#neurological dysfunction

[matsusakestudies]

Final essay ☺️ 10 pages! Let’s go.

[anftherapy]

💡 You already know how to stretch, mobilise & strengthen.

But if that was enough… why do chronic pain cases keep slipping through your hands?

Because behind the joint and muscle lies something deeper:

⚡ Neurological dysfunctions ⚡ Biochemical imbalances

These hidden layers often shadow every “failed” recovery and they’re rarely addressed in standard practice.

The professionals who learn to see and treat these root causes don’t just get better results… they build trust, reputation, and a waiting list of patients who finally feel understood.

[loachfriend]

I can feel the rotten nerve in my head, the way it circles my left eye, kisses my brow, creases to curve my cheek bone and sinus, and dangles its centipede feet along my gum line. If I could pry it out like a bad wire, I would. Even in absence of pain it's a steady dysfunction, buzzing when it should be still, numb when it should be ripe with motion.

[aalt-ctrl-del]

You have no idea how alarming it is to listen to people talk about their covid experience, and just casually mention, “Yeh, I lost my sense of smell and taste.”

Because when people hear that, and run with this presumption of misinformation that this is somehow a disease comparable to a flu or mild cold - based on clinical symptoms associated with any infection, whether it be viral or bacterial - they think this is totally normal. They have a false perception that this is very normal symptoms, because everyone loses their sense of smell or taste with any old rhino virus or flu bug.

The problem is much more grim. Because doctors and medical publications do note that the loss or smell and taste, or hypo and parosmia, is a neurological dysfunction associated with brain activity, not damage to the olfactory lining itself. link stuff )

That is why when covid recoveries manage to pass over that threshold, they can still have limited to no return of their smell or taste.

Yesterday I was browsing through the comments on a youtuber’s community feed, because they tested positive for covid, everyone gives their account of the experience. One comment did catch my attention.

One viewer expressed a weird metallic taste in their mouth. Like they could taste it vividly, but they experienced hyposmia and parosmia.

And that is VERY concerning. It is one thing to have auditory or visual hallucinations, but its another thing entirely to experience a vivid ‘hallucinated’ taste. It’s usually an indication of something wrong with the connections of the neurons of the brain.

But on the flip side, hallucinated food and taste is not a driving nail in the coffin. Sometimes hormonal shifts can make people experience those sensations. But because it came with covid association, I am concerned for that individual.

As well, there were reports by those who experienced VAERS from their covid vaccine, and reported a ‘metallic’ taste about 10 minutes following injection. I do not believe the youtube viewer had any associationn with these individuals, or viewed the VAERs reports. What would the point be? The topic of vaccines was not on the table, so why make a vague association between vaccines and covid symptoms?

The main takeaway from this is, be wary. The brain is very ‘plasticity’ or whatever they refer to it. Losing a portion of it, or a section becoming damaged is not the end of the world. Plasticity, to my understanding, means it adapts to damage. The neurons in the brain have the capacity to repair themselves, but based on age and health, they may not be as strengthened or correct. The concern I have right now is individuals who don’t ‘get it’ when it comes to covid, and do not take necessary precautions going forward.

So you had covid once o r twice, of five times. Your immune system is shit. The causes of death due to covid complications is vast, based on our current grasp of the virus.

It causes neurological dysfunctions

It can deal extensive and unknown damage to the vascular system

The cardiovascular system has a harder time adapting

Blood clots

Stroke

People are pushing that these new variants such as Omicron and whatever that new bitch is, are benign and something like a rhino virus.  

IT

IS 

NOT

This is a virus that has found its niche and success in survival, by not murdering its reservoir species. But inevitably in those who court this virus, their bodies run out of reserves and capillaries and blood to feed it. When you are no longer of use to this disease, then you perish.

People have had covid before and then caught one of the other variants a year or two later, and died. If it doesn’t kill you, then it will seriously give you a fuck over.

Stay safe. Wear a mask. Distance from others when you can. Stay up to date with vaccines if you are eligible.

[cerebellumonfire]

Hot and cold?

For the last month or so I haven’t been able to feel hot and cold on my tongue. I actually didn’t realize this was the case until after I had burned my mouth a few times. Three times with coffee on my way into work, and once with hot pizza. The day after my mouth or throat felt odd. The pizza was what finally clued me in. I burned the skin on the roof of my mouth to the point of blistering. I could feel skin hanging down with my tongue. A closer inspection in the mirror confirmed what was going on. Now I test my coffee against my wrist like a mother gauging the temperature of milk for her baby. Strangely this went away mid-last week. I thought that was the end of it.

Now I’m sitting in Starbucks trying to warm my hands on my coffee, first the palms then the backs. Guess what? I can’t feel hot on the tops of my hands. There is no warmth to be had there, as far as my brain is concerned. I now have a very complex relationship with hot and cold.

[cerebellumonfire]

Did you know canes are for balance?

I’ve had numerous passers-by ask me what I did to my leg. It’s interesting that most people think canes are for physical injury. I did too until I learned that canes are primarily for used for balance issues. It makes sense when you think that casts, crutches and braces are usually used for injury.  

I used to love watching House MD when it was popular because although it was a reality stretch, the humor was cerebral. It never occurred to me at the time why and how a cane is properly used. 

Canes as a balance aid really aren’t meant to be leaned on. Any P/T will explain this, along with the notion that they are usually used opposite to the affected side unless both sides are affected. PT’s don’t like to see people leaning heavily on their canes because it causes alignment issues and back, neck and shoulder pain/strain. Not only did Hugh Laurie lean on his cane most of the time, he also uses it on the wrong side. Apparently there was an episode poke fun at this when people started to point it out.