| Dear Keri |
| I have been really amazed and impressed by the Facial
Reflexology you have given me, and I would be delighted
if you would like to use the following by way of a “testimonial”.
I would also be very happy for prospective clients to call
me to talk to me personally about my experience of your
services, as I have been so delighted with the results. |
| In March 1999 I suffered a serious spinal injury which
paralysed me from the waist down, and required major surgery.
There was a long delay in receiving the correct treatment,
and this resulted in my ending up with permanent neurological
damage (a group of symptoms known as “Cauda Equina
Syndrome”, affecting the legs, feet and internal pelvic
organs). |
| Although I recovered my mobility over time, as a result
of the nerve injuries I have continued to suffer with neurological
problems (numbness, pain and spasm) and problems with internal
organs, digestive problems (causing obstructive jaundice
and requiring emergency cholecystectomy), urinary retention
and irritable bowel syndrome. These symptoms have affected
my life considerably. I have never been able to return to
full-time work, as the nerve pain, IBS and bladder retention
increase the more sitting I do. I also never recovered enough
strength in my feet and ankles to be able to run, squat
or kneel, and I have had a number of falls as a result of
this weakness, and also because of the numbness in my feet.
I have suffered serious circulation problems in my toes,
causing chronic chilblains which I was not aware of until
I developed severe swelling & discolouration, because
I did not suffer the pain & itching of the toes which
would normally be an early warning sign of this condition.
I have been told that I may need major surgery in the future
to my bladder & bowel to prevent prolapse due lost nerve
& muscle function. |
| I have reached the limit of what can be done for me by
mainstream medicine so I was keen to see whether reflexology
would help. I had already had some Reiki treatment with
Keri, which was very relaxing and helped me through some
stressful times, and also BEST screening, which had helped
with my IBS by pinpointing food intolerances. Because of
the numbness in my feet, Keri and I decided to try Facial
Reflexology instead of working on my feet. My various consultants
have told me that within two years of a neurological injury,
95% of the expected recovery will already have taken place,
so 4½ years after the event I did not expect to have
dramatic results from Facial Reflexology. |
| However, the results have really surprised me. |
| After my first session, before I had even left the treatment
room, I began to have quite strong nerve sensations in the
back of my thigh (the most badly-affected area of numbness).
Usually I would only expect to get these sensations after
a period of extreme exertion, so for them to start after
an hour’s relaxing lie-down was very unexpected! Over
the next 24 hours these sensations continued in both my
legs and feet. Keri had warned me that I might have a “treatment
crisis” (where you get worse before improving) so
I was not concerned, although the sensations were at times
quite painful – I was excited at having such a dramatic
development so immediately! The second day after the treatment
I was able to walk several miles around London and attend
an exhibition involving a lot of standing about, as well
as travelling by train, all of which would normally cause
me a lot of problems with stiffness, numbness, pain and
spasm. I had no trouble at all and was pain-free the next
day (normally unheard-of after a long and tiring day!). |
| My second and third sessions had an equally dramatic effect
on my internal organs. My bladder & bowel function were
noticeably affected. Also, after the second appointment,
to my complete amazement (and that of my husband and friends)
I found I was able to squat down and get up again, as well
as able to stand on tiptoe briefly! It is the first time
I have been able to do this for years, and it means I am
now able to get things out of the bottom of the fridge and
cupboards without help, which is making a very noticeable
difference to me on a day-to-day basis. |
| During the third appointment, the impact of the treatment
began to take effect before the session had even finished.
I went through another “treatment crisis” which
caused an intense onset of symptoms in an unusual way, followed
by improvement. |
| One thing which I found very surprising was that Keri
was able to tell that I had a painful problem with my wrist
(a swollen ganglion), which was long-standing and unconnected
to my other symptoms. I had not even mentioned it to Keri
and it could not be seen unless I bent my wrist right over,
so I was amazed that she could find out about it from working
on my face. Immediately after my third session Keri asked
me how the wrist was, and I noticed that the swelling had
disappeared. |
| I found the Reiki and BEST sessions I had with Keri to
be very helpful, but the Facial Reflexology has been really
incredible. It is amazing to me how powerful this treatment
is and I am naturally extremely keen to have more treatment
as soon as possible. Keri was able to “connect”
with nerves in my body which the medical “experts”
had told me were too damaged to repair. The amount of recovery
this prompted in just three sessions over only two weeks
is really incredible. This gives me tremendous hope for
more recovery in the future. |
| Unfortunately I had to stop having treatments
with Keri because I moved away to Yorkshire. However, I
am pleased to report that none of the symptoms which improved
under Keri’s care have got worse again, and I have
continued to improve. It seems as if Keri triggered something
in my body to start healing itself. If I were still living
near enough I would most certainly be continuing with the
treatment. |
| Keri was so lovely and made me feel relaxed and comfortable
during all my treatments. She explained what I might expect
to happen so that the only surprises were positive ones.
She is very professional and I feel that she genuinely cares
about and is interested in the people she helps. I cannot
recommend her highly enough. |
Woody Whittick |
