Pain Focus and the Physiotherapist | Ep #15

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"My job isn't to heal people; it's to support and help people see and feel how they move in a new way." In this episode of</span> <a href= "https://www.functionalsynergy.com/from-pain-to-possibility-an-introduction/"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">From Pain to Possibility</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Susi and her guest Kirsten Richardson discuss what is possible when you integrate yoga therapy concepts with physio or physical therapy, the results she has found, and her transition to doing physiotherapy by video.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kirsten is a registered physiotherapist and a yoga therapist and has served and assisted people from all walks of life to decrease pain and increase function in her fifteen-year career. She has worked with people with orthopedic and neurological impairments from sprained ankles to complete spinal cord injuries. With the addition of yoga therapy principles in her practice, she has noticed a dramatically improved positive response from her clients.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen, as Kirsten shares how the addition of yoga therapy widened the lens of her ability, why she believes that a lot of clinicians have a skewed view of patients they feel are pain focused and what she believes presence means in a therapeutic relationship. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Kirsten also discusses how important having fun around client-centered care is. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"An indicator in and of itself isn't back; it's just an indicator," Susi speaks about how fun it is to work with a client to figure out what the indicators mean, and how having the client explore the various messages and signals from their bodies and minds enables them to be part of the solution.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you want to take this a step further with Susi, check out the series of therapeutic yoga intensives she has coming up. Read more about this at</span> <a h