caitlinwalker
22-01-2007, 06:22 PM
I worked with Catherine Saeed a Muscular Skeletal Physiotherapist at Newcastle General Hospital to provide a two day workshop aimed at pain reduction and relieving intractable symptoms.
I'd start with clean questions to model the symptom and develop a landscape of it. Catherine would then put them into 'neutral' position and develop some exercises to create greater movement.
I'd develop a metaphor with the client for their body in neutral position so they had a template to aim for.
I'd also use clean questions to source the symptom, develop redemptive metaphors, work with their geneology etc.
The initial findings were great. David Grove and Penny Tompkins went through the process and were both very positive about the lasting benefit. Catherine organised a follow-up for the newcastle clients and there was reduction in pain, reduction in painkillers and increase in movement.
Our trouble with it is that it was expensive in terms of time and input, with two of us working with one client. We could only manage about 6 participants in a group. We couldn't find NHS funding for it and decided it was best left until we could find some other way of getting it into the system.
Has anybody else done some physical symptom work? What results have you been getting?
Has anybody got any ideas on how we might trial it within the NHS?
Thanks
I'd start with clean questions to model the symptom and develop a landscape of it. Catherine would then put them into 'neutral' position and develop some exercises to create greater movement.
I'd develop a metaphor with the client for their body in neutral position so they had a template to aim for.
I'd also use clean questions to source the symptom, develop redemptive metaphors, work with their geneology etc.
The initial findings were great. David Grove and Penny Tompkins went through the process and were both very positive about the lasting benefit. Catherine organised a follow-up for the newcastle clients and there was reduction in pain, reduction in painkillers and increase in movement.
Our trouble with it is that it was expensive in terms of time and input, with two of us working with one client. We could only manage about 6 participants in a group. We couldn't find NHS funding for it and decided it was best left until we could find some other way of getting it into the system.
Has anybody else done some physical symptom work? What results have you been getting?
Has anybody got any ideas on how we might trial it within the NHS?
Thanks