Working with Abigail & Tom has been a real educational and enlightening experience. The journey started with myself to cure my own pinched nerves, tight muscles and numbness. After working with other specialists and having no success, I started work with Abigail and Tom. Their whole body-mind approach and “deal with whatever issue rises to the surface” approach allowed us to work thru the layers of the onion that was my body and I started to see results almost immediately. The biggest mystery for me was the release of a bad dental experience that was trapped behind my eye triggering pain in my lower back. The release of both the eye issue and the back issue allowed the lingering lower back pain that I had been experiencing for months to fully disapate and disappear.
I was intrigued enough to take one of the courses they offered. Not being formally trained in the field I did not completely get all of the subject matter, however the course still allowed me to see the body and the body movements in a different light.
My journey continued as I got involved with my daughters competitive hockey team as a trainer. Through the years I have extensively used the knowledge and understanding gained from Abigail and Tom to truly see each of the players and work thru with them what ever issues they are dealing with. The recognition of the affects of a hit to the shoulder and how it can affect other areas of the body, has allowed be to not only treat the immediate impact, but also recognize the side affects the initial hit can have on other areas of the body. Part of my daily routine has become explanation to players how they need to stretch and treat their body in order to prevent further pain and allow for faster recovery.
As a mother I have extensively used the skills learned with my daughter as well. A tailbone fall four years ago, has had us pursuing the mystery of the nerves and muscles of the lower back, hips and thighs. Her burning thigh pain is a complete mystery and only arises during intense skating (i.e., hockey games). No other sports seem to trigger the pain and the only real correlation we have been able to draw is to muscle tension in the hips, thighs and back. So in order to keep the pain level to a minimum and allow her to continue playing the sport she loves at the competitive level I use the massage and active release techniques learned from Abigail both before and after each and every game.
I have learned that the body is a puzzle that we need to look at in many different and varied ways to fully understand and fix. A single method of treatment does not solve all problems and we need to be open to new ideas as well as what the body is telling us. So for me the journing continues both as a Hockey trainer and a Hockey mom.