A physiotherapist does miracles!

Finally, I am coming back to the UK, to normal work and study. So probably a slightly longer post will appear from tomorrow.
Today morning, before the departure, together with my girlfriend, we were at the physiotherapist (or more osteopath). You could call it differently.

What counts is that he did his job well!

All in all, I rarely experience this type of specialists. However, after today's visit, it will definitely change it and I will be there as often as I have any serious pains.

But let's start from the beginning.

As a person who trains quite a lot, I often feel pain in various parts of my body. Sometimes it is due to too intense exercise, overloading, bad luck or simply the imperfections of the human body.

I try to stretch regularly, whether after running or CrossFit. However, there is not always time. I plan to even do separate stretching sessions 3 times a week, but for now, I do not see the option when I would do it.
Yesterday, being in Poland, I decided to go to a physiotherapist with whom I had already been two years ago and enchanted me so until today I do not feel knee pain. He showed me a few simple stretching exercises, he stretched and massaged where it was needed and till today everything works as it should.

I had two reasons to go to him

First. Shin splints, also known as medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS). If it does not say anything to you then you should be happy! Unless you just suffer from this ailment and you just do not know what it's called. On Wikipedia, you can read what it is exactly.
In simple words, it's just tibia, radiated or pointed pain. Appearing during exercise or at rest. Very annoying pain that probably meets up to 20% of runners and many cannot deal with it.

The second problem was trigger points and heavy to locate pain in the upper back. The pain has been going on for almost 3 weeks and it was in such a strange place that I really had no idea what could have caused it. It appeared right on the right shoulder blade when turning the head sideways or tilting forward.

After a really short interview, the physiotherapist located the pain and with using very skillful stretching movements, massage, and bone adjustment, he almost eliminated it in a moment. Now I feel a bit sore but this is how it should be.

Similarly with shin splints (posterior pain). After making sure that it was certainly not a fatigue fracture he used only his hands to separate aching muscles from the tibia. Then he showed me how to do it myself for a few weeks to completely get rid of the pain for the future.

It was fast and amazing!

If any of you suffer from any chronic pain of unknown origin, I really recommend you consider a visit to a physiotherapist. Of course, you must find a good specialist.

If you have any questions, please just write a comment below!