I had been bounced from doctor to doctor with no real answers as to why I was in so much physical pain and I was frustrated. But after seeing Jamie I felt that for the first time someone saw that I was in real pain and that there was a way I could lessen that pain without pills. My symptoms had been met with such dismissal from most doctors, they cited that it was most likely stress induced, like that was a helpful diagnosis.
Jamie gave me hope that I could get better, that I wasn't always going to be in pain every day. To say Jamie changed my life would be pretty much bang on. She quite literally gave me back my quality of life, my ability to live my life, to be present for it and to enjoy living it again. That was something I had lost because of the pain.
The simple exercises she gave me to do allowed me to become aware of my body, what it was doing, and how I was moving it. It was like a lightbulb going off. I could change the way I moved and sat and stood so that I wasn't constantly putting painful strain on my body anymore. I could do that. It took work and time but I'm not living in pain anymore and I didn't have to take pain killers or pills in order to accomplish that.
Jamie taught me that I need to be an active participant in my own recovery, otherwise there would be no recovery. That was so empowering, that's what's missing from so many doctor patient interactions. The understanding that the patient has to be willing to show up and put the work in and decide they want to get better. Jamie gave me no choice, she inspired me to show up for myself and to change what I was doing so that I could have a pain free life.
What she does extends far beyond her studio, it applies to everything I do now. How I walk to work, how I sit at my desk, how I work out, how I enjoy the outdoors. Her impact is pretty far reaching and absolutely life long. I'm forever going to be grateful to her.