VTherapy Chronic Pain And Injury Rehabilitation Specialist

02/04/2026

We all make mistakes…

Even when we should know better

So here’s my tale of woe from this week where I did not and have not listened to my body…

And then been surprised when it has gone 💥🌋

I’m now on steroids to treat a severe allergic reaction and from the pharmacist to the GP to the A&E doctor the message has been the same..

The body has a tolerance for stress whether it be physical or emotional…there is a finite point at which it can’t keep the basic systems functioning optimally whilst also being under external load…and it will let you know when it needs a break.

I have been aware of the odd thing not feeling ‘quite right’ for a few weeks…heaviness, fatigue, struggling to focus, but because I had a day at the spa, had an easier day at work, took a day off from the gym but walked instead, I just assumed I was managing the load well.

But the stress of the last few months plus the stress of training and the stress of a few other things playing on my mind has meant that I’ve kept using petrol from the tank that was rapidly running out.

Which meant it didn’t take much for my CNS to essentially breakdown.

I needed a severe allergic reaction and fainting in public for me to realise that I fu**ed up and get myself to hospital and take 2 days off work on an already short week.

This is not ideal…

But…another day of looking like s**t, another day of not being able to serve my clients, another day of just plugging on…means I am now actively going against any advice I would give to anyone I work with…

So for now, read my story and just check in with yourself…when was the last time you listened to what your body told you? When did you last check in on how you felt emotionally?

What can you do now to give yourself what you need?

The end…

01/04/2026

I have a limited number of appointments available for Good Friday…

So if you want to enjoy your Easter weekend pain free then DM me or book online using the link below!

https://v-therapy.au1.cliniko.com/bookings

06/01/2026

From the perspective of a Practitioner it doesn’t get better…

Messages like these are the stuff dreams are made of…

And I get to live this dream whilst sharing the journey to others achieving theirs…

“Last week I ran for the first time since March 2 years ago…I was so confident I had confidence and faith in my body…if I do it will only be in the pursuit of joy of movement and freedom.”

Tell me how lucky I am to get to do this every day 💕

And if you want joy and movement and freedom…then let’s go find it together! Message me!

05/01/2026

It’s HARD when things go wrong…

When you wake up in pain…

When you get a flare up…

When you overdo it and suffer the consequences…

But not every set back is a catastrophe.

Sometimes they’re opportunities…

To hold space for what you need

To rest, digest and recover

To learn more about yourself

To enter into a new, more positive dialogue with your body about what it’s feeling and why, what it needs and when.

How you choose to frame what you’re feeling is the thing that makes or breaks the experience of it.

So just start by challenging yourself to move around it and see whether there’s a different place to view it that gives you a different perspective.

Learning this, even just becoming aware of this as an option that’s available to you, is what most people miss when they’re managing chronic pain, illness and anxiety.

I have a great little 3 step program that’s perfect…

If you want it, send me a DM now with the word POSITIVE and I’ll send it right over!

24/12/2025

Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas and thank you all for your continued support!

Vanda x

21/12/2025

Looks good…

Isn’t real…

What is real is that I’m 24 hours post minor surgery and streaming with a cold.

I’m swollen and bruised and sore and feeling rough and my body is fighting on so many fronts.

But AI created this ideal image and people think it’s real…

I hurt.

I look awful.

I feel awful.

And no one would know because they think I’ve got dressed up and am living my best life.

This is the reality of chronic pain…

Pretending, faking, masking…

Everyone thinking you’re ok when you’re dying inside,

When hope is lost because it’s yet another day with pain

Another day of life being robbed from you.

Another day of being ‘lost’ and ‘lonely’ and ‘a failure’ to everyone around you.

Luckily for me this is temporary.

I know and trust my body to heal. To do what it knows how to do and I support it fully.

But for you…?

Months or years into pain?

Do you believe? Do you trust?

Because I’m here to remind you that you house believe, you can trust and I can help you.

So if you want to move into 2026 with hope, potential and goals that you can, 100% achieve, then message me “BELIEVE” now and let’s book a call!

09/12/2025

We cant underestimate the impact of our environment…

Think about your life and the people in it…

How well are you supporting yourself?

How well are the people around you supporting you?

Being proactive about seeking rooms where people empower and enable you is one of the critical factors in recovery…

People who have got your back when you need it, but won’t stop you from trying ‘in case it sets you off.’

Be proactive about choosing when right people to support you in the right way!

Such a great evening around incredible and supportive women with and thank you for your fantastic conversation!

We do a whole module on this in my online program…

DM ‘People’ if you’d like to find out more!

01/12/2025

Why I’ll always keep using ‘manual’ therapy…

The industry has shifted. Mainstream physio, osteopathy and chiropractic have moved firmly away from touch therapies and heavily towards the evidence based protocols of pain education and exposure and tolerance.

And I am ALL for that…pain education is the foundation of my work and is behind, without doubt, my incredible success rates. I deliver it in the right way. In a way that works for the humans who are at the centre of the pain experience.

But that’s the thing…

We are humans and pain is an experience that is complex, nuanced and woven into someone’s emotional core.

And sometimes we need touch.

Sometimes we need an external stimulus to get out of our internal dialogue.

I know this as much as anyone…

I suffer from pain around my scar side after my spinal surgery…

And I practice what I preach in terms of managing it. I understand it’s triggers.

But there’s no doubt that I also feel a difference, a benefit, of having treatment. Placebo or not…the experience is tangibly different and it gives me respite. A window of opportunity.

And that to me is worth huge amounts.

27/11/2025

Treatment for TMJ!

The one absolute consistently with EVERY patient I’ve ever had who has TMJ…

Is that they ALL have problems with managing stress.

In this case, despite many other treatments from other practitioners, this was the one thing that was never talked about.

And it was the ONE thing that made the difference.

Yes we did the treatment…

But we also identified pretty quickly that there were other factors at play which were the missing link between success and failure!

Have you ever suffered from TMJ?

26/11/2025

Complex chronic pain isn’t “in your head” — it’s in your whole system.

When pain has lasted more than 3 months, research shows it often stops being a tissue-damage problem and becomes a nervous system and brain-processing problem.

Studies from leading pain neuroscientists (Moseley, Vlaeyen, Apkarian) show that the brain can stay stuck in protection mode long after an injury has healed.

That means:
• Your pain is real, even when scans look “normal.”
• Your system has learned to protect you so well that it has become overprotective.
• Stress, trauma, perfectionism, burnout, fear, and past injuries can all amplify the alarm system.

And this is why so many people feel unheard: traditional models focus on the body, but complex chronic pain is a biopsychosocial loop — brain, body, story, and environment all interacting.

Healing begins when you understand the pattern, settle the nervous system, and teach your brain that you’re safe again.

This work is evidence-based, deeply human, and absolutely transformative.

You’re not broken. Your system is brilliant — it just needs better instructions.

If you want to learn more about how and what to instruct and how better to support yourself, then comment “complex” below and let’s chat!

25/11/2025

One of the main aims I have when working with anyone, whether it’s recovery from injury or complex chronic pain, is to re-frame the experience to one of ‘how has this happened FOR them rather than to them?’

Opportunity for growth, resilience and confidence can be found in the most unexpected of places!