This year I have decided to be friends with my dyspraxic body.

In December I got an email from James Fraser, a man in my village, who wanted a hand with his social media, and there started a story...

He owns a vibro-acoustic therapy bed and when I'd finished working with him he encouraged me to try it out. For 12 minutes I just lay there and let the vibrations work through my body. BLISS!

I've had a bad shoulder for 5 years after hurting myself  at work. It's the reason I went self employed, the reason I don't drive long distances, the reason  I have spent  a thousand plus pounds on treatments and the reason I still have a monthly physio massage.   I had just assumed I would have a bad shoulder for the rest of my life.

James and I started talking and over the Christmas holiday and I made a decision to take my health seriously and put some attention on this. We agreed that I would use the bed for 12 sessions over a week and we would record my experience on video.

After 4 sessions the muscles around my shoulder blade relaxed and my shoulder became free-er than it has in years.
My daughter started to say how well I looked and I felt different. She also noticed that I wasn't pestering her every night to rub my shoulder!
The next week I saw my physiotherapist, who I've been seeing for 2 years, for the first time since  I started the treatment - and she was gobsmacked by the difference in me.

What has this got to do with dyspraxia?

Well we did wonder if the therapy can help with dyspraxia and I got to wondering what that means. Would I stop being dyspraxic if I could?  Not at all.
Would I like to improve my co-ordination? Yes I would.
We don't know if the bed can do that, but what I do know is that when I am in pain my dyspraxia is worse. So when I am pain free I am less clumsy and more focussed -  I see that also in my 3 legged dog who manages just fine unless she is under the weather, then she falls a lot more than usual.

What I really like about the bed, other than the fact that it works, is 

*It gives me 12 minutes to just lie down and be with myself. Considering our crazy busy lives, that is   not  to be sniffed at .
*It treats my whole body, not just one bit, which is what we usually do.
*I get on the bed fully clothed - thus fewer anxieties before we even start.
*It is totally hands free. Many people do not like being touched and the bed is great for that.
*It is gentle therapy.

The other issue which James raised, and which I only understood later, is that we don't have to deal with another person's energy.
I don't know about you, but I have paid for treatments where the therapist has talked at me about their own stuff for the whole session - exhausting! I also had a guy telling me I should be more feminine :o  And I paid him!

Being dyspraxic we can often get frustrated with our bodies, they don't work as we want them to, we crash into things, fall and smash things. Physios tell us we have to work harder and get stronger and our bodies are seen as letting us down! It's not great I know, but this year I have decided to be friends with my body.        What about you? xx

Here is my  healing journey in 3 minutes...




My daughter is now trying out the bed to see if it can help her to sleep better. Watch this space :)

If you would like to know more about vibro-acoustics check out; http://www.vibesvibroacoustics.com/