Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine August 2016 Vol 1 Issue 3

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine

The Myofascia Body By featured writer - Kelly Behnke HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST

as I couldn’t get ahold of my husband. No Problem! She came, picked me up, took me home AND gave me a myofascial release treatment. The spasm and guarding were gone!!! I won’t lie I was definitely more sore than usual for the next week but nothing like what usually hap- pens after this type of accident. I am seeing a chi- ropractor as well as receiving Myofascial Release and using God’s medicine in the form of essential oils. No pain medicine with its awful side effects

I was in a pretty bad auto accident last week. The 2004 pick up I was driving was T-boned. It was a complete loss. I was very fortunate and was able to walk away from the accident! Bruised, battered and shaken up. No question about it. The other remarkable part of this story is that I have had 6 spinal surgeries including a lumbar fusion at L3-4 and I have severe osteoarthritis and degener- ative disc disease in my spine as well as osteoar- thritis in my left hip. I have been going to Roberta Ashby of Main Body Works for myofascial release for over a year now and I credit these treatments with keeping me strong and flexible enough that I am able to work part time, garden, ride my horse and generally be reasonably active for a 62 year old with consider- able arthritis. As it turns out I was on my way to an appointment with Roberta when the accident hap- pened. I called her to let her know I was not going to be able to make it while all the while thinking “ I could sure use a treatment right now”. I could feel my low back starting to go into spasm and guarding as happens to susceptible tissues after a traumatic accident and knew I was going to be in a lot of pain once the adrenaline wore off! Roberta asked if she could do anything. I told her I needed a ride home

were needed! When this mud dries up I will be back on my horse and in the garden in a much shorter amount of time than is usually required to heal up from this type of trauma. Thank you to Roberta and my other alternative medicine health care practitioners!! ~ Ronda

Kelly Behnke - Main Body Works & EMT Office 913-755-3768 | Cell 913-731-2535

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