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Mobility Encouraging Treatments and Guidance

Our bodies are designed for movement. My aim is to restore your optimal mobility.

Sometimes past injuries, surgeries, or repetitive strain create blockages that reduce mobility and interrupt the natural flow of energy and circulation.

My mission is to assist your body in clearing this congestion. By improving neural connections and fluid flow through improved alignment, we empower the body’s inbuilt healing mechanism.

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My Specialised Methods

I offer a "toolbox" of techniques tailored to your specific needs. Prior to each treatment, we have a discussion about your discomforts, history of the condition and how we will work together.

The Dorn Method: Collaborative Alignment

After a severe car accident in 2000 left me with chronic sacro-iliac pain that traditional therapies couldn't fully resolve, I discovered the Dorn Method. It was the only modality that finally removed my pain, leading me to master the technique myself.

The Approach: We focus on the alignment of the pelvis, which is the body’s centre of gravity, and all other major joints of the body - a full body treatment.

The Process: Treatment involves teamwork - your movement and feedback form an integral part of the treatment. We assess leg length and apply gentle pressure to correction points while you are directed to swing a leg or arm. This "dynamic" correction allows the body to realign safely with your feedback guiding the process.

Sustainability: I teach you specific exercises to maintain your alignment between sessions. Typically, three sessions are required to achieve and reinforce lasting results.

Included in this treatment is "intuitive touch therapy healing" where I intuitively apply techniques I know/use to areas I feel need release/support.

Fascial Release & Manual Therapy

For areas of deep-seated restriction, I apply Fascial Release.

The Approach: This involves the application of sustained pressure to adhesions and tight tissues, "unlocking" areas where trauma or long-term misalignment has limited your range of motion.

The Process: We discuss and observe the restrictions you are experiencing. We locate the areas that are causing the trouble and apply release techniques.

Sustainability: If appropriate, I provide advice including lifestyle changes, supportive complementary medicines and products and sometimes suggest office set-up guidelines to support alignment and enhance your healing journey.

For some stubborn areas, I may need to use "intuitive touch therapy healing" where I intuitively apply techniques I know/use to areas that need release/support.

Energy Healing

To support the physical work, I offer directive energy healing.

The Approach: The aim is to harmonise energy flow, like a guiding light, towards achieving coherent energy and healing. This helps when there is disordered energy resulting from an injury or mobility impingement.

The Process: After centring myself, I channel energy through my hands or fingertips to areas in need. By holding my hands on or just above the body, I help polarise and balance your energy flow, encouraging a deep state of release and cellular peace. Before you leave, we may do an aura clearing with the smoke of palo santo or sage.

Sustainability: I provide advice, including lifestyle changes, supportive complementary medicines and products to support your healing journey.

Pets (Dogs and Cats)

I also work with animals (dogs and cats), as they respond beautifully to these gentle alignment techniques. Prior to treatment, the owner will clarify the issues and what they aim to achieve. Treatments can assist with restrictions from past injuries and strained joints. Also helpful to release neck and shoulder tension accumulated from wearing a cone to stop them licking and scratching at a wound.

Treatment is guided by your pet's reaction; they may get up and walk away and might need some encouragement. Owner support can be helpful for nervous pets. I therefore prefer to work at your home where your pet is most relaxed - although this does require a travel fee based on mileage and time.

I work with your pet intuitively - my treatment is an amalgamation of the therapeutic techniques I practice and some that have been developed by working with my own pets - and those of my friends and family.

Some feedback from my clients

    
 
 
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   Stefan Gennrich 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Clare has been very helpful in identifying how to deal with an issue, giving suggestions on how to remedy the discomfort. Her approach is gentle, finding the reasons for the discomfort and releasing a blocked pressure point, keeping in mind the level pain induced through the release process. So, her approach is complementary to the healing process. Thank you.
  
 
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   Nikki Cullinan 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. CLARE is a dedicated,  multi-disciplined, talented person!  She has treated my pain from a trapped nerve in my back,  with reflexology,  massage and spinal alignment. Her love of helping people with pain or discomfort goes beyond the physical treatment.  She is knowledgeable about diet and supplements,  making her approach to healing truely holistic. Thank you,  Clare!
  
 
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   Donovan Kanes 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I had a MVA and lost my leg in 1991 and being on crutches developed a 'S' shaped spine, this caused major pain and discomfort in my lower back. After having a few Dorn spine alignment sessions with Clare, my spine straightened and I was healed! I also dislocated my shoulder a couple of years ago and couldn't surf for months... after Clare's treatments, self help excersizes, lifestyle changes and diet- l'm back in the water surfing. Thank you Clare
  
 
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   Dave Gwynne-Evans 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Clare is one of the most magical healers I know. Not in any mystical way, just in her uncanny "knowing". I try to go regularly and I end up having long sessions. She just knows how to evince the knots from my shoulder, back and neck. She knows how to straighten my posture. How to unlock my stiff back. Importantly, it's not a quick correction she does, but it feels durable. Sometimes I need two or three sessions, but I always feel like she's done something profound. Just how she knows when a foot joint is out of place I don't know. But she shows a rare and unhurried sensitivity, a knowingness, that few people have.
  
 
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   Nicole Hermes 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Over the last few years I have been receiving DORN sessions from Clare. Her experience and skill has been able to bring effective and permanent change to imbalances and chronic pain that other body workers and masseuses have not been able to. Clare possesses knowledge and wisdom of the human body, subtle and physical; and she provides effective instructions on the home work and complementary care that supports her technical and attuned skills of assessment and alignment. Clare has a rare skill that sets her apart in a sea of practitioners built of decades of experience.
  
 
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   Tania Smith 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. I can highly recommend Clare, her knowledgeable, strong, gentle and intuitive approach has always focused directly on the dis ease in the body, restoring, strengthening and re-balancing. Clare not only guides the body back in to alignment but also encourages you to look at the your emotional wellbeing. Tania Smith
  
 
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   Adrienne Lamprecht 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Claire does really good massage and reflexogy. She also uses the Dorn method for treating back issues and misalignment, which I highly recommend. Had back issues a few years back,  she sorted me out purely by using the Dorn method, and I have had no problems since.
  
 
  
  
 
 
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A Legacy of Healing

My draw toward alternative medicine began in childhood. Having experienced severe adverse reactions to pharmaceutical medications—including a cardiac arrest from antibiotics—I was driven to find safer, more natural paths to health.

This calling may be in my DNA: my one grandmother was a passionate natural healer, and my other grandmother was a lifelong nurse. My great-great-grandfather served as the Medical Commissioner for Lesotho. Today, I carry that lineage forward, blending a science-related background with complementary therapy education and over 31 years of hands-on therapeutic experience.

A Personal Note

Many of my clients remark that I can "see with my hands." This intuitive touch is the result of decades of manual therapy, working with a diverse range of clients—from three-day-old infants to 92-year-old seniors, and even our beloved four-legged companions.

I walked "like an old lady" in my 20s after a car accident, so I know exactly what it feels like to be trapped by physical restrictions.

Nothing brings me more joy than witnessing a client stand up after a session and feel the improvement in their mobility.

I am here to help you feel comfortable in your own body again.

Clare

Clare Maude

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Career Highlights & Education

Beyond my private practice, I have been proud to serve on the official post-race support teams for South Africa’s premier athletic events, including:

Cape Town Cycle Tour
Two Oceans Marathon
Wine to Wales, The Roller-Coaster Race, and the Redhill Peninsula Run

Qualifications:

Diploma in Therapeutic Massage – British School of Complementary Therapy (1995)
Diploma in Reflexology and Meridian Therapy – International School of Reflexology (1997)
Advanced Dorn Method Spine Alignment - Dorn International (2014)
Specialised Training: Vodder Lymph Drainage, Reiki Level 2, Thai Massage, Kahuna (Hawaiian) Massage, Indian Head Massage, and Chi Nei Tsang (Deep Abdominal Massage).

Professional Memberships: VRT Network Member, (formerly registered with AHPCSA).

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