Upper Back Pain

Injury and Upper Back Pain

Here’s a brief overview of our approach to solving this kind of injury and upper back pain at the Functional Health Clinic:   Check out the three images as we go through.   PRE – My client came in to clinic with an 8-9/10 high level stabbing and constant pain in their upper back (left[…]

Left Knee Pain

Left Knee Pain

Let’s take a look at a client case of left knee pain in clinic. What would you do? You’re experiencing chronic knee pain or you’re a Practitioner who helps people solve knee pain. What steps would you take? There are many different ways to achieve success in this case.  There are many valid assessments, therapies,[…]

Bowen Therapy Technique

BODYWORK – Bowen Therapy

Bowen Therapy or The Bowen Technique is a hands-on method that acts on the soft tissue (fascia) of the body.  It can be very light in pressure and is applied to specific points on the body in order to achieve a range of different responses. There are many valuable forms of Bodywork and we’ve explored the[…]

coccyx_asymmetry

Coccyx Release and Knee Pain….Case Study Excerpt

[….Case Study Excerpt] The Coccyx is located at the very bottom of the spine (the ‘tail bone’) and it can be very influential with regards to pain and function on many levels.  If you’ve every ‘slipped and banged’ your coccyx you will know how tender and bruised it can be.  Yet – it can still[…]

Cervical Cranial Muscles Brain Fog

Connective Tissues and the Dura

Connective Tissues: Muscles, Fascia, Tendons, Ligaments and Skin. …..Excerpt from Martin’s Case Study:  Read more about the connective tissues and the dura here. …..Anatomically there are lots of different muscles and tissues to label here.  So we’ll stick to discussing the ones that had most relevance in this Case Study on brain fog and fatigue.[…]

Paranasal Sinuses Brain Fog

Initial Sinus Clear Out…..Excerpt

The Initial Sinus Clear-out and Alleviated Brain Fog! …..Excerpt from Case Study:  Read more about the sinus clear out and the full version here. Would you believe that it took only one session of Bodywork (The Bowen Technique) to almost completely alleviate the Brain Fog, headaches and sense of pressure in his head? The brain[…]

Video Functional Health Brain Fog Case Study
Therapeutic Modalities

Therapeutic Modalities applied…..Case Study Excerpt

Martin worked with me for 6 months Let’s introduce the Therapeutic Modalities that he embraced to achieve some outstanding results: [……….Case Study Excerpt] STRUCTURAL INTEGRATION The first of the Therapeutic Modalities does what it says on the tin.  Hands-on bodywork that helps to integrate and align the structure and tissues of the body.  When we enhance the form,[…]

Paranasal Sinuses Brain Fog

CASE STUDY // Chronic Brain Fog and Fatigue

Martin’s Story of Chronic Brain Fog and Fatigue Martin’s first email to me about his chronic brain fog and fatigue started quite dramatically: “I now have chronic brain fog and fatigue, but where to start……….I’m 58 now and up to my diagnosis of Coeliac Disease aged 8 I had chronic diarrhoea and stomach pain” It’s fair to say[…]

Sciatic Pain

IN CLINIC: Sciatic Pain

  sciatic pain [ sahy-at-i-kuh ] – “Condition characterized by pain going down the leg from the lower back. This pain may go down the back, outside, or front of the leg” – Here is some clinical insight for anyone experiencing Sciatic pain.  Find out how ‘D’ alleviated their sharp, stabbing hip and shooting leg pain[…]

Hormonal Balance

TESTIMONIAL // Irina’s Integrated Hormonal Balance Connection

Irina was only a client for 3 months, yet it feels like we could write a whole book on the intricacies and connections of the impact and improvements to her wellbeing and vitality.  Especially her integrated hormonal balance connection. Read Irina’s testimonial below to hear how she finally pushed her health forward after 17 years[…]

Chronic Ear Infections

CASE STUDY // UNRAVELLING CHRONIC EAR INFECTIONS, GUT HEALTH AND MORE

Fiona came to see me towards the end of 2017.  In her mid-twenties it had been 5 years since she had felt in good health.  As she described her chronic ear infections and gut health challenges it became clear how complex her case would be. Integrated Functional and Medical Approach So far Fiona had run[...]
Fascial Web

The Awareness of the Fascial System and Bowen Therapy

I often get asked what is Bowen Therapy and how does it work? There are many ways to answer this question – just like for any bodywork, manual or structural integration therapy. Fascial Release It’s sometimes referred to as a fascial release technique. Fascia is a connective tissue that runs through and gives our body’s[…]

Chronic Ear Infections

TESTIMONIAL / UNRAVELLING CHRONIC EAR INFECTIONS, GUT HEALTH AND MORE!

Fiona’s situation looked complex when she contacted me.  She was experiencing debilitating symptoms (e.g. chronic ear infections) and had been critically ill in hospital.  But having reviewed her health and medical history and timeline it looked like we could raise her ceiling of potential.  There were some simple and significant steps that had not yet[…]

Bowen Therapy, Back Pain and Pain Meds

I had the opportunity to work with James regarding his long-standing back pain of many years.  His experiencing is an interesting one and appears to be a great example of how he was able to change and leverage several factors that were keeping him in a vicious cycle (e.g. pain, movement, medications, toxicity, congestion, sleep,[…]

Chronic Pain Patient and Bowen

“When I first came across The Bowen Technique I was skeptical. How could something so non-invasive and subtle be of any use! Particularly as I had been in such a lot of back pain for about 6months. Yet – within a week my pain had reduced by 50% and after two sessions, for the first[…]