Some Technical Stuff
Jan 21st 2009
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There are many techniques which can be used to help someone recover from an injury. I am qualified to use Acupuncture, which can really help reduce inflammation and spasm, most efficace if used just after an injury but can be used throughout the rehab.
Muscle Energy Techniques or MAPS as now called, these are techniques often used for the spine, for reducing back pain by promoting normal movement, they are gentle techniques, not manipulations and very efficace.
Manipulation, a difficult subject as I am trained to manipulate, however, rarely need to do this as I use the Muscle Energy Techniques more now with longer effect.
Strapping, I find these techniques particularly useful within the ski resort as often clients are here for 1 week and would like to be skiing as quickly as possible. They can be used anywhere on the body to reduce the effects of an injury in the short term, with rehab later to attain a full rehab.
Nags and Snags and Mobilisations with Movement, these are techniques which can be used again to regain “normal” movement within a joint/spine.
Mobilisations, neural stretches and much, much more. The techniques are endless to help aid a client, the tricky bit is knowing when and what technique to use and that just comes down to years of experience.
Massage, I have a sports massage diploma also and I find using massage as an adjunct to the above techniques can help treat the client, looking as a “whole” person, not just the knee or ligament precisely, afterall anyone working in this field knows that the body is great at compensating for a weaker area, sometimes causing additional problems later on. Please don’t be afraid of a sports massage, I hear people saying all the time they are afraid to have this as it was so excruciating when previously they had one. My answer to this is that was not a sports massage tailored to their body, of course I would not use the same pressure on a little petite lady as a large sprinter with legs the size of a ladies waist. A good therapist will adjust their technique appropriately. After a good sports massage you should feel your lets light and easily able to continue sport the next day not battered.
With all my treatments I am constantly hunting the problems but I also see my job as not only treating the problem, but treating the potential problem of the problem!
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george harris on 10 Apr 2009 at 10:44 am #
Hi there Gail,
I was looking over your site and really appreciate the info you give on working in the health professions legally in France.
I am looking to move over in a few years time and would like to find out more about how I can also work ethically and legally.
I have qualifications in Kinesiology (www.ICPKP.com), NLP, Sports Science (Salford University) Massage (I have an ITEC diploma), Tai Chi, Craniosacral Therapy and Metabolic Typing (www.healthexcel.com).
I currently work in a clinic (www.citytherapy.org) and use mostly my Kinesiology, NLP and Metabolic Typing skills.
Do you know what the legal status is of any of these professions? Or if not, do you know where I could find out?
Many thanks in advance.
George
Gail on 16 Apr 2009 at 3:10 am #
Hi George, glad to hear someone reads my blog. I am not sure where you could apply your work, the French are a bit behind the rest of us in Europe, even on their knowledge of physio, so your things maybe a bit radical for them. You could initially write to the Ministere de la Santé, they were the first people I had to register with to be authorised to work in France, they should know who and what you would need to do to work legally in France.
The other thing maybe if you were living near Geneva, the Swiss are a bit more open to new techniques and they pay more, if I was nearer I think I would also work in Swiss as the pay is poor in France.
Hope that helps.
Gail