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Back Injury Treatment For James a Dedicated Runner at Getfitstayfit Norfolk

During the years that I have been a Sports Neuromuscular Injury Therapist I have treated many Runners with various injuries ,getting them back to fitness as soon as I can so they can achieve their goals is one of the things I enjoy the most.

Over the years there have also been some great advancements in treatments and I have always kept informed and on top of them.

I have worked with the Bioneuro Sigma Q Therapy system and the Hydrotherm Massage System, as tools for a therapist to use, along with their most important tools their hands, they have proved to be incredibly affective for me at getting my patients back to fitness quicker

Meaning I don’t have to see them as often as some therapist do and they are back doing what they want to do with “Pain Free Movement”

James is a runner I had seen him in the past due to a work related injury.

I had not needed to see him since, he had continued to run, but just recently after a couple of weeks heavy going, he came to see me again.

This is the email he sent me after treatment

Good Evening Steve

May I first thank you for arranging an appointment to see me so quickly.

I think the best way to sum up the success of yesterdays treatment is to say that having struggled with my jogging in recent weeks (and I know this was against your advice) I successfully completed 10 miles this morning with very little discomfort. I can highly recommend the Bioneuro sigma Q and Hydrotherm massage treatment and am very grateful for your assistance.

I will contact you again after next Sunday with an update.

Kind regards and thank you for your assistance

James

Back injury in Norwich was preventing a young Athlete achieve her Goal

K came to us with real Problems with her Back, she is a very athletic young lady, with her sailing, her Duke of Edinburgh award and her goal of being in the County Tournament, having a problem with her back, was becoming a trial for her and making it difficult for her to do all the things she wanted to do.

She has great determination and will go far, but she needed help ,we are so pleased we were able to help her and knowing she is now able to achieve her goals, is what we are all about , we are also so pleased to have received this email to let us know.

This is the email she sent us.

Hi Steve,

You may remember me from a couple of months ago, I was just writing to inform you that my back has been holding up pretty well since I last saw you. I have just had some very good news that I would like to share with you, In that I have been selected as part of the under 17 Norfolk county team to go to Nottingham and compete in the big Inter County Tournament, as you may remember it had been my aim since the start of the season.

In other news, I have almost completed my dinghy instructors course, whilst on the course I met the team selector for the Norfolk junior team, they are keen to have myself and my friend in the team, so we will be heading down to Deal in Dover this year!

This is a sign of my progress since I last saw you. Thank you for all you have done to help me.

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Quicker Recovery, from Knee replacement surgery or injury, in Norwich Norfolk, With Getfitstayfit Norfolk

A patient now back in action, due to the Aid of The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®)

Jackie from Brundall had been suffering with excessive knee pain and her movement was restricted, following her visits to her GP then to an Orthopaedic Surgeon, a date was planned for a knee replacement. For Jackie the pain became debilitating, not being a lady who regularly took pain killers.

She came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk to see if we could help.

“When my knee started giving me a considerable amount of pain I when to my GP and was told a knee replacement was necessary, as an active person I knew I had to keep on top of this as I try to avoid pain killers as much as possible.

I knew of Steve Kirby and Getfitstayfit Norfolk as it is a local business in our area and had treated a friend, very successfully, I contacted him to see if he could help. Steve started treating me on The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®), I found the pain was greatly reduced and I was able move with a lot more ease, and a lot less pain, my muscles where in a good state of health following treatment and I was ready for the surgery.

The operation went well and I was quickly back having The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®) treatment with Steve, about three times a week. I had to attend physiotherapy at the hospital, which I did not feel happy with at all, pushing and forcing the knee, made it very painful.

So I decided I would stick with the treatment from Steve, with the Bioneuro, some gentle exercise this did the trick, with no pain regular monitoring and all in my time, a lot quicker I feel, than I would have achieved with just the painful exercises.”

The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®) is fully medically tested and approved to help aid in the recovery from knee injuries and in Pre and Post knee replacement surgery, quicker than you can ever imagine. The system works deeply into the deep nerves and muscle’s, helping to take away swelling, improve blood flow and aid mobility.

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Piriformis Syndrome Suffered For 23 Years Restored To Fitness In A Few Weeks By Getfitstayfit Norfolk For This Norwich Lady

J came to our Clinic a couple of months ago, first time on meeting it was clear this was a lady who was so stressed, because she was in great pain, and felt that she had never been listened too about her injury, she needed help so Steve was determined to get to the root of the problem and sort it out.

“I started to get a sore hip about 23 years ago, it’s on set coincided with starting to drive. It hurt on and off for about 16 years, it was inconvenient at times, but not too bad. Then just over 7 years ago my whole lower back and hamstrings became very tight and sore pretty much all the time.

There were periods when my Piriformis muscle was so painful I could not stand still for more than 2 minutes.

Sometimes when my whole lower back would lock up so it would take about 5 minutes to bend myself into a chair and to straighten out again when I wanted to get up. The flare up’s were awful, my back used to take about 3 months to calm down.

When it was really bad, I certainly couldn’t do everyday things like bend down to look in a draw or pick something off the floor. The worse thing was I never knew what was going to set it off, I got so paranoid at trying to prevent a flare up I kept diaries to try and second guess what might aggravate it. I took a cushion everywhere with me as hard chairs were a big no no. It was a really miserable existence.

When I explained these limitations to my doctor, rather than being concerned that an otherwise very healthy 38 year old, that until recently used to play rugby and run regularly, was unable to bend over due to extreme muscle tightness and lower back pain, she suggested that I stop trying to bend down! That was it, that was all she had to offer. Oh, that and some drugs to dull the pain.

Eventually I left the job I loved so that I could work part time as I thought sitting at a desk all week might have been part of the problem. It didn’t really make much difference.

Over the years I have seen all manner of back people, chiropractors, physios, osteopaths, sports masseurs, occupational health specialists, you name it, I just wish they were on performance related pay because none of them managed to make much of a difference and I have spent a fortune. It wasn’t just the odd appointment either, I saw one guy regularly at the Spire hospital for over a year.

I think it would be fair to say most of them just wanted to know which bit hurt at the time and they would then work on that area. No one seemed interested in the underlying problem i.e. the cause of my tight leg and back muscles that I knew was causing all the problems.

I asked many times, believe me, I just never got an answer.

Then during the summer holidays this year, after struggling to walk the half mile to the local park with my sons so they could practice a bit of rugby, I decided enough was enough.

At the time it was my Piriformis muscle that was really bad so I Googled ‘Piriformis/Norfolk’ (as not all specialists even believe in Piriformis syndrome, let alone know what to do with it) and Steve’s details were top of the search list. Piriformis Syndrome

Steve agreed to fit me in that night at his home clinic. Rather than doing the usual massage on the area that I was used to from other physios, he put my feet in a bucket of water and then connected me to the mains. To be honest I thought at best he was a bit eccentric and at worst he was going to kill me. I was actually quite disheartened. After reading his web site earlier, I had felt more positive about seeing Steve than I had most of the other specialists I had seen over the years. It was that old cliché of ‘could he be the one?’

I was clinging on for Hope.

After the appointment, I didn’t feel much better and was feeling really down, but the next morning I woke up and I just knew something was different. Not just better, but different. I have been seeing Steve for about two months now and for the first time in 23 years I feel nearly normal and I know he is going to make me pain free. When Steve first started treating me he promised he would make me pain free and although that promised cheered me up no end, I didn’t really believe him. Not deep down.

Steve’s view is that if a back hurts, there is a problem that needs fixing. Find the source of the problem and fix it – for good.

So many so called professionals have told me to expect to have back pain, that everyone has back pain, that it’s normal. To get on with it, to accept it, to live with it, accommodate it.

And the really sad thing is, I was actually starting to listen to them! I gave up a job I loved and was bracing myself for an old age blighted by a back that was surely only going to get worse.

Well now I feel fantastic. I have got a new job – full time again – I feel like I did when I was 20. I feel so ‘normal’ I still can’t believe it. It’s been so long I can hardly remember what normal is.

Every time I bend down to get something out of a cupboard, I notice that I don’t hurt or have to do the task by kneeling on the floor. Every morning when I first get out of bed and don’t have to walk to the bathroom semi bent because I can’t straighten up for a while, I notice it. I think I will be noticing it for a long time.

Steve is amazing. He uses his ‘fizzy’ machine to sort you out. It really works miracles. And it feels fab, bit like a spa session!

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Deborah takes her Running Seriously, when she was in Pain she came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk for Help

This is her Testimony, she had been suffering for a year before she came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk. We always say early intervention is the best way to aid recovery, the longer it is delayed the longer it takes to recover, we try to improve recovery rate and get people back to fitness as soon as possible.

“I came to Steve after recommendations from members of my running club.

I’d recently been suffering with knee pain but also low back pain upon waking in the morning for over a year.

I’d seen a chiropractor, a physio, an osteopath and even had an MRI scan all to no avail. In the end my doctor just said it’s muscular and prescribed me Amitriptyline!

Steve was great. He identified my IT band and TFL muscle were tight and used the Bioneuro System Sigma Q(ΣQ® to free them off. It was a strangely pleasant sensation and the muscles felt a lot looser after. Alas, my symptoms didn’t go away, but Steve was determined to solve my problems. He’s like a dog with a bone!

He was regularly in touch to see how things were going and he researched my symptoms to try and find the answer. Eventually he suggested using the Bioneuro System Sigma Q(ΣQ® on my Psoas muscle.

Running and sitting at a desk all day had made this short and tight and can be responsible for low back pain. I am delighted to say I can now sleep free from pain, without the need for pillows under my legs and without the Amitriptyline! As for the knee pain, it’s getting better with postural and running form correction’

I’d recommend to anyone suffering with muscular issues to seek out Steve. He really can help, he doesn’t give up on you even when you feel you want to give up he made such a difference“

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Lower Back Pain for Hannah Due to PSD Came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk For Treatment.

“I thought labour had been painful, but the pain I was experiencing with my back was on a par!”

When you work with people that have suffered an injury and are in pain, you have to treat the whole person and you build up a relationship with them, we hate to see our clients in pain and the sooner we can get them out of pain the better,

One of the best things about this job is seeing a client recover and be pain free.

“After having four children quite close together, the pressure of pregnancy and birth had weakened my lower back and unfortunately led to a severe prolapsed disc.”

Hannah is a lovely lady, but my first meeting with her was quite upsetting, she could not stand or walk with out aid she was in so much pain, her husband was doing his best for her, but with four children they needed help, I was so glad I was able to be the person to help them. She had suffered with PSD during and after her pregnancies, that had left her with Pelvic and Back Issues.

Here is her Story.

After having four children quite close together, the pressure of pregnancy and birth had weakened my lower back and unfortunately led to a severe prolapsed disc. I thought labour had been painful, but the pain I was experiencing with my back was on a par!

A friend had recommended Steve to me and as I could barely walk, and only then with assistance, Steve very kindly came out to my home. I had several treatments with Steve and each time I made noticeable improvement, both in pain relief and mobility.

It was only after a few treatments with Steve that I had my MRI which confirmed a L4-L5 prolapsed disc. I was told in my orthopaedic assessment that it was severe enough to warrant surgery as I was suffering with sciatica and trouble with my waterworks as a result. However, by the time I met with the surgeon to discuss the operation I was told the operation was no longer necessary due to my massive improvement, I no longer had sciatica and my mobility and pain had reduced significantly.

The surgeon asked what treatment I had been undergoing and I told him about Steve and The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®). He had never heard of it, but said to keep at it because it was obviously working!

“I can’t thank Steve and Jacqui enough, they were an answer to prayer. I was in so much pain and the relief their Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q (ΣQ®) treatment they gave me was remarkable. They were both so kind and encouraging along the way, I didn’t just feel like I was a patient, but a friend. Thank you!”

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Suffering With Chronic Back Pain Till Treated By Getfitstayfit Norfolk

Sat on the floor unable to get up because of the intense pain , wondering if this was how her life was going to be.

Sara a keen Harpist came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk, after her husband had come home to find her, Sat on the floor in the kitchen unable to get up and in intense pain, she had been through so much and was and her wits end. He told me, Sara had had a couple of rather bad accidents, causing trauma related injuries and nothing was working to get this, use to be very active lady back to how she was.

For him seeing his wife in constant pain and unable to help her himself, his question to me was “Do you think you can help”.

Well that was back in April so it has been a while, a lot of work and determination from both Sara and myself, but folks we have got there this week, we have finished treatment, I will see Sara for the occasional maintenance massage, but this lady has now got her life back and I am so proud, her spirits are soaring and soon so will the Kite.

Here is her testimonial.

Steve, I hardly know how to thank you for literally giving me back my life.

I am 74yrs old (young now!) and for the last fifteen years or so have suffered from increasing pain, stiffness and weakness in my hips, knees, legs and feet. MRI and X-rays showed nothing other than some ‘age-related degeneration’! Appointments with the Rheumatologist (3) and Neurologist resulted in drugs and painkillers. Diagnosis…possibly fibromyalgia (fibrositis) and when the inflammation got worse, polymyalgia, for which I had 18 months of steroids. Over the years I have had three episodes of plantar fasciitis and several Achilles tendon flare-ups. Each time the problems were treated with cortisone injections….very painful, with relief… until the next time!

Over the years I have tried variously, Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Bowen Therapy, Acupuncture, Physiotherapy (at least three different sessions of 6 treatments), therapeutic and sports massage, orthotic shoe inserts herbal treatment, vitamins, more exercise/less exercise, antidepressants, prayer and healing.

With the pain and stiffness, I was becoming increasingly ‘disabled’, unable to walk far, get up after sitting, or in the morning, without my crutches. Car journeys, even short ones, were a nightmare (I’ve stood by the car, shaking because of the pain) Literally , with so much weakness and burning pain in my legs and feet, I was unable to get up off the floor unaided, as my arms were becoming more painful and weaker.

Exercise and hobbies, mine are flying dual string Peter Powell kites and Playing the Harp)both became impossible. I felt very low.

Then I met you, Steve. Immediately, you understood how much tension and inflammation there was in my muscles. Your considerable skill and insight, coupled with the use of The Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q(ΣQ®) and massage on the Hydrotherm Massage system, we began slowly to produce results. My mood lifted and I began really to believe that I would get better. Your ability to think laterally, meant that we had got to ‘Plan C’ when the breakthrough occurred. Powerful ultrasound via the Bioneuro helped to loosen up the muscle tissues and my system to restore circulation and blocked neural pathways. Muscles began to ‘fire’ again.

I tell all my friends and they can see the difference, so you should be inundated with requests for help!

Now that I have been signed off and passed as fully fit, may I tell you what an enormous debt of gratitude I owe you? I can now look forward to my remaining years with joy and enthusiasm.

Bless you

Sara

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Painful shoulder injury then he came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk

Norman had a very Painful Shoulder Injury.

He came to us after he had been struggling for 12 years, his body had adapted to his injury and he tried to cope with it, compensating in things like turning his head , lifting his arm , putting on a shirt or jacket. “He believed he would just have to live with it”

Being a self employed man feeling he could not take time off work because he had a family to look after, Norman continued to work ,but was always in pain.

Don’t take it from us have a look at His Testimonial, how we helped him to get back to fitness, how he can turn his head again and how he now gets a good nights sleep something he had not had since the accident.

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Ankle Injuries Were a Major setback for Running and Cycling Enthusiast

Ian came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk on advice of one of his friends, Ian loves his Running and Cycling , he had worked so hard to achieve already, but then to suffer injuries were a major setback for him and he took pretty hard, as he wanted to do the London Duathlon again in 2013.

He really did not think I could help him , on first meeting this very reluctant and very down man, I knew I had to get him back he was going to be a challenge, but seeing how well he is doing now it was well worth it.

Hi Steve,

I felt the need to thank you for your continued help in with your treatment of my calf and Achilles injuries and now with your help with my continued maintenance.

“As you know I first came to you with the opinion I would never run again due to constant pain in my Achilles and Calves.”

This was also making me very depressed, due to not being able to run and not fully understanding why I was getting constant injuries.

My treatment started with the Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q(ΣQ)® which instantly gave relief to the problem areas and meant I could slowly ease back in to light training, after a few sessions on the Bioneuro Therapy System Sigma Q(ΣQ)® you thought it would be a good idea to combine the treatment with Neuromuscular Release Techniques which included stretching my ITB, this combination therapy made a huge difference and I was soon back to regular running and cycling and with the ongoing maintenance

“I am now back to my best and getting close to hitting my 5K PB and I’m training for a Marathon in October and a 154 mile 1 day endurance cycle challenge in June.”

Thanks again and see you soon Ian.

Leg,Feet and Necrotic Tissue Injury.

Patricia came to us with a few problems, regarding her walking “Her Gait”, her Feet, also with her Lower Back ,

She also had problems getting up from a sitting position to standing , she also had had several falls , but one problem she did have was due to a fall ,that went on to cause “Necrotic Tissue Injury “ this is a form of Degloving, due to her falling on to a three pin plug and it sticking completely into her leg. In older people it takes a lot longer to heal that younger people, Patricia’s leg had been left with a very large dark brown area with no nerve sensation in the area , this had not improved for almost twelve years.

Since using the Bioneuro Therapy System on her, We are now seeing great improvements with Patricia and the change in the skin colour it is now going pink she is also now regaining the feeling of sensation in her leg in the area of her leg that had been damaged is just one of them.

We know that it will take time and a lot of work on our part and Patricia’s, we do know we will get her a lot fitter with a lot more movement and further regeneration.

Shoulder Injury, Getfitstayfit Norfolk Helped Malcolm

Malcolm came to Getfitstayfit Norfolk for his 1st appointment back in January . At the time he was in a lot of pain and discomfort, in his Arm, Elbow and Shoulder after an accident.

Free From Pain “Nanna Ooooh” Say’s After Treatment at Getfitstayfit Norfolk

In our Local Village Book one of our clients sent in a message about her treatment with us due to the fact that she had found out about us in The Village book so we thought we would share it with you.

She writes” I went to Steve at Getfitstayfit Norfolk after reading about his Sports and Remedial Massage Therapy treatment as I was in considerable pain with what I thought was Sciatica, he did some simple tests to see what was happening, then after Steve’s treatment ,using the Bioneuro Therapy Treatment ( it is a kind of electric pad device which really hits the spot) .

I am now free of pain and able to walk with ease.

Steve was most professional and explained about how the pain was caused and his proposed treatment .

The best thing is my little grandson always called me Nanna Ooooh as I always said Ooooh when I stood up from a sitting position such was the pain however he said he is now going to call me just Nanna and we can enjoy playing all kinds of games together.”