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Testimonials

Below are a handful of testimonials for the various facets of Matt Wallden's work:
  • Patient improvement
  • Teaching
  • Conference speaking
  • Writing
  • Personal
  • Fivefingers footwear
If you're interested to see more, please download testimonials pdf.
 
 
Patient improvement

 


Owing to the exercises I am much better and, at last, the pains in my thigh and groin are disappearing. My morale is much better as I can see you are right and I am glad I had the patience to not have the operation to my back. With all my thanks. FB

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If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't be where I am now. HP, International Athlete, May 2009
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With regards to my back problems: well, since last seeing you I have been diligent in following the instructions. I have to say that shortly before and through my week’s vacation I have noticed a tremendous improvement in my symptoms … I really do feel a new manJ. Hopefully the progress will continue so I can get back on track again with my fitness now I’ve returned. JS June 07 J. Hopefully the progress will continue so I can get back on track again with my fitness now I’ve returned. JS June 07
 
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Thank you very much for the email. I have just finished doing a timetable for my rehabilitation and fitness, thanks to your new exercises. You were very helpful and i was very pleased with the information you gave me. I would like to come back in 3 weeks time or so to see how well i have been doing. TS 2.07
 
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I completed the marathon in 4 hours 54 minutes (a little longer than I’d hoped for but with the hot weather I had to slow my pace down!) It was an amazing experience and one I will never forget. It made it even better the fact that my knee held out. So thank you once again. VM May 2007
 
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I just wanted to say thanks for all your help and to say that the improvement from when I first came to see you to now is startling. KM Sept 2007
 
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Emotional work

All is moving in the right direction, many thanks. I'm just exploring opportunities as and when they arise not knowing where I'll end up! Makes a change after 15 years doing the same sort of work. Hope that your work is going from strength to strength. You certainly helped me to find a more fulfilling path. Thank you and best wishes. JG

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Thanks Matt much appreciated.

I also meant to say as you were the one that tried hardest to try to convince me that my knee also had an emotional side to the problem / about being positive, and that as a result of doing the NLP work, I'm absolutely convinced that this was an issue. I also wonder how long I had actually had this tumour and what affect that has had.  JC

 

Teaching

 
 
Thanks for the very inspiring 5 days in Farum, Denmark. VH Feb. 07

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Just a quick note to say thanks for a really great lecture on the TMJ.  Your knowledge and experience are inspiring.  KT June 09
 
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One of the best courses we have participated in. JK Sweden April 07

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Just had to say what a fantastic week I had last week. I am back in my practice and already using my new skills. As i said it makes me realise how useful polarity is! Many missing pieces have been placed into the jigsaw. TG Jan.07

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Wanted to contact you last month when I did a course feed back on the sports care module but your address was lost on my old computer. A big thank you for trekking all the way to Oxford. They all loved the module and many said especially your lecture. MB
 
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thank you for the TMJ workshop, it was really interesting! MA June 09
 
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Fantastic to meet you again and even more fantastic to see how good you are at what you do. Thanks for being who you are. I will definitely stay in touch. JP  May. 09
 
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I have to say to you Matthew, that the testimonials from the course are so good. You have the highest scores all over, and the people were so happy with your teaching. Thank you so much, it is such a pleasure to have you as instructor. You are just brilliant in what you are doing!  GB Eleiko Education, Sweden. June 2009.
 
 

Speaking

 
 
I am writing to tell you how much I enjoyed your lecture Meeting Gravity Head On.
The information was very clear and helpfully extended my knowledge in several directions………….After hearing you on Sunday I very much regretted not also hearing your talks on Friday . JD Nov.06
 
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Hi, thanks for doing a great job teaching! Paul Chek Mar 06
 
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This is just a brief note to thank you for participating in the Football Association Annual Non-League Medical Conference. The Conference was, once more, a great success that was due in no small part to your own significant contribution. Once again many thanks for an excellent day. Head of Medicine and Exercise Science Department, The Football Association. November 2005
 
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Thank you for lecturing for us despite the very difficult circumstances - I have been looking through the evaluation forms we received and found those which refer to your lectures and done a little table for your interest:- 

 

content

presentation

excellent

11

11

very good

3

2

satisfactory

1

 


Catherine Goodyear: British Osteopathic Association

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Dear Matthew,

Just a short note to congratulate you on your talk at the evening at Arsenal. Not easy to follow a speaker as confident and well-known as Jerry Gilmore.

I thought you brought the osteopathic concepts together well – the only shame was hat you didn’t have a chance for Q’s & A’s, but with the meeting starting late and the previous speaker over running…!

Anyay, it was interesting to see such a thriving arena of football therapists and your involvement with these elite footballers is just another example of that fact that we are getting taken more seriously (- and also demonstrates why!)

All the best.

Yours sincerely,

Jonathan Betser, DO

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Just a quick note to thank you for an excellent evening. Both talks
were thought provoking and inspiring, and you managed to create a
professional and enjoyable experience for all.

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Hi Matt,

Just wanted to say what a great evening it was last night.

Both talks from Serge and yourself were awesome. It really helped me understand some of the things I already knew, but on a deeper level.

Being a presenter myself, I really appreciated the visuals which were vital to help understand what can be complex issues. LB 2003

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Dear Matt,

I am writing to express my appreciation of your presentation, along with Serge Gracovetsky, last week... I found both presentations very enlightening, teaching me things I had never even considered before about how our movement patterns evolved and why this is important.

Well done to everyone involved organising the evening, it was informative and inspiring.

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You were absolutely unbelievable. Your lecture content presentation and spirit was brilliant and I cannot wait until you next do a presentation. All the feedback of everyone watching you was really, really positive, so bloody well done. RB

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Great evening, great talk

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Congratulations for last night Matt, everyone was very impressed. JS

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Impressive knowledge. ML

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I have had a look at the feedback forms and there are no specific comments about you or to be fair, any of the speakers. We asked the delegates to rate the content of each of the presentations though.
 
Out of 40 responses, 82.5% rated you good or above, and 67.5% rated you very good or excellent:
 
 Excellent    19 (47.5%)
 Very good 8 (20%)
 Good 6 (15%) 
 Average 5 (12.5%)
 Poor    2 (5%)
 
Kind regards,
 
BT

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Congratulations Matt – very enjoyable and interesting talk.

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World class lecture. AR

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Thank you so much for organising the lecturing. Both yourself and Gracovetsky were excellent and the venue was very good. Must have been pressure for you to fill it so close to Xmas. Well done, hope it has not put you off. I look forward to further events. MB

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Eat, move and be healthy talk:

Just a quick note to say thank you for the Tuesday night talk. I found it to be full of very useful information and certainly went a long way towards my increased respect for the depth of yours and Andy's knowledge. If you decided to do any more of these type of sessions I would be most grateful for another invitation.

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CHEK ran a conference this weekend, i only went today but now wished i'd gone for all 3 days as today was fantastic they are all so intelligent...if the world listened to people like that we'd have a very healthy populations!!!
 
 
Writing:

 I just wanted to tell you that I thought your article was something close to genius. Absolutely brilliant.

Unfortunately, I doubt many will understand the deeper relevance of what you have said.

But you are so right.

Best wishes, TA

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a great collection of information I'm really enjoying the chapter…Your chapter is a great asset to the book, and were it not so late in the process I would seriously think of placing it ahead of some of the earlier chapters……..Leon Chaitow Dec.06

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I find the dimensional mastery section quite illuminating and it has inspired my imagination in all kinds of ways, and so I think it’s valuable. … What this chapter does is wonderful …

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Obviously you've worked on this subject a great deal, and there is a real intellectual sharpness to it all. Eric Blake Aug 06

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I don’t have any comments, changes or additions at this point. Only to say that it appears to be GREAT work! Dean Neary, Assistant Professor, Chair, Physical Medicine Department, Bastyr University, School of Naturopathic Medicine Aug 06

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I would like to take this time to introduce myself and let you know how much I enjoyed your last article you had written for us

BC, Article Content Editor, www.ptonthenet.com, Sep 07

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Matt’s a great writer. PC, PPS Lesson 1.

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Re "The Hamstring Syndrome" - this is important work, so let's get it out there. Leon Chaitow

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Dear Matt,

You may recall your request for recommended readings on the topic that your message posed and my own reply. Well please find enclosed a copy of one of the books, which my recommendations made, as a small token of my appreciation for your very generous forum input from which valued educational benefits I have personally derived. PS 2008 Osteopathy For All member.
 

Personal

 

Just a line to say thanks for the sessions, I felt Matthew was very sensitive to my situation, and left me with a lot to think about for the future. RI October 06
 
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I would like to tell you that your words and the manner in which you addressed the issues I raised ………. and your response was positive and warming. MR Feb06
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You are a pond worth reflecting in! PC Jan 07
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I'm very proud of you in too many ways to list…….. My life finds value in you and the others who have allowed parts of me to live in and through them. PC Nov 06
 

Fivefingers footwear

 
 
The shoes arrived this morning and they are wonderful
Thanks for the great service. FE
 
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Legendary :o)  DM

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I've tried them and they're awesome DM

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I received the shoes yesterday, thank you very much, they are truly awesome!  TA

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AWESOME!

They look killer!  KA

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I have a pair of Classic which I love and have been modeling proudly for all the press  JR

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…totally love the product. WT: 05/09/08

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I have the classic, love em, thanks.  MB: 08/08/08

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Although there is going to be a significant period of adaptation, the sensation is wonderful; somewhere between running barefoot and walking around in slippers. I may never again have to choose between horrific blisters from hiking/running shoes and injured feet from no shoes at all.  JU