Welcome
Shannon
43 year old with ‘no disc’ between C 6 and 7 (limitations – can regrow surely??)
Life time of rugby and associated ‘boy accidents’ growing up. Including being in
a tree, having rock thrown at him that felled him. All came to a head as he had a gym injury. Is better with a few chiro (and odd needles stuck in) and swimming started 6 weeks ago.
Started with P.V. and Acc recall – ankles, Bao Mai, ?? upper and lower neck
Second time – head injuries and eye/nose /head scars.
Gua Sha (CLICK) then cupping – upper and lower.
Useful someone else’s extras (CLICK) If you wish to know more – get this text (CLICK) – Arya has developed this to an artform – much like me and navel cupping (text not yet).
NOTE – you can see the ‘sha’ from the Gua Sha we did off camera first.. ‘Sha’ refers to stagnant Blood or Qi that is blocking the proper flow of energy and blood in the pathway of the channel.
Need – methys, oil/Vick’s, artery clamp, matches, pre warmed cups, tissue
Health and safety
Make sure you put the tissue in water – regardless of how ‘out’ you think it is.
Loosening the suction off
How long?
You are there – ask yourself – intention?
Mine is to mobilise the Qi. Cold and wind are stuck in the 6 Divisions – leading to congestion. From all the hits over the decades – and in freezing winds and in ice etc – he is solid for a reason – STUCK. We are giving it all the option to move up and out. Sha – stuck. Does not hurt but can look very impressive. Check that the person is not on Warfarin etc first – I did that once and her back was black /purple – and she could breathe again – embolisms ..
Gua Shea means – so much less hassle – we get to what is holding body hostage – I did it briskly on him as he can take it – be cautious.
Cups – maybe 10 mins altogether – we were on a mission – and this was the start (after cupping navel) and freeing up so much on his chest at the front – the lymph work interspersed with all of this (not taught in the rigid non Qi moving acup classes made the most difference.
Repeat cupping
Playing with ligaments
Alternative to moxa – wake up with my hands.
Note O.S.L. changes ..
Moving STUCK – to assist neck
Way to go!
‘Easily the most movement I have felt in the past 10 years’.
Gua Sha move
Gua Sha plucking technique – between my third and index fingers – sharp upwards pluck
Result – more movement.
Better than he had had in 10 years he thought.
Upper body
Lymph moving everywhere
Do move around the other side – it is a totally different sensation. Most change he felt was lymph gouging across the front of the chest. We are alternating clearing and fixing moves with clearing and soothing ones. Were he a woman we would not have been this heavy handed or violent. He is no longer seeing the structural and massage people – as the swimming and living better has fixed it. (Still awaiting his repair from within sessions to happen though – no pain – all too busy being self) . Iceberg – what lies beneath??
Flank Gouge
Start at the bottom and move up. Can be excruciating – especially when they have a frozen shoulder – or any upper body and chest issues. Slowly usually – more so than I am with him.
Bum for neck – 2 versions
Finishing with point percussion and flicking off.
Next day
Better sleep
We did Mercier protocol
plus HB Moving Blockages extras . .
At the end – I added in my usual sitting up needling structural session.
Besides vastly more movement and flexibility – (snapped both hamstrings when a teenager – rugby) – Average game – 15 collisions – immovable bodies smashing together ). He also lost the majority of the noises in his neck (krepitis).
Pubes for neck . .. Clear the lymph
We ‘found’ a potential posterior to fix
Do 9 indentations – in straight in, off to the left, and off to the right.
And central, top and bottom.
Hold for 10 seconds each.
Go in (and out at the end) slowly – and hold.
Correction . .
Started on the side I was not convinced was the correct one (after the smash) the left side
Then I went to where I suspected (slightly elevated) – he said ‘good’ – if in doubt do the other side than where you think.
(I was doing this as a teaching issue – normally I would have not done either . .)
Caryl -is making a common mistake – in two examples of me online teaching I have said the same thing.
If posterior – pushing down – feet IN
If anterior – pulling up – feet OUT
Must do legs
The foot that is on the inside you left alone is pulled straight out – 20 seconds.
The one you corrected if was posterior – go IN
If was anterior (usual) grab the foot (appropriately) and twist – if they are small you may be able to see the entire hip rotate) and then pull as other leg.