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The Bowen Technique Peripheral Neuropathy
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Today’s
Therapist
International
Trade Journal - Issue 32
Jan Feb 2005
The Bowen Technique
Peripheral Neuropathy by
Janie Godfrey
Peripheral Neuropathy is a general term
that is used to indicate functional disturbances and/or pathological changes in
the peripheral nervous system. There are
believed to be in excess of one hundred different causes of peripheral
neuropathy and in many who are diagnosed with this, doctors have not been able
to determine the underlying cause. When
the causes of the peripheral neuropathy are known, they include things such as diabetes mellitus, HIV, nutritional
deficiency, and neurotoxic effects resulting from certain prescribed treatments
or therapies.
The symptoms of peripheral neuropathy often
affect the arms and legs and depending on the type of neuropathy, a person may
have muscle weakness, paralysis or chronic neuropathic pain which would include
things like numbness, sensory disturbance, pins & needles, burning
sensations etc. In addition, people have reported other
effects that include fatigue, memory retention deficit, mood swings, swallowing
difficulty, acid reflux/generalised stomach complaints, and a general lack of
co-ordination, position sense and manual dexterity. Symptoms tend to
vary depending upon the location and types of nerves affected but for many the
reality of dealing with the condition not only necessitates
a change in their own lifestyle but also has a knock on effect on the
family.
Although The
Bowen Technique is primarily thought of as a treatment for musculoskeletal
problems, the readers of this column will know by now that the effects of Bowen
treatment go way beyond just treating muscles in spasm and affect other levels
of the body’s systems. Bowen
also seems to open up neural pathways that have been closed down by a pain
response and/or inflammation. People
frequently report that symptoms such as tingling or numbness diminish or
disappear. Weakness in the limbs and/or
loss of position sense are also diminished or resolved, at least for periods of
time and even this respite can be of immense relief and reassurance.
CASE
HISTORY – DIABETIC NEUROPATHY Steve (late
30’s) is a very serious diabetic who needs to measure his blood sugar
hourly. He was brought to a Bowen
therapist one evening quite late. His head was resting on his left shoulder and
his shoulder had come up to meet the head. He was in great pain, and had been
for a couple of weeks. He also had a severe headache, which felt like a
"cap" on his head. He couldn’t
be touched on any part of the left shoulder and scapula as the pain was too
great.
He had had
an industrial accident at work some time before and had been under the
specialist and physio department and had made good progress. Then suddenly, for
no particular reason, his head started to collapse to the state it was in when
he arrived for Bowen treatment.
It took 1 ½ hours
to do the Bowen treatment that normally would take no more than 30
minutes. In fact, the area was in such
pain that some of the moves could only be made by the therapist merely
“drawing” them with his fingertip on the skin to create the gentle stimulation
of a normal move. He also did some
extra work on Steve’s head for the headache. By the end of the treatment that night, the headache had reduced to 40%
and the pain in the shoulder area had become concentrated on several specific
points...i.e. a change which offered some encouragement to Steve, as he had
arrived expecting nothing. By his third treatment, Steve’s head was approximately 70% upright, and
the shoulder down a bit. The headache had virtually gone and so had the nausea
he had developed. When he eventually saw the specialist again, he was 80% better. He
was sent to Physio. There, she used a laser treatment on the specific areas of
pain. This gave relief for 30 minutes and then the pain returned to 100% of his
original, Day 1, pain. The following
week, she put him on a Tens machine to kill the pain but his reaction was
so great that within 4 hours he was hospitalised. He was in hospital for a week and came out a
mess. He saw the Bowen therapist 5 days
later and by this time he was calmer.
He responded very quickly and the vomiting from which he had been
suffering stopped and he recovered.
Steve continues to have Bowen treatment from time to time. However, he recently had a bout of
severe sickness after having a scan at the hospital. Bowen, again, settled him quickly. It seems that Bowen is the
only treatment that has a positive effect for
Steve.
© 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.
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] |
Categories
- Helping Yourself (1)
- R.S.I. (Repetitive Strain Injury) (1)
- Noses (1)
- Respiratory Problems (1)
- Peripheral Neuropathy (1)
- Pelvic Area (2)
- Parkinson's Disease (2)
- Panic Attacks (1)
- Palliative Care (1)
- Nervous System (1)
- Neck Pain (2)
- Multiple Sclerosis (1)
- Strokes (1)
- Tachycardia (1)
- Brain Mapping (1)
- Babies (1)
- ADHD (1)
- Body Imbalance (2)
- Case Studies (2)
- Bear Grylls' Battle with Back Pain (1)
- Pregnancy (2)
- The Tom Bowen Story (3)
- Asthma (2)
- Tinnitus (1)
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- Memory & Emotional Release (1)
- Eczema (1)
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- Sinusitis (4)
- Hydrocephalis and Hemiplegia (1)
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