Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 299-304, October 2008

Loosening the limbic grip on pain and disability

Highthorn Physiotherapy Clinic Limited, 132 Lawrence Street, York, YO10 3EB, UK

Received 19 May 2007; received in revised form 24 August 2007; accepted 29 August 2007.

Summary 

A 34 years old male, previously fit and strong, sustained a “crush” injury to a foot. The patient experienced pain and had a marked limp despite various therapies during the 4 months prior to presentation for treatment with the author. Three visits at 2-day intervals produced complete symptomatic resolution. Therapy consisted not of foot treatment but of an oscillating form of light touch massage to his lumbar spine that had been a site of chronic pain in the past.

KEYWORDS: Pain, Emotion, Benign explanation, A beta fibres, 2Hz

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PII: S1360-8592(07)00088-5

doi:10.1016/j.jbmt.2007.08.003

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 299-304, October 2008

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