Neurological issues
how the Feldenkrais method® helps

Living with a neurological condition may impact every aspect of life from the most basic activities of self- care and everyday living to the highly developed skills that you may need to play a sport, a musical instrument, to drive or simply to live pain free in ease and comfort.

  • Feldenkrais works with you as a person:
    We recognize that the challenges and difficulties you face are individual to you irrespective of your diagnosis. The FM works with you not as a series of problems but as a whole person with capacity to change, learn and grow. We can do this because of the phenomenon known as neuroplasticity.
    We know that learning through movement is possible even though you have a neurological diagnosis.
  • Feldenkrais method® as learning:
    The Feldenkrais method® is not a medical therapy it’s a process of education, firstly with the guidance of a practitioner but ultimately through your own investigation, curiosity and mastery of yourself. Rather than focus on what you may have lost, correcting you, or telling you how you should be the work begins with where you are right now. Through mapping out more and more of yourself, what we call the self-image, the FM will help you move beyond your restrictions, discover new ideas and employ new strategies.
  • How will it benefit me:
    The practitioners work with those living with a wide range of neurological conditions including –
    Multiple sclerosis
    Parkinsons
    Traumatic brain injury
    Spinal cord injuries
    Stroke
    Cerebral Palsy
  • Tools for everyday:
    You will develop your curiosity and notice how small things fit into the big picture. For example, what happens when you go to turn a door handle there’s more to it than just your hand reaching, turning the handle and opening the door. What happens in your forearm, elbow, shoulder and shoulder blade, do you hold your breath, where is the weight on your feet?
    This process of noticing will improve your day-to-day function whether that is balance, breathing, walking, getting up from a chair, turning over in bed, bathing, running, swimming – whatever is important to you.
  • Boost resilience, gain confidence:
    Regular sessions will make your CNS (Central Nervous System) more resilient giving you choices about the best way to do something. They won’t make your condition go away but you may recover faster, experience fewer troublesome symptoms such as pain, fatigue, spasticity, freezing or falling.
    You’ll learn to recognise your habits and movement preferences and update these to make sure you don’t become stuck in inefficient patterns.
    You will gain confidence and be empowered to manage your own progress

    https://www.feldenkrais.co.uk/2021/06/14/neurological-issues-how-feldenkrais-helps/
Massimo Galli
Massimo Galli

Having developed almost 15 years of experience I work in Athens the last 10 years as a certified Feldenkrais teacher, teaching Functional Integration and Awareness through Movement lessons to adults, teenagers and children.

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