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The Bowen Technique - Multiple Sclerosis
Posted on 13 January, 2013 at 15:36 |
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Today’s Therapist International Trade Journal - Issue 34 May June 2005 The Bowen Technique - Multiple Sclerosis by Janie Godfrey
Bowen practitioner Lesley
Coombes believes that multiple sclerosis patients receive a number of benefits
from Bowen Technique treatment. She
herself has MS and in her own experience, Bowen assists with muscle spasm
problems, fatigue and in the bowel/bladder problems that are common not only in
those who are incapacitated, i.e., wheel chair bound. Both bladder and bowel incontinence are also
common in those who have the relapsing-remitting form of MS and Bowen can
assist with both the frequency and urge forms of this, using the relevant lower
back Bowen procedures. This can mean the
difference between waking several times throughout the night (thereby upsetting
sleep.....essential for repair) and sleeping straight through the night.
Bowen seems to be very
helpful for MS patients who have considerable pain and periods of disability as
in the relapsing-remitting form of the disease. Confused nerve signals are going to what isn’t working and Lesley
believes that Bowen’s effect on the nervous system puts it back on as even a
keel as possible more quickly than the body could if left to its own
devices. For those that are recovering
from a relapse and the nerve damage /incapacitation that results, Lesley
strongly feels that the Bowen moves can open up neural pathways that have been
closed down by a pain response and inflammation and it thereby aids the speed
of recovery.
The Bowen Technique is
known to help boost the immune system in people who are prone to frequent colds
and illness. The leading theory about
the cause of MS is that it is an autoimmune disease. So Bowen may well help the body to bring more
balance to an overactive immune system and thereby cut down the frequency,
potency or damage of MS attacks.
Case History: Primary progressive MS woman mid 30’s
with 3 boys - given 2 years to live
(summer 02) E.C.B.S. teacher
and Bowen therapist Joy West first saw Mary after her diagnosis and at that
stage she was unable to walk unaided, had practically lost her speech and had
no upper body strength. Mary did not
wish to take the prescribed medication but instead chose to go on a gluten and
dairy free diet. Joy sent her for
an assessment and treatment at an immunological/wellness clinic in the Czech
Republic and she started an intensive programme of nutritional support.
Joy saw her again
after two months and then began weekly treatments with Bowen. While she was already beginning to show some
signs of improvement, with the addition of the Bowen treatments there was rapid
improvement in all areas.
When Mary first
came, she had to check where her feet were visually to get them over the end of
the bed but by the third treatment, she could get on the bed and know where her
feet were through the normal functioning of positional body knowledge. Her speech had come back and was fluent with
only the occasional missed word – usually speech is the most difficult thing to
get back. After three Bowen treatments,
she was able to walk unaided and had begun to play the piano again. Thereafter, she was able to come to her
appointments without a carer to help her (although she is always driven by
someone else, as she is not safe to drive yet).
Mary’s consultant
is completely bemused: his first thought
was that there had been a misdiagnosis, but they reviewed all the scans and it
is certain that she was not misdiagnosed, as the lesions are clear on the original
scans. Mary has not had a recent scan to
see if these have changed. The
consultant’s advice to Mary was: “I
don’t know what you are doing, but keep on doing it”.
Mary’s
improvement has been remarkable and she is particularly aware of this when she
goes to the physio clinic for exercises and sees other MS patients
deteriorating. For her, the combination
of a change in her diet coupled with regular Bowen treatment has made an
enormous difference to the progression of the MS.
© E.C.B.S
Janie
Godfrey is a Bowen Technique practitioner in Frome and has been in practice
since 1998. She also works part time at
the European College of Bowen Studies office.
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provided by the European School of Bowen Studies (ECBS)
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further details about the Bowen Technique please contact Karen on 01954 260 982
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