Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a problem of the wrists. The median nerve that runs through the middle of the wrist and the carpal bones is compressed. In the tunnel that the median runs is also a group

of tendons that are covered by the transverse ligament. Carpal Tunnel is caused by the

swelling of the membranes that surround and lubricate the tendons as they glide in the tunnel.

A common cause of carpal tunnel syndrome is repetitive motion of the hands and fingers

(i.e. typing, graphic work on pc's, factory work).

The symptoms can be:

• Numbness in the hand and/or finger tips
• Disturbed sleep
• Pain in the hand or wrist which occurs with the use of the hand
• Pins and needles in the finger tips
• Radiating pain in the forearm
• Symptoms generally worsen at night

Usually people with carpal tunnel cannot touch there thumb and pinkie together.

How can Bowen Therapy help with this?

For years now Bowen Therapy has saved numerous wrists from being surgically operated on. We have a specific procedure called the 'carpal tunnel' procedure. This procedure relaxes the muscles in the forearm allowing for greater blood flow throughout the arm. This releases the pressure on the median nerve. There are also several other procedures which work around the hand, wrist and arm which treats carpal tunnel. Many clients have had great success with all symptoms disapearing permanently after only 3 or 4 sessions of Bowen Therapy.

Bowen Therapy has saved many wrists from surgery. For those suffering with carpal tunnel Bowen Therapy is a cheap and extremely effective treatment that may just save your wrist from the knife.

Martine your Bowen Therapist

Available now Equine Bowen Thereapy

For the past 2 years I have been traveling to a little place called Tiaro (about 45 min out of Gympie).

This is where I had to go to learn how to do Bowen on Horses, or also called EMRT, Equine Muscle Release Therapy.

It’s a very rewarding thing to be able to help those four legged friends of ours that work so hard for us.

I have found the horses seem to love the treatment. It would calm them down and afterward some of them followed me around like a puppy that was quite funny.

I like to thank everyone that has allowed me to treat their horses for my case studies, without them I wouldn’t have been able to graduate.

The Bowen works the same on horses as on humans; the Bowen moves give the body the message of how the body can heal itself.

Unlike with some other therapies where the body is manipulated and put into place, the Bowen allows the body to realign itself.

I have people tell me all the time that when they have had some sort of treatment it only last a couple of days and then they are back to what they were before the treatment.

This is because the muscles have muscle memory, this means the muscles go back into the same state as what they were before the treatment, and this might take a couple of days.

Because the Bowen allows the muscles to go back to their correct position the muscle memory is no longer an issue.

Usually people feel better after the treatment, and in most cases it takes a couple of days before they feel the full effects of the treatment, ones the body has realigned itself it is more likely to stay that way, because the body has realigned itself instead of having been manipulated into realignment.

If you have any questions or want to book an appointment please ring me.

Martine your Bowen Therapist