WELLNESS STEPS

"After 20 years living without an ACL I finally had Total Knee Replacement surgery thanks to the NHS, however we know how stretched they are and I had to wait 4 weeks for my first Physio appointment with just an A4 sheet of ‘ exercises ’ to do.

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I discovered Marie through recommendation from a friend and have not looked back since, she has been an absolute godsend not only with her exercise routines tailored to my specific needs and abilities but listening to me and explaining WHY I am doing specific exercises, the benefits and the risks of over doing things, treating me as an individual not just another patient. Home visits are so much easier to manage as I have to rely on friends and family for transport to get to my NHS appointments and Marie helps come up with some amazing ideas of how I can use things around the house to help with my rehab for example- the best way to have pillows whilst in bed, which chair/ position to use when doing exercises has made such a difference to help speed up my recovery time.

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Marie’s holistic approach to recovery makes such a difference during rehab as she understands that sometimes you just don’t feel well enough emotionally to do your exercises and her understanding, caring approach actually helps and does make you want to pick yourself up and continue. Her clearly extensive Knowledge of the body and pain management has been invaluable and helped so much as I was given the wrong mix of pain relief tablets after my operation, after discussing the problems I was able to confidently go back to my GP and get the correct medicine not be fobbed off.

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I cannot recommend Marie highly enough not only has she helped with my physical health but also mentally, going through my rehab process she has helped me come to terms with the highs and lows of recovery and not to beat myself up when things don’t go as well/ fast as planned – negative thoughts make things hurt more and depression can easily creep in unless you have the caring and understanding of such a professional, competent coach.

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Thank you Marie"

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Craig, Norwich