Kinesiology Therapy in Christchurch

I enable you to make changes - What would you like to change?

Need Better Movement?

Need Pain Relief?

Need Stress Release?

If you are looking to improve your movement, reduce your level of pain or in need of rehab then you are in the right place.

Treatment is generally not for acute injury that need the attention of your doctor, nor is treatment for those people who want someone to fix them – YOU are part of the treatment protocol!

Why Muscles Hurt?

There are many reasons why we have restricted movement or sore painful muscles that make work difficult and us miserable.

This is why I enjoy my work so much seeing clients make progress and start to really smile again!

Muscle tension causes pain and reduces your ability to lift, turn, reach out or do daily activities. This tension then builds, and we begin to ‘guard’ that muscle to prevent it hurting.

“In just one session with you I felt immediately better and knew I would trust in your process for healing and that it would work for me” Mel

New Pain Treatment Ideas

Jean’s treatment is gentle and inclusive so you will be expected to be part of the treatment learning self-help techniques to hasten your return to normal function.

Jean has run clinics in Perth and more lately in Christchurch, but like much of the world is now working from home.

Postgraduate Study in Pain Management

Recently she added Postgraduate Study in Pain Management from Otago University to fully understand the medical journey that many people travel due to ill health and their search to be fit and well.

Jean combines her training and experience as a qualified Naturopath, Kinesiologist, Educational Kinesiologist and Yoga Teacher and melds all the knowledge and skills from these modalities to provide comprehensive treatment for all types of clients.

For over 20 years she has been helping people make changes that have held them back from doing what makes them feel joyful and took the opportunity during Covid to do postgraduate study in Pain Management at Otago university.

New Ideas in the Treatment of Chronic Pain

We are now starting to see new ideas in the treatment of chronic pain such as the work of Howard Schubiner, Alan Gordon and Peter O’Sullivan who are all advocating, what I call a whole of person therapy.

It’s important to recognise we are not machines, a painful knee or arthritic hand is not separate from the person that eats, who feels emotions and has had past experiences. The past is how we react to the present, although connecting a sore knee may seem rather a stretch.

Persistent Pain from Past Trauma and Injury

One factor that needs to be taken into consideration is to find the cause of persistent or chronic pain.

We cannot isolate one occasion of pain or anxiety as the brain has a process called 'predictive coding' that means it relies on what has happened in the past to inform or condition how our brain hence ourselves experience pain or stress.

Below are some links that can help give you more background information before you contact me or you if you prefer to discuss face to face click below to book an appointment with me.

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Emotions and Chronic Pain

Find more information about the impact of your emotions

Story of Grief and Chronic Pain

What Causes Chronic Pain - Life Can