Full Testimonials
BodyMOT Client
I feel fantastic and it is all down to you and your amazing healthy programme especially the BodyMOT Lifestyle & Biomechanical Assessment.
I visited Jo on the recommendation of a friend and with a view to just finding out where I was in the spectrum of being un-fit. I could not consider myself to be particularly fit. I was amazed to find myself exceptionally dehydrated, and did not realise the dramatic negative effect that dehydration has on your body. If you look at a piece of fresh and juicy plump fruit then at a wizened piece of fruit you would always choose the fresh hydrated fruit as the dehydrated piece of fruit would be exceptionally dry inside and very unappealing in both taste and looks. Our bodies are just the same, we work better when everything is lubricated. You would not think of running your car without any water, petrol or oil as we all know what would happen. Well I was running below par prior to my visit to Jo. She recommended that I mix Dioralyte or any re-hydration powder when drinking water, and to do this on a regular basis. As a result my hydration levels have risen by 2 litres, apparently the body should have between 43 and 52 litres of fluid just to keep it ticking over in a healthy way. Mine was at 37 litres. I undertook the BodyMOT Lifestyle & Biomechanical Assessment which was an incredible experience and highlighted a few areas which I needed to work upon. Jo devised a simple 20 minute personal Biomechanical programme for me to follow which could be incorporated very easily into my day to day activities, reducing injury and eliminating my postural imbalances. I would highly recommend a yearly BodyMOT Lifestyle & Biomechanical Assessment to anyone who believes prevention is better than cure. In this day and age of looking after the pennies, and our health, Jo's programme is exceptional value for money.
Andrea
BodyMOT Coach
I am an ex-nurse and my wife is a medical doctor who is a specialist in Anaesthesia and Peri-operative medicine with a keen interest in nutrition and lifestyle changes as a way of staying healthy and maintaining our youthful vigour. We were therefore both interested to know about the BodyMOT Lifestyle Analysis. We have been impressed by the scientific and comprehensive nature of the tests and also by how we can prescribe lifestyle changes that have been repeatedly demonstrated to improve a person’s health.I had a BodyMOT which I failed miserably but after following my report to the letter I passed with flying colours. I was dehydrated, overweight, incredibly inflexible, and low on minerals and my liver and kidneys were not happy. Within the six weeks I was feeling energised, stronger and leaner. I lost 10lb in body fat and gained 8lb in lean body tissue!
.While there are many products on the market that will enable someone to lose weight they usually result in loss of lean body tissue and can negatively impact one’s health. Not only did I lose body fat but my hydration, minerals, kidney and liver function improved. As well as this my flexibility, which has been poor for years, was significantly improved. I know I would not have had this result had I got a private medical check-up.
I was so impressed I bought into the business! Jo has been a great support and very professional. I was really impressed by the training day and marketing materials BodyMOT systems have supplied.
The response from our clients has been very positive. After completing the Lifestyle analysis everyone has been impressed by the comprehensive nature of the tests and with the report they received. The results our clients are getting when they follow the recommendations are just as impressive as my own. They are very open to learning new information and motivated to make changes. This has been a pleasant surprise as I have been talking to some people for a long time but they didn’t seem to rate what I was saying. They were very open though after completing the tests.
I am very happy to recommend Jo and the BodyMOT to anyone interested in making a difference in people’s health.
H.Hutchinson
Dip N, BN
Biomechanics Client
On and off I had been having problems with my lower back and hips for years. I would get lower back pain and aching legs if I stood or sat for a longer than half an hour at a time. In March 2008 when returning from holiday I had a problem with my right shoulder that resulting in me being unable to sleep on my right side without suffering pain or loosing the feeling in my arm. I decided to visit the chiropractor to sort out my arm problem and whilst there I mentioned the problem that I had been having with my lower back and hips.
X-rays revealed that my hip pain was due to a pregnancy condition called SPD (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction). This is where the pelvis moves too much during pregnancy causing the bones to grind together.
My youngest daughter is now 13 so the problem was going to take some time to rectify. The chiropractors tried for 3 months to loosen my now fixed pelvis to give me more pain free movement. However the muscles that should have supported my lower back were too weak to support my now loosened pelvis. As a result I bent over one morning and injured my back, at this point I was unable to carry out most everyday tasks I couldn’t push a supermarket trolley or hoover my house, even driving was painful. I was unable to walk pain free and couldn’t walk with someone at my side because if they accidently bumped into me it would exacerbate the pain.
Whilst this was all going on I also had some treatment on my shoulder and after one session the pain was so bad that when I returned the area was so painful that they were unable to carry out any further treatment for 2 weeks. I persevered for 3 months with visits to the chiropractors and also attended their rehabilitation centre; I was still unable to stand, sit or lie down for any length of time and was experiencing pain daily. My shoulder was worse at this point, I was unable to twist or turn and barely slept as every time I moved sharp pains shot through my shoulder. It was at this time that I met Jo Rainsley at an Outdoor Lifestyle Show. She Biomechanically Screened me at the show and explained that my hip and shoulder problems were probably linked, my hips were fixed/rotated and causing an imbalance up thorough my back to my shoulder. The muscles in my hips and up through the right side of my back and into my shoulder were in spasm due to the dysfunctional pelvis I had. Jo recommended some very small exercises; she explained that I could fix myself by re-educating my body to do what is right and functional for it to work correctly. Jo showed me all the exercises that were relative to my present situation in depth and how each one would benefit me. She emailed me after the show with pictures and descriptions of the exercises to carry out. I saw Jo a number of times over the summer and during these follow up visits Jo recommended further exercises to do and very slowly I began to see and improvement. I realised quite quickly how some of the exercises that I had been doing at the chiropractor rehabilitation centre had been aggravating my shoulder, hip and back and once I stopped doing these, but kept to my specific biomechanical exercises, the pain began to subside, I started to become more mobile and found I was able to do more every day things.
September 2008 Jo recommended that I have some sports massage therapy in addition the daily exercises that I was doing, we progressed to some deep tissue work with Jo although initially the sessions were very painful but within weeks the pain was less intense. By December 2008 I was able to sleep relatively pain free. I was also able to start to carry out some of the daily things that had been to painful to do earlier in the year.
My body has become functional again leaving me pain free, although I still need to be careful with some things as I tend to forget I ever had a problem! Every week I am getting stronger and I am now able to exercise too! I started Personal Training March 2009 and in 5 months I have lost nearly 2 stone and 42 inches!
H.Rockett
Biomechanics Coach
"Prior to seeing Jo at ITS I was struggling with recurrent hip, knee and Achilles injuries, which I had almost accepted as the nature of the sport (mountain running/cross country skiing) I was participating in. When Jo undertook the screens she was spot on with the cause of the injury and the Normalise process enabled her to identify my problems. It only took six weeks before I was able to feel progress, but several months to follow the stabilise and functionalise process, which enabled me to start the following competitive season pain free. Since then I have had a number of top ten finishes making the top three in the over 40’s in major fell running races in Wales".
"I was so impressed with the outcome, I enrolled for the Diploma course the following year. The course was hard work but the case studies and the assignment have helped me to understand the research and the science behind how the screens and the exercises work. The case studies have given me the competence and the confidence to carry out the screens now I’m qualified".
D. W, Biomechanics Coach
USANA Client
Three years ago I had an operation on my neck whereby I had 2 vertebrae removed C2 & C3 and replaced them with a metal coil - this all the result of rheumatoid arthritis. I was unable to have anything but fluids for several weeks and a friend of my husband told us about Nutrimeal as a great source of vitamins and minerals so when my supply of insure that the hospital sent me home with I tried it and have been hooked ever since!!!I also work out a lot at the gym as best I can and find this really beneficial to have when I get back - it seems to replenish the right things!!! I have to be careful as my blood sugar levels can drop very quickly especially in the winter months with the resulting dizziness etc so this seems to stabilize me quickly.
I thank my lucky stars that I have found you to supply me because my one concern was that it seems to be terribly difficult to track down here in the UK. I do not want to become one of their agents etc and have not found any other product that suits me the way nutrimeal does.
Many thanks as always
V
Biomechanics Client
Let me first apologize for not e-mailing you earlier! I should have been in touch ages ago. In this case, no news is good news, the exercises you gave me have been brilliant!!!!!!!!When I came to you I was so uncomfortable, but within about two weeks I was actually able to stand and do the washing up, without having any discomfort.(no getting out of it now, Ha ha, my partner Alan is always singing your praises).
The next revelation came a couple of weeks later, when I was pushing a wheelbarrow I looked down at my feet and realized my feet were straight. I think I had always presumed I was pigeon toed (from riding a lot), but it was obviously my imbalance....amazing!!
You probably get many tales like this from people you help, but I wanted you to know what a difference it has made to my life, Thankyou.
One question I have is about the first exercise you gave me, the one when I'm on my back with my right foot on my bent left leg, pushing for x4 reps of 20secs. When I do this(although no probs with doing the other leg) I get pain right into the joint, which sometimes makes it too sore to continue. I wondered if I should continue, or have a different exercise or just do it less etc etc. I know I should have been for a follow-up appointment with you, and if you think this is necessary I will, of course, take your advise.
Many Thanks
Jackie Mudd
Biomechanics Client
The Saga of Kat Mason’s Back
2006 was a summer of playing lots of tennis tournaments, many matches back-to-back. Kat’s serve was poor as her tennis coach had radically changed it but left suddenly to work abroad leaving her without the finished product. He kept promising to return, but never did. So we kept waiting for the next instalment of her serve that never arrived. Consequently Kat’s back started aching.
It first started during a tournament in the September, so we rested it, but it kept recurring.
Eventually we heeded the advice of her new tennis coach and went to see a tennis-specialist physio.
She diagnosed it was Kat’s quadratus lumborum and Kat needed to do some stretching.
So Kat did her stretches and we went religiously to see (and pay) the physio – taking Kat out of school to accommodate the physio’s part-time work hours.
The back still kept playing up, sometimes worse than others. We never knew when it was going to go, but always during tennis. We would rest it until it felt better each time.
Kat’s school tennis team had made the national finals of a tennis competition and she was desperate to be fit to play, so we heeded the physio’s advice and turned down other important tennis commitments. We still kept up with the exercises and physio appointments.
The national finals were in December and Kat’s back went really badly during the warm-up of her second match. She had to retire from a match she could have easily won.
She was in so much pain I had to help her undress and shower that evening. The next day it had improved enough for her to play tentatively and serve underarm.
On our next pyhsio’s appointment, she said she couldn’t help and to see our GP for an x-ray referral.
So, Kat saw someone at the hospital who took some notes and told her to continue playing sports.
Which she did, but the pain kept coming and going. In February we gave up and stopped the tennis.
She eventually had an x-ray which was ‘inconclusive’. She was then referred for an MRI scan and had that, but we were desperate for an answer and made a private appointment to get the results before going on holiday. Just before this appointment, I received a phone call to say the MRI was also ‘inconclusive’ and Kat should have a CT scan. They squeezed her in before our holiday and the consultant telephoned me later (after my begging) to tell me Kat had a Pars Defect (stress fracture) on her spine. It was at L5 and the other side was showing signs of stress. If that went also she would be in big trouble. She must rest it completely and go for a follow-up appointment after our holiday.
I did some research and found that this Pars Defect was not uncommon in growing children doing certain sports – including tennis. I was very annoyed at the physio for not picking this up as tennis was her speciality and she had pictures of her at Grand Slams, treating the very top female players.
You would have expected her to have ‘a lightbulb moment’ at some point!
What a waste of time and money and we had been further endangering Kat’s back.
We were now six month’s down the line from the first occurrence of back pain.
So, at our follow-up appointment we saw a junior of some sort who didn’t have a clue!
‘Do nothing’, we were told. No sports, not even cycling. She couldn’t tell me how long it would take or advise on any rehabilitation. We would have to guess when it would be repaired enough to play sports again. I had to drag any answers out of her – and they were pretty useless. Absolutely no help at all! Also we were informed that we would not be having any more appointments as they wouldn’t do another scan on Kat because of the dangers. How did we stop this happening again?
For a while Kat had been seeing a Pilates teacher privately, but she refused to help any more as Kat had been advised to do nothing. She was more worried about being sued by us if anything went wrong than trying to help Kat.
We rested Kat’s back for about 3 months, but knew that at some point she would need professional help again, but we didn’t know what type of help or how to find it. We were certainly not going back to the same physio.
I already knew Jo Rainsley through exercise classes at the West Hants Club and was aware that she had a comprehensive knowledge of the human body and its workings, so I asked her for advice as to where I might find help. Jo offered to look at Kat and did a lot of her own investigations into Kat’s injury.
Jo sent us to another physio to get Kat checked over first. She liaised with Jo about the way forward with Kat and advised us to get Kat moving (especially cycling!)
Jo then took Kat on board and set her exercises on a weekly basis and we finally made progress.
We now realise that if she had just rested her back as advised by the hospital, it would have fractured again eventually, and possibly worse.
Then Jo went on a course about biomechanics and the world changed. She came back so eager to review Kat’s biomechanics, giving her a thorough examination, making lots of notes and filling in charts. It was definitely a ‘Eureka’ moment for Jo. She gave Kat a lot of exercises to do, some as often as three times a day. We would get up early (not easy for Kat) and she would do them before school, after school and before bedtime. I would supervise, making sure she was doing then correctly, count repetitions and time her. She also had to finish PE at school early each time to do her stretches. But it paid off. We never doubted Jo – she was so sure and confident in what she was doing.
Over the months Jo re-assessed Kat regularly, monitoring progress and tailoring the exercises accordingly. The improvements in Kat’s mobility were amazing.
Kat went back to tennis and still sees Jo. Kat is still growing and Jo keeps an eye on her, regularly checking that everything is working as it should be. Often there are things that need tweaking, sometimes more severe than others. Sometimes it is bad enough to warrant a ban on specific sports until it improves. Kat still has varying exercises to do.
Without Jo we would have been floundering in the dark, desperate for help.
Kat’s back could have ended up with a permanent injury or needing major surgery. What a legacy that would have been, all for the want of an accurate appraisal and correct advice and help.
I would urge everyone to have a biomechanical check-up.
It is frightening how much can go badly wrong without you knowing that you simply need to do a few uncomplicated exercises.
Penny and Kat Mason
June 2010
Biomechanics Client
“It’s no exaggeration to say that meeting Jo Rainsley and embarking on her biomechanics programme has changed my life!When I first arrived at Jo’s house I had been suffering the pain and limited mobility that comes with SPD (Symphysis Pubis Dysfunction) for 3 long years. To be frank, my life had become a misery. I could barely walk more than a few feet; unable to drive my car I had lost all my independence and was in pain nearly every day. My partner had been forced to give up work to look after our baby and after 3 years we were beginning to think I was never going to make a full recovery.
Numerous visits to both Chiropractors and Osteopaths offered only limited solutions and each month I would end up back where I had started.
All the practitioners I saw said that Pilates was the solution...so I duly did regular Pilates sessions. Every few weeks I would, without fail, injure myself. My frustration was immense and I fought off feelings of despair and anxiety on a daily basis.
Now, barely two months after I first limped down to Jo’s studio for my initial appointment, I am no longer in pain! I have started driving again, can actively play with my young daughter in the garden, walk around the local park and go to the shops! Wow!
I can heartily recommend Biomechanics-it is in a totally different league to any of the other treatments I’ve tried for SPD and I’ve tried them all!
The other brilliant thing about Jo is that she is like a one- stop- shop of healing! Let me explain...instead of having to go and see lots of different practitioners Jo can also offer deep tissue massage (vital to get my muscles working properly again) and muscle release techniques (ditto) and explain how diet and subtle lifestyle changes can aid healing.
Using her profound, in-depth knowledge of the subtle interplay of muscle, bone and nerve tissue Jo can identify exactly how to fix your individual problems and at the same time explain it all in layman’s terms-so you can go away with a deeper understanding of your condition. This is very empowering, if like me you had begun to think that somehow it’s your fault that you are still poorly.
In addition to this...Jo is an all- round wonderful human being; kind, thoughtful and empathetic! You certainly need a good sense of humour when dealing with people with limited mobility-let’s face it being in pain is no fun...but I have found myself laughing merrily during my appointments-happy in the knowledge that each session took me closer to independence and pain free living. “
DS – April 2010
Biomechanics Client
I have known Jo for a couple of years, since she has been working with my daughter Katie.
Katie had fallen off her bike a couple of years ago and had then been suffering with severe back pain.
So severe that during Katie’s last year at school she was only able to attend a total two months out of the usual ten.
Having been to a chiropractic, to have Katie’s bones pulled and pushed and muscles deeply massaged, that worked for all of five minutes and then Katie felt worse than before.
Painkillers had no effect, other than now she is intolerant to paracetemol.
I then tried Hypnotherapy, thinking that if Katie learnt to relax then maybe that would help. Unfortunately Katie was in so much pain that did not work.
The doctors decided that perhaps a blood test would show something. What I have no idea. So after 3 blood tests still nothing. The doctors then decided to have Katie do a body scan, giving me the fear of Cancer.
Nothing showed up thank God. So it was decided that Katie was either putting it all on, or it was something she would have to live with.
It was after all this I was introduced to Jo. There is a God in heaven.
Just with Katie walling towards Jo, there was a look on Jo’s face that had me know we had found the right person who could help Katie.
To start with Katie and Jo worked together once a week, there were no deep massages, no pulling and pushing of bones, the exercises were so slight you would not think they would work.
But after 3 months Katie was seeing Jo once a fortnight sometimes once every three weeks.
Katie, with over exuberance of a teenager had corrected her hip alignment within six weeks instead of the normal twelve weeks.
After six months of seeing Jo, and doing the exercises JO had given Katie, Jo was now teaching Katie the art of Kick boxing.
So all I can say is a big thank you to Jo, I would highly recommend Jo to anyone, and everyone (which I do all the time).
The time spent with Jo is more than money well spent, it is always fun, and made to your needs , and you come away with the feeling that you have achieved something great.
So for any pains niggles, or aches I would HIGHLY recommend you make time to go and see JO.
Annette & Katie Hawksworth – June 2010
BodyMOT Client
“I look after myself well so I was really surprised to find out from the BodyMOT that I had an unhealthy BMI, high body fat, was dyhydrated, had some shortened muscles & was mineral deficient! I followed the simple practical advice I was given, then just a few weeks in I was delighted to find out I had lost weight, felt much fitter, muscles were all sorted & my hydration levels were back up to a healthy level. Now I’m really motivated to keep on getting healthier. I found the whole experience very interesting and worthwhile”
Mrs K Rawlings
