Tapping revived Olympic career!

Tapping revived her Olympic career!  She thought her Olympic career might be over—until she tapped with me!

I want to share this actual tapping story so that you can get a much deeper insight into what REALLY happens and how a career can turnaround when you clean up your energy!

A few years ago and after a short introduction of tapping, I was asked to present the effective technique to the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center.  Because this was a new concept for them, I also offered to work with one client for a few sessions to show what is possible.

Sports injury is often NOT only about the physical implications.  In fact, much of the lingering pain can be due to having hidden emotional components and/or the PROTECTION needed for whatever reason.

Below is a recap of my journey with a sports client and what happened!  As I remembered this story and outcome, it still brings me joy!  I never get tired of watching miracles unfold during tapping even though it happens a LOT!

When I met this client, she was an Olympic athlete and driver of a 2-woman bobsled team:

• She had lost her team competition rank due to injury which also required surgery.
• Her surgery was 13 weeks prior to our meeting, and she had a level 6 out of 10 pain, which was present to the touch in her knee.
• She was told it would take 4-6 months to heal according to the experts/Dr. at the training clinic, and that tendonitis (?) was common after that kind of surgery. She physically felt like she had a hole in her knee.
• She had no financial support or sponsorship, which was needed to participate at the Lake Placid Olympic Training Center.
• She was experiencing many emotions including fear, frustration, career worries, depression, and wasn’t sure IF her knee would heal or if it would be good enough to ever compete again (4 year career at this point). 

First session during my visit to the Olympic Training Center: 10/17/11

• After tapping for an hour, her knee pain left completely in the first session leaving her very shocked and surprised. She was actually doing successful squats after the session that would’ve caused knee pain prior to tapping but without ANY physical discomfort of any kind!
• She was able to run on the treadmill with more ease after that session.
• While tapping, she released many emotions surrounding her knee injury and future career potential worries and anxiety.

Second session via phone: 10/21/11

• She was surprised by the increased level of work she could do on the treadmill that she wasn’t able to do on days prior to tapping.
• Then she took a step back and experienced a very painful knee AGAIN. She wanted to reach 75% (see below for explanation in her testimonial) and she couldn’t get past 60%. She felt frustrated, as she pushed through pain, feeling upset and as if she’d taken a step back after having been pain free after the first tapping session!
• We uncovered intertwining emotions triggered by an “event” and all the emotions from the set of circumstances surrounding the initial knee injury. She experienced huge emotional upset brought to the forefront that got buried in her energy.  It had a definite association with her knee pain.
• We uncovered and cleared both the emotions and a pattern of a reoccurring loop of feeling powerless. We tapped to clear the emotions and the triggering cause of why the pain increased on that specific night of events.  She watched someone else try out for her “spot” on the team, which she was forced to give up because she wasn’t cleared to compete.  Imagine the heartbreak of watching that competition (huge emotion attached).

Third session via phone: 10/24/11

• We tapped on a very old incident from age 3, & cleared some feelings that she never got to express or honor back then, while releasing all the old emotions that stirred inside her during THIS tapping. This memory came up during tapping and was not on her radar when we began this series of sessions.
• She shared and felt the realization that she only had 2 weeks to be cleared for competition, and was feeling unsure, stressed out and scared about it, and wondering if it would happen.
• As she remembered a significant person who died, she talked about and released current feelings and connections (both current and past feelings) and cleared the corresponding emotions that were attached. (This might seem unrelated to the current event, but since it came up during tapping, that signals a call and need for emotional release.)

Fourth session via phone: 10/28/11

• She was feeling lots of competition trip overwhelm—lots to do while making trip reservations/accommodations. She also found a new sponsor, with another sponsor packet to complete.  (All tapping targets we addressed in sessions.)
• I helped her reprogram to expect a joyful competition, with the upcoming European trip to be filled with joyful competition, and to enjoy the “ride of the journey” in addition to having a successful competition!
• We reprogrammed and reinforced her attitude with an energetic INTENT sent to other competitors as if to say, “make no mistake I am here to compete”—I have lost no time (a powerful, internal energetic declaration to make after being sidelined for months)!

Fifth Session via phone: 11/04/11

• We tapped on “expecting” to pass and have a successful medical clearance test to resume competing.
• She was feeling pressure to start at the top of the bobsled run like everyone else even though she went months without that level of training due to her injury. We tapped on LISTENING TO HER INTUITION and to work WITH HER own body, mind and spirit & doing what felt right for her, regardless of anyone else’s expectations.
• We tapped on relying on her own strength, & gut reactions to what she needed, and “programmed in” what she wanted to have happen.
• We tapped into her energy to feel excitement and surprise because of her successful drills!!

OUTCOME:  She was medically cleared to “slide” on Monday, November 7^th, 2011!  The clinic mgr. said these results were “unprecedented” given the kind of surgery she had.  He hadn’t expected her to be medically cleared by the MD until at least mid-December.

Are you noticing the scope of all of this internal energetic work covered in a 22 day timeframe and how QUICKLY tapping aided her complete recovery?  Her limitations had “some” physical component but there was a lot of emotional attachment that I didn’t detail her due to privacy.  Not only did we address the physical, emotional and stuck energy holding and blocking her energy, but we also “programmed in” what she wanted to have happen (including new sponsors to “magically show up” and they did, being medically cleared in time to compete in European competition, controling HER energy space around teammates, and creating what she wanted to have happen).  These sessions were much more involved than just clearing pain.  We addressed life beliefs and emotions about what happened to her, as well as clearing old and unresolved early life events—all in 5 sessions!   It changed this 27 yr. old’s life and got her back on her career track!

Below are her words describing her journey after seeing my above recap notes.  She gave me permission to use her story, but before I shared it, I wanted to make sure she was in agreement with what I was documenting.

 Hi Joanne-  

This is great, and you are right I feel like I am in a totally different place now. Thank you so much for using your tapping skills to help me get to this point. I got to finally slide today, and I felt excited and way more calm and in control of my emotions and reactions than I have in the past.  Even with a very high-stress teammate, I was able to stay in my own space mentally. You can definitely share all of this. The percentage was the amount of bodyweight I was running on, on the AlterG treadmill. You wear special shorts, and zip into the treadmill which fills up to air up to you waist to give you extra support. Thanks for letting me look back at all of our sessions. It is definitely a neat perspective looking back (and glad I am not there anymore!! 🙂 -Jamie

What has YOUR energy blocked and what are YOU longing to recapture or create?  This story is not about healing only pain.  This is about healing a person’s life, bringing hope, and restoring joy of what is possible…and likely when you use your energy!  Tapping is a very powerful, life transforming technique, but you have to USE it.  It also takes experience to know HOW to use the technique.  While it looks simple, it can be a complex process to uncover what is REALLY in the way.  It’s often not what you think!

What brought you to a halt with your life, desires and dreams?  Are you ready to clear them out yet and get back to the life you REALLY want? Oh, it’s more than possible.  Please share this article of what IS possible with your friends, family and loved ones.  You read this article, right???? Don’t you think THEY ought to know what’s possible too?! 🙂