05/05/2025
In December 2022 I injured my lower back.
It was bad.
Standing up straight was hard. I had to stop running and hiking. I had a not quite 2 year old that I could hardly pick up, and getting him in and out of his cot and car seat was near impossible. I couldn't play at the playground with my children, or even enjoy walking around places like the zoo with them. I couldn't work in my garden, and cutting out fabric for sewing left me in more pain.
I tried physio, osteo, strengthening with a PT, and other body work appointments. Most of them helped a tiny bit; some didn't. But the pain always came back a few days later.
The frustration was unreal.
I was 32, I had two young children, and I felt like I would be stuck in this immobile, stiff, stuck feeling body forever.
Until 8 months on my PT recommended a man called Greg. She didn't know what he did, but had heard good things. I had nothing to lose.
I booked in an hour appointment for ConTact CARE. The appointment was gentle and relaxing. I could feel my inner body shifting during the appointment and I remember thinking that it was really weird 😅
After the appointment I got in my car to drive home. I could twist in my seat without any pain. That night I could bend forward and touch my toes with ease for the first time in 8 months.
7 days later I had no back pain.
And I didn't have to go back.
I was amazed! In awe! I needed to know more! So I started my Foundation training in ConTact CARE in September 2023.
I now have maintenance appointments when I feel my body needs it, but I can run again. I can garden. I can carry my 4 year old on my shoulders up big hills. I can hold two children at a time. These things felt impossible to me!
And well, here we are! Now I'm in a position to be able to help other people feel this comfortable and at ease in their bodies, and it's just absolutely wonderful ✨