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Perimenopause & Menopause: Why everything feels like it's falling apart & how FSM may help
Going through perimenopause and menopause can feel like your whole body is falling apart at once. Discover why, and how FSM therapy in Queensland, Australia may help.


Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, Long Covid & the Perrin Technique - an FSM perspective
The Perrin Technique identifies the lymphatic and nervous system link in ME/CFS. Discover how FSM therapy in Queensland, Australia may support recovery.


Fit, Healthy & Still Exhausted? How Hypermobility can tire you out
Hypermobility isn't just about bendy joints and flexible movement. For a lot of people, it comes with a pattern of symptoms that don't look obviously connected on the surface — crushing fatigue, a racing heart on standing, stubborn low iron despite a good diet, and a strange paradox where staying still feels worse than training hard. The thread running through most of it is your vagus nerve, and once you see that thread, the whole picture makes a lot more sense.


Nerve Pain and Neuropathy: When the Nerve Is Injured
By Monica Williams Advanced FSM Practitioner | Naturopath | IICT Member | 30 years in clinical practice | Maroochydore, Sunshine Coast QLD In short: Chronic nerve pain — burning, shooting, electric-shock sensations, numbness, or hypersensitivity along a nerve pathway — is driven by inflammation and immune activity in the nerve itself, not simply by prolonged injury. One particular pattern, the nerve traction injury, behaves so differently from other nerve pain that it is freq
Monica Naturopath
Jun 22


Muscle inhibition: Why Your Glutes Won't Switch On (And Why Strengthening Isn't Working)
If your glutes won't engage no matter how much you exercise, the problem is most likely not weakness — it is your brain deliberately not letting the muscle fire. This is a well-documented neurological response to injury, and no amount of strengthening will override it until the underlying cause is addressed.
This article covers why the brain switches glutes off after injury, why that switch can stay on for years, and how resolving the original tissue injury may finally allow
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