In 1997, several years before becoming an acupuncturist, I completed a 3 year training in massage in San Francisco with physical therapist, Meir Schneider www.self-healing.org I worked alongside him as he treated patients who flew in for treatment from all over the world. He trains his practitioners to teach eye exercises, self-massage techniques and develop exercise programmes to people with chronic eye conditions that often lead to blindness. He also specialises in the treatment of degenerative muscle and nervous system conditions such as muscular dystrophy and M.S. I continued this work back in London and held clinics and workshops in Portugal and France and still use the techniques to treat new and long-standing patients.
When treating musculo-skeletal problems I often use my physical therapy and massage training to inform my work as an acupuncturist and will include exercises, stretches and passive movements as well as massage alongside acupuncture treatment.