“I found Rachel when I was at rock bottom, both physically and mentally. My condition had worsened to the point that I could no longer work and had zero quality of life, I was willing to try anything. That is what lead me to reaching out to Rachel. Thanks to her support, over 3 short months I have overcome crippling RSI, digestive issues, chronic pain and even gluten intolerance. To me PRT (Pain Reprocessing therapy) is something akin to a miracle, it has healed me in ways I never thought possible, things that I never thought could get better have healed. Thanks to Rachel’s guidance my mental state has also now vastly improved, there is a spaciousness that has returned to my life, I am eternally grateful to her.”

Hand pain / RSI

This was one of the most terrifying symptoms for me, because it meant that I was no longer able to work. My hands felt swollen, my joints were painful, my tendons were stiff, I could feel a burning feeling whenever I tried to exert any kind of force. It was painful to even straighten out my hands, they had become like claws. I had absolutely minimal strength in my grip, I couldn’t even hold a knife and fork by myself. It seemed like a grim predicament. I had faced similar issues in the past but these symptoms were so bad that I believed it was not possible for them to get better. A few months later, after starting PRT, my hands are 95% better without taking any medication or having any surgery. I am able to perform all the normal actions that I was originally capable of before the onset of my pain, including being able to type these very words.

Metatarsal foot pain

Hand pain/RS Almost every day I used to do a short run which used to help me with dealing with stress. One day, immediately after starting my run I felt a numbness/cramping in the lesser digits of the balls of my left foot. So I stopped running and walked the rest of my usual route. From that point on for around 6 weeks, it was very painful to put any weight on my left foot. So I avoided walking or going anywhere for that matter. I bought some special gel pads to put underneath my foot when I walked, and religiously used a foot massaging ball for most of the day but these methods only slightly helped with my symptoms. Amazingly, I was able to heal from these symptoms after a only a week or two of starting PRT. This symptom was the newest, and it was also the quickest to heal (probably due to the neural pain circuits being less well established).

Anal pain

I had an anal fissure for the best part of a year that caused me to be in constant pain. Before starting pain processing therapy I had tried the various ointments prescribed to me by my GP but to no avail. I was left with no option but to try something more invasive which involved being anaesthetized in hospital. After undergoing the procedure, the surgeon told me that everything was already healed (I think it had probably already been healed for a long time when I look back on the ordeal) but this did not stop my pain… It was at this point I realised that there must be a psychological cause and applied the PRT principles in order to heal. For over a year I was taking laxatives because in order to keep my stools soft as advised by my doctor. Because I had been on them for so long I became dependent on them and found it very difficult to stop taking them. I tried many times to wean myself off slowly, each time ending in a setback. Eventually I became to feel a deep “knowing” that I didn’t need them. I was then able to quit cold turkey with no problems.

Gluten intolerance

I became gluten intolerant around 10 years ago whilst at university, during a stressful period. It was only after I had experienced success with my other symptoms that it occurred to me that Gluten intolerance could be a mindbody issue. Eventually my confidence grew from “suspecting” to “knowing” that this was the case. Lo and behold, I am back to enjoying an unrestricted diet. After avoiding everything that contains wheat for so long, it feels surreal to be able to eat like a normal person again.

After reaching a point where chronic pain, RSI, digestive issues, and even gluten intolerance had taken away his ability to work or enjoy life, Tom began Pain Reprocessing Therapy with Rachel and experienced dramatic improvements across every symptom. Within just three months he regained full function in his hands and feet, resolved long‑standing pain patterns, returned to a normal diet, and rediscovered a sense of ease and spaciousness in his life.

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