Do your aches or pains feel like a puzzle no one can solve?

Do you have aches all over your body and every time you see a professional they focus solely on one area of pain?

Feel a bit like a puzzle?

Have you considered that all your aches could be connected?

Tightness in one area can pull your body out of alignment.

The pelvis is at the centre of your body, any issues in this area can show up below or above it and if you’re unlucky, both directions.

Tension in your shoulders could cause your upper body to be pulled upwards, creating tension in areas lower down or through your neck and arms.

Everything is connected

When you lift your arm to reach into the back of a cupboard, it’s not just your arm and shoulder that needs to move. A chain reaction affects muscles across your back and into your pelvis and down your opposite leg. This all happens automatically.

Your bones are connected by muscles and other soft tissue, so when you move your arm, the other muscles and connective tissue along the chain need to be moving freely for the movement to occur easily.

When the movement is restricted, somewhere along the chain, this could be close to the joint you’re moving or at the opposite end, this can result in poor movement and eventually pain.

Unexplained knee pain when you lift your arm overhead?

Your inability to reach high with your right arm may be causing the pain you feel in your left hip.

Pain or pulling sensations can occur if there’s an imbalance and more tension than normal anywhere along the chain. Tension and imbalance can lead to poor activation or confused engagement of muscles eg If you aren’t activating and engaging your glutes effectively, when your twist to reach, this could explain the pain in your knee.

Exercises not working?

So if you have a sore shoulder that isn’t improving despite doing your shoulder exercises…. Or a painful knee that regularly becomes puffy and inflamed, it’s time to look at you as a whole rather than the isolated knee or shoulder.

I help people reduce their muscular aches and pains so they can live active, enjoyable lives through the use of soft tissue therapy and exercise.

Many of the clients I help feel like they’ve tried everything and have been suffering for months or years.

Clients often talk about their knee pain and later it transpires they also have a bit of a back niggle and pain down one of their arms. Armed with the full picture, we can look for connections between the areas.

If you regularly have issues in more than one location, let’s see if and how they are linked.

To discuss your findings book your complimentary exploratory call now.

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Afraid to bend to put your socks or shoes on?

Fear bending to put on shoes?

Constantly being fearful of bending is not a great way to live.  Did you know that soft tissue therapy can help ease the tension in the muscles so they are less likely to spasm? 

The unfortunate part of this is, for many it only provides a short term solution.

Why is it only short term?

If you've been living with back pain for a long time, your body will have changed to help you avoid the painful positions. Your body will have learnt new ways of moving resulting in muscular imbalances, so a simple soft tissue release will only provide you with short term relief. 

To avoid reoccurence of your spasms, you will need to restore the balance in your muscles and learn healthy movements. Resestablishing your core engagement and developing awareness of how you are moving and standing are key.  I've had clients who I've treated complain of continued back ache straight after their treatment, however as soon as they engage their core muscles, they say the pain goes.

Did you know that muscle groups can switch off when you have an injury?

Core engagement should come naturally, however, if you have had a sore back for a long time, your core muscles will likely have switched off. Did you know muscle groups switch off when you have an injury?  This happens to protect the injured area. It’s a good thing! It stops you from making movements that will cause further injury.  The problem is it doesn't always switch back on again once your injury has recovered and that's when long term problems arise. 

So how do you switch muscles back on?

For some, this will be like learning how to drive, You have to start at the beginning - thinking through every movement you make. Others may have good muscle memory, so it’s easier…like getting back on a bike after having not ridden one for years.

If I engage my core now, why does my back still spasm?

Because you have developed muscular imbalances. You will have tension in areas that shouldn’t be tight, so your muscles no longer work in the order they are designed. This could be because they don’t have the capacity or because they have become inhibited.

Soft Tissue Therapy helps create the balance meaning your muscles redevelop the capacity to stretch and contract as they are needed or become accessible because their partner muscle has relaxed. This makes going on to reengage your core muscles much easier.

What is Soft Tissue Therapy (STT)?

Is it massage? Yes and no. STT covers everything that involves manipulating your muscles, tendons and ligaments. Massage is just one of those techniques.

I use a number of different techniques, including massage, neuromuscular stretching, Soft tissue release, EMMETT Technique amongst others. Each play their own role.

If you have back pain and you’re fed up of not being able to put your shoes or socks on without spasm or pain, then it’s time we discussed how I can help you move forward.

Book your complimentary call to find out how you could soon be back to putting your socks on with ease.

Want to get fitter but feel stuck because of your aches or pains?

Are you thinking about getting fitter and stronger this year, but you feel stuck because last time you tried to exercise, your knees, shoulders or back hurt?

You worked with a personal trainer or you attended classes, yet you still felt sore and not in a good way?

Not really sure how to progress due to past experiences?

The great news is everyone, including you, can get fitter and stronger, you just need coaching in the exercises that are right for you, right now and someone who is interested in ensuring you are moving well.

I am a specialist Personal Trainer, Movement Coach and Soft Tissue Therapist who specialises in helping people who feel stuck because of their aches, pains or old injuries.

Using a combination of integrated soft tissue therapy, with the right exercises and movement, you can be fitter and stronger. Gone are the days where you say, “I can’t do lunges because of my knees” or “I can’t reach overhead because of my back”.

Clients who choose to train with me do so because they have struggled with painful joints and fear certain movements. Once they have immersed into a programme with me, they discover they are able make the movements and do the exercises that once brought them pain. Because my clients move better, their discomfort becomes a thing of the past.

Not only are they becoming fitter and stronger, they are also developing confidence to work out harder and try new things.

One of my clients said: I felt quite stuck, in a repeating pattern of motivation followed by injury > despondence. Disillusioned by exercise and PTs and feeling like 'I can't' do certain things.

Now I feel overall a bit more balanced! I no longer have the mindset that 'I can't' do certain things. As we've proven lunges are very much possible!

If you feel stuck or disillusioned by exercise, let’s have a chat and see if we can turn things around for you this year. Complimentary exploratory calls allow you the opportunity to discuss the challenges you face and what you’d like to achieve. Together we decide if I am the best person to support you.

I am based in Worcester Park an clients can come to me however I also offer limited home visit appointments in and around Kingston Upon Thames / Epsom. Online sessions are also available.