28/01/2026
Back in September, I hadn’t seen my mum for four months.
We’d planned a family holiday to Spain, and I was standing outside the villa, excitedly waiting for my parents to arrive.
That excitement disappeared in seconds.
As my mum got out of the car, I was completely shocked.
She’s 70 — not old — and has always been fit and active. But the woman in front of me was moving like she was 90. She was stiff, struggling to walk, and it was obvious she was in a lot of pain.
Later, she admitted how bad things had become.
She’d been in pain for a long time, relying on painkillers that barely helped. She wasn’t sleeping because she couldn’t get comfortable, and the pain in her hips kept waking her up night after night.
Over the years, she’d seen physiotherapists for different issues — neck pain, shoulder pain, recurring hip pain. At one point, she’d even had a steroid injection in her hip. But each time, only the symptom of the moment was treated. No one had stepped back to look at her body as a whole.
And that’s where the real problem was.
Once she was settled, I asked if I could take a look. I assessed her pelvis and spine and quickly identified movement dysfunctions coming from her pelvis, caused by muscle spasms. These were creating a knock-on effect throughout her body.
I spent about 20 minutes working with her — releasing the muscle spasms, restoring movement, and showing her simple techniques and stretches she could do herself.
The change was almost instant.
She stood up, moved more freely, and for the first time in a long time… without pain. Her mobility had noticeably improved.
The next morning was the real proof.
She’d slept through the entire night.
No pain.
No painkillers.
She didn’t take a single painkiller for the rest of the holiday — and slept well every night.
This is why I believe so strongly in treating the root cause, not just the symptom.
When you understand how the body works as a whole, real change happens.
