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GeorgieO
Hello, my name is [Georgie Oldfield]! MY VITALS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Occupation: Chartered Physiotherapist & Pain Specialist Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England with clinics in London & Bristol MORE ABOUT ME... for more up to date information please go to the new tmswiki.org site. Interests: My work, my family and self-development through knowledge and aiming to look after myself so I am able to continue to look after others. Reading for pleasure (when I get the chance), but mainly for self-development personally and professionally. Favorite movies: Mama Mia! at the moment because it's such a 'feel good' film. Favorite TV shows: I don't watch much TV so no real favourites. What else you should know about me: I have been a Physiotherapist for over 25years and throughout my career I have worked to develop myself professionally and keep myself abreast of new developments within my line of work. My own career path began changing about 10 years ago as my experiences with my own patients and my own self development led me to realise that there were too many unanswered questions. It was also becoming increasingly obvious that it was more important to look at more than just the area of the body being presented for treatment! You can read below how I came across TMS in early 2007 and since becoming involved with this work I have had better results than with any other therapy I have used in my whole career and with chrnoic conditions that are supposed to be most resistant to treatment. Most exciting of all is being able to help those people who have tried everything and have been told there is nothing more that can be done. The books, DVDs and websites about TMS are an excellent source of information for people to make a start on their recovery from TMS. Unfortunately though, there are so many stories of quick recoveries, that often people begin to believe that maybe they don’t have TMS because they haven’t recovered yet. Many people, however, need more than is possible from working on their own with the information available, yet can still make excellent recoveries with more individualised support from a TMS expert. Many need the conviction of a firm diagnosis from a TMS Specialist and the one to one individualised support and guidance a TMS programme can provide. This is the area I specialise in and I regularly treat people throughout the UK and also much further afield. Once a face to face diagnosis has been made, the TMS Recovery Programme (renamed the SIRPA recovery programme) can be followed by email, phone and Skype. I am also happy to answer queries by email and offer advice. For more information please go to www.georgieoldfield.com where you will find free recordings and an ebook about journaling, plus further products to help you on your journey to recovery. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MY TMS STORY... I came across Dr Sarno's work in early 2007 after spending months trying to find an answer to the anomalies with my own patients and their diagnoses v symptoms. The first book I read was 'Healing Back Pain' and at last everything made sense, not only answering my questions about my own patients, but my own recurring problems too. My own first real understanding that stress could cause pain was when I developed severe sciatica after leaving the NHS to set up my own business! The TMS concept not only explained why this episode happened, but at the time of reading the first book I had acute neck pain and immediately knew why I had that! I have never had severe long term pain, but I have certainly had a number of equivalents and I was always very protective of myself in case I yet again hurt my back or neck or shoulder etc! These painful recurring TMS symptoms are now just a memory and my kids no longer treat me with cotton wool. Since beginning to develop a specialism in the treatment of TMS, I have become passionate about raising the profile of TMS/stress illness and improving my own experience and knowledge in order to be able to provide my patients with the most appropriate support to help them achieve their goals. I believe that the development of TMS/mindbody disorder/stress illness/psychophysiological disorders (take your pick!) in the future, and it's overall acceptance, rests on the TMS professionals working together, which has been ongoing since the conference in Michigan in March 2009. The conference in Los Angeles in March 2010 was another chance for us all to meet up and move forward with the work to raise it's profile. My visits to the US to meet with Dr Sarno, plus other TMS Specialists such as Howard Schubiner MD and David Clarke MD, has meant that I have been able to develop strong professional relationships with them. Being the only person dedicated to this work in the UK I feel this is very important in order to develop my own work in the UK and Europe while keeping up to date with what is happening in the States. Over the past few years of working with patients with TMS/stress illness I have realized just how far reaching this work is. Many people believe it is responsible for specific chronic illnesses, yet symptoms of stress illness are probably the most common problem in the western world. Learning how to not only acknowledge how you feel rather than bottling up emotions, but to reduce self induced pressures by modifying our learned behaviours and nurturing ourselves can be hugely beneficial for everybody. If we can raise the profile of this understanding and have it as accepted practice, think what an effect it will have not only on the chronic problems now present, but in preventing future ones. One way I am endeavouring to raise the profile of this work is by training health professionals through my company, SIRPA. Once they have completed the 4 day basic training Practitioners are able to integrate this approach into their own work which will then also also help spread the work by reaching more people who need our services. The decision to call it the 'Stress Illness Recovery Practitioners Association' was in order to capture the attention of not only those people who know about TMS, but anyone with chronic illnesses who are looking for an alternative. For more information, please go to the new SIRPA website – www.sirpauk.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SAY HELLO! Leave me a comment where it says "Start a New Thread," below, or send me a private message or compliment!
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