Free2move Physiotherapy

Feldenkrais

Feldenkrais Services

Group of people lying on the floor doing a Feldenkrais exercise in unison

Feldenkrais Classes

Female health practitioner treating woman who is lying on a table

Appointment Featuring Feldenkrais

The Feldenkrais Method

Supported by the latest neuro-science, the Feldenkrais Method is a gentle yet powerful method of changing the way your brain coordinates movement and posture. Free yourself from old habits, relieve pain and tension and discover a surprising degree of ease you have not known for years.

This method was named after it’s inventor, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais who was an Israeli judo master and internationally renowned physicist and educator.

Practitioners have participated in at 3 to 4 years of professional training.

You can experience this brilliant and transformative method  in two different ways

  1. Individual Appointments (Including Functional Integration) READ MORE
  2. Group Classes (Awareness through Movement) – READ MORE

At Free2Move, all our Physiotherapists are also qualified Feldenkrais Practitioners. We may draw on our knowledge and experience of Feldenkrais when choosing treatment to that addresses your signs, symptoms and medical diagnoses. Aspects of the treatment we provide may be based on the Feldenkrais Method.  How this works is that we start with a thorough assessment. We then help you to identify movement and posture habits which may be contributing to your presenting problems. Taking into account your specific movement goals, we support you in learning more efficient and functional movement patterns that won’t aggravate pain or cause excessive muscle tension. 

Main Benefits:

  • pain relief – reduce or eliminate persistent pain and tension
  • posture – discover effortless, efficient and comfortable posture
  • performance – more power without having to strengthen by improving efficiency
  • flexibility – greater range without stretching by efficient use of the whole body

Other reported benefits:

  • breathe more easily
  • reduce stress and anxiety
  • improve balance and coordination
  • sleep more deeply and comfortably

Here’s one of a series of excellent instructional videos made by Jodie called Neck Pain Relief Exercises

https://youtu.be/0cfYsRm4xTw