Why I love my work.
Two weeks ago a client came to me with pain in his breastbone (sternum). We knew it wasn't his heart. We suspected it was from a month-long cough he'd been unable to get rid of. I was able to get the muscles around the area to calm down but there was still.....something there. Some lumpiness.
After palpating it and talking to him, I suggested that all that coughing had jarred loose a rib and it was now slightly out of alignment where it joined his sternum. I'm no chiropractor and would never ever attempt a chiropractic adjustment.
But here's the thing: myofascial techniques don't just work on the muscles. They work on everything in that area, creating space and softening/lengthening tissue. I did some general fascial work on the center of his chest but he was still sore when he left.
The next day he told me that the rib had moved back into place overnight and he wasn't sore any more (and the lumpy place was gone).
I love my job.
