Worked with a client today who was reporting hip pain and discomfort down her leg.
To start the treatment process we needed to identify the cause of the discomfort. I do this with a process of muscle testing. This alerts the brain to the weaknesses that could be causing or exacerbating the discomfort.
When I asked my client to lift her leg she was barely able to and it was painful.
I asked her to press a finger onto the roof of her mouth and try again.
She was able to lift her leg more easily, higher and with reduced discomfort.
This told me that the cause of the pain may is not isolated solely to the area of discomfort.
Why would this happen?
The placement of the finger on the roof of the mouth directs the attention of the nervous system to the Spheno-Basilar Synchondrosis (SBS). This is the junction between the base of the skull and the Sphenoid bone, which sits internally towards the front of the skull. Many of the bones of the cranium are connected to it.
As my clients leg movement improved when we focused the brains attention this area tells that it’s not happy.
The impact of this can include:
- Making the other bones connected to it.
- Creating a drag on the membrane that protects the brain and spine cord.
- Irritating the cranial nerves that pass through the gaps.
The upshot would be that other areas of the body could also become unhappy reducing the body’s capacity to function optimally and potentially creating other symptoms in the body.
Through the Lovett-Brother relationship of the spine, we know that the bones of the skull and pelvis are connected via a reciprocal partnership of movement through the spine. Through this connection, we can know that a problem in one area can impact upon its partner.
The Sphenoid is the partner of the coccyx. The Parietals are directly connected to the Sphenoid. The Parietals are partners of the Illiums – the bones of the pelvis to which the leg is connected.
Once we released the Sphenoid bone my client was able to lift her leg with more ease and range without having to put her finger on the roof of her mouth and we were able to continue the assessment and treatment process.
In the treatment we’d always address any imbalance in the SBS first due to the impact it can have on the whole body. Releasing the SBS offers a ‘system reboot’ ensuring that information from the brain is fully able to travel through the body.
In a treatment I’d always check here first in a treatment as an issue in this area can be related to so many symptoms we can experience in the body e.g. headaches/migraines, dizziness, digestive problems, neck and back pain, fatigue, to name a few.