If we have seen many practitioners, undergone multiple tests, been given exercises to follow and we are still in pain, we start to believe that we are beyond help and that this pain that we experience and the limitations it brings are forever. This may lead to frustration, hopelessness and depression.
However, good hands on therapy can be very effective in dealing with long-term pain. Hands have been healers since the beginning of time. They can learn to be sensitive to blockages and dysfunction in a body and can nudge the body in the direction it needs to heal. The body functions as a whole, mind/body medicine is the most effective way towards healing.
However, good hands on therapy can be very effective in dealing with long-term pain. Hands have been healers since the beginning of time. They can learn to be sensitive to blockages and dysfunction in a body and can nudge the body in the direction it needs to heal. The body functions as a whole, mind/body medicine is the most effective way towards healing.
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In 2000 I suffered a serious back injury requiring surgery. I was a yoga teacher in a demanding method of yoga with a strong daily practice and suddenly I couldn't walk without help and had experienced weeks of awful and un-mitigating pain. Post surgery I was recommended to conventional physiotherapy which I found to be ineffective.
Vanessa uses mainly osteopathic techniques in her practice combined with her deep knowledge of diagnosis and pathology from her physiotherapy background. She successfully combine osteopathy and physiotherapy to provide a powerful and holistic system for most conditions. The osteopathic techniques she uses are generally not practiced by regular osteopaths and require extra study in addition to an osteopathic training.
Beginner's yoga introduces you to 25 yoga poses and mindfulness. This is combined with back care yoga and is a good place to start if you have back or neck pain. Level 1 yoga assumes that you have completed a beginner's course are and are familiar with basic standing and sitting poses. In this class we start to build upper body strength and work with balance.
Pregnancy classes with Vanessa are designed to prepare women for a positive birth by preparing the body and the mind. Our bodies know how to give birth in fact they are perfectly designed to do so. It is fear and doubt that get in the way. Vanessa has 30 years experience teaching pregnancy yoga and birth skills.
I first came to see Vanessa after a car accident 2 years ago. My body was injured and so was my mental state; I was in tears in her office quite a few times. Vanessa is so amazing at what she does and 2 years on, my mind and body is stronger and more capable than it was before the accident. She has taught me so much about acceptance, overcoming injury and self-compassion along the way.
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Dharma Bum
Aug 18, 2020
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I had acute upper back and shoulder pain that hurt so much that I could hardly sleep. Vanessa's intuitive hands found the source of the problems, which surprisingly were tight ribs and a sluggish liver. She worked on my muscles, bones, connective tissue and organs. After one treatment I was much improved and after the second the pain was completely gone.
She had previously helped me with a more chronic back problem in just a few sessions, after visiting a number of other physios and chiropractors who were not able to help me.
She had previously helped me with a more chronic back problem in just a few sessions, after visiting a number of other physios and chiropractors who were not able to help me.
