Upper Back Pain

Injury and Upper Back Pain

Here’s a brief overview of our approach to solving this kind of injury and upper back pain at the Functional Health Clinic:   Check out the three images as we go through.   PRE – My client came in to clinic with an 8-9/10 high level stabbing and constant pain in their upper back (left[…]

Barefoot footwear experiment

Barefoot Footwear Experiment

Take a look at this barefoot footwear experiment.We are fascinated by the connections between our vitality and our movement quality. This – of course – has many factors related to it. But today we consider the influence of our footwear. This – of course – in itself is a relatively complex consideration. So let’s keep[…]

Left Knee Pain

Left Knee Pain

Let’s take a look at a client case of left knee pain in clinic. What would you do? You’re experiencing chronic knee pain or you’re a Practitioner who helps people solve knee pain. What steps would you take? There are many different ways to achieve success in this case.  There are many valid assessments, therapies,[…]

Bowen Therapy Technique

BODYWORK – Bowen Therapy

Bowen Therapy or The Bowen Technique is a hands-on method that acts on the soft tissue (fascia) of the body.  It can be very light in pressure and is applied to specific points on the body in order to achieve a range of different responses. There are many valuable forms of Bodywork and we’ve explored the[…]

Functional Health Clinic | Functional Health and Performance

SCAR RELEASE – On a 40 year old Injury

Martin had a scar on the heel area of his right foot.  He had absolutely no pain in this area and no obvious link between it and any of his health challenges. [CASE STUDY Excerpt…..]  He hadn’t really given it much thought for approximately forty years, since he was 16 years old, when at the[…]

coccyx_asymmetry

Coccyx Release and Knee Pain….Case Study Excerpt

[….Case Study Excerpt] The Coccyx is located at the very bottom of the spine (the ‘tail bone’) and it can be very influential with regards to pain and function on many levels.  If you’ve every ‘slipped and banged’ your coccyx you will know how tender and bruised it can be.  Yet – it can still[…]

Therapeutic Modalities

Therapeutic Modalities applied…..Case Study Excerpt

Martin worked with me for 6 months Let’s introduce the Therapeutic Modalities that he embraced to achieve some outstanding results: [……….Case Study Excerpt] STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION The first of the Therapeutic Modalities does what it says on the tin.  Hands-on bodywork that helps to integrate and align the structure and tissues of the body.  When we enhance the form,[…]

Paranasal Sinuses Brain Fog

CASE STUDY // Chronic Brain Fog and Fatigue

Martin’s Story of Chronic Brain Fog and Fatigue Martin’s first email to me about his chronic brain fog and fatigue started quite dramatically: “I now have chronic brain fog and fatigue, but where to start……….I’m 58 now and up to my diagnosis of Coeliac Disease aged 8 I had chronic diarrhoea and stomach pain” It’s fair to say[…]

Sciatic Pain

IN CLINIC: Sciatic Pain

  sciatic pain [ sahy-at-i-kuh ] – “Condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg” – Here is some clinical insight for anyone experiencing Sciatic pain.  Find out how ‘D’ alleviated their sharp, stabbing hip and shooting leg pain[…]

Functional Health Clinic Design Blueprint

Take a Tour of The Functional Health Clinic

[Excerpt]… View the full Tour and Renovation here: https://functionalhealthclinic.co.uk/tour-the-functional-health-clinic/ The vision of the Functional Health Clinic space was born In late 2017.  A space designed for quality 1-to-1 coaching and education. Somewhere that would inspire the delivery of effective and creative programs to enhance wellbeing. Versatile enough to coherently integrate the teaching of different modalities[…]

Hormonal Balance

TESTIMONIAL // Irina’s Integrated Hormonal Balance Connection

Irina was only a client for 3 months, yet it feels like we could write a whole book on the intricacies and connections of the impact and improvements to her wellbeing and vitality.  Especially her integrated hormonal balance connection. Read Irina’s testimonial below to hear how she finally pushed her health forward after 17 years[…]