"After many years of increasingly draining and limiting lower back pain and broken sleep, which I was told was caused by muscle spasms, I honestly thought that I’d never have an undisturbed night again let alone workout in the gym regularly and get back into shape...

Over the years I’d experienced a frozen shoulder, a trapped cartilage in my kneecap, and a couple of bunion operations (one somewhat botched). I was then referred to James and after six months of rehabilitation training with him combined with the Alexander Technique, I have become a totally different person.

• I get a whole night’s sleep regularly
• I can lift heavy shopping bags without repercussions
• I can survive a nine hour intercontinental flight without wishing I’d stayed at home
• I can bend over to pick up the post without worrying that I’m not going to be able to get up again
• I no longer worry that next time I step off a pavement or onto an escalator that I’m going to have a ‘yelp’ moment

Yes, it’s certainly been hard work and there is still a way to go but to date it’s certainly been worth every minute and every penny.

Carolyn Kimber

Chairman, CMA