Physical Therapy

Before all this started, I would irregularly have wonderful massage sessions with M, a physical therapist expertly trained in the "McTimoney-Corley Spinal Therapy" technique (a means of massaging the head, spine and limbs), at the end of which my aches and pains would be largely banished.

I highly recommend it as a gentle, non-manipulative therapy for calming "everything"!

But post Christmas, I've discovered something even more amazing - yesterday, and every few weeks I go back to M for a session in which he uses the Bowen Technique. 

Now, you probably know I'm an engineer, brought up in the tradition of cause-and-effect, where the cause can be as measurable as the effect.  So imagine my initial reaction during my first Bowen session - just like homoeopathy and it's in-credible dilutions, the treatment's interaction with me is minimal and incredibly subtle; the lightest of touches and prolonged periods of no interaction at all...  but the effect is electrifying!  After an hour, I can honestly say I am as relaxed, calm and as "well" as I could ever imagine...

I now totally understand why it's listed in the clinic's "complementary therapies" leaflet - definitely something to recommend for anyone "stressed", whether physically or mentally.  Next, I might try Reiki!

(And, for the avoidance of doubt, I have been successfully treated by homoeopathy; over 20 years ago when I was "cured" of a dreadful allergy.   Whatever the underlying reason, that allergy has not returned.)