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Everything Horses and Livestock
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The Myofascia Body
By featured writer - Kelly Behnke
HELP WHEN YOU NEED IT MOST
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
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
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