In fact it is my belief that ANYONE promising pain relief might be promising too much since ‘<em>YOU own YOUR pain’</em>, as Lorimer Moseley (&amp; Dave Butler) would say (Explain Pain).

The expectation of our clients has become pretty steep and as a result of this we then expect too much of ourselves. We start to believe it is our JOB to remove pain and yet it is not. WE are exercise professionals and therefore experts in exercise prescription. For those of you who are manual therapists this goes for you too! Offering the suggested promise of pain relief is a risky business. This might be shocking news for some readers so let me explain...

Now it would be fair to say that prescribing some exercises can reduce, or even rid, someone of pain AND that using manual therapy techniques can do the same but this is why we are faced with this very problem.

Due to the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the causes of pain it is often a dilemma to understand how it actually occurs and how to get rid of it with any absolute surety. This is not only a dilemma for US but also surgeons, practitioners and in fact any professional involved in human movement or therapy.

However <em>selling </em>pain relief is SEXY and compelling for attracting a MASSIVE market of people walking around in pain these days. So when we are SOLD professional education that TEACHES us how to <em>remove pain</em>, we are going to be tempted to use this in our marketing, right?

WRONG!

Not YOU, nor I, nor anyone can PROMISE pain relief at least until we find the root cause and therein lies this problem again...

WHAT CAUSES PAIN?

Everyone has experienced it in some form, or knows someone who experienced it, and there are many ways we can feel it. The causes are still being researched and it is so individual and subjective that it would be difficult, probably impossible, to teach education programmes that PROMISE pain relief.

So the <u>expectation</u> does not match what we can <u>promise</u>.

Now saying this doesn't mean we CANNOT reduce our clients' pain because if you find the root cause then you will be better placed to intervene. It is finding the root cause that is a challenge.

SOOOOOOOOOO what CAN we do?

Well much of what we teach within our academy is about safe practice, duty of care, confident referral and enhanced inter-professional relationships. With more than one professional involved, more than one opinion, more than one skill set, more than one set of exercises and more than one expertise WE can TOGETHER provide more chance of finding the root cause through safe elimination of possibilities.

HOW do <strong><u>WE</u></strong> do this?

Through the Intrinsic Biomechanics Association (IBA) membership and also our fantastic partnerships we are proud to be able to offer a huge amount of SUPPORT which includes FREE workshops, we introduce you to other professionals, share our skills, ideas, experience and expertise to bring all of our worlds together rather than attempt to do things alone thus providing more confident services nationwide.

<em>"No one has ever been successful alone." </em>
Richard Branson

There is nothing I enjoy more than being in a room with a group of open-minded, honest, intelligent, multi-skilled professionals who are passionate about enjoying sharing their thoughts on helping people move better with less pain.

Now something else I would like to say is this:

IF we are able to do assessments of our clients' movement using our knowledge of their history and anatomy, combined with what we understand about the way we <em>should</em> move AND from evidence based programmes that offer at least some chance of understanding WHY our clients move the way they do, well then we are in a better position to help, right?

So while Biomechanics Coaches™ CANNOT PROMISE pain relief, IF we do identify some areas that don’t move too well and then have experience and knowledge in how to empower our clients to move better, while taking advice from our peers then, well, we MIGHT, just MIGHT, enable THEM to REDUCE or even REMOVE THEIR pain. However in THIS environment the chances of it being more long lasting are increased AND the feeling of empowerment and success for the client is increased. This MUST only be a good thing, don’t you agree??

Would YOU like to JOIN ME in the IBA and start to make a difference to a culture of inflated expectation to improve OUR duty of care, our clients' experience and results through shared skills, networking, healthy open discussion with no judgement and of course A LOT of fun at the same time!!!??

To all fellow GEEKS of human movement and anatomy….

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