Much Evidence That Bodywork Is Not A Fix

Over the next week, I continued to release tension from Jillie’s body in short sessions that I knew would have a cumulative effect. The shear in her lumbars was greatly improved after the vascular work in that area, so I enhanced the rhythm in the kidneys and hooked up the ureters. Both kidneys were stuck in the filling phase of the vascular cycle and were out of sync with the ureters. This situation is often caused by tension around pain in the S.I. joints and, once the pattern is set up, compensation that affects range of motion in the hindquarters, from stiffness to lameness develops and persists. This pattern was more pronounced on the right side. After this session, Jillie’s ability to rock gently from side to side improved. Following the energy restriction into her hind legs, I released the Chopart joints in her hocks to insure good circulation and checked in with the nerve roots down both sides of her spine to relax her musculature. 
​I was hyper focused on the rotation in her front legs. How much of the toed-out position I was seeing was postural and how much of it was conformation? I knew there would be more to learn about this situation as I continued my investigation and as releases continued to revel new levels of Jillie’s body’s ability to repair and heal itself. With every session, new issues revealed and resolved themselves, cementing my belief that bodywork does not fix issues and continual attention must be paid to changes, shifts and maintenance in any living, breathing, moving being.
I added a series of PT exercises to loosen and straighten her shoulders and front legs. These include shoulder delineation, leg circles, extending the front legs out and across the midline, wither rocking and, when working on a line in the arena, leg yielding, which will also build strength in her hindquarters.