Shin Splints are permanent???

Recently a large amount of clients have been coming in with good ole shin splints. I was sent a man who had shin splints and was told that it would most likely be a permanent issue if he didn't stop playing tennis. After 4 months of treatments after treatments with different practitioners of all sorts, this gentleman was sent to me. For privacy purposes, I won't call him by his real name, so we'll use "Joe". Joe came into me and said that one of the front desk concierge had mentioned that our Shiatsu had a great chance at healing many different issues, including shin splints. Before I met Joe, the referring concierge associate came to me to give me the heads before the treatment was to begin. She mentioned that he really wanted just a massage and laughed at the idea that "massage" could fix his shin splints. I had to remind my associate that Sennin-So Shiatsu is as close to massage as Chiropractor is. Just because it involves hand on body contact, doesn't mean it automatically is massage.

My associate was hoping that I could live up to the referral, and I just reassured that I'd do everything in my power to prove them right. When I introduced myself to Joe, initially I could tell that he wasn't going to be an easy sell. Sometimes, not always, but sometimes, you an just tell when someone is going to be hard to convince that what I'm doing is actually not a trick. When he explained what he had been dealing with and what he tried to do to fix it, I followed it up with how I was going to attack his real problem, not just the symptom. He actually gave me a single eyebrow raise... never had that, at least not blatantly. AT LEAST, he was willing to give it a try.

So began the treatment. Instantly he was sensitive, this I expected. But thankfully he did notice how his body started to change just by working his feet. After I worked the entire body, he mentioned that he did feel different, but still didn't expect to have that much of a change. After the treatment, when I met him outside the room, he did say that he felt better, but his shin splints were still sore. This I had to explain, for many think that I mean this technique is supposed to cure everything instantly. Shin splints is a layman's term for tendinitis. IF you get the Anterior Tibialis to start to tear (Shin Splints/Tendinitis) then the symptom will occur. That muscle and its tendons DO need to heal. I mentioned this to him, and unfortunately at the time I could see an expression that resembled the "Yeah, I thought so" exaggeration. I told him, like I tell everyone, that the body will go through changes for 72 hours, and after that time, he'd notice the most difference.

Though I had given him my card, which contained my email, and the wish to email me with questions, concerns, or good news, I hadn't heard from him in 3 weeks. Then, after the 3rd week, I saw him on the books with a note that said, "ONLY WANTS TO SEE ADAM". Happy, initially, but a bit concerned... just in case he was upset. When I went to our Men's lounge to pick him up, he stood up, smiled, grabbed my hand and gave me a hug. Yup, I was shocked, since this isn't something that happens very often. Most of their time they are happy, just not this expressive. The first thing out of his mouth was, "I though you were full of @#$%!", and he didn't bleep himself out. He said that he had been playing tennis for the last 2 1/2 weeks without any pain and couldn't believe it. And not only that, but he noticed that the aching in his back was gone, something he didn't tell me about in his initial treatment.

Happy to say that it has been over 6 months now and he has competed in many tennis matches and a few tournaments without any shin splints anymore. I actually see his entire family now. Shin splints can be pretty debilitating. This is because if you ONLY address where the pain is, you're not going to get the optimal relief and you're going to have to stop exercising or playing a sport to get any kind of relief, and then when it feels better and you get back to the physical workout, it comes back. Sennin-So Shiatsu really works, and has and will continue to help many people from athletes to computer workers. If you haven't tried it yet, come on down. I'd love to meet you. And hey, if you don't want to be worked on by a man, I work with 3 women who are amazing at this as well.

Take care all. Stay Happy, Healthy, and Ready for Anything.