Registered nurse Andrew was unable to work for years after a serious car crash in the late 2000s, in which a speeding car hit his vehicle and "wrote off two or three other vehicles in the accident".

He describes the years after as "traumatic" and "a blur".

"I live with very substantial chronic pain and have an autoimmune illness that attacks my connective tissues," he explained.

" The combination of those two things is a really bad combination. "

After a lengthy ordeal, the Canberra man was able to return to work and said his remedial massage therapist was a "massive part" in enabling that.

"She was the final piece in the puzzle that got my pain levels down, that improved sleep, that improved my ability to function during day time," Andrew said.

"I see her once a week."

His therap

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