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	By Tyra M. Vaughn, Staff Writer Whiplash from a car accident in 2002 left Giles Singleton with chronic neck pain. For two years, Singleton, 58, tried massages, physical therapy and acupuncture, but none of the treatments worked. Eventually, the pain got so bad that she couldn't turn her head. So she decided to try a form of therapy that her daughter, a ballet dancer, had used a few years earlier when she sprained her ankle. "She hopped in (on crutches) and walked out," Singleton said. "It made me wonder if this therapy could do the same thing for me." The therapy is called BodyTalk, a holistic approach that's based on facilitating communication within the body through a series of tapping and touching. And while the mainstream medical community hasn't embraced the practice, local people are paying $85 per 15- to 60-minute session to "tap out" their physical and emotional pains. BodyTalk was first developed in the 1990s by Dr. John Veltheim, an Australian chiropractor who believed that the technique improved a medical condition he suffered from called Epstein-Barr. The powerful virus causes infectious mononucleosis and plays a role in the emergence of two rare forms of cancer. Veltheim moved to Sarasota, Fla., in 1998, where he began to teach the BodyTalk System to healthcare professionals as well as lay people. Singleton had her first BodyTalk treatment in 2004 and said she began to feel better after her first session. "I had full motion in my neck, which is something I hadn't had in a long time," she said. Three years later, Singleton uses BodyTalk to treat other health problems, such as osteoporosis, arthritis and knee pain. Willem Klokman, a physical therapist and Singleton's licensed BodyTalk practitioner, said most of his patients become hooked on the method after they notice how well it works. "They want to keep going to improve whatever else they're suffering from," said Klokman, owner of Holland Physical Therapy on Wrightsville Avenue in Wilmington. During a BodyTalk session, Klokman follows a chart and asks questions of different parts of the body to pinpoint problems, whether physically or emotionally based. The patient's hand communicates the answer. If the hand moves in a specific way when the practitioner presses on it, that indicates a problem in that area of the body. Resistance in the hand means "no." This process is repeated until the doctor determines the cause of the health issue. Then, he taps the patient to rid the body of the "emotional issue or toxin" causing the problem, he said. Klokman became interested in BodyTalk in 2004 after a friend, who is also a physical therapist, told him about the alternative treatment. He was intrigued, and Klokman researched the technique for months before he decided to implement it into practice. During his first year of study, Klokman took seven classes to learn the BodyTalk methods. After taking an exam in 2005, he became a licensed BodyTalk practitioner. Of his estimated 40 patients, eight are treated regularly using BodyTalk. In North Carolina, only ordained ministers and licensed health care professionals are allowed to practice BodyTalk, Klokman said. Klokman is one of few BodyTalk practitioners in the state and the only one in Wilmington, he said. Klokman says he uses BodyTalk to help patients improve physical and emotional issues, such as attention deficit disorder, stress, back pain or phobias. He claims it also can treat other health issues, such as viruses, infections and allergies. "Instead of simply treating a health problem with medicine, the body is helping me find out what's the deeper issue," Klokman said. "A person's back pain might be caused because they were abused as a child. BodyTalk helps me bring that to the surface, and then I can tap it out." A session is usually done once a week, Klokman said. He said it's difficult to convince people to try BodyTalk because of its unusual methods and because of the cost. BodyTalk's $85 cost is not covered by health insurance, Klokman said. For Singleton, the treatment is well worth the cost. "It's almost like the body is a computer," Singleton said. "He scans the system for viruses and then reboots the system." Tyra M. Vaughn: 343-2070 tyra.vaughn@starnewsonline.com A link to the actual article on StarNews Online
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