He was seen by the doctor and diagnosed with an umbilical hernia and scheduled for a surgery. Nick's mother messaged The Tummy Team to see if we could help him avoid surgery. One problem, Nick lived 4 states a way.
Nick was seen for 1 Skype session. We addressed his core strength, his sitting postures and how he engaged his core for strenous activities. We worked on repairing his "hernia" which appeared to be more likely a diastasis (since there was no tear, no bulging organs and little pain at the umbilical area).
We scheduled a second Skype for 3 weeks out that Nick contacted us and told us he did not need. Here is part of his email to us...
"Thanks Kelly! Really appreciate your help, friendliness, and personability.
I'm excited about this - it's like a new healthiness that I didn't even know I was missing.
Just wanted to give you a status update - it's going great!
Although I can still feel the diastasis a little, it's noticeably smaller
and the gap that I felt along that linea alba line is definitely
smaller. Additionally, I just feel better in general now that I have a
better awareness of posture and correct breathing, and that active
sitting position now feels right, not uncomfortable, and I can hold it
for WAY longer without back support. I swapped out my office chair for
just a nice, straight wooden chair and got an external computer monitor
which is all the way up at eye level (my laptop was raised above my
keyboard but I still had to look down a little) and larger so that I can
see all the fine details super clearly without feeling that need to
lean in.
I opted not to set up a check-in appt. since it's
going so well but I am truly
thankful for your help. It's a great way to start off a new calendar.
Hope you and your family had a blessed Christmas and have a happy New
Year!"
Nick was able to avoid surgery and prevent further injury with just one session with The Tummy Team.
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