Stress Solutions

The term "holistic medicine" came from the unification of the mind and the body. Holistic practitioners treat the whole person as opposed to the individual organs of the body where symptoms occur. The importance of self care and preventing illness are stressed by holistic practitioners.

At Stress Solutions clinic, our practitioners are dedicated to serve and provide treatment that would best suit the condition and patient as a whole, to bring about a healing result. Taking the whole body into account to treat a particular part I hope you can see from the selection of treatments that other types of treatment may be necessary for the condition. What I am basically saying is because everyone is different you could probably never give a similar treatment or therapy described in this website because these treatments are guides. A patient may come in and say he/she has a leg length difference (bad back or sciatica) and would like a hip check treatment but in actual fact more of the imbalance maybe at the neck. With this in mind you can be assured that your practitioner will, to the best of his or her knowledge help find the root cause of a problem or condition and work with this.

Matthew Brownell

Matthew Brownell L.C.S.P. (Full) graduated from the internationally renowned Northern Institute of Massage. The institute is committed to the continual upgrade and development of its study material and methods, providing a "continuous learning development program" for its graduates. Since achieving his qualification with the institute, Matthew has completed a variety of further courses of study relevant to his work including treating patients with diabetes, spinal dysfunction and how to treat it, sports injury treatment, reflexology and Bowen technique. Matthews' most recent studies have fast tracked him through the Upledger Institutes’ Craniosacral Therapy courses levels 1 and 2, in London.

Whilst treating patients for one particular condition Matthew uses his skills to assess the whole body system and energy.

Matthew's mother, Pauline Brownell, was responsible for the creation and teaching of the first holistic courses at South Trafford College. Pauline provided tuition for Matthew from a very early age creating a strong healing lineage for Matthew’s work.

Matthew studied in the field of martial arts (Wing Chun) under the tuition of a Chinese master Michael Tse and Yip Chun (Yip Man, Yip Chuns father taught Bruce Lee making Matthew Brownell the third descendant of the art.)

Matthew practiced this art for over 10 years before being asked to teach Wing Chun.

Matthew also studied Qi Gong (Qi meaning energy and Gong meaning exercise). It is this energy that Matthew may be working with in certain treatments and conditions. Matthew is able to treat many patients in a day but still maintain a high level of energy as a result of being able to cultivate his internal energies!

Matthew's work has taken him all over the world, giving him a chance to see a myriad of people and conditions to build upon his knowledge and experience and then put it into practice.

Matthew introduced a course of complimentary treatments at a major NHS hospital treating the hospital staff doctors and nurses. His initial two week trial period was so successful with staff that it was extended for over 32 weeks and Matthew still returns periodically.

Matthew has applied his skills at various outlets and locations from the corporate world to health and fitness centers. One such corporate event was for a large chemical company based in Manchester. As a result of Matthew's work an 80% reduction in the staff's stress related conditions was achieved, helping reduce the company's sick leave. This work also assisted Matthew's Stress Solutions Clinic and the Manchester based company win a national award during Stress Awareness Week - an event which is held each year.

With over 18 years experience in his field Matthew has established his Stress Solutions Clinic in the heart of Manchester and Sale for easy access to people from all backgrounds, lifestyles and areas of the North West.

Matthew is fully qualified in many areas of health including becoming a reflexologist at an early age working from qi energetic stand point as passed down through generations of family members, he also qualified in sports injury therapy, sports massage, remedial massage at the northern institute, cranial sacral therapy qualified at the upledger institue, the bowen technique, E.F.T. practitioner emotional freedom technique and many more health related practices.

Nigel Bird

Nigel Bird is both a registered Pharmacist and Homeopath having studied pharmacy and pharmacology at Bradford and Nottingham Universities and who became interested in Complementary Medicine about 12 years ago.

He decided to specialise in Homeopathy because he relised that conventional medicine only suppressed symptoms, did not get to the cause of the disease and the drugs used could be dangerous, toxic and their side effects outweigh thier possible benefits.

He commenced studies about this time and passed the diploma of the British Institute of Homeopathy in 1992. He then went on to pass the Doctorate in Homeopathic Medicine in 1994. Dr.Bird was also made Fellow of the institute in 1994.

Full Homeopathic services can be offered by Dr. Bird from the centre including consultation by appointment diagnosis, treatment, prescribing and dispensing of classical and complex Homeopathic remedies. 

Other therapists available Cindy and Natasha 

CINDY KAY VERNON 

I am a fully qualified therapist specialising in Deep Tissue Massage, Sports Massage and in the treatment and Rehabilitation of Sports Injuries (F.A. qualified).  I am also qualified in Aromatherapy, Indian Head Massage, La Stone (Hot & Cold Stone Massage) Swedish Massage, Isatreya™ Combined Colour and Crystal Therapy, Reiki Master/Teacher, Thermal Auricular Therapy (Ear Candling), Oriental Face Massage, Thai Foot Massage and No Hands® Massage Advanced practitioner and Advanced Myofascial Release Therapy. 

I am a qualified Assessor and Internal Verifier for the VTCT and am currently teaching massage and holistic therapies at Chrysalis Therapy Training where I am Co-Principal. 

Many of my clients come to me with a variety of different muscular complaints and conditions ranging from RSI from long hours at the computer, low back pain from excessive driving to more specific injuries such as ‘runners knee’, frozen shoulder and sciatica.  All treatments and exercise programmes are designed and tailored to the individual needs of my clients.  I also provide aftercare and preventative care advice.