I have a weak knee, which tends to get me into trouble. Every so often, I take a tumble, misstep or do something else to make it hurt. The technical term for this sort of thing is a chronic injury. When I asked a doctor what I could do, I got pointed in the direction of very expensive specialists — both surgeons and physical therapists.
Interesting information: if you have knee surgery, for just about anything, you are almost guaranteed to need follow up surgery down the road. I considered this, along with the expense, and weighed it against the fact that my knee just hurt sometimes. I had to put a heating pad on it and take a couple of painkillers, but I still had a decent quality of life. I decided to opt out on my doctor’s suggestions.
I did do something that wound up being a fantastic idea. The next time I had an appointment with my massage therapist, I asked her to pay a little extra attention to my knee. I lucked out, because my massage therapist had taken the time to learn new techniques beyond what she learned in school.
In my case, she was able to incorporate ortho-bionomy into our sessions. It’s a set of techniques based on osteopathy, that focuses on exaggerating certain natural postures.
The real point here isn’t the technique she used, though — it’s the fact that she kept learning, just in case the information came in handy for one of her clients.
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