Towards the end of last year I signed up a new client. She had mild scoliosis of the spine. Ill say no more other than post a testimonial she wrote which describes what she been through (I apologise up front for the length of the testimonial: For most of my life since a teenager, I have suffered from back pain; pain that is constant that no one else can see. In 2007 I had a discectomy operation to repair a bulging disc and then in 2008 I had a back fusion in my lower back to help alleviate the back pain I was still experiencing. Previous to this I had a knee reconstruction that was required after playing netball for many years. These injuries and operations impacted on my life every day. I had to think constantly of how to sit, bend, reach into the fridge and reassess how much I could do in the garden, walk on the beach and participate in ordinary daily activities. I would constantly throw my back out and end up with excruciating muscle spasms by simply reaching for things in cupboards, picking up shopping or treading on uneven footpaths. My exercise was reduced to walking or working out in the pool. I couldn’t play netball, touch football or run like I used to do. I then decided I was getting bored with doing the same thing in the gym and decided to take up the offer for two sessions with a personal trainer and I met Mark Busse. We established an instant and easy rapport and Mark shared with me and showed me how to execute a series of exercises to strengthen my core and back muscles to help stabilise my back and give me confidence in my back again. I also decided to take up a personal training session with Mark every week beginning with a posture analysis. I was amazed to learn that I had a marked weakness in the left side of my body and that I had been compensating for this weakness for many years resulting in the right side of my body getting stronger the more exercise I did and the left hand side remaining weaker. This discovery made sense to me as I always felt when lying on my back I was lying lopsided raised up on the right hand side and a lot of my back pain occurred on the left hand side particularly around the left scapula area. Mark devised a gym program to strengthen my left side; my arm, back and leg muscles and to stretch my muscles on the right hand side of my body. Within 4 weeks of following this program and training in the gym with Mark I began to notice a difference in reduced pain levels and lying on my back felt more even. The lack of pain in my back has been the most amazing joy to experience and I travelled by car to Melbourne over Christmas and did not suffer with soreness nor had the need to constantly shift in my seat to get comfortable and stop every few hours to stretch and walk to ease my back pain. I found it easy to build a trust and develop a rapport with Mark to enable us to work together towards nominated goals. The differences I had noticed in my body were monitored and exercises adjusted to minimise muscle and joint soreness and to achieve better results. Respectful interactions, humour, encouragement, openness and a willingness and desire to assist others are evident in the way Mark works with clients and I thank him for assisting me to take positive steps to ensuring I regain confidence in my back and the ability to participate more fully in life pain free! Carreen Long
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 03:28:18 +0000
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