Just a "zebra" trying my best to live life to the fullest with EDS and POTS...and loving the ride.

Posts Tagged ‘Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM)’

Five For Friday 4/27/12

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

1.  Medical Stuff:

  • 2 Days of PT: 1 strengthening, 1 Graston’s.
  • I had an OMM appointment.  Usually I see my doc every other week, but it had been 5 weeks.  Immediately upon examination, her eyes got big and she could not believe how outta whack my body was.  The highlight was when she said, “Whoa! You have some party going on in your pelvis.”  Needless to say, she fixed my “party.”
  • No home rehab.  I have been letting fatigue win, which does not make me happy.  I am vowing to you all (to hold myself accountable) that I will get back on track next week.

Five For Friday +1 2/25/12

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

1.  Medical Stuff:

  • 1 Day of Home Rehab :/
  • 1 Session of Physical Therapy.   We focused on my hip and my extremely tight IT bands.  My therapist wants me to come twice a week (instead of once) until my hip pain/instability calms down.
  • I had an OMM appointment on Thursday.  My tailbone and sacrum were twisted so my doc concentrated on getting those back in place.  She also did some cranio work. 

Five For Friday 1/20/12

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

1.  Medical Stuff:

  • 3 Days of Home Rehab.  (I type this every Friday because it holds me accountable each week).
  • I had an OMM (Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine) appointment on Thursday.  I love my doctor’s approach: gentle, yet very effective.  She worked inside of my mouth this time to try to get my jaw muscles to calm down.  The only problem at my appointment was that my blood pressure was even lower this time. Not sure how much I should be concerned about this.
  • After a brief hiatus, it’s back to physical therapy for this zebra on February 2nd.
  • Next week is a big travel week for me: Dr. Grubb and Bev Monday for POTS (Toledo) and Dr. Lavallee on Thursday for EDS (South Bend).  Praying for good weather.

Five For Friday…4 days Late

Written by Katie. Posted in Five For Friday

Time got away from me!  I know excuses, excuses.  Everyone has one.

1.  Medical Stuff:

  • 1 Day of PT
  • 2 Days of Home Rehab.
  • I had my GI follow-up at U of M.  The plan is to continue doing what I’m doing since I am managing things fairly well with Domperidone, eating small meals, and eating a lot less bread-like things.
  • I had my first appointment with my new cranio-sacral therapy doc.  She was A.MAZ.ING.  My ribs felt better when I left, and let’s just say she is very, very interested in my health.  She was going home to study more about EDS.  I think this may be the start of a beautiful thing.  I see her again in two weeks.