[libribook.com] Traumatic Scar Tissue Management 1st Edition

Referral example
Tonya, a 21-year-old healthy woman, receives twice-monthly relaxation
sessions with a focus on her shoulders.
Tonya always feels great after the sessions, but each session I observe
extreme rounded shoulders and palpate adhesions in her platysma,
subclavius, sternocleidomastoid (SCM) and anterior scalenes. For several
visits inquiry is made as to her activities to try and pinpoint contributing
factors. Tonya’s response is always ‘too much computer work.’
Then, during one session, without questioning or remarking on the
adhesions, Tonya began to weep. I asked if she wanted me to stop. She
said, ‘No, but I have to tell you something – I think the reason for the
adhesions is because I purge after every meal. I spend 20 minutes
sometimes over the toilet. I can’t seem to straighten up after that.’
She continued to cry as I held her head and again asked if she wanted to
continue. She responds ‘yes.’ After the session, after making sure Tonya
felt calm, I asked if she wanted to seek help from a professional. She said
she would think about it. At our next session, I did not mention it nor did
she. But she did take one of the psychotherapy business cards I left on the
intake table.
Networking with massage therapists in your area and discovering their area of
expertise or particular practice focus will enhance and assist your clients’ care
(see Box 8.6).
Box 8.6