About Physiotherapy and Mental Health
About Physiotherapy and Mental Health
Why physiotherapy for mental health?
Our brain is constantly processing information about our body and about our world, most of it without us even realising it. The brain, mind and body are meant to function together; they influence each other. Contexts and experiences shape our brain, as it adapts and takes in new information, affecting how we respond to the world around us, and how we feel, move and live life.
Physiotherapy is all about promoting function in our body that enables us to live life. Working with Mental Health is no different: mental health conditions influence the way our body moves and feels, how we experience pain, and our inbuilt arousal and energy systems. New research, discoveries and technology, particularly in the field of neuroscience are helping us to better understand the two-way influence of brain and body. By working with the body we help to change our brain, our feelings and mood: this changes how we interact with people and the world around us.
In Mental Health Physiotherapy, we work with sensation, movement, and physiology, taking into account emotions, memories, and thoughts and how our brain tries to make sense of what it experiences. Mental Health Physiotherapy promotes hauora and oranga.
Feel free to send us a message to learn more!
Our brain is constantly processing information about our body and about our world, most of it without us even realising it. The brain, mind and body are meant to function together; they influence each other. Contexts and experiences shape our brain, as it adapts and takes in new information, affecting how we respond to the world around us, and how we feel, move and live life.
Physiotherapy is all about promoting function in our body that enables us to live life. Working with Mental Health is no different: mental health conditions influence the way our body moves and feels, how we experience pain, and our inbuilt arousal and energy systems. New research, discoveries and technology, particularly in the field of neuroscience are helping us to better understand the two-way influence of brain and body. By working with the body we help to change our brain, our feelings and mood: this changes how we interact with people and the world around us.
In Mental Health Physiotherapy, we work with sensation, movement, and physiology, taking into account emotions, memories, and thoughts and how our brain tries to make sense of what it experiences. Mental Health Physiotherapy promotes hauora and oranga.
Feel free to send us a message to learn more!
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Mental Health Physiotherapy takes the whole person into account, understanding hauora and oranga the interconnections of brain and body – including movement, physiology, emotions, memories and thoughts – working with you to support optimal function for living life.