The Long Road Home- Returning to Freedom and Flexibility following Physical and Emotional Trauma
It was 10:40 PM as Evelyn made her way home through a rural farming
area in her new 1966 Mustang. Dark and cold, Eve had the heater and the
radio on. She had made the drive hundreds of times. From her friend’s
house to her home was exactly 9.2 miles and she knew every curve and
hill between her friend’s house and her home. As Eve drove up the small
hill that separated their houses unaware that a large truck had just
picked up the harvest from a nearby field had just pulled onto the road
on the other side of the hill. Eve, unable to see the truck cleared the
top of the hill, started her decent. By the time she saw the truck it
was too late. What happened next changed Eve’s life. “All I remember
was the loud crash, the scraping metal, the terrible smell that I could
never describe; then I passed out”. Eve had run under the trailer being
pulled by the truck. That night, Eve received head injuries that would
leave her left arm and hand paralyzed for the next forty-two years.
Physical paralysis and long term emotional dysfunction can happen to
anyone following a traumatic event. It may not be a physical paralysis;
it may be an emotional upheaval that is relived over and over again
paralyzing emotions, evoking undesirable behaviors of anger, violence
and depression to physical problems in various parts of the body.
When an unsettling event happens, the brain will react. A primary
function of the brain is to protect the body; to trigger activities
which will keep you alive and safe. When you are upset, a chain
reaction usually started by the release of a hormone called adrenaline,
goes to work to excite your bodily system to react in a protective
mode. An adrenaline rush and the behavior called ‘Fight or Flight’
operate en masse for your self preservation.
Let’s follow the adrenaline rush in Eve following the accident. Just
before impact, stress hormones and chemicals flood Eve’s body as it
prepares her for fight or flight. This makes her heart beat faster,
constricting blood vessels in her limbs keeping blood in the trunk,
increasing her breathing and perspiration and tensing muscles. At this
point some people will faint due to the trauma; it is one of the
brain’s options to reduce panic and further injury to oneself.
For many, any attempt to return to what was normal after a significant
trauma is greatly compromised because of damage to tissues, muscle and-
nerves. Capillaries throughout the body were constricted during the
accident. Heart muscles were stressed and muscles throughout the body
retain some physical tension which is one of the reasons the body may
feel sore following an event.
For the next forty two years Evelyn was unable to use her right hand
and arm which have become paralyzed. A close friend suggested that she
may get some improvement if she came to HealthWalk and have some sessions with Dr. Dennis Maness of their MindSoul Brain Technologies, Dr. Maness
has had success working with accident survivors suffering with
non-structural close brain injury, stroke and depressive symptoms
following accidents.
Dr. Maness
ran a NeuroStimulation test to see if Eve’s brain could relax itself to
allow her arm and hand to release. When Evelyn said she felt tingles in
her arm and hand it was an indication that she would be a good
candidate for MindSoul Brain Technologies sessions.
In Evelyn’s case, the sessions helped free her body and mind to attempt
to return to its original healthy state, but at that moment the
underlying stress issues related to being in a prolonged trauma state
and the resultant coping mechanisms had not been resolved yet thus
causing those issues to remain. When these health issues are still
present, the brain makes adjustments to a new homeostasis (a new
acceptable norm). As Evelyn began to recover, she became more aware of
the anxiety, depression, headaches, stomach and bowel problems and a
variety of other pains that was masked by her focus on the paralysis.
To address these health challenges, Dr. Maness
used a variety of sound frequencies, vibration and lobe – neuro
specific exercises to counter the current homeostasis and to return
Evelyn to the more desired homeostasis. By the end of a week of
sessions, Evelyn began to regain feeling to her hand and arm and
experienced increased overall wellbeing. She was able to make a fist,
hold a glass of water and had improved movement in the fingers. Now
that back she is back home in the Midwest, Evelyn continues to improve.
In low doses, stress alerts us, organizes us and makes us more
productive. In high amounts and in cases of physical trauma like
Evelyn’s or in depression, mood swings, depressive behaviors and Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder, MindSoul Brain Technologies’ NeuroStimulation Sound treatments have helped many on their road to recovery.
Dr. Maness
developed the NeuroStimulation procedures and holds the patents. These
protocols have been utilized by over 5,700 individuals since 2002 and
are offered exclusively through HealthWalk. HealthWalk offers a complete program to not only help brain functionality but also the entire body. HealthWalk, where we work with you to address the root causes of the health issues so that you can regain and enhance your health.
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