What is Holistic Physiotherapy?

Working holistically implies that all levels of a person are interconnected:

Body, Mind and Soul.

In Holistic Physiotherapy we consider all aspects of the individual:

the symptoms of the body,
the stresses of the mind,
the state of the nervous system, musculoskeletal system, organ systems,
and the subtle energy systems,
the influence of personal history (e.g. underlying traumas),
social situation,
cultural and physical environment.

We see body and mind as aspects of the same system. That is, what is occurring in the body is reflected by what is occurring in mind , and vice versa.

A simple example is that if someone is feeling angry, it causes tension and agitation in the nervous system, and this is experienced as body pain. So, both mind and body need relief.

As my career has progressed, I have become increasingly aware of the inter-relatedness of our symptoms and our psycho-emotional experience. When there is internal suffering and unhappiness, physical health is unlikely to return. So, a means of working that simultaneously addresses all levels is needed.

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Rather than treating only one localised area, we work subtly with the whole body, and the state of consciousness, discovering underlying patterns of the nervous system, the energy system and thought, that give rise to symptoms. This is somewhat similar to Meridian theory in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Rather than following fixed diagnoses and theories, treatment is a fluid process where we let what the person is feeling (physically, emotionally, energetically) leads the process.

Fundamental to this way of working is the understanding that symptoms are messages from the biosystem that respond best when we ask what they are trying to convey. This is a radical departure from the main-stream idea that symptoms are a meaningless inconvenience and should be eliminated by any means possible.

Each session is unique.

Holistic Physiotherapy facilitates deep changes to the repetitive patterns we all can become stuck in.

It is gentle, relaxing, respectful, non-invasive, and constantly evolving.