The practical application of Orthopedic Psychology to rehabilitation is a process of bringing the nervous system and skeletal system back in sync, mindfully. It provides you with specific tools for accessing your body's own intelligence, building inner strength and resources, while taking time to honor your experience of disability and medical treatment. Understanding and respecting the emotional impact of your physical challenges is supported. This balanced approach has proved to enhance recovery by encourgaging true self-care and the feeling of being at home in your body once again.
"Kate - just to let you know that I found our telephone conversation VERY helpful! I started walking differently immediately - it was hard at first to be consistent, but it's getting progressively easier. I've also started a written dialogue with my knee and I'm paying more attention, being more present, generally. Today, for the first time, I truly feel like I've crossed the halfway mark!" writes hip replacement telephone client.
You can learn to increase the awareness of your bones, and use this awareness of your inner architecture for greater ease and comfort in daily activities. This approach has proved beneficial with a variety of conditions:
Peggy Huddleston's Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster Workshop is an one hour process that helps prepare people for surgery based on Huddleston's book Prepare for Surgery, Heal Faster. The program has been shown to reduce anxiety, need for pain medication up to 50%, complications, and shorten hospital stay. The program is introduced at healfaster.com. It is currently being used at all of the Harvard teaching hospitals, NYU Medical Center, Kaiser Santa Clara Medical Center, and more institutions every day.
Call 707/292-1151 or write to Kate for more information or to set up an appointment.