I accidentally dropped into a sports physios blog last night from the UK.

What I found was a refreshing view of his specialty and his passion and curiosity for his chosen field made his blog a joy to read.

A lot of information on the net is the same old stuff, repeated over and over, seemingly repeated until we take it as fact simply because it has been repeated so many times. This fellow which I am sharing here is questioning the basic grounding of his profession by questioning some of the basic methods of diagnosing they were taught at Uni. I have had so many people come to see me who have been to see physios….2-3 times a week for up to a year with absolutely no result, Maybe the original diagnosis was incorrect, maybe the treatment was insufficient, maybe just not enough care was taken…whatever it was there was no result, in fact sometimes the person felt worse. What I am trying to say (with not much discretion I must say) is that generally I don’t have much time for physios and I think it a shame that most Drs refer to them so much without looking at other options or even checking whether the physio they are referring to is any good, has the patients best outcome at the heart of their business, loves their job and is passionate about it….there are enough of them about for Drs to be a bit picky, surely.

I must say that if I was a sporty person and lived in the UK I would be interested in seeing this guy for treatment….. that’s an absolute first for me, being such a totally biased Bowen Therapy person.

This got me thinking, there’s enough room for us all in this world, no matter whether we are physios, Bowen therapists, massage therapists, Drs, naturopaths, OTs, etc., we all have a job to do, and whether we know it or not we all specialise in a particular area of healing. My area is being passionate about finding the root of the problem, finding the source of the stress and body pain(which always couples with emotional pain), and helping people overcome this.

there’s room for us all

I am absolutely passionate about this, it’s the root of all our suffering. When we feel that discomfort in the soul, that feeling of things just not sitting right, that’s the time to sit tight, reassess, and not make any decisions until it’s figured out to our happiness and we are feeling really good within ourselves. For those who say  ” But you don’t understand, my situation is different” or ” I can’t do that, it’s just not my way”, my answer is you can do anything you want, in any way you like, and have lots of fun doing it. You need to find the main areas of your life that are lacking whether it’s not enough fun (or no fun at all), no friends, lonely, not enjoying your work, or doing things because you believe you have to out of a sense of guilt or thinking it’ll please someone else, feeling that your life will always stay the same and there’s no way out…I say this….simply change the way you act, change your patterns, change your routines, do what you don’t usually do, say ‘hi’ to more people, buy different food, go to a different market, buy a different style of clothes…do ANYTHING that will change what you are doing and feeling right now to stop feeling the way you do.

I know that if my body is feeling some discomfort there is a direct relationship to what’s going on in my head, whether I have tightened up from massaging too much or woken up feeling not so good, it’s always because I am not honouring what’s important to me. And what’s important to me isn’t the same as what’s important to you.  We are all totally different and unique and that’s the simple beauty of it. Whether a physio like the one I mentioned above will fix you or you need another form of healing from someone else who can hit the nail on the head for your particular problem. It’s a big world, with lots of options, many different healing modalities and ways of thinking, and cultures.

If you are treated with love and genuine care you will succeed in being healed.