Pain and Trauma

L.B., sought treatment for a sprained ankle that had not healed after two and a half years. The client had several physical complaints; including intermittent jaw pain and cracking due to chronic tooth grinding, constant foot pain, swelling in both ankles, and pain in the lower limbs when arising in the morning and after being seated for long periods.

She was almost one hundred pounds over her ideal weight, and she suffered from depression and lack of confidence in her abilities, although she was a well-educated and successful professional.

The Root Causes

An initial examination revealed long-standing lesions stemming from trauma suffered in childhood. Some were physical in origin. L.B. endured many years of orthodontia, dentistry, and oral surgery to correct a serious overbite, and she suffered the usual falls and accidents of childhood.

Some, however, were emotional in origin. L.B. lost her mother at a very young age, and was raised by an abusive alcoholic father, which resulted in L.B. having a very lonely and difficult childhood.

The Treatment

After a few visits to correct the structural problems, L.B. was given Mechanical Link treatments focusing on releasing the emotional lesions that were causing her so much pain. After receiving treatments once a month for six months, L.B. lost a considerable amount of weight, and reported to her practitioner that she was no longer eating in response to anxiety or stress. She had begun to actively grieve for her mother.

Despite years of psychotherapy, she had suppressed her grief and pain for over 30 years, which had been affecting her physically and emotionally every day. After a year of monthly treatments, the pain and swelling in her feet and ankles went away. She stopped grinding her teeth at night, and her jaw pain vanished. In addition, her depressive episodes diminished, and, as her confidence and motivation increased, she realized her dream of entering private practice in her profession.