06/03/2019
Client mentioned that when work gets quite stressful or full on, they get a sense of drowning and find it difficult to breathe..
So where do we start?. 🤔
With the clients history, of course. 🤓
So after examination and taking on board all the information, we discovered that the more focused the client was, the more they would lean in towards their computer. This was mainly due to looking at details on the screen.
So you might think, compression of the ribs and lungs leaning forward = difficult/ drowning sense of breathing. Problem was, the drowning sense of breathing could then last a full day. So changing posture didn't change symptoms..
This is where the history comes in. Client is also martial artist 🥊 Plenty of times, they have been hit in the face from a cheeky 1-2, jab cross..
When an object comes toward the face at close range we create Convergence of the eyes. 👀 where the eyes draw closer together..
Convergence of the eyes are associated to the flexors of the body. As you want to focus closer attention to something, you would move your head closer creating convergence. Now 💭 Imagine, an object , a pie 🥧 or a fist 🥊 coming Straight towards you, one of the reactions you would have, is to lean back and away..
Now if the client was to move away from a punch but also at the same time, the eyes were to focus on seeing an incoming glove 🥊which just so happens to make contact, then we have created some level of trauma along with confusion of appropriate muscle activation..
We found, Neck flexors SCM, Pectorals, Abdominals were to go weak when focusing causing convergence. Therefore this sense of drowning occured due to inefficient muscle activation supporting breathing..
It's been longer than a working week and drowning / breathing symptoms haven't returned.
