Patient patients: an Osteopath’s dream
The ‘Next Day Delivery’ culture of expecting results at the click of a button is becoming increasingly prevalent. Online shopping, crash diets, and intensive driving courses – we’re all eager for immediate solutions and not prepared to wait for results. And our approach to recovery from injury is no different.
At Robin Kiashek Clinics we often see patients who are very keen to find immediate fixes to injury. Often so as not to disrupt their exercise routines. But this just isn’t always possible when it comes to injuries.
My approach is to look beyond the injury and take into consideration the emotional wellbeing and lifestyle of the patient. This enables me to look at ways to prevent a re-occurrence.
Emotional Behaviour and Contributing Factors
Many patients who have a sports-related injury feel that exercise is vital for them in combatting and controlling stress. But overdoing it at the gym after a long day at work is quite often a factor in causing the initial injury. And then the patient is reluctant to rest properly because they feel it impacts their ability to manage their stress. And so the cycle continues. But rest is a very important part of recovery. So, in addition to treating their injury, I encourage my patients to engage in new ways of managing stress. Which means that, even when they are recovered, they have alternative ways of coping with their daily life.
Autogenic therapy is a style of relaxation therapy. I work with patients over a course of eight sessions to teach them a set of simple mental and physical exercises and techniques, with the aim of taking steps towards restoring and healing body and mind. With a wide range of allied therapies like autogenic training on offer, tackling stress, anxiety and other emotional factors can be incorporated into a patient’s treatment plan. Ensuring that recovery is emotionally, as well as physically, beneficial.
Lifestyle
My aim is to not only to address current symptoms, but also prevent illness or further injury. I may use therapies such as Naturopathy, where I work with the patient to identify areas that might be undermining their health. This could be diet, lifestyle choices, medical history, and physical or emotional circumstances. The plans I develop for my patients are designed to encourage the body to heal itself and to help guard against future illness or injury. And our patients agree!
“Professional, highly skilled, holistic – Robin’s treatments have helped reduce my back and neck pain which had plagued me for years. He has taught me how to reduce re-occurrences through exercise and lifestyle change. I was very despondent before I came to see him and he continues to help me hugely; I’m very grateful.”
Have you picked up an injury or feel that your lifestyle may be impacting your overall health? Why not book an appointment at either our Central London or East Finchley clinic? Our specific osteopathy approach can be highly effective in identifying wider health issues and therefore instrumental in fixing the whole self. Although we still can’t make any promises in terms of next day delivery recovery!
