Debbie offers a treatment program that is based on current science and evidence in the treatment of pain.
Treatment is directed at changing the pain by changing the brain and the way it processes information. It is directed at returning the pain system to its normal function rather than a system that quite literally has highjacked your brain and your life.
This is not the traditional physiotherapy treatment that you might have experienced in the past.
Debbie offers a FREE 30 minute consult to introduce you to herself and the treatment she offers.
Goals of Treatment
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To help you understand your amazing brain and the way the pain system works. Persistent pain is an experience in which the brain learns to become hypervigilant about anything that it believes is dangerous or potentially dangerous. It is important to understand the many factors that we now understand drive the pain system including notonly the body parts that hurt, but more importantyly thoughts, emotions, beliefs, attitudes, and poor sleep. It is all about the Body Mind Connection.
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To identify and evaluate active strategies to encourage positive changes in your brain. These changes can result in pain returning to its normal function as a warning system for danger. Chronic or persistent pain does not have to be a life sentence. These strategies include brain based techniques to calm down a very sensitive nervous system and to retrain different brain areas and communication networks. Debbie has experience in laterality retraining, guided motor imagery, mirror therapy, exercise prescription and manual therapy.
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To increase your daily function without increasing the pain. This includes setting realistic goals to safely increase your levels of activity. Debbie is trained and certified to provide the Progressive Goal Attainment Programme which targets risk factors for chronic pain and disability.
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To address factors which we now understand contribute to your pain experience. These include fear of activity and movement, stress and anxiety, and poor sleep. Debbie is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
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To help you life well again, with resilience and joy. Research is now demonstrating that this is possible.
Debbie provides many resources during treatment including appropriate websites, recommendations for books to read, PowerPoint presentations, YouTube videos, and handouts.