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Mickel and Reverse Therapy for Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - 4

Two companies offer a treatment to cure M.E / Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

This article links to two companies that offer a therapy based on a treatment offered by a company named Reverse Therapy Ltd. In the summer of 2004, just before I completed my treatment, Reverse Therapy Ltd split into Mickel Therapy Ltd and Reverse Therapy UK Ltd. These are now two separate companies with two seperate websites. The treatment offered by both companies is based on the treatment offered by Reverse Therapy Ltd, although that company no longer exists. Both the new companies have therapists across the UK and some further afield.

Which therapist?

Some therapists will find it easier to empathise with clients and identify the correct messages - so if you get a personal recommendation of a good therapist I would try to see them. I would also see a therapist belonging to one of the two companies, because not just anyone can do this. Otherwise you could waste time, money and energy on someone who has only a partial understanding of the process.

The distance to a therapist could be a significant factor. Most M.E/CFS sufferers find any travelling a strain - even outside of peak times. You may be able to reduce some of the load on the nervous system by using ear plugs and one of those blindfolds handed out on flights (although I would suggest letting someone else drive!). Also fresh ginger tea is a traditional Chinese remedy for travel sickness and can greatly help with digestive upset caused by the journey - put three coin sized slices of raw ginger in hot water with lemon and honey - it's good for colds too.

How long to improve my M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?

Unfortunately we all improve at different rates. After the second session I had no concerns about managing the journey, but even with a very experienced therapist some clients may need several sessions before experiencing any real improvement. On the other hand, there are cases of people being cured after just a couple of sessions, and hopefully most will experience some noticable reduction in symptoms after 2 or 3 sessions. I believe video-conferencing links for treatment are also a possibility, which could be the key for those with severe M.E/CFS. There are also moves afoot to have proper clinical trials done into these therapies, with a view to it being offered on the NHS - but don't hold your breath - it could take years before the NHS is ready to adopt a treatment which doesn't fully accord with conventional thinking on M.E/ Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Syndrome.

Costs

I was charged £80 per session in 2004, for sessions that were intended to last an hour, although some lasted longer. This fee may vary slightly, but remember part of your therapist's fee goes to keep the companies going, which are run as commercial organisations. In total my five sessions cost me £400 - not a bad price for getting my life back!

On the next page are some of the questions I have been asked about this therapy.

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