Sessions are tailored to your specific needs
Every session is different as all of us are different and present with different movement and postural limitiations.
The way I like to work is by listening first to you and then to your body's needs. My treatment will be tailored and specific to your needs and it is a pleasure for me to see how most of my clients realise and appreciate this. See testimonials
I don't believe in pain
We commonly say in the manual therapy world that there are two types of pain, the good and the bad. The 'good' is actually not a pain because it feels good, it feels that it is releasing discomfort or giving relief in some way.
When bodywork is too fast and without enough sensitivity, this good pain can become a bad pain. The 'bad pain' feels unpleasant and threatening and often it is the result of working too deeply, too soon. and too fast. I encourage clients to stop me if this ever happens.
This is because the sensation of 'bad pain' forces the system into a contracting, recoiling and defending mode that does not stimulate the healing process as much as the opening, soft and relaxation state does.
In manual therapy, relaxation happens as a side effect
Every session has a different aim. An aim is not a destination but a direction the treatment takes to move towards. It is flexible at all times. It depends on how you are feeling at the time, if there are any specific issues such as tension areas or pain or the wish to improve range of motion or to optimise performance in a specific sport, or to improve your balance, or whatever it is that we are working with.
Relaxation happens as a result of a better organisation of the system. It is the perception of a better integrated whole where the parts are moving in relation to each other.
I concentrate on quality
And not quantity. There is a limit on the number of treatments I can do per day because this type of work requires the therapist presence and undivided atention. It doesnt consist of formulaic exercises or manipulations that are repeated client after client. The treatments are tailored to your needs and thus, apart from exceptional circumstances I will not go over this limit. Should I do so, this would make me exhausted, unable to focus and would probably result in a session without any feeling or intent that would be a waste of our time and your money.
I give you advice on follow up exercises
Specific injuries or problems progress faster if helped by some simple remedial exercises to be done between treatments.
If we work online, your treatment will depend on you dedicating a few minutes everyday to do a few simple postural and movement exercises.
My work is always in the context of a holistic approach
Dr. Ida Rolf said that many people can pull a body apart but not many can put it back together again. It is possible to focus on a painful ankle or tight shoulder and give it some short term relief. However, long standing relief and optimum function can only happen when that ankle or that shoulder re-members to make friends and teams up with the rest of the body. When all the parts re-learn to act or move in relationship with each other.
I use different body positions
Even if I am treating you with manual therapy, you will proably be in different postions.
You might be lying on a massage couch but sometimes I might work with you while you are sitting down and even standing up and walking.