This section of the web site is a resource for medical staff in hospitals, physiotherapy departments, both State run and private, rehabilitation units and pain clinics and the like.

Essentially, the section consists of case histories and the purpose of including such data is purely to inform. Our hope is that medical staff anywhere will see that if there has been a failure to assist a patient who is in pain despite the best endeavours, then identification with any of the case histories in this site may lead the medical person to recommend that the patient seek help from one of the practitioners in this group.

We make a practice of asking certain patients and yoga students to write down their experiences from the appearance of the first symptom which is part of the picture for which they are asking our help. We ask that each person includes the following in their statement;

• a statement in his own words how, why and when the first symptoms appeared.
• their medical history before the appearance of the symptoms which concern us
• the consultations they have had and the specialisms of the individuals previously consulted
• the treatments applied , the effects of the treatments and the persons own perception of the treatment
• what led the person to consult us
• the persons perception of what we have done as part of the regime we applied

You may appreciate that once we have asked the person to write down their history in their own words, we do not wish to manipulate the statement and would always seek to retain its character except if it is grossly in error or offensive. We request that the person adhere to facts and not stray from this - we often fail in this endeavour as people are often consumed by strong feelings which frequently appear in their writing. We request no critical remarks just as we ask that the person does not eulogise about anything that we may have done. Again in this we usually fail - so unless the statements are grossly inaccurate in some way of deeply critical of an individual by name we let the personal statement stand unexpurgated.

Our purpose in publishing on the web is to enable infinite access to understanding of how we do our work . We do not see ourselves as separate and distinct from others helpers - only different. Ours is a truly holistic view of human beings enduring suffering. We have no desire ourselves to criticise others but if we can stimulate an informed debate as to the nature of the treatments applied which seemed not to succeed and permit practitioners of all persuasions to see what we have done which did seem to succeed , we fervently hope that there will be a move to better understand when it is wise to refer sufferers to others with a different outlook and methodology to apply.

We are very well aware that the people who come to us frequently fit into a certain frame or “ way of seeing things” and that belief in the procedures applied often could be held to substantially increase the likelihood of that approach succeeding. This is a part of our motivation for publishing case histories because it is clear to us that many of the people who came to ask for help from us did not fit comfortably into the “ medical mould” so we hope that medical practitioners would be willing to point out to some of their patients the data on this web site in order that their patients can make an informed choice about other avenues to pursue. It is genuinely of no concern to us who helps the sufferer to the pain free state as long as someone does!!. If we fail in our endeavour to help someone we are quick to refer them to someone else rather than continue to apply something that does not succeed after a reasonable time.

The Skills we Apply

The skills that we use have been developed over thousands of years by practitioners of the healing arts in many parts of the world. We have condensed and synthesised and systemised and have produced a way of seeing human bodies that is highly effective as well as liberating for the sufferer. The process we use are inherently healing because they aim always to restoration of normality. Just as you the doctor or other medical specialist, faced with a person with a broken arm, would choose to immobilise and splint the affected part KNOWING that nature must be allowed without interference to get on with its work, so we faced with the person who has gone unsuccessfully through medical procedures , must examine and verify the quality and quantity of range of movement in each part of the body in search of an explanation. The tools we use are determined by what is the result of our search and until we understand the condition we do not apply any solutions. The solutions come in the form of GLOBAL and LOCAL applications. If we apply our manual skills to treat the patient then we are doing so having assessed the general state of the body and not before. If we are confronted by someone in pain who is a student in one of our yoga classes we study the person in their attempts to perform the postures and from what we see we are able to make an intelligent assessment of their overall state from the manner of performance and these two unique skills are taught to new students of SYS and FMM .

We can use a simple example. For the doctor setting the broken arm, ancient understanding is used combined with modern investigative techniques and for the doctor that task is complete when the patient walks out of the hospital with no further treatment planned. This is, unfortunately, not the end of the affair for many patients who years later find restrictions in movement in the wrist ( especially) or elbow . In the act of fracture of any bone many muscles spasm and unless this spasm is effectively treated , remnants of this state will linger to produce some seemingly small obstacle to full function. This may be of little significance for the young fit person but as age advances and vigorous movement declines so the dormant characteristic surfaces to produce pain and weakness.

All trauma produces muscle contraction which we assume is there to prevent joints being damaged or bones breaking. But unless an experienced traumatologist of some form, can see that there is a restriction remaining after the bruising and superficial damage is naturally restored, the patients myofascial structures will almost certainly become contractured at some part of the body. In order for this to be detected it is essential for palpatory skills to be applied or for an experienced observer to study the range of movement in each part of the body to search for restriction and be able to understand how to remove them. This we see is seldom done in medical departments because of lack of time and resources.

Case Studies.

In our case histories - which we feel to be the most appropriate manner to inform the reader - we will always include our view of the events and state what we have done to assist the sufferer and why we consider that this was effective.