Most treatments focus on where it hurts. Anatomy in Motion (AiM) focuses on why it hurts, because the source of the pain and the site of the pain are rarely the same place.
Developed by Gary Ward, AiM looks at how your whole body moves, maps your injury history, and identifies which joints aren’t doing their job properly. When a joint stop moving the way it should, something else compensates. That compensation is usually where your pain is.
AiM re-teaches your body to move properly, so the compensating areas can finally relax.
Feel It For Yourself
This only takes about 60 seconds.
Stand up and reach both arms overhead. Notice how far they go and how it feels.
Now round your upper back, slouch slightly, and reach overhead again. Notice how much more restricted you feel.
Reset again. Bend your left knee while keeping your right leg straight and reach both arms up. Your left arm should feel restricted once more.
Your shoulder didn’t change. But when other parts of your body were in a compromised position, it couldn’t move freely.
Each of those positions above could have come from something as common as an old sprained ankle, a lower back injury or a scar on your upper back, without you even realising it.
Developed by Gary Ward, AiM looks at how your whole body moves, maps your injury history, and identifies which joints aren’t doing their job properly. When a joint stop moving the way it should, something else compensates. That compensation is usually where your pain is.
AiM re-teaches your body to move properly, so the compensating areas can finally relax.
What Is Anatomy in Motion?
AiM focuses on the relationship between how your body moves and the pain you feel.
Throughout your life, your body goes through a lot, including big and small injuries, surgeries, sitting in one position for long periods and repetitive movements. These cause your body to adapt, which often leads other parts to compensate. Eventually this becomes your new normal and you stop noticing it.
Initially this doesn’t cause a problem, but over time it often does.
Pain is usually the result of a joint or tissue being forced to move in a way it shouldn’t or being overworked because something else isn’t doing its job properly.
What Happens In A Session
Every session starts with a full injury history, going back as far as you can remember. This includes sprains, broken bones, scars, big falls and surgeries, all the way back to your childhood, even if you haven’t thought about them in years. Nothing is too minor or too long ago.
Next, I assess how your whole body moves, looking for the joints that aren’t doing their job properly and the areas that are compensating as a result.
Once I’ve identified what’s going on, we work on getting the restricted joints moving properly again through hands-on treatment and corrective exercises you can continue at home.
Most people notice a difference within the first session.
Ready To Find The Root Cause?
If you have been dealing with a recurring injury or persistent pain that hasn’t responded to other treatment, an initial session could give you a clearer picture of what’s actually going on.
Sessions are available at my South Woodford and Old Street clinics. An Initial consultation is 80 minutes.
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