Heaney Occupational Therapy

05/12/2025

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22/03/2025

18/03/2025

🧠 Excellent insights from Jim Prussack, The Pain PT here: Understanding Your Pain Beyond the Physical.

A powerful perspective shared by SIRPA Practitioner Jim Prussack reveals how our brain is like a super-protective guardian that sometimes goes into overdrive. Central sensitisation is your body’s complex way of trying to keep you safe - but it can sometimes get a bit too enthusiastic.

Key Insights:
• The brain is incredibly sensitive and can become “hypersensitive”
• Persistent pain often stems from your nervous system’s protection mechanism
• Stress from past, present, and future experiences impacts how your body perceives pain

Your brain’s primary job is to protect you, but sometimes it over-reacts, turning harmless stimuli into perceived threats. This means ongoing pain or symptoms can be the result of a brain that’s learned to be too protective.

💡 The Good News? Understanding this process is the first step to managing and potentially rewiring your pain experience ☺️

14/03/2025

Would you like to do something amazing for people living with Dementia in your local area? As a Driver Volunteer you could support Dementia NI members by collecting and escorting to and from activities and events. Interested? Find out more and apply at https://ow.ly/8IGf50VhnCE

13/03/2025

06/01/2025

Leon specialises in working with people with arthritis and related conditions, and we think you’ll love his fun, motivational and inclusive approach.

09/10/2024

October is Dysautonomia Awareness Month!

Dysautonomia, a condition that affects the autonomic nervous system, is common among people with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS), particularly hypermobile EDS (hEDS), and hypermobility spectrum disorders.

The most common forms include orthostatic hypotension, PoTS, and vasovagal syncope. Symptoms can include:

- Dizziness or fainting
- Rapid heartbeat
- Fatigue and headaches
- Exercise intolerance
- Blurred vision or nausea

Management often includes lifestyle changes, such as increasing fluid intake, dietary adjustments, and learning postural maneuvers. These steps can help improve your quality of life. Learn more from expert Dr. Mark Belham here: https://www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/understanding-pots-webinar/

Read about autonomic dysfunction here: https://www.ehlers-danlos.org/information/autonomic-dysfunction/

08/09/2024

Modern Neuroscience is offering new insights into resolving chronic pain & many other challenging persistent conditions *.

Pain Reprocessing therapy is an evidenced based treatment to help retrain the nervous system. It offers hope to heal from chronic pain rather than accept the current medical approach to live with the burden of pain.
If you are experiencing persistent or chronic symptoms such as pain, fatigue, brain fog and have seen little relief through the conventional medical treatments, please email or text me to discuss working together. I offer a free 15 min telephone /video consultation followed by an in-depth assessment to see we are the right fit and we can take it from there.

Please contact me via email on deirdre@heaneyot.com or mobile on 07974 730889.

* Please note this approach is not intended to treat conditions that have clear diagnostic tests such as rheumatoid arthritis, or multiple sclerosis. Please consult your doctor to rule out definite causes to your symptoms before embarking on this approach.

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