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| Knee and upper back problems |
Female, aged 42 - 4 treatments |
| C. is a practicing masseuse who stands for long periods and develops a lot of tension in her back. Her upper back and shoulders were very tight. Also both knees and ankles were giving her trouble. After the first treatment her back had loosened and her knees and ankles were improving after the second treatment. After the first couple of treatments C. told the therapist that she had also been suffering from heavy and painful periods since the birth of her daughter nearly 10 years earlier. The therapist therefore gave her a procedure to address this and C. reported a tremendous change with the reduction of pain and heaviness. |
Neck/shoulder injury |
Female, aged 43 – 3 treatments |
| “I recently had Bowen treatment for a stubborn and painful shoulder/neck injury, which I have suffered from for over 3 years. Although I was very sceptical at first – after all, how could so small and gentle a movement make such a difference when all other treatments I had tried via my GP's recommendations had only eased the symptoms for a short time. I was amazed at the incredible results, even after only the first proper treatment on my neck and shoulders.” |
| Sciatica |
Male, aged 40 - 2 treatments |
| P. was unable to put weight on his right foot and the therapist paid a home visit. he was in severe pain and had been all day, from the buttock right down the leg. He was extremely tense and tight. The therapist gave him one treatment and was able to observe his body during the 40 minute session. He was virtually pain free when he got up and was walking normally. P. felt that a second session was required to ease some residual tension in the back to prevent it returning. Two years later, the therapist reports that the problem has not returned. |
| Lower back |
Male, aged 46 - 3 treatments |
| J. works on a farm and is often lifting heavy machinary etc. He put his back out placing an empty bucket on the ground. Being very skeptical he was dragged against his will for Bowen treatment. Years of playing rugby had left him with a pelvic imbalance. J. could barely walk before his first treatment and could was a little better on getting up after the first session. The following morning he reported being 98% better. In the second session he is quoted saying "I don't know what you did, but do it again". After the second session he was 100% in the back and has not reported problems since, 18 months down the line. His pelvis remains perfectly straight. |
| Herniated disc in lower back |
Male, aged 35 - 3 treatments |
| M. suffered a hernia in a disc in his lower back. He was diagnosed as having one leg longer than the other and given a heal raise in his shoe to compensate. Within 3 months this cause his a disc hernia and he was in crippling pain, often unable to get out of bed. 3 month later with only a small amount of improvement M came for 3 Bowen treatments. In the first session it was clear that the leg length difference was a result of a tilted pelvis, not actually a difference in the length of the legs. 48 hours after the first treatment the bulge in the disc had gone and there was no pain at all, within 3 sessions the leg length difference had gone too. |
| Hayfever |
Male, aged 43 - 4 treatments + top ups |
Male 43, used to suffer with hayfever from May to September, grass seed being a major trigger. He started treatment late March and had a series of 3 sessions, a further one in May. he was clear of symptoms until mid-June. When the symptoms started, puffy eyes and runny nose, having woken sneezing in the early hours, symptoms were still less than they would normally have been and previous to this he had even walked through a field with no reaction. He was only having to use his hayfever tablets on bad days (1-2 x a week) where previously he had used them every day. He had a further couple of sessions, late June , mid July to keep on top of his condition during the problem months in order to manage the worst of it.
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Golfer's elbow, frozen shoulder and migraine |
Female, aged 48 – 4 treatments |
M. was suffering from neck pains, migraines (up to 2 a week) and ‘creaky knees'. A former frozen shoulder had recently developed into ‘golfer's elbow' and she had been referred on by a reflexologist. During the first treatment she felt that her neck kept ‘extending' and her elbow started to free up. After four sessions her energy level was good, the shoulder was no problem, the migraines had stopped and the knees were better. Still a little soreness in the elbow, but a year later she is feeling ‘fine'. |
Emotional stress |
Female, aged 57 – 3 treatments |
A series of family bereavements and problems over some years had completely drained A. of any energy, although she is normally an active and energetic person. She was feeling a tight chest, a tight ‘band' around her head and her knees and legs hurt. After one Bowen treatment she felt slightly better. All symptoms showed definite signs of improvement after two and after the third treatment she was well on the way to getting back to her original self- including gardening and playing tennis within two months. |
Frozen shoulder |
Male, aged 60 - 2 treatments |
N. paid two visits to his doctor for a frozen shoulder and received an injection which seemed to do nothing at all. After the first Bowen treatment there was an improvement and the trouble cleared up after the second visit. A friend of N's had suffered from the same trouble for at least one year with little hope of improvement. The friend's frozen shoulder was relieved by the Bowen therapist during a treatment given during a visit to their social club. |
Injury after fall |
Female, aged 80 – 5 treatments |
| When she was 73, B. was on a ladder which broke under her, giving her a bad fall and a piece of it went through her lfet leg. Her doctor had to attach a steel plate to the leg with thick screws. When B. first went for Bowen treatment her left knee was solid, swollen, red and hot. After the first treatment the swelling had gone down noticeably, the skin colour was normal and she could see her ankles. Two weeks later she arrived for a second treatment with some swelling and redness which had returned, but was not as sore as it had been. From then on the improvement was steady and without relapse. After 5 treatments the leg was very much better and she could wear normal shoes and sandals again. |
Head and neck restriction |
Female, aged 92 – 5 treatments |
| S. had very restricted head and neck movement and little flexion in one hand. This combination of problems was preventing her from playing the piano. With Bowen treatments her neck steadily improved until it was “wonderful”, within 3 treatments. The hand, especially the thumb, was also “wonderful” after two more sessions. |
Right side pain, back pain, asthma & withered shoulder |
Female, aged 62 – 4 treatments |
After her first treatment, M. experienced a surge of energy lasting through the week and far less tension in her right calf, which had been virtually in spasm since an accident 9 years previously. She described her calf as ‘melting'. After the second treatment she said “I cannot believe the difference in my back, almost 100% already”. Knee and hip pain were much lessened and she was generally feeling much better in herself. She had cut back her asthma prevention medication. After the third treatment, she reported that the back pain she had had for 9 years (and had expected to always have) was now elleviated. She said she had no wheezing that week. After the fourth treatment she experienced one sore back day which cleared up by itself. |