South-West Homeopath & Bowen Technique practitioner Paul Black is being called on by patients who are looking for a holistic way to sprint back to good health following sporting injuries.
Returning to
sport after a gap can test old injuries and niggles in back, hip and leg
muscles. Bowen Technique helps remove
tension and pain, giving improved flexibility, making it easier to return and
to continue participation in sporting activities. Homeopathic medicines also support the
healing process by reducing inflammation and promoting repair in sprains and
strains.
In the 2010
Winter Olympics, one in every 10 athletes sustained an injury, said a report in
the British Journal of Sports Medicine, with the most common ailments being
bruising, torn ligaments and muscular strain.
Well known
sports personalities are among the six million users of Homeopathy in the UK,
including soccer star David Beckham, tennis stars Boris Becker and Martina
Navratilova, and rugby player Will Greenwood.
Bowen Technique is a firm favourite of adventurer Bear Grylls who, after
using it to recover from breaking his back during SAS parachute training, now
describes himself as “hooked” on the therapy.
Paul said:
“In my Portishead & Weston practices there is a great interest in holistic
healthcare, and people often turn to Bowen Technique or Homeopathy for help in
recovering from injuries. Homeopathic
medicines (known as remedies) have long been used to treat simple
sports-related problems, the most well known being Arnica, traditionally used
for bruising and muscular soreness. Ruta is commonly used in sprains and
strains. As a keen runner and sailor
with local Portishead clubs I have personal experience of using the therapies
to sustain my own sporting fitness and that of other club members.”
“I would
normally expect to see noticeable improvement after just 3 treatments”,
explained Paul. He offers a £10 discount
if 3 treatments are booked and paid for at the first session. If you would like
to book treatment or know more about how Bowen Technique or Homeopathy can help
you with your own participation in sport, please contact Paul Black on 07449 547406.
Notes
Homeopathy: is a holistic medicine which uses
specially prepared, highly diluted substances (given mainly in tablet form)
with the aim of triggering the body’s own healing mechanisms. Treatment is
individualised, with prescriptions being chosen according to the patient’s
specific set of symptoms.
Evidence-based: It is often said that there is ‘no
scientific evidence’ that homeopathy works. This is not the case. More research
is welcomed, but there are already high-quality randomised clinical trials
demonstrating that homeopathy is clinically effective beyond placebo. See
www.homeopathy-soh-org/research for a summary.
Professional: The Society of Homeopaths is the
largest body of professional homeopaths in Europe. Established in 1978, it has
1,400 registered members, who are fully insured and have agreed to practise and
abide by a strict Code of Ethics & Practice.
– Abstract from The effects of the Bowen
Technique on hamstring flexibility over time: A randomised controlled trial – summary of Coventry
University, taken from subsequent publication in the Journal of Bodywork and
Movement Therapies:
The hamstring muscles are
regularly implicated in recurrent injuries, movement dysfunction and low back
pain. Links between limited flexibility and development of neuromusculoskeletal
symptoms are frequently reported. The Bowen Technique is used to treat many
conditions including lack of flexibility. The study set out to investigate the
effect of the Bowen Technique on hamstring flexibility over time.
An assessor-blind, prospective,
randomised controlled trial was performed on 120 asymptomatic volunteers.
Participants were randomly allocated into a control group or Bowen group. Three
flexibility measurements occurred over one week, using an active knee extension
test. The intervention group received a single Bowen treatment. A repeated
measures univariate analysis of variance, across both groups for the three time
periods, revealed significant within-subject and between-subject differences
for the Bowen group. Continuing increases in flexibility levels were observed
over one week. No significant change over time was noted for the control group.
