities

> I practice. I personally know experts in every one of them who

could

> individually stomp me into the ground.

>

> But in fairness to me, I know very few who come even close to me

on

> breadth of training. My Polarity instructor is not only an

expert

> in Polarity, she is also certified in specialized Lymphedema

work.

> She has also had more training in Cranialsacral than I have.

She

> does not, however, know how to do Acupressure. One of my Jin

Shin

> Do instructors is a PT, highly qualified in Neuromuscular work,

Jin

> Shin Do Acupressure and Visceral Manipulation. But she doesn't

know

> how to do Polarity or Lymphatic Drainage. My Cranialsacral

> instructor doesn't have a clue about either Acupressure or

> Polarity. I think you see my point here.

>

> And I will readily admit that, for someone not familiar with it,

> energy work can seem a bit like voodoo at times. Nothing could

be

> farther from the truth. Everyone of you knows, and I mean

KNOWS,

> that the human body has an energetic component. I have said it

> before - where do you think EKG's and EEG's come from? All

these

> are are measurements of the electrical activity of the heart and

> brain. And you all have certainly, with your own hands, felt

the

> rhythms given off by the blood pulse and respiration.

>

> Why is it so difficult to accept that these are just two of many

> rhythms in the body? Why is it so hard to grasp that if you can

feel

> or sense these two fairly robust rhythms, you can also be

trained to

> feel some of the more subtle rhythms? That is, once you know

they

> exist and learn what to feel for. The ones I can personally

sense

> or feel are the blood pulse, respiration, lymphatic fluid waves,

> cranialsacral rhythm, and the energy flowing in the meridians or

> chakras. And there are even more than that that I have not yet

been

> trained to sense.

>

> I am about to violate my professional code of ethics by sharing

some

> of what happened while I was working on last week. If

you

> have been following 's posts, you already have a pretty

good

> idea of what confronted me when I got there - a kid on crutches

and

> in obvious pain. And I have no doubt that, to , it did

look a

> bit miraculous when got off the table after three hours

work,

> with her leg function fully restored and being TOTALLY pain free.

>

> This is especially true considering the number of doctors who

had

> already examined the poor kid without either diagnosing or

fixing

> the problem. I haven't bothered to figure out yet whether it was

a

> ligament or tendon involved, or which one. ly, I don't

care

> and it doesn't matter. But the sense that I had while working

on

> her was that one of the two had in some way gotten kinked or

trapped

> under the lateral edge of the patella. The impingement was

> obviously causing pain. Furthermore, when the leg was placed in

> just the right position, it compressed the nerves and blood

vessels

> in the posterior knee region - cutting off circulation and

causing

> the leg and foot to turn purple.

>

> It does not surprise me that this was not picked up by either

Xray

> or MRI. It's a little bit like my dashboard lights and my

mechanic -

> if they aren't on the fritz when he has it in the shop, he can't

> figure out the problem.

>

> At any rate, I used a combination of modalities - nothing magic,

> nothing supernatural - just a little bit of almost everything I

have

> been trained to do. Cranialsacral to look for any " energetic "

> blockages, Jin Shin Do Acupressure to open up her

meridians,balance

> her body's energy in general and relax her, myofascial release

to

> take care of a couple of fascial restrictions around her

scapulae,

> polarity to stimulate the actual joints, lymphatic drainage to

flush

> the cellular wastes and toxins out of the knee (thereby reducing

> inflammation and felt pain) and something called directed energy

to

> stimulate the knee itself and get the (whatever it was) to

release.

> And that is exactly what happened. Whatever it was that had

gotten

> trapped let loose with an audible snapping sound, at which time

her

> actual patella started sliding back and forth by itself,

readjusting

> its position. It might have looked like magic, but it wasn't.

>

> At any rate, while I do appreciate the pats on the back, I don't

> want them to leave any misconceptions about what actually

happened.

>

>

>

>

>

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