Experiences of a physiotherapist

Fascia Therapy has some very important trumps in the pre- and post-surgery treatment.

According to me, the medical world prescribes pre-surgery treatment too less often and post-surgery treatment far too late. Typically, post-surgery treatment starts as soon as rehabilitation can begin, in other words, as soon as joints can be mobilized again, muscles need to strengthen or, for example, there is a need for walking rehabilitation. In this situation valuable time is being lost. Immediately after surgery the fascia therapist can execute important handlings that speed up the healing process after the operation and set the most optimal situation for rehabilitation. There is no need to wait for the arm or leg to get out of the plaster, for the time that motion is allowed again or for the operated zone to be strong enough again.

Pre-surgery treatment is even less popular. And yet, a specific approach may generate important effects. The goal is to have the body on the surgery table in the best possible conditions: cutting loose all fascias, clearing the main blood circulation, working on micro-circulation, this all prepares the ‘consistency’ of the body. Next to this, optimizing the motion pattern, motion consciousness also can prepare the further rehabilitation process and reduce the rehabilitation period to a minimum.

Let me illustrate this by means of a practical example. It is easy when having didactical material runningcrawling around at home.

In the blog ‘About the importance of crawling’ I wrote that we hoped Michelle would ‘really’ crawl before October 23. That day she was going to have a surgery on her left foot: mother nature has given her 11 toes (and metatarsal bones). Because her left foot would get at least 5cm broader than her right foot and, as a consequence of this, she would barely be able to wear her ‘princess shoes’, we decided to have the ‘spare parts’ surgically removed. (Read the article)

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Within the ‘Critical Education Coaching, the Hendrickx-method’, I was assigned to the practical course ‘Projection space’. I believe that Prof. Hendrickx didn’t give me this theme just by accident. I was born for it! It’s an area / a field I frequently apply in my cabinet and where I can rein to my creativity, starting from systematic procedures. Even just knowing the basics of these procedures can take one’s coaching to a higher level. This insight is one of the most important principles I want to pass on.

Until three years ago Prof. Hendrickx had taken care of almost all practical trainings himself, but then we worked out a system of shared courses, where the assistant teaches and Prof. Hendrickx makes his comments whenever needed to adjust things, emphasize or rephrase them. Afterwards it’s up to ourselves. In the near future I will bring across this course theme to the new crop of ‘Critical Education Coaches’ all by myself. 

In my attempt to make the courses as interesting as possible I integrate video recordings in my powerpoint slides whenever I can. Telling the students about a child’s performance during coaching is one thing, but showing it to them is much more attractive, and hopefully efficient too. During my vacation I cut and pasted quite a number of recordings of problem analysis. (Read the article)

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