“Mr Soft, won’t you tell us why the world in which you’re living is so strange” is a song I would hum after yoga when my upper and lower body felt disconnected. I felt like my legs could go one way and my upper body another. Don’t get me wrong I quite liked it but the two weren’t talking to each other from almost being overstretched.
Much of my work lately has been focused around the occipital ridge where the muscles of the neck meet the scull. In fact I woke up dreaming about working on these points the other day:
The temporomandibular point has a huge connection to the frontal lobe and working on this can help the throbbing from headaches reducing migraines. I have found some great success also with the mandibular point when people clench jaws or grind teeth. I will never forget when someone came to me having been to the dentist twice convinced the pain was inside her mouth.
Working on these connections can release so much more in the lower extremities too. So when these points have been released and sciatic tingling resides or someone’s knee feels better it’s not voo doo who do. It’s the back body allowing tension to release further down that chain.
The proof, as they say is in the pudding…’I actually just walked up a huge hill absolutely fine, one that usually exhausts me because it’s hard to move, but now my legs and pelvis work easily so I didn’t get breathy…I never realised such stiffness was such a problem! You’re a miracle worker!’
Miz DeShannon
Call me a miracle worker if you like (I’ll take the hit!). Some of these fascial connections are the most logical and instinctive to work on.
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