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"...when you are desperate for change, you're willing to try things you've never been open to before." Brooke McGlothlin

Desperate For Change

Desperate For Change 800 800 Mary Yeager
"...when you are desperate for change, you're willing to try things you've never been open to before." Brooke McGlothlinI am just finishing up one of my summer reads on parenting called the Gospel Centered Mom.  Don’t judge friends, this mom needs all the help she can get, LOL!  One of the last chapters ended with the statement, “…when you’re desperate for change, you’re willing to try things you’ve never been open to before.”  This statement has proven true in my life, particularly in the realm of health and wellness.  I am going to be honest, if you asked me 10 years ago about what I thought of CranioSacral Therapy, I would have said it is a bunch of nonsense.  In my defense, my traditional Physical Therapy education did not encourage holistic treatment alternatives.  If I am being honest, it really didn’t support them at all. read more

CranioSacral Therapy: My “WHY”

CranioSacral Therapy: My “WHY” 1200 898 Mary Yeager

Hello and welcome. My name is Mary Yeager and I have been a physical therapist for over 20 years, primarily in the out-patient orthopedic setting. When I first started out in physical therapy, I could see patients until they got better. Co-pays, authorizations, and Medicare caps were non-existant. Life was good and paperwork was minimal!

As we all know healthcare and insurance options have drastically changed over the past 10-15 years. These changes have provided less choices for the patient and more hoops to jump through for the practitioner. Working so many years in healthcare, I began to get frustrated, feeling like it was becoming less about the patient and their well- being and more about how many patients I could see in one day, i.e. money. To be honest, it became like an assembly line getting patients in and out. I chose a career in physical therapy because I wanted to help people regain their optimal quality of life. I questioned the way healthcare was continuing to trend, was this a realistic goal? I became burned out and seriously thought about leaving the field all together, but. . . read more