Chronic pain is affecting more Australians every year. Over
the last 10 years GPs saw a 67% increase in chronic pain
patients, and prescribing 70% of all patients pain-relief
medication.
It’s also the leading cause of early retirement, resulting in
significant financial strain for so many families.
Chronic lower back pain alone is the 4th most common
disability in Australia!
Those of you who suffer from chronic pain most days, will
understand how frustrating it can be to make such small
changes towards reducing your pain. These minimal changes
to your pain might be after months of altering the way you
work, your exercise and eating habits, and even your
psychological/emotional outlook on your symptoms.
While the lifestyle and mindset changes I’ve mentioned are
crucial in creating meaningful change to your pain levels and
functionality, a new form of manual therapy may fast track
your journey to feeling more like yourself again!
Fascial Counterstrain (FCS) is a treatment technique aimed at
addressing trapped inflammation within the body, which may
be contributing to your joint and muscular pain.
However, muscles and joints are not the only cause of pain!
FCS targets inflammation within the nerves, blood vessels
and even organs. Not just your joints and muscles!
Although FCS is a hands-on approach, the treatment is
almost always painless. This is because the patient’s body is
slowly and gently manipulated towards ease/comfort, rather
than where the patient feels stuck or sore. This means there
is a compressive or slackening of the strained part of the
body.
Prior to treatment, there is some mild discomfort during the
physical assessment, to form the diagnosis of your pain and
joint restrictions. This helps ensure the techniques applied are
more likely to address your primary complaint.
Just like firmer treatment such as massage and joint
manipulations, FCS may also lead to mild joint and muscle
soreness. If this occurs, it generally only lasts up to 24 hours.
If you’d like make an osteo appointment with Joel, click the
link below to make a booking:
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If you’d like to find out more about chronic pain and FCS,
check out the links below:
Fascial Counterstrain:
Chronic Pain Facts:
pain-in-australia/summary
05/171663_painaustralia_0.pdf
disability-in-australia/contents/health/chronic-conditions-
and-disability
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