What Conditions & Pains Can Clinical Somatics Help?

Clinical Somatic Education & Essential Somatics® Movement are two ways in which Hanna Somatics can help with a wide range of conditions: CSE is individual, hands-on clinical work, while ES movement can be taught 1-2-1 or in group classes.

The areas of pain and conditions that can be helped include but not limited to:

   ‘Everyday’ aches & pains

    Scoliosis (structural or functional)

    Hip pain

    SI joint pain

    Piriformis syndrome

    Sciatica

    Knee pain

    Foot pain including plantar fasciitis

    Stroke recovery

    Leg length discrepancy

    TMJ/TMD pain

    Relief from arthritis pain

    Relief from bursitis pain

    Many MUS (‘medically unexplained symptoms’)

    Reduced flexibility & mobility

    Dupuytrens contracture

    Tension headaches

    Back pain

    Neck pain

    Shoulder pain

    Stress & anxiety

    Shallow breathing

    Thoracic outlet syndrome

    Whiplash

    RSI & carpal tunnel

    Arm & wrist pain

    Chronic muscle tension

    Recovery from injuries & surgery

    Chronic pain syndromes e.g. ME, fibromyalgia, & CRPS

    Problems with posture & gait

If the pain or tension you feel hasn’t got a name or a formal diagnosis (or if it’s ‘medically unexplained’ or - as so often happens - is put down to age), that doesn’t matter.

What does matter is how you feel, and how your nervous system is a big part of that.

Want to learn more about how pain, posture problems and reduced flexibility develop? (Spoilers: it’s NOT ‘just your age’!) Watch my FREE video series, ‘The Truth About Pain - and how to get rid of it’ to learn more.

About much more than ‘treating’ an injury or condition - although that may be what brings you to it - Clinical Somatics opens up the possibility of truly transforming your relationship with how you experience yourself in the world - what you sense, how you move, what you understand about your own nervous system, & how aware & in command of your embodied self you can be.

When people first come to Clinical Somatics, they have often (like me) ‘tried everything’ and yet are still experiencing pain &/or restricted movement. It can be hard to move on from the feelings of defeat, and of pain. But Clinical Somatic Education offers a gentle, long-lasting way to move away from pain, & to rediscover the pleasure of being a living, breathing, moving ‘soma’ (mind-body) in the world!