What I want to share here is that, along with appropriate medical/professional care, seeking a qualified bodywork therapist can enhance just about anyone’s sense of well-being. While time spent with medical professionals is often short and to the point of the condition and counseling/therapeutic sessions focus on emotional/psychological well-being, the attentive, attuned presence of a bodywork therapist can improve your quality of life while you seek a solution.
Of huge benefit is the quality and length of time you get to spend with the bodywork therapist. Usually you have an hour, in an atmosphere geared toward relaxation, where the comfort of your body is held in the highest regard. In this environment, you have a chance to connect, to feel heard, seen & understood at your core physical level. This leads to feeling better about yourself and your condition.*
During this time, your bodywork therapist connects with you through a holistic viewpoint that educates you to a new way of perceiving your sensations. This new approach to your condition helps decrease your experience of pain or other relevant symptoms. Decreased experience of pain also decreases your experience of isolation.
The definition of a chronic condition is having symptoms that last more than three months. Most conditions self-correct in the body in that time frame. Once they go beyond three months, they’ve outlasted your initial self-corrective abilities. Maybe you’ve known a friend or loved one going through the onset of pain or other medical issue. Maybe you noticed how unsettling and isolating it was for them.
Whether a condition is short-lasting or chronic, seeking attentive, attuned, safe bodywork therapy is a way of increasing your sense of well-being and quality of life.
If you are curious about how bodywork therapy works and if it’s a fit for you, please schedule below to meet with me. The consultation is free and lasts 30 minutes. I am always happy to provide relevant referrals from my connections to practitioners across many disciplines. I look forward to being of service.
*The Magic Feather Effect, p. 53
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