Accident, trauma and injury

Lovely little Lola, a French Bulldog puppy, ran full speed through an open door and didn’t clear the ledge with her right hind leg. For a week she dragged a totally limp back right leg around behind her unable to mobilise it at all. She was lined up through the vets to see a neurology specialist when she came for treatment with me. Lola presented with impact trauma in the right hind knee and secondary trauma in the low spine. After two sessions of Bowen Technique Lola was back to using her injured leg 75% and after a few more treatments she recovered fully, without the need to see the neurology specialist, and is still running around a year later as if nothing had ever been wrong.

Penny ran full throttle under an iron bar gate and bashed her lower back. Penny presented with an even and bouncy walking gait but when stood the backs of her legs looked like they were collapsing, in pain? Her sacrum had a deep indentation where the iron gate had hit, yet her sacral plate, sacroiliac joints, and skin were intact and stable. There was substantial soft tissue swelling throughout the sacral area, and all was tender to touch. Penny had three Bowen treatments in all to return her tissues to a state of full recovery and ease.

Penny had been grabbed by the throat and ‘ragged’ by another dog. In the attack her neck had been ripped open. After veterinary care for the wounds Penny came for treatment to help rehabilitate the muscles in her neck. Her wounds had healed well but the muscles under the skin were still traumatised and muscle fibres and fascia were in a chaotic arrangement, with extensive scar tissue throughout. After 3 Bowen treatments Penny’s neck tissues became more congruent and functional but still had a little way to go before full function would return. Her muscle and fascia are well integrated today.

Ratty one day started yelping in pain when she moved. Ratty had been to the vets and the owner was concerned their 12 year old dog was in so much distress they may have to be put down. Ratty had been put on painkillers which had taken the edge off her distress but she still yelped especially when getting off the bed or when going down steps. Ratty presented with soreness in her cervical spine and tender triceps and had a large swelling under left armpit. After the first Bowen treatment calmed the surrounding soft tissues it became clear that Ratty had in fact damaged her L shoulder which was referring pain into her cervical spine. Two further Bowen treatments returned the tissues around the left shoulder to normal function and Ratty was then referred back to her vet to address the now much smaller lump that remained under her armpit.

Ben a Ginger tom cat was brought in for treatment presenting with his right hind foot dragging on the floor. Ben had had an accident months earlier and still couldn’t flex his foot to stand and vets had recommended to the owner amputating Ben’s leg to enable him to move around with more ease. Ben received only two Bowen treatments to restore the full mobility of his foot. Years later he still has four legs and is living happily with full mobility.

Walter presented with severe muscle wasting of hind L hip. He had not put weight through that leg since his accident and surgery 6 months earlier. Walter was very nervous, and presented with shock and trauma in the tissues throughout the left hip and leg and whole pelvic region. After two treatments the trauma started to be assimilated by the body and Walter started to gain confidence in his leg but was still reluctant to place much weight onto it. It took 12 Bowen treatments, 4 Heat Treatments (moxibustion), and an intensive routine of exercises carried out with incredible dedication by his owner Maz over 6 months to get Walter back onto his L leg and he now runs around in true Whippet form, fast and furious, on all four legs, full of the joys of life.