THE REGIME
The regime has grown over
the years so I plan to take you through the developments as they happened
over the years
Starting with Maitland mobilisations, which I was first introduced to in
physiotherapy school before they even got into the syllabus. I had a stiff
neck and was terrified of having the forceful manipulations I was being
taught to do in school. Indeed I had been in tears over them: not wanting to
do them ever to another person.
Maitland mobilisations
were so gentle and effective I was completely won over as was half of the
profession. For more information click on Maitland mobilisations
I had
the privilege of presenting a paper at World Congress in1995 and where I
met him in person- a great thrill.
They have proved to be the
mainstay treatment for all acute back pain episodes to the present day.
REGAINING FULL RANGE OF SPINAL JOINT MOVEMENT This
allows any adhesions at nerve root level to be teased away, thus resolving
referred pain elsewhere.
The
DENTAL CONNECTION
with the spine and thorax
was the next break
through. Obvious really. I had a group of patients that even though I could
get them out of trouble I just knew they would be back sooner or later A
chance meeting with a dentist initiated by a patient gave me the
breakthrough I needed
The
difficult back patients have a greater level of occlusal crass –bite than
their luckier easy to resolve patients.
CRANIO GROUP
This was when I met up with the dentists both in UK
and from USA .I found
that these dentists used body workers physiotherapists-chiropractors and
osteopaths to work with their patients body so that the teeth corrections
would hold.
I had an eureka moment when
I understood that my patients who could not hold my corrections for long all
had this problem with their teeth.
The most sophisticated way
of dealing with these problems was chiropractic. So of course I just had to
be able to learn this work.
It was
N.O.T. – Neural Organisation Technique.
Taught by American chiropractor Carl Ferreri. I was allowed to have lessons
with Louis Collingwood in England. These lessons went on for 4 years on a
two days a month basis
So most grown up cross bite
patients are grown up Dyslexics WOW
Most
people do not have a perfect bite . To be perfect each upper tooth should
mesh with its lower tooth at 4 points of contact.
But
many children have their teeth either taken out or pushed or pulled into a
‘better’ position.
All
this is done without questioning what effect this will have on the cranial
plates and to the detriment of spinal structures and thence the proper
functioning of the spine
Most
people can accommodate to a multitude of small errors in this area but the
more errors the nearer the person is to pain if an injury takes place.
The beauty of NOT is that a
body can be checked out long before pain is experienced
N.O.T. checks so many
systems of the body that treatment can be given before pain arises. It means
that we can keep our patients out of pain for longer after treatment and do
some preventative work as well, instead of waiting until the patient is in
pain again,
Once patients realise this
they send their children and relatives and friends to be checked out-
prevention being better than cure
N.O.T. is divided into three
sections :- structural, biochemical and emotional.
The
biochemical and the emotional sections all have structural subroutines
that need structure to be finely tuned to work correctly.
For
example if the
thoracic spine at levels T2 and T3 are incorrectly aligned then the length
of the big toe flexors and ankle plantar flexors will become shorter This
then leads to shortening of the pectoralis minor minor muscle. This then
alters the posture of the throat and thence the head. When this happens the
precise little nod ,needed to be performed constantly by the neck muscles
during all normal movements, ceases to function.
This
means that the pituitary gland is not stimulated to produce enough
adrenalin.
We all
know that feeling like the dinosaur whose get up and go had got up and gone.
So, by
seating the thoracic spine correctly and stretching the big toe flexors
, we can improve energy levels significantly
So many
chiropractors just do the bone crunching treatments, which is such a pity.
However N.O.T.
requires persistence
and high course fees to learn .
N.O.T.
has the reputation
of being the best applied kinesiology in the world
THE
ESOTERIC side of N.O.T.
became obvious to me very
quickly. We were doing far more than just moving bodies.
TUNING
FORKS were introduced to the practice in 2002
They are a way of making changes happen in the body.
Vibrations to the subtle body can make changes in the physical body. We as
physiotherapists have long known the beneficial effects of Ultra sound,
using sound that could not be heard by the human ear. How much more
effective were these sounds that could be heard and focused their effect on
places in the body that were impossible to palpate. Another whole other
world was opened to me.
It
became clear to me that
We in the West
study the body and all parts that can be dissected.
We have adopted ACUPUNCTURE and use it as a modality in
Physiotherapy now.
IN
INDIA
they discovered the NADIS and Chakras .
Nadis are an intricate set
of connections that pull energy towards the chakras. If the Chakras are
blocked for long
,the body is deprived
of energy
. IN
THE West are aware of
the Field and its place in
Quantum Mechanics.
In Physiotherapy a
group of us are aware of this and are studying it. We have a special
interest group called A.C.P.E.M. We gather information and publish it in our
Newsletter and invite speakers from this country and around the world to
come to our Annual Conference. This is supported by the Chartered Society of
Physiotherapy.
IN
CHINA the meridians
were discovered. Acupuncture is used to such good effect both by them and
in a watered down way by us in the West.
So,
ENERGY is drawn into the body through the nadis, chakras and meridians and
is absorbed into the body. The sites of the chakras seem to coincide with
the sympathetic nervous system sites in the body.
Housed in the subtle body
are the Higher self and the Soul both of whom can be brought into help with
healing .Kinesiology allows us a dialogue with these parts of us.
Be sure
to work towards the cleansing of the soul., this was what my Grandmother
taught me when I was little. ‘That’s what we are here to do’ she would tell
me. By good works’ she would say. ‘by making your body a temple to God’
seemed another way of saying ‘eat your greens up’.
All
healers and medicine men seem to see the diseases of the body as a lack of
union with god or gods and to be dealt with that first.
Have we
in the West missed something fundamental?
We as
therapists seek to work in a way that keys in to ancient Knowledge There are
many ways to work to prepare both ourselves and our workrooms for the
subtle work to be done.
My way of seeing this is
that’ it ‘s not what you do it’s the way that you do it’ that matters
What we
here in Sheffield aim to create is a calm sacred space in which to work
where you as the patient feels safe and un rushed. In fact we now know this
as Infinity time the Therapeutic Bubble. I think we all know that oury best
work is done in this atmosphere. You will have felt it in exams that are
just going really well. Weall know that sometimes we just know that it’s
not worth doing a job in the mood we are in right now. The job will drag
on, go wrong and know we might just as well go and do something else.
Oh to
find the way to have that good feeling every working day.
So, this is what we energy
workers are looking for.
We
have a special interest group –A.C.P.E.M.
funded by the
Chartered Society of Physiotherapy
where we have a forum and a place to meet like minded physiotherapists and
exchange ideas. I have been a member for the last 7 years.
How
will all this be applied to you the prospective New Patient?
Go to the next section to
find out
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