12/05/2026
This is Dee.
She came up to me in the gym after clinic to ask if I could help with pain and severe tension in her left hand.
10 years ago, Dee underwent surgery and suffered not one… but TWENTY EIGHT strokes.
Since then, her nervous system has held her hand tightly clenched in a protective pattern. Her fingers curl in hard, her shoulder and neck stay tense, and despite splinting the hand open to try and force it to open up … nothing really changed.
Now most people would look directly at the hand.
But me?
I’m asking:
🕵️ “What input does the brain need to feel safe enough to let go?”
So we had a little experiment.
I grabbed a few bits from my room and started testing different sensory inputs to see if we could calm the nervous system enough to create an “entry point” for movement.
And then… magic ✨
The second Dee put on the BLUE lens glasses, we literally watched:
• her fingers begin to uncurl
• the tension leave her shoulder and neck
• her whole system soften
Then we swapped to RED lenses…
And BOOM....
Straight back into tension.
Hand clenched.
Protective pattern switched back on immediately.
So we returned to blue.
Because for Dee’s nervous system, that frequency of light was a safer input to the brain and the output changed completely.
THAT is the bit I find fascinating.
The brain is constantly taking in information and deciding:
“Am I safe enough to relax?”
“Can I access movement?”
“Can I let go of protection?”
Once her system softened, we suddenly had access to movement we didn’t have before.
So we started simple coordination work between the fingers and thumb while the nervous system was in a calmer, more receptive state.
Honestly, it was incredible to watch.
And more than anything… it gave us HOPE.
Thank you so much to Dee for allowing me to share this ❤️
This is exactly why I do what I do.
Sometimes the body doesn’t need forcing.
It needs the right clues. 🔎
Have you tried everything and want to see if the applied neurology lens could work for you?
Jump in my DMs or book a free Clarity call at the link above ☝️