HyperMobility – Case Study: EVA

Eva's journey to relief to hypermobility

Discover how Eva’s story can empower others facing similar challenges. Explore a path to relief that goes beyond temporary fixes, offering hope for a healthier, pain-free life. Uncover the keys to sustainable wellness with our comprehensive case study of Hypermobility.

CASE HISTORY

Eva is a 40 y/o career and single mum who presented to the clinic with a collection of symptoms ranging from general muscular aches and pains, fatigue, sleeping problems, irritable bowel syndrome, mood swings and hypermobility. The main focus for her was her neck and mid back pain that had fluctuated in severity over a 5-year duration and for which she was currently taking Codeine on a daily basis. (Codeine is an opiate used to treat pain and often prescribed when the effects of paracetamol, ibuprofen and other non-prescribed painkillers don’t work.)

Assessment

Eva seemed to be in a heightened stress state and had a lot going on in her life at the time. An accumulation of work, home and national (pandemic) stresses had her in a sympathetic dominant state which was contributing to and correlated with the pattern of her symptoms. Both her posture and breathing patterns were affecting her neck and shoulder musculature, affecting the area of complaint and this was directly related to the level of stress she was experiencing.

Impression

Eva seemed to be in a heightened stress state and had a lot going on in her life at the time. An accumulation of work, home and national (pandemic) stresses had her in a sympathetic dominant state which was contributing to and correlated with the pattern of her symptoms. Both her posture and breathing patterns were affecting her neck and shoulder musculature, affecting the area of complaint and this was directly related to the level of stress she was experiencing.

Prescription

Advice was given to take time to manage her stresses and respond to her body’s communications of distress. Her treatment recommendation was a short course of weekly treatment consisting mostly of manual therapy and dry cupping. She was guided on conscious breathing and mindful practice. Our main aim was to initiate a state of relaxation, rest and help her practice this herself.

Treatment

Eva responded well to her care and took on board the advice given. Due to her personal circumstances, she did not maintain the weekly consistency of her programme but did complete the course.

Result

Her outcomes were positive as she learnt to understand what her body was doing. She stopped repeatedly going to the GP for each symptom she had after realising that the majority of the complaints were related and linked back to her stress levels. This approach resulted in her no longer requiring the medication she was on and provided her more of an active role in her health management.

Conclusion

Much of the burden on health care systems such as the NHS is from symptom management, which in many instances is the resultant effect of not understanding the interconnected nature of human body systems. Stress and its many effects, if better understood by both patients and physicians, could be better managed and understood as the root cause of many patient visits and GP presentations. Gaining a better understanding of the functional implications of stress can empower patients to take active measures in their health management instead of repeatedly visiting equally frustrated GP’s for symptom management. Sympathetic overload is a poorly understood and hugely overlooked cause of multisystem dysfunction and requires much more attention and awareness than it currently receives.

Eva came to the clinic with a collection of symptoms ranging from general muscular aches and pains, fatigue, sleeping problems, irritable bowel syndrome and mood swings. She struggled with neck and mid back pain that had fluctuated in severity over a 5-year duration and taking Codeine on a daily basis.

CUSTOMER REVIEW

My first wet cupping done at my back provided me a quick recovery which was unexpected because the pain I was feeling 2 days ago completely disappeared.

George

Rated 5 out of 5

Luther was DEBILATED… until he tried THIS!

Watch the video to find out more Luther’s story and how our team at ICAHT helped to rehabilitate this shoulder injury.

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Luther | Treated t ICAHT Leicester

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I’m happy, relaxed. I can breathed properly. Grateful, very grateful. I’m glad this clinic is open. Thank you very much.

Eva

Rated 5 out of 5

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