Transform Health

i presented with an ongoing lower back issue that never fully recovered from the initial trauma, which inhibited movement all over the body to compensate pain issues from the back. This was compounded by the several years of limited mobility and movement, causing muscles to degrade and stiffen to unusable levels, compounding the lack of movement. Regular Physio over a number of years was not working at all as it only dealt with the back and not the other joints that had lost movement. My mobility was becoming that bad that my partner had to assist in dressing / bathing / mobility and household tasks. After several years and numerous pain relief tablets I was referred to the non-surgical spinal interface team. Fran was very mindful in listening to my concerns and treating the whole body, the request id been asking for from the doctors / phsio for years with no joy. Frans approach started with gentle exercise for the back, neck and knees, focusing on getting the back to the correct position instead of constantly over extended and locked. in the beginning my pain and discomfort was that bad i could only reach to my knees and sitting down was heavily assisted by holding on to surfaces to lower myself. As for steps while out and about i avoided them totally as the pain in the knees was unbearable, going up stairs at home had to be done on all fours due to pain levels, going down stair had to be heavily assisted, even more so in the winter. After regularly working with Fran and the continued exercises and swimming i now can walk normally, navigate stairs and steps with minima...

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This was the most incredible service. I can't believe it's not more widely available. Nick helped me look at the way I stand, sit and move in micro detail, which has helped whenever I do feel a twinge of pain. I now stop myself and think about the position I am in - it has without fail solved the pain. More deeply I've noticed a pattern in my pain and health with the way I manage stress - a single mum who doesn't often have the chance to stop - I've learn't that I'm an endurance coper. I need to pay more attention to my body and react with life style changes. This service has been an incredible experience with incredible access to the most amazing support - thank you

When I first attended transform health, I was having very serious back pains after the first session. I was given some tasks to do to help ease my pain and it worked over my next couple of sessions. I was working closely with Neil and over the time my back pain came very minimal. It does not disturb me now I did not think I would ever be relieved at the pain but they taught me it was all psychological and I just had to redirect my brain in the right way. I cannot think Neil enough he has helped me with a lot.

I have found the whole experience extremely helpful. Even when the advice was very simple, just having that information in a different approach has helped me massively.

I never thought that I would ever be pain free again. The change has been incredible. I also never thought about the psychological effects of pain. It's has been literally life changing. Understanding the pain and the reason for it has also been very useful I now have strategies to deal with it should it flare up again.

To finally have an understanding of my pain signals is very liberating. Small changes can have a big impact.

At first, I was a bit sceptical—I had no idea what cognitive therapy actually involved or how it could help me. However, over the past six months, attending 1-hour sessions roughly every six weeks completely changed my perspective. I am so glad that I took the course. The practical exercises and information provided were incredibly helpful, teaching me the core principles of managing my wellbeing at a safe, healthy pace. Learning the concept of load versus capacity has been a real turning point for me. It transformed how I view my condition and any setbacks I encounter, I realised that waiting until something is "broken" before trying to fix it is completely the wrong approach. I now fully understand that managing your load relative to your capacity is the true key to a healthy lifestyle, regardless of how much work or pressure you have to deal with. Crucially, I've learned that it is completely okay to pause or slow down your tasks whenever the load starts to outweigh your capacity. This balance has given me a much more positive outlook on managing my health, leaving me fully equipped and confident to continue building on my recovery.

With three visits a lot has been covered and the quality of service has been superb. I have gained a number of techniques which have reduced pain considerably and also made a significant difference to my psychological attitude to activities and to my life which had been compromised by the pain.

I found a big change in how dealt with my condition.cant speak highly enough of help and advice I received from Lloyd.

After trapping the root of my spinal nerve I was in severe pain and discomfort during any kind of movement. I was then referred to the MSK team and eventually to Lloyd at transform health. Lloyd helped me gain a much fuller understanding of my underlying issue and gave me ways to think about the pain and protecting my back in a different way. He showed me exercises to strengthen around that area but, more importantly for me personally, it was the mental side of the treatment that made the significant difference. Lloyd took me through breathing exercises and shared clips of how to do this. Along with the breathing he also talked about how I think about the pain. I was unnecessarily protecting my back when moving. Lloyd helped me realise that I didn’t need to do this and after a bit of brain retraining, I now don’t think about the pain or protecting my back at all. I now feel fully equipped to deal with this when it happens again. I’m not foolish enough to think it won’t! However, I now know that I can think differently which, in turn, can help me move differently and ultimately be free of the pain. I can only speak on a personal note, for me, this service has been invaluable and instrumental in my recovery and new way of thinking. I now think differently, not just about the pain and the possibility of going through this again but also life in general is much more positive.