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Controlling Meniere’s Disease with The Bowen Technique
Posted on 13 January, 2013 at 15:27 |
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Controlling Meniere’s
Disease with The Bowen Technique By Lindsey Sandy, Newbury
I have been reading Spin Magazine
[the magazine of the Meniere’s Society] for years and have found it a “friend
in need” during the many dark moments that come with Meniere’s disease. However, I do remember in the desperate times
with the illness, getting very depressed reading about people’s bad experiences
and preferring to read the positive stories and try out any advice. I promised that if I did find a
“breakthrough” that I would send an article that might lift people’s
spirits. I am still on my “journey” but
feel the time is right to write this and if it can help just one person, then
it is worth it!
I had been
struggling with Meniere’s Disease for many years when I read a letter in Spin
Magazine recommending McTimoney chiropractic treatments. Unfortunately McTimoney was not the answer
to my prayers but the practitioner did notice that there was a problem with my
jaw being out of alignment. A friend
then recommended another therapy called The Bowen Technique, which she thought
might help with my jaw. I had never
heard of Bowen before but it was a major breakthrough for me and it has changed
my life and enabled me to control my Meniere’s disease. I found a wonderful therapist and I still
have treatments to keep my body balanced.
The Bowen
Technique is a very relaxing treatment, which is non-manipulative, and works on
the whole body, physical, emotional and mental. Bowen literally resets the body to heal
itself and balance is restored.
There is a brilliant move called the TMJ (jaw), which releases the jaw,
the neck, and the ears. This move, along
with standard body release moves managed to stop my Meniere’s attacks. Even the deafness in my left ear has gone
although I am still working on the tinnitus. I began to cope
with my life from that moment and was so impressed with the Bowen Technique
that I decided to learn it myself. I
packed in my job and I have been a Bowen therapist for the last two and a half
years. Bowen never ceases to amaze me,
and I love seeing people get well. I
have had no further attacks, although I would never say that I have permanently
beaten Meniere’s Disease. However, if
the attacks do return, I know that Bowen will balance me. One of my clients also suffered badly from
Meniere’s. I could empathise with him,
sensing his fear as he tried to cope with Meniere’s, but Bowen worked it’s
magic and he is free from attacks.
I don’t think anyone, unless
they have experienced Meniere’s Disease, can understand how it can control your
every waking moment. I spent years
desperately trying to find a “cure” for my Meniere’s which I have found so
frightening, debilitating and isolating.
My family and my doctor have been very supportive but following the
diagnosis from the consultant, I was given very little information other than
it was incurable. My doctor did give me
details of the Meniere’s Society and a prescription for Serc and Stemitil. As with many others of you, I have read everything
I can about the disease in the hope of finding something that will help. Four years ago I was having regular severe
attacks, was virtually deaf in my left ear and had experienced the dreaded
“drop attack”. That has to have been the
worst nightmare. In desperation I tried
every therapy going, but nothing worked until I found Bowen and then I began to
live my life again rather than allowing Meniere’s to control me! Although it might
seem strange to some of you, I have to say that Meniere’s actually made me get
on with my life. My doctor had warned
that the attacks would get worse as the disease progressed and I would probably
go completely deaf in my left ear and that it might go across to the other
ear. I started a lip reading course
immediately and as I had always wanted to travel, I started travelling the
world, blocking out my fear. My first trip was to New
Zealand and Australia via Hong Kong. I
must admit that I was terrified because I had a very severe Meniere’s attack
lasting three weeks before I went and as I was doing the first leg of the
journey on my own, and having a 3-day trip to the Barrier Reef on my own at the
end of the holiday, I did question my sanity a few times. However, with the help of Halls Mentholated
sweets to clear my airways on the ascent and descent of flights (a brilliant
tip), I coped really well. I also put a
note in my passport to warn people just in case I had an attack while I was on
my own, that I was not drunk or on drugs! I have always believed in the quotation “feel the fear and do it
anyway!” but The Bowen Technique has been the answer to my prayers! I have always felt that if you have the
tools (Bowen) to deal with things, and I am still learning more tools, then you
can cope with whatever life throws at you!
- August 2007 Contents
provided by the European School of Bowen Studies (ECBS)
For
further details about the Bowen Technique please contact Karen on 01954 260 982
/ 07714 995 299 or email [email protected] |
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