When you are unwell and in pain, and your GP diagnosis what is wrong with you, you
are not expected to know which is the best treatment for that specific complaint.
Yet, when you decide to use alternative, drug-free treatments, this is precisely
what you are expected to do. You might end up spending a lot of time and money trying
different therapies you’ve heard from friends, on the news, magazines or the Internet
until you find something that works (if it works).
I am changing this.
“If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I wouldn’t have believed it!”
Dr Banerjee (GP)
(on the effects of Dynamic Release)
British Holistic Medical Association
Scottish Massage Therapists Association
General Council for Massage Therapies
International Association for the Study of Pain
KEY DEVELOPMENTS
NICE (National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence) now recommends that
people with lower back pain should be prescribed a course of acupuncture, exercise
classes or some form of manual therapy or massage if their symptoms persist for six
weeks or more. Patients with chronic back pain should be offered a choice of complementary
therapies on the NHS.
We have launched a campaign promoting equal rights to access drug-free pain management
for all pain sufferers, as pain management is a human right.
Previous patients and supporters are getting together to form and run a pain management
and treatment charity in order to take control of their own pain management.
We support Citizens for a World Free From Chronic Pain (CWFCP) Click HEREfor more
We support IASP’s Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain Oct 2009 - Oct 2010 Click HEREfor more
We support the NEW PAIN MANIFESTO launched by the Chronic Pain Policy Coalition. Click HERE for more
Take back control Don’t let chronic pain control your life any longer – set yourself on the path to recovery. For an appointment contact me now on 0845 053 3149 or complete our enquiry formby clickingHERE.
The results I have witnessed have been nothing short of phenomenal Rona Agnew (nurse)
East End Independent
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HEADLINES
(click on article for more)
- The Trustees of The Prince’s Foundation for Integrated Health have decided to close the charity.
- The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) has launched the new campaing 2009–2010 Global Year Against Musculoskeletal Pain
There are over 400 known causes of back pain, for example, ranging from medical conditions affecting organs (such as kidneys and the liver), bones, emotions (eg stress, depression), muscles and so on. Some of those conditions require immediate and urgent attention. This is why it is important to work with your GP or a health professional qualified in making diagnosis. And this is part of the reason why the integrative model works so well. My colleagues and I understand the burden chronic pain causes. Not only does it take over physically, but it has psychological and social effects too. This is why we target both the pain and your well being as a whole (employing what is called a biopsychosocial approach) - in an integrated way - preferably in partnership with your GP.
* Good health is not just the absence of disease. We adopt the World Health Organisation’s definition of health (“health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”) as adopted by the International Health Conference, New York, 19-22 June, 1946.
Intlife aim to fill gaps currently existent in the NHS, taking a logical approach to pain management and true health*.
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP); Scottish Massage Therapists Association (SNTO), European Therapy Studies Institute (ETSI), British Holistic Medical Association (BHMA); General Council for Massage Therapies (GCMT)
No single pain treatment is completely effective. No two people are exactly the same. Therapists are not all the same even if they have the same training. Pain affects different people in different ways. Different treatments affect different people in different ways.