Pohltherapy®
Pohltherapy®, formerly known as Sensory Motor Body Therapy according to Dr. Pohl, is a medication-free, body-oriented therapeutic method for treating chronic pain, abnormal sensations, movement restrictions, functional complaints, breathing disorders, anxiety, depression/burnout, for which there often is no identifiable organic medical diagnosis.
For a list of treatable ailments by body parts, please click here.
Where are your problems?
Please click on the circles on the figures where you feel your symptoms.
Chronic Pain
One of the most common uses of Pohltherapy®:
e.g., back pain, shoulder pain, neck pain, leg pain…
Abnormal Sensations
Treatment of physical causes in the connective tissue and fascia:
e.g., burning pain, tingling, sensitivity to touch, itching…
Functional Problems
Problems without identifiable organic causes:
e.g., dizziness, functional heart issues, ear noises…
Movement Restrictions
Do not have to be—regardless of age!
e.g., improper and compensatory postures, movement restrictions, tics, swallowing difficulties…
Breathing Problems
Often it's not the lungs!
e.g., shortness of breath, pain while breathing, feeling of a ring/tightness around the chest…
Depression & Burnout
Somatic therapeutic approach to
e.g., depressive mood, anxiety, inner restlessness, lack of energy…
About Me
Christine Leahy
- Since 2023 on the board of the Association for Pohltherapy®
- Since 2015 training manager for Pohltherapy®
- 2012-2015 training assistant to Dr. Helga Pohl
- 2006-2012 Pohltherapist at Dr. Helga Pohl’s practice in Starnberg
- Since 2008 own practice for Pohltherapy® in Bad Tölz
- Training as a Pohl Therapist with Dr. Helga Pohl, the founder of this therapy
- 2003-2007 Alternative practitioner training
- Development, Paramount Studios, Los Angeles
- Book Illustrator, Warner Books, New York
- Art Studies, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
POHLTHERAPY®
The goal of Pohltherapy® is to restore pain freedom, natural mobility, and a good body awareness. In active collaboration with the patient, underlying chronic tensions and adhesions in muscles, connective tissue, and fascia can be sustainably resolved. Pohltherapy® is most commonly used as an effective pain therapy for the treatment of chronic pain.
