Myles Hocking
Myles Hocking Sports Therapist
“I suffered from continual everyday headaches, which I had tried all sorts of remedial treatments for since they began four years ago. I had put a brave face on and battled on, even continuing to play rugby, but a shoulder injury from a tough opening season game sent me looking for help.
I tried city therapy for its easy location as much as anything else and started to get treatment from Christian Platts. I was a bit taken aback by his initial postural assessment, I thought I was in good shape but he discovered several biomechanical problems (such as the gap between my right hand side ribs and hip wasrestricted) which were causing strain patterns that were turning into pain patterns. Christian explained these problems were largely due to restrictions in the connective tissue (fascia) around my muscles and bones.
Using Myofascial Release Christian was able to iron out these problems. I was soon back in the gym, but Christian advised me against weight training until he had aligned me properly. So I went on the rowing machine and was delighted to break all my personal bests, becoming fitter than I had ever been. Apart from a slight hiccup due to a snowboarding accident the continual improvement in the condition of my muscles and my biomechanics has been a revelation and I recently celebrated my first whole week without a headache in four years. Moreover my digestive and organ functions (which I have tested regularly as I am a heart and lung transplant outpatient of seventeen years) have improved over the period, so now I am taking less medication than when I started treatment with Christian and my kidneys and liver are more effective too. At my last hospital visit my kidney creatinine level was 115, which is the lowest it’s been since the operation. It was around 140-150 when I started treatment with Christian. I have been so changed by the Myofascial release treatments that I decided to enroll on a course with Christian's training organisation www.activehealthgroup.org.uk and now run my own Sports Therapy Clinic www.thenorthernquarterclinic.co.uk”
Myles Hocking - Sports Therapist