Stories
My Story – visual field and regaining joy of hands-on work
My Story – visual field and regaining joy of hands-on work How the Be Activated approach helped me rediscover the joy of hands-on work. Like so many others who have had...
Gordon’s Axe – A journey into mindset and rehabilitation
Limits – we all have them – what can we work through, what shuts us down. Really, we all build this into our physiology through our beliefs and experiences: what we...
Sofia – My Story
Everything always happens at the right time for the right reasons. I can’t tell you why it took me so long to write my 3000 stories, but here we are, 6 years after...
A Life Saving Encounter
A Client's Story. A Lifesaving Encounter with an Extraordinary Sports Therapist - My Journey with Grant McLullich As I sit down to write this review, it's almost...
Visual Field – In The Field
Isn't it great when people get stuck into their process and ride the waves of the work. My award for ‘Most Up For It Human’ goes to my dear client, Emma. Emma came into...
Dealing with Spinal Injury – Discitis and Living Upside Down
Two years ago, Bev from the ‘Be Activated’ crew talked me into writing my story. I put it out to the Facebook group but never loaded it onto the 3000 Stories – well...
Ironman
In Spencer's own words: “Having recently turned 50 and suffering with long term knee and hip pain, I wanted to try and complete IRONMAN Lanzarote. Basic exercises...
Motorbike Crash
In Ian's own words: “Almost a decade ago I suffered multiple open fractures in my right leg following a severe motorcycle crash that resulted in numerous metal screws...
Potential
In Mike's own words: “The results from Stephen’s Activations were simply astounding. Exercises that were not possible before or ones that caused pain in my elbow and...
Brown Squared Syndrome
Tony was a 200m Butterfly swimmer whose body just shut down on him after a race one day. In his own words: “Four years ago I was diagnosed with Brown Sequard Syndrome,...
Getting back on the horse!
In Rachel's own Words. “I first visited Stephen back in April 2019 following a shoulder injury which was a result of a major fall from my horse. Having been told I...
Crippling Pain
Steven White is a martial artist who could barely walk due to many years of crippling pain. In his own words: “25 years ago I had an accident and damaged my knee....
On top of the world!
Rebecca came to see me because she was getting hip pain, couldn’t run and at times was having trouble walking, three walks before she was going on a trek! In...
Left side body imbalance
I originally met Bridie when she accompanied her husband to one of his treatment sessions. She then decided to join in the sessions! In Bridie's own words: "I...
Long Covid
Tom came to see me because I had previously treated his wife for knee. She was a Lead Respiratory consultant for the NHS. These are Tom's own words: Dr Tom...
Carrying a heart attack
One of the main reasons I started the journey that ended up with Be Activated was to help reduce the physical pain in my body....
My breathing blinded me
You dont know what you dont know! That phrase has become one of those I try to live my life by. I have had a period of my life where I thought I was getting depressed,...
Douglas - I have been meaning to write this up, and your email yesterday about sending you stories lit a fire in my behind. Attached is a picture of my new tattoo. This...
Transitions
Yoga student Elaine wanted to work on crow pose/jump back transition. It’s a complex transition, requiring strength, power, balance, agility, flexibility, timing and...
Disc-connected
When the body feels safe, it will respond immediately That's what Doug has been talking about over and over again, and this week I have experienced one of the most...
Keeping It Simple
Never underestimate the power of simplicity. Knowing the outcome of this story I am about to share also just underscores how important the foundation of the 1,2,3 is...
Rabbit holes and enlightenment
I attended L1 & 2 in London in February 2020 just before our worlds tilted and went expecting to add a skill set to my practice and left four days later tumbling...
The gift of sharing!
I had to share this with you, so I’ll give the background story as short as possible. This is my mum, she’s 71 (72 in March) and in 2000 she had an operation and she...
Anxiety Related Pudendal Neuralgia
An ex-colleague from back in my fitness trainer days reached out to me for help in December 2020. Background information: 32-year-old male, ex-fitness trainer...
Questions, Discoveries & Having Choices…….
I'm a converted Soft Tissue Therapist. I really like and believe in Be Activated, and as a client stated after his first Be Activated session "This is the Future". I...
Breathing with the fingers
I have worked with a lady for the past 2 years, and recently we witnessed something incredible- how far your body is willing to go in order to breathe. She came in with...
I had a dream………
I was in France in June of 2017 on a retreat with hiking, meditation, and spiritual practice. At that point I had been working with “Be Activated” for some years, and...
The power of the mind – Be Astonished
What is in the mind is in the body, and what is in the body is in the mind. It touched me deeply from the very first course I took with Doug. Really simply, we can see...
Is My Dental Implant Anything To Do With This?
I was asked to do a home visit on Claire. She had weakness in her right leg and arm and had lost confidence walking due to numerous falls. I arrive at her home and am...
After 14 years Mans Leg returns home.
Segun called me to ask if I could help him with his back pain. He's studying an engineering degree and all of his lectures are online and he's having a flare-up from a...
It’s your hips, not your shoulder…
It’s your hips, not your shoulder… I had been struggling with shoulder pain and discomfort for 15 years after a repetitive strain injury in my early 20’s. I first heard...
‘Me”
My Be Activated Journey began in 2015. I have since gone onto complete 3 more courses (L1/2's), each one unique, learning so much about myself and others. After leaving...
The realisation of Limitless Potential
My journey began with Doug back in Nov 2012 when I first attended the be activated level 1 course in Sheffield. It amazed me how brilliant this technique was and I used...
Finding Jeni’s voice
Finding Jeni's voice. Be Activated started a continuing journey of self-discovery and opened up a whole new world that I didn't even know existed! I was getting on with...
This Was Unexpected!
Since getting my Level 1 RPR I have jumped headfirst into the world of Be Activated. My first story on 3000 Stories covers most of that, so I won't ramble on and repeat...
My First Breath
In its simplest guise, Be Activated is primarily a “hands-on” CPD course for physical therapists and bodyworkers. It is taught by a crazy South African Physiotherapist...
From yoga to psychotherapy via the 123 Or A rose by any other name
The underlying principles of BeActivated simply made sense to me right from Day 1 of level 1; “Whatever’s in the Mind is in the Body…” (the origin of my personal yoga...
Sprinting with Parkinson’s
About 6 years ago at age 50 I was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and had to give up work. The disease progressed and about 4 years ago I could barely walk across a room. It...
MARCH MADNESS
MARCH MADNESS Glenn Buechlein 2017 It seems like something always comes over me during the early days of spring. I cannot fully explain it. This past March proved to be...
What are running from?
I have been treating someone who came to see me about hip pain when running. Running was supposed to be her escape from some stress in her personal life. Somewhere...
30 Days of Activation
I’ve been around Douglas and the Be Activated community for almost 3 months. My intention was simply to help Doug grow his business. Feeling like I had to understand...
There and back again…a lost soul’s tale
This story has been shared with my clients for the last 5-6 years but somehow it has taken me forever to put down on paper for you all to read. The reason:...
Coherent brain and body
My journey with BeActivated began in 2018. All my life I was involved in swimming at a high level. I was a multiple national champion and record holder and I still...
Curiousity
My introduction to Be Activated came through an email from Cal Dietz, who at the time, I knew as a Strength Coach at the University of Minnesota. I didn't know Cal at...
From the disruptive child to the top of the class.
A few years back, one of my regular clients asked me if I could try to help her 7 year old son, whose doctor diagnosed him with tight calves. This was about 6 months...
AND SO A CHRYSALIS EVOLVES……
*******email from a client who wanted to share but remain anonymous******* Not really sure where to start…….. I have been unwittingly cultivating my cocoon for some...
What I learned from my children
My greatest teachers through time are without a doubt my children, I have a boy of seven and a daughter of four. Ever since they have been babies, I have learned...
My Story
My story starts eight years before my first BeActivated course. I was a soldier and relatively strong, but my back kept giving me problems and it only got worse...
And I never looked back…
And then again, I did now! And only a bit more than 4 years ago. I was on my first level 1 course in London in April 2016. A colleague of mine heard about it. I saw one...
A journey that changed my life.
My Be Activated journey started in early 2018 and it has truly changed my life. I had been in pain for years after beating my body up with powerlifting. I tried going...
I had drowned without knowing
When I first met Doug and Be Activated, I'd been drowned for the longest time, but thought life was just fine. I loved my career helping people. What was this weird...
What’s the story……
My first introduction to Be Activated was almost 2 years ago when I was treated for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome on my right shoulder. I had been bothered with tightness...
The best kind of partners…
In 2015, my business partner and fellow therapist Jessica and I had been in our own clinic for 4 years, practicing for 15 years, and though we were very successful as...
From zero to hero
I went on the level one course back in November 2012. I cannot even begin to explain how it changed my life for the better. My personal life, my realisations and life...
New dimensions, new world
I would like to share an inspirational story about a 38-year-old man, with asperges, that came to see me last year. The man was referred from the GP for bilateral knee...
The person in the mirror
For the past six months, I have worked with a young man, and we have experienced some wonderful moments together, and I am so grateful to accompany him during this part...
From Implosion to Explosion
Many injuries in our life come, are healed and are gone. But sometimes an acute one grows into a chronic one and pushes us into a state of daily struggle with even the...
We felt proud
I had a experience today that really touched me. Reminded me, why I love what I do. Sometimes small things we do can have a huge impact on others lives. Sometimes, even...
Do it for others, do it for yourself
A long time ago I had a very bad accident. Dismissed from the hospital, the Orthopedist said this. That I had accumulated a lifetime of wear and tear in an instant and...
Walking steady. 5 year old with Kabuki Syndrome
My son was born with a genetic condition called ‘Kabuki syndrome’ which resulted in global developmental delay, feeding difficulties with reflux, many surgeries,...
CHI and LOVE
My story starts when I was in the fifth grade and my friend asked if I wanted to take a Judo class with him that was starting that Saturday at the local Boys Club. That...
Speed Improvement for a tri-athlete
Working as a Lyno© Practitioner, I work with many athletes, everything between elite and weekend warriors, runners, cyclers, swimmers, tri-athletes and gym-bunnies. I...
From hate to love
I grew up differently than most people. When I was born, the doctor cut me with the scalpel and I had to get stitches in my head as soon as I was pulled out of the...
Tapping Into Athletes’ True Capabilities
An introduction My story is not one of relieving pain as such. It's about overcoming the limitations that we and society inflict on ourselves so that we can achieve....
Be Still My Heart
Pete, I want to thank you for the Activation you performed on me recently. In addition to helping me understand how to increase my flexibility, you identified an issue...
Stepping Down The Staircase
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” Douglas talks about Be Activated as a philosophy with a technique wrapped around it. As a massage therapist and...
My journey
This all started 8 years ago. While being in an empty mindstate working my days as a regular, just started physio in the Netherlands. Really didn't have any or very...
My Recovery
My name is Carla I am 48 and have two children 22 & 25. I have been in the fitness industry for 20 years. In 2004 I went to Uni and did a degree in Sports Therapy....
My Story
I started my professional life working as a Personal Trainer. I always knew I wanted to help people feel and move better. I was having great results, and my clients...
My Story
Having worked as a chartered MSK physiotherapist in private practice for over 30 years I came across the Douglas Heel Be Activated method and I was curious. One of my...
Unglue the back
I have a slipped disc, or herniation at my L4-5. It was at my second year of college, I was doing some weight-training for the upcoming tournament. My senior asked me...
Critical timing….
Karen Roberts, BA therapist 1st, Chartered Physio 2nd I attended my first Level 1 BeActivated (BA) course in Manchester in Nov 2016 (after which I went on to do a...
Checking out checking in. Let me begin…
Sometimes, you just don't know what you don't know... It is said that the body is the vessel for the subconscious and I was gimping proof that my subconscious dumped a...
Football, Game changer, Life changer
My name is Denny, and I am privileged to know and experience Be Activated at such an early stage of my life The story has 2 parts, first is the encounter with Be...
Stroke patient
One of my Pilates ladies decided to book herself in for activation. She had a stroke 15 years ago, she was told she would never walk again. And here she is driving to...
The quiet little girl
I have always had an issue with people touching or looking at my belly. In high school my class mates use to dare each other’s taking bets on whom would get punched or...
There is “More”
My Experience of “ACTIVATION” I’m a 64 year old woman. Pete has worked with me for five months. His approach blesses me: (1.) He is all about teamwork. We work together...
How great is the disconnect
I have spent the last 6 weeks editing and changing programs that I have developed over the years. A story I remember a therapist shared with me jumped out, especially...
The Tight Shirt
The year I first met Douglas I was about to get married to the girl of my dreams. At that point we had 2 kids and a lot of busy, everyday stuff going on in our lives. I...
Then and Now
I first was introduced to Be Activated (then Muscle Activation) in 2011 by Douglas Heel, on a level 1 course in Durban, South Africa. I signed up for the course not...
The Power of Self Activation – Headstand Success.
SELF ACTIVATION YOGA ‼️ My yoga student is thrilled to bits with this result. Maider is one of my student yoga teachers who rocked up to my ‘Activate Your Asana ‘...
Parkinson’s
Working with a patient with LBP but who also had longstanding Parkinson’s, not only did his LBP resolve in one session, but his Parkinson’s symptoms improved. He was...