If you are unsure how attending a Functional Restoration Programme will benefit you, please read the comments below from actual patients and back pain sufferers.

The progress of 305 patients was followed before, during and one year after attending the original Functional Restoration Programme that Kelly Ridley began at Guys and St. Thomas Physiotherapy Department.

82% said they had benefited from attending the FRP course.

This is what they said:

To summarise what was found:

• Average physical ability improved by 50%
  (measured by sit to stand and step up tests)
• Patients reported that their ‘level of disability’ was significantly reduced
• Distress and fear associated with back pain was significantly reduced
• On average patients reported a reduction in back pain levels
• 44% had not consulted their GP about their back pain in the year following the course
• 82% said they had benefited from attending the course
• 81% continued to exercise to manage their back pain problem

Here are some examples of activities that our clients were unable to do prior to attending the Functional Restoration Programme class and had achieved by the 6 week follow-up:

• Run up a flight of stairs
• Walk to the shops and back
• Sit for 40 minutes (and watch TV)
• Return to work
• Walk 4 miles
• Catch a bus
• Get dressed whilst standing up
• Swim 20 lengths
• Mow the lawn
• Drive a car for 1 hour
• Play squash
• Lift at work
• Cycle to work
• Take son / daughter to the park
• Go to the pub with friends for an evening
• Stand still for 10 minutes
• Go ‘backpacking’ abroad
• Walk 15 miles without a ‘flare-up’
• Jog around the block
• Go sailing
• Climb a mountain in the Lake District
• Return to playing tennis
• Catch a train
• Go on holiday
• Sleep better
• Garden for 30 minutes

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