What do clients struggle to understand?

"What aspects of injury management have you found most difficult for clients to grasp when beginning their recovery process?" - Jack Austin

This is a lovely question.

There's really two kinds of people I work with on their recovery and injury management journeys.

Those who have worked with me in the past, most likely in Wild Geese, Dublin.

And those who have not.

Of the Wild Geese crew, there really wasn't any issues ever.

People knew me, knew how I worked and trusted the process.

Many clients would come to me after a years long hiatus simply because they were injured or struggling.

So to answer Jack's question I need to talk about the other people. Those who don't know me from Wild Geese.

And here we have a few questions come up.

As I use movement, guided by the Anatomy in Motion training I recieved, people are often caught off guard as they expect to be rubbed or have fancy machinery pulled out.

You see my main goal, my purpose if you like, is to help you become independent.

To not need me to rub you or have to use my fancy equipment.

I want you to be able to look after yourself.

It's a case of teaching you to fish rather than simply giving you a fish.

And a lot of people struggle with this concept, a lot more than I ever realised.

In Dublin, you had to come into a gym that smelled of hard work, poor lighting, rusty plates and kettlebells, well worn tatami mats and lots of people training hard all around you.

There was nothing about coming to see me in Wild Geese that was your run of the mill therapeutics session!

But in Dungannon, I have my Clinic. It's quiet. It's just me and the client. No banging soundtrack on the speakers, no banging pads in your eyeline.

So it may seem a more "normal" setting where a more "normal" treatment takes place.

But no, I'm not a fan of "normal" treatment, even the people who are surprised by my methods agree much of the standard physio work has done little for them.

To sum up, the biggest thing clients struggle to grasp when they cine to see me is that they are responsible for their own journey.

That their body does the healing, I just help you find the best stimulus to trigger that development.

Regards

Dave Hedges

www.davehedges.net