The Hindu Business Line : A clinic in Hyderabad for stressed-out professionals

YOU are stressed-out at work or at home but don't know how to handle it. Well professional help is round the corner in the form of a well being centre.

Often people are caught in a stressful environment needing help, a trend witnessed in scores of technology workers and in other similar demanding professions.

An NRI Indian doctor and consultants have conjured up `Task', a pain management and wellness clinic offering consultancy and support services.

The Managing Director of Task, Ms Afshan Khan, announced plans to locate first such centre in India.

"I have grown up in the laid back city of Hyderabad and went through a much relaxed phase of life. But things have changed dramatically and trends show that stress at work has become a major cause for concern. While people in the West have ways to tackle this, there are no such avenues here. That is how, Task came into existence," she explained.

"Task is a new concept for pain management and wellness in India. We focus on combining two concepts - pain management and wellness to find solutions for our patients. A common misconception about pain is that the over the counter medication must be safe. But patients who take these drugs chronically don't realise that they are potentially causing stomach, liver and kidney damage," she said.

Task offers physiotherapy, occupational therapy, reflexology, therapeutic massage among other services such as anti-ageing, stress management, aromatherapy, counselling, hormone replacement and mineral supplements.

A US-based consultant, Dr Kenneth D. Gossett, is associated with Task. Task plans similar centres in other parts of the country through franchisee route, Ms Khan said.

"The Rai University has shown its interest to partner us wherein clinical and physiotherapy career seekers could be trained. Such professionals are in demand in some countries as they are faced with the shortage of such trained professional work force," she explained.

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