Boost Your Recovery with Massage for Fatigue
Perrin Technique in Devon
Alison practises the Perrin Technique in Devon, a research based technique which includes massage for fatigue. The Perrin Technique is informed by various modalities and aims to help the body return to homeostasis when suffering from Chronic Fatigue. This massage for fatigue can help to eliminate toxins from the head and body and also targets spinal tension and reviews methods for self care.
Dr Perrin has shown that key mechanisms in M.E. (Myalgic encephalomyelitis or chronic fatigue) involve disregulation of the nervous system. He has published photos of megalymphatics occurring in ME, as a result of this disregulation. This leads to the lymphatics pumping out of sequence, impeding their ability to remove toxins, sometimes even leading to them draining backwards. This can be addressed using massage for fatigue.
For her Perrin Technique Devon practice, Alison is normally based in the centre of Exeter at The Practice rooms, on Castle St near Exeter library and The Westbank Community Centre in Exminster.
The Perrin technique includes various techniques including massage for fatigue. Techniques such as effleurage to stimulate the lymphatic system and aid removal of toxins. It also includes Craniosacral Therapy and manipulation of key areas in the spine to relieve tension and aid homeostasis. Alison is a fully licensed Perrin practitioner and uses Swedish Massage, Craniosacral Therapy and Mindfulness to support her Perrin Technique sessions.
Alison loves bringing her various different modalities together in a Perrin Technique session to support a client's recovery in various different ways including massage for fatigue. Alison's Perrin Sessions are informed by her work in Craniosacral Therapy, Mindfulness, Swedish Massage and Zero Balancing
Is Massage for Fatigue Helpful?
Is Massage for Fatigue Helpful? During Fatigue conditions research has shown that more toxins are present than in those without Fatigue. A massage for fatigue can help support toxin removal, stimulating the body’s natural systems, releasing tensions and galvanizing blood and lymph flow. It can help to move toxins in the direction of healthy lymph and venous flow and encourage elimination from the body so that homeostasis is more able to re-establish.
After many years of experience supporting people with a variety of fatigue conditions Alison has found being able to relax deeply is key to improving and massage for fatigue can be a lovely way to support relaxation along with Craniosacral therapy and mindfulness. However Alison has also found the right level of treatment is important for where a client is at the time. As the nervous system can become dysregulated in Fatigue conditions, during severe cases a more gentle treatment may be more helpful.
The Perrin Technique in Devon, goes beyond a typical massage for fatigue. It particularly aims to help the lymphatic system rebalance using a syphon effect. It also address problems in the spine, stimulating release of tension in key areas. The nervous system is also addressed and the body calmed using Craniosacral Therapy and it is also an opportunity to look at other areas in which the client can support their own recovery.
Dr Perrin describes the recovery from fatigue as filling in a jigsaw puzzle where Mindfulness etc are the corner pieces and the Perrin Technique makes the edge. The other pieces can depend on the individual.
Blog article - Holistic Therapy and Chronic Fatigue Recovery
Could Holistic Therapy Fill Gaps in Current Mainstream Chronic Fatigue Recovery Support?
I am struck by how my work in chronic fatigue recovery support can go beyond current main stream medicine's routes. I specialise in supporting Chronic Fatigue recovery, anxiety and pain conditions. I am a Holistic Therapy practitioner using the techniques of Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki, Mindfulness and The Perrin Technique (Massage for fatigue and more) in Exeter, Exminster and the wider community. I am mostly based at The Practice Rooms in Exeter and The West bank Community centre in Exminster.
Some mainstream professionals and departments are really trying with Long Covid. Some seem frustrated, though there are supportive routes in place, reaching far beyond any previous chronic fatigue recovery support pathways.
Still, I feel I have a sense of Chronic Fatigue recovery; that main stream medicine is unable to include all of in treatments until sufficient clinical analysis etc has taken place. With the gentle empathic techniques I use, I can suit my sessions to the client and follow the improvements I see in and hear of from my Holistic Therapy clients. As well as reading current research and adapting my treatments to it.
During a recent conversation with a mainstream medical professional, he mentioned that most of what they do for Long Covid sufferers is pacing and how well patients get on with that, is the key to whether the patient recovers. He was obviously frustrated at how little they can do for patients. It is my experience that Chronic Fatigue recovery is helped by individuals becoming their own specialist in pacing and that deep relaxation is critical. Holistic Therapy can be invaluable for this deep relaxation.
When I mentioned to the Medical Professional that my Chronic Fatigue recovery clients have often been stuck in fight, flight or freeze modes, he agreed that the patients are very 'sympathetic' and mentioned that it is very hard to get them out of it. Now that is one of my specialities and something Holistic Therapy is more attuned to.
I support deep relaxation, working with and soothing the nervous and cardiovascular systems (and more). I use the gentle holds of Craniosacral Therapy and Reiki to listen to the body, deactivate, and release. I love to teach clients to calm their own systems with mindfulness techniques and more; always bringing a positive feeling or energy, lifting.
The deep relaxation of these Holistic Therapy techniques appears to allow the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems to rebalance during Chronic Fatigue recovery. Everyone knows that massage can make your body and mind feel better. There has been research showing that Holistic Therapy such as Reiki, Craniosacral therapy and Mindfulness can help stress and more. In the latter, this research is extensive and very well accepted.
My Mindfulness Now training combines both the original, well evidenced streams of Mindfulness by Jon Kabat Zinn (MBSR) and Mark Williams (MBST). The latter offered a breakthrough in the treatment of depression, anxiety and emotional trauma, and is recommended to treat depression by Nice. I have built on this knowledge with Embodiment, Resourcing, Chakra meditations, Reiki, Journey meditations and more. I'm proud of the knowledge, techniques and experience I'm able to bring to my Chronic Fatigue recovery clients in Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki and Mindfulness Sessions.
Research has shown that our minds can affect our bodies in many ways including our immune system. Using Holistic Therapy allows us to target body and mind. The main theories on post viral fatigue seem to be that either the virus is still present, hidden in our bodies. Alternatively, there is a secondary virus that flourished while the system was weakened.
Thirdly our own immune systems had a rushed response to the original virus that is ineffective at differentiating between the pathogen and our own cells, leading to it attacking our own cells. Holistic Therapy techniques such as Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki and Mindfulness seem to help the body know itself during Chronic Fatigue recovery. Embodiment allows the body to be a body, animals seem to know how to relax and recover like the Jaguar pictured.
We know that implicit memories (rather that explicit/exact memories), are the only types of infant memories. For implicit memories, we retain a feel of events rather than exact details and may respond to stimuli automatically. For example, during a Craniosacral Therapy appointment a child might tell a story of a cow that wouldn't eat, their parent can then explain that they didn't eat as a baby and the child can then let go of the experience.
This seems to resonate with the way we appear to hold trauma in our bodies, as tensions etc and how we react in the same (often unhelpful) ways when a current event connects to a perceived trauma. We may have experienced this original trauma when we were very small and had little control over some aspects of our lives, relying on the adults in our life to keep us alive. At this time staying connected to our caretakers is life or death and it a part of us can continue to feel like that into adulthood.
It is my experience that the implicit and body memories can be addressed and processed through my holistic therapy session such as the work of Craniosacral Therapy and Reiki and using Mindfulness. During sessions the individual usually begins to relax out tensions, perhaps where they have pushed down events that they could'nt cope with. The viceral feeling of what happened can then come forward to be released in a safe supported place. Once we begin to let go of past events, physical or emotional, the fatigue seems to have less to hook on to.
I taught mindfulness online to Rebecca (name changed for privacy). She was bedridden with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and very sensitive to electronic equipment and we had to keep to half hour sessions at the start. After several sessions, we started on mindful movement and she suddenly took off and the next time I saw her she was enrolled in an art class and able to have her daughter back to live with her. We both thought her ability to hold herself more compassionately was a big milestone in her Chronic Fatigue recovery.
For more information see the individual Holistic Therapy pages on Craniosacral Therapy, Reiki and Mindfulness, or get in touch with Alison.
I have also found that massage for fatigue can be extremely benificial, working with toxin removal nad more. The Perrin Technique, in Devon, can be a lovely way of bringing various modalities together and addressing different aspects of the fatigue puzzle. Different clients benefit from a different treatment focus at different times, massage for fatigue can feel like a lot for some more severely effected clients and we can start with a more gentle approach.