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A practical guide to the technique developed for treating ME as a structural disorder with definite diagnosable physical signs.
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I started this treatment after I had been diagnosed with CFS for about 18 months. After paying the expensive consultation fee of £200 Dr Perrin confirmed I had CFS (Well tell me something I didn't know), did I need to spend £200 to be told that?
I was told that the treatment for recovery would be 2 years and that I must follow is daily massage routine without fail and attend his clinic once a week initially (£40 per go or £160 per month) or if you want to be treated by the man himself it would be £60 per session (which is for 30 mins massage). He also tries very hard during this consultation to sell his book to you at the highest price of £15.
So I went away feeling really positive as Dr Perrin told me that he could help and that I WOULD get better. So for the first three months I did as he ordered, I ensured I did the massage and attended his clinic without fail. During this time I did feel better at times and don't know whether this was the placebo effect or just the up and down nature of the illness. Anyway every so often I had a treatment with Dr Perrin who told me I was doing great and that I could reduce my treatments to once a fortnight. This made me feel positive as this reduction in treatments means that I could only being getting better, so I started going fortnightly for nearly a year and during this time I just didn't feel much better. Every so often I met up again with Perrin who kept telling me that I was improving, he could tell I was improving because he would hold my head and feel something (a pulse I think!!) and tell me that the toxins in my lymphatic system are reducing!! So naively I believed him and continued to attend his practice for a lot longer after this.
After some time and still feeling ill the last straw cam when I paid £60 to see Perrin for a 15 mins treatment (should have been 30) and all he talked about was how well his research was doing and not much about helping with my symptoms etc that I was explaining to him.
My experience was that I wasted well over £1500-2000 on this treatment (I also had to pay petrol for the traveling to his clinic, which again adds up). I am currently trying a number of other therapies and actually recently started to make good progress, whether this is me improving naturally I don't know but I find eating a healthy diet has seriously helped.
I was told that the treatment for recovery would be 2 years and that I must follow is daily massage routine without fail and attend his clinic once a week initially (£40 per go or £160 per month) or if you want to be treated by the man himself it would be £60 per session (which is for 30 mins massage). He also tries very hard during this consultation to sell his book to you at the highest price of £15.
So I went away feeling really positive as Dr Perrin told me that he could help and that I WOULD get better. So for the first three months I did as he ordered, I ensured I did the massage and attended his clinic without fail. During this time I did feel better at times and don't know whether this was the placebo effect or just the up and down nature of the illness. Anyway every so often I had a treatment with Dr Perrin who told me I was doing great and that I could reduce my treatments to once a fortnight. This made me feel positive as this reduction in treatments means that I could only being getting better, so I started going fortnightly for nearly a year and during this time I just didn't feel much better. Every so often I met up again with Perrin who kept telling me that I was improving, he could tell I was improving because he would hold my head and feel something (a pulse I think!!) and tell me that the toxins in my lymphatic system are reducing!! So naively I believed him and continued to attend his practice for a lot longer after this.
After some time and still feeling ill the last straw cam when I paid £60 to see Perrin for a 15 mins treatment (should have been 30) and all he talked about was how well his research was doing and not much about helping with my symptoms etc that I was explaining to him.
My experience was that I wasted well over £1500-2000 on this treatment (I also had to pay petrol for the traveling to his clinic, which again adds up). I am currently trying a number of other therapies and actually recently started to make good progress, whether this is me improving naturally I don't know but I find eating a healthy diet has seriously helped.
36 of 38 people found the following review helpful
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Just to balance the other reviews - I was treated by Raymond Perrin for the two years he said it would take for me to recover. I followed his recommendations rigourously, desperate for any improvement. It had absolutely no effect on my M.E.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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I have had ME for a couple of years and as many of us, am desperate to get back in full health. After having some improvement from psychology and nutritional therapies I decided to 'accelarate' my recovery by starting the Perrin Technique. I had read his book many times and it made sense. In the initial consultation he said that my recovery was very possible and would take about 2 years, and that I may feel worse in the beginning of the treatment because of the detox reaction. All still fine and well until I started the protocol...Well, in two weeks I went from being able to cycle small rounds and do yoga and be up most days to being bed bound with a feeling of never been so ill my entire life! He said that my reaction was severe, but 'could happen' and that I'd be back to where I was in a couple of weeks time. More than a month later I'm still struggling to even move around the house, little alone leave anywhere. This horrific experience really amplified my anxiety and I now need to take medication to manage it. So all I want to say is that, this approach may sound good on paper, but when a stressed out body (and mind), which everyone who has ME has, is been put into a protocol that has 3 detox massages per day every day, the end results can be nasty. His supplementation recommendations are also very dated and generalised - you really need to speak to a proper ME specialised nutritionist and get tested for these 'toxins'. My Nutritionist is now 'cleaning up the mess' that the Perrin Technique left me with. BE AWARE!
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This book changed my life!
I'm now on my third copy as keep on lending it to colleagues but never get it back! It's great to dip in & out of. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Rosie Lee's Wishlist
Good
A good book, that really explains what's going on in ME/CFS. However, there are other wise to detoxify your body
Published 17 months ago by T
a well researched, well written book. good for all levels of knowledge
well researched book. (i went and got copies of the research).
Chapter 1 is brilliant if you want a quick overview of ME/CFS. Read more
Chapter 1 is brilliant if you want a quick overview of ME/CFS. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2009 by mr b. Ook
essential reading for those recieving the technique
a well written and interesting easy reading guide to the technique , provides enough technical (medical background ) for the layperson to gain an understanding of how the body... Read more
Published on 25 Sep 2009 by Michael Hilarion
Another money maker
I feel strongly that I want to comment on this man and his book. He was not a doctor when I saw him and after 9 months of expensive treatment I was no better. Read more
Published on 10 July 2009 by T. E. E. Jackson
A technique that improved my life
I am dissapointed with the personal slander towards Dr. Perrin and his 'expensive' techniques that have appeared in reviews on this site. Read more
Published on 28 May 2009 by Mrs. Zoe L. Bowers
Perrin is working for me!!!
Likewise, to balance out the previous 2 comments, I think it's only fair that I say my piece. I have been undergoing treatment from the Perrin clinic for 18 months now. Read more
Published on 19 May 2009 by Ms. A. E. Harding
oh dear
I feel so sorry for people who have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. What is appalling is that so many get attracted to 'snakeoil' type treatments like the Perrin technque. Read more
Published on 27 April 2009 by thumbstick
Excellent purchase
I bought this book as I suffer from ME and was going to visit Dr Ray Perrin in his clinic, the book covers all the information needed to understand this illness and the reasons... Read more
Published on 12 April 2009 by L. Jones
Didn't work for me, but maybe worth a look into.
I visited Raymond Perrin when I first got ill 14 years ago. He was pretty confident he could help as I was a good candidate, and I was really hopeful. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2009 by Deb from Berks
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