Bowen Therapy Technique For Parkinson's

"People with chronic disabilities such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, MS, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and arthritis have shown a gradual improvement in the condition and also in quality of life. It is always worth trying the Bowen Technique because in many cases it has been known to trigger surprising and unexpected recoveries when nothing else has worked."

In 1995, John Coleman was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease by five practitioners (including three medical practitioners). By August 1995, John was suffering from Stage IV Parkinson's Disease and early Multi-System Atrophy, had lost his power of speech, was unable to walk 5 metres without assistance, and took an hour and a half to get dressed. Severely dissatisfied with western medical treatment and prognosis, John decided to pursue other methods.

With the aid of Bowen Therapy, (and other complementary therapies, such as homeopathy), John was completely symptom free by April 1998.

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The story of John Coleman and the miraculous results of turning to natural and alternative healing methods to cure himself of Parkinson's Disease.

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CASE STUDIES
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OL

OL was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1997, at 76 years of age, and prescribed 1500mcg Permax daily with Domperidone as needed for subsequent nausea. By January 1999, OL suffered extreme muscle rigidity, was unable to walk without a walking stick plus his wife's help, and needed great assistance to climb onto, and turn on my massage table. He fell frequently, could not turn his head at all, experienced severe cramps in his neck and legs, had uncontrollable tremor in both arms and one leg, could not turn over in bed, fell out of bed often, was incontinent and chronically constipated. He was withdrawn, tired and found communication difficult.

OL commenced Bowen therapy. At first, his progress was frustratingly slow but, over several months, he began to walk without assistance, then without his stick. He gained movement in his neck, slept better and took a much more active part in life.

By March 2000, after 14 months, OL was walking almost normally, was very active, free from cramps, slept normally, had resolved his incontinence and constipation. His tremor was greatly reduced and continued to improve.

GB is a 76 year old lady who was diagnosed with Stage I Parkinson's disease in 1996. By the time she attended RETURN TO STILLNESS in September 1999, her disease had progressed although she remained positive in outlook. At this time, her symptoms were tremor in her right hand at rest, uncoordinated walk, hypertension, loss of taste and partial bowel incontinence. GB found social interaction difficult as she was shy and embarrassed about her symptoms. Her daily medication was Madopar 200/50 three times daily (with the option of a fourth if she was going out until late in the evening), Parlodel 5 mg - ½ tablet twice daily, Tritace (for hypertension) - ½ tablet daily, plus HRT.

GB commenced Bowen Therapy to assist with her walk and continued this on a fortnightly basis. By Christmas 1999, GB was feeling more secure in her walk, her incontinence had improved significantly, she had stopped her Parlodel and reduced the Madopar to 2 or 3 daily at need.

KJ is a 63 year old man diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1990. He attended RETURN TO STILLNESS in December 1998 with the following symptoms: tremor in right hand, tremor in both legs, rigidity in neck (especially right side), frequent leg cramps at night (worse right side), rigidity in both hips and knees, constant "head nodding", excessive salivation, masked expression, great fatigue, inability to assist around the home or go for walks, poor socialization.

His medication at this time was Sinemet and Parlodel three times daily. Artane was added in December but caused hallucinations and, fortunately, was discontinued.

By May 1999, his hand tremor had virtually disappeared, his legs were flexible with very slight tremor when his hip was passively rotated but otherwise still, salivation was significantly reduced, and he had resumed mowing the lawns and taking regular walks. His sense of humor began to return.

“I have been treating a gentleman aged 85 who has Parkinson’s which affects his hands - they tingle like chilblains - and his balance

I did one treatment, then two weeks later two treatments with four days between. After the first treatment, his hands stopped tingling and he doesn't need to apply his special cream to them, and he seems to be able to walk better.”

“I treated a lady with Parkinson’s with good results. She presented with very limited movement in her arms (particularly her left) and was unable to carry out many basic tasks. She had been unable to work for many months, was very depressed and felt that she had exhausted all avenues of therapy.

Memory was also a problem along with her ability to describe or recall how she had felt in the days before and after having treatments. Pain in her shoulders prevented her from sleeping for more than about an hour at a time.

Over the weeks, she experienced an improvement in the tension she'd previously felt in her muscles. She had a huge change in her outlook and eventually returned to work. On her last visit she was still experiencing some pain but was able to carry out most day to day tasks.”