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by Deanne Pearson Renowned for his outspoken comments, broadcaster and former Express editor Derek Jameson waxed lyrical about the Bowen Technique when it was first introduced to Britain in the early Nineties. Having suffered with a frozen shoulder for years, he was "absolutely flabbergasted" when just a few sessions of this gentle, hands-on therapy resolved the problem. His wife Ellen was so impressed she decided to train as a practitioner. The Bowen Technique was developed in the Fifties by a remarkable Australian called Thomas Ambrose Bowen, who had no formal education and previously worked as a laborer. So successful was his technique that, by the late Seventies, he was treating 13,000 patients a year with conditions ranging from bad backs, sports injuries and other musculo-skeletal disorders to asthma, hay fever, migraine, infant colic, menstrual and fertility problems. What happens Receiving or watching someone have a Bowen treatment, it is difficult to understand how it can be so effective. Practitioners use fingers and thumbs to make light rolling movements across muscles, ligaments, tendons and energy points (including those used in acupuncture) on the body - the pressure being no greater than an eyeball could comfortable withstand. This is said to create energy surges which prompt the body to "reprogram" and heal itself. "These impulses send messages to the brain, which investigates the problem and then sets about rectifying it," says practitioner Julian Baker, who was the first to start practicing and teaching the therapy in this country and now runs the European College of Bowen Studies. Patients are treated wither sitting or lying down and don't have to remove their clothes. After each movement the therapist leaves the room for about 10 minutes to allow the patient's body to "digest" the information it has been given. "We see ourselves as facilitators, not healers," says Julian. "It's the patient's own body that does the work." A response - and sometimes a complete resolution of the problem - is often generated in two or three sessions, which will always be at least a week apart. What it can do for you Sports physiotherapist Helen Kinnear recently completed a controlled study of 200 patients with frozen shoulder, all of whom thought they were receiving Bowen therapy. After four sessions, half of those who had fake treatment had an average eight degree improvement in shoulder flexibility, while two-thirds of the real Bowen group had an average 23 degree improvement. In another study of 20 patients with fibromyalgia (chronic muscle pain), conducted by Dr. Joanne Whitaker at the American College of Rheumatology, almost all reported immediate relief lasting from a few days to months. For some, regular treatment has prevented a recurrence. "Bowen can produce startlingly good results in certain circumstances," says retired orthopedic surgeon Sandy Birnie, who is trained in the technique. "I have seen four cases of chronic tennis elbow completely resolved in about 10 minutes and have recently used it to successfully treat five whiplash injuries." Patients may often find other ailments, such as digestive, respiratory and sleep problems improving after Bowen treatment. The technique is so gentle it can be used on babies, pregnant women, the elderly and disabled. © Express Newspapers,
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