Recently, a familiar physician, referred to me a 53
years old male, CEO of a huge corporation. The referring physician, who
is a board-certified rheumatologist, diagnosed this patient with having a major
depressive disorder. According to the physician, in addition to
classic clinical depression symptoms, the patient also suffered from pain
all over the body, tension headaches, sleep disorders and other similar
to fibromyalgia symptoms. He also said:” However, during my initial
examination I couldn't discover the typical 11 tender points, typical to
fibromyalgia cases and necessary to establish fibromyalgia diagnosis.
Being on good terms with the doctor, I had no problem discussing
the clinical picture frankly. Therefore I said that if blood tests were
done and autoimmune diseases were excluded, then, because of the absence
of typical 11 tender points, the disorder isn't fibromyalgia. I asked him then if, practically, clinical depression
and major depressive disorders is essentially the same diagnosis?
He rejected this generalization because major depressive disorders
symptoms include pain all over the body.
When this person appeared in my office, just by looking at
him, I felt, that emotionally he was hurting, to exactly the same degree or
more then from outside. He really was lost.
This session, including the initial evaluation and
treatment, was scheduled for approximately one hour and 10 minutes. I have
asked him if he would have more time to talk to me and then to receive the
treatment. He agreed to do whatever’s necessary to make him feel better.
I called to my next client and reschedule her appointment for a
later time. I asked him to provide me with all the details: describe the symptoms,
the time when these symptoms appeared, and whether any emotional or physical
trauma took place prior to symptoms appearance. I barely finished my phrase as
he started crying.
In total he suffered from this devastating symptoms for almost 7
months. It started some headaches, minor pains all over the body, sleep
disorders, waking up at 3 AM and not being able to go back to sleep. The last
two months he was constantly catching a flu.
Little by little his symptoms got much worse. As he described, his
job is very stressful, stockholders expect huge profits and his wife decided to
leave him. I asked him how he was performing at work. He said that he has
to be on top of the game. That didn't sound like a response of clinically
depressed person. Clinically depressed people cannot fight simply because they
“have to perform.” I asked him how he reacts on taking antidepressant? He said
that he started it only for the lasts two weeks and described it as having
horrible effect on him. He even started to hallucinate as well as when he took
the drug Lyrica, it's really make him feel not like himself.
I advised him to talk to his doctor about it. He was of an opinion
that everyone was thinking of him as being crazy so he didn't want to bother
anyone anymore, and just limited the drugs intake.
I was amazed how this smart and well-educated person can feel so
lost. Obviously, sickness and life situations sometime can get the better of
us.
I proposed to call to his doctor, discuss discontinuation of
taking this medication and insisted on him doing it immediately. From my
experiences I knew, “tomorrow could be too late.” In this situation taking this
medication can cause suicide. From my office in his presence and with his permission
I have called his doctor. As I have anticipated his doctor ordered him to stop
this medication immediately.
Pondering over the clinical picture of this client, I came to the
conclusion that stress and its side effects significantly disturbed the amount
of lymph drainage. Accumulation of toxic metabolic waste within the body
triggers the increase in muscular tensions. Exactly like in cases of
fibromyalgia it leads to ATP crisis, dropping pH, activating pain
analyzing system and producing symptoms similar to clinical
depression.
I started the treatment by checking tensions within muscles and
fascia. The tension in fascia was acceptable, normal, but muscles where very
tense and contained many trigger points. I have explained him what the
acceleration of Lymph drainage techniques does and proposed to dedicate first
five treatments to detoxification. To him this approach seemed
reasonable.
In the first week five times I have provided him
with lymph drainage procedure. To my surprise, during the first week the
clinical picture changed for the better. I actually expected that some evidence
of improvement would come much later.
His mood changed for the better. He told me: ”Boris I’m going to
make it.” When I asked him whether he had any doubt, he paused and said that
the day before he came to me, he had doubts.
To me this was a scary moment. Considering his complaint on what
this medications caused, and knowing how many people committed suicide,
mentally I thanked the Almighty for the privilege to be in right time at right
place - for the call to the doctor and the request to immediately stop the
medication.
The next two weeks I provided 8 full body medical stress
management massages, as well as have addressed the trigger points. I also
advised him the home program of self-massage and we talked frequently so that
he wouldn’t feel he’s alone in this struggle. He thanked me, told me of
his progress, and of him being able to better perform his daily functions and
return of the ability to be a good father.
Tomorrow I will see him again for 12 to15 treatment just to
sustain results. Please click this link to read my article on Lymph
drainage http://medicalmassage-edu.com/articles/47-article31
If you decide to read it, I would like you to be aware on typo
with in article. Instead of inspiration, you should read the
inhalation.
I have no doubt that if I haven’t addressed those symptoms then,
little by little, this condition could have evolved into Fibromyalgia
or Fibromyositis, being a chronic, low-grade inflammatory condition of the
muscle, fascia and other connective tissue, resulting in calcification,
adhesions and tension within fascia and muscles.
You are also welcome, to read about my DVDs where I teach all
techniques I have applied in this successful treatment. http://medicalmassage-edu.com/dvds-only/69
and post any questions.
Best wishes.
Boris.
PS. No doubt, this client can afford paying for his treatment.
Interesting enough, when talking to me on the phone on Thursday, he said: ”…your
treatment is expensive, but I calculated that your treatments are actually saved
me money.” He simply calculated, how much money he would have spent for co-payments medications, deductibles.
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