Breathe easy with Bowen

Today is World Asthma Day, and yesterday kicked off Asthma Awareness Week, a public health event that doesn’t often get the coverage it deserves.

 

Asthma is a common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways and symptoms include wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and shortness of breath.

 

There are currently 5.4 million people in the UK receiving treatment for asthma; the disorder has been significantly more prevalent since the 1970s.

 

 

 

An acute asthma exacerbation, commonly known as an asthma attack, can be a very scary experience.

 

Signs which occur during an asthma attack could include the use of accessory muscles of respiration, a paradoxical pulse (a pulse that is weaker during inhalation and stronger during exhalation), and over-inflation of the chest.

 

A blue colour of the skin and nails may occur from lack of oxygen also.

 

This means that an asthma sufferer’s quality of life and day-to-day living can be severely affected by the respiratory disorder.

 

The Bowen Technique is a complementary therapy renowned for helping with asthma symptoms.

 

With primarily fingers and thumbs, the Bowen practitioner makes small, rolling movements over muscles, tendons, ligaments and soft tissue at precise points on the body, using only the amount of pressure appropriate for that individual. No hard-tissue manipulation or force is needed or used.

 

Bowen triggers the body’s own healing systems i.e. Rather than 'making' the body change, Bowen 'asks' the body to recognise the ailment and make the changes it requires.

 

Between each set of moves, the body is allowed to rest for a few minutes, to allow it to absorb the information it has received and initiate the healing process.

 

As Bowen is both very gentle and non-invasive, there is no danger in using it with asthma and other respiratory conditions.

 

The treatment can reduce the severity of attacks, and has given some sufferers very effective results that last.

 

What the technique does achieve very often is the release of tightness in the chest which aids both asthmatics and other respiratory sufferers.

 

To read some testimonials from asthma sufferers who have had brilliant results from Bowen click here

 

If you have asthma and are interested in how Bowen Therapy can help you visit the website to find a Bowen therapist near you or call 0844 561 7173.