INJURY PREVENTION

subsequent two years of his career. Now a qualified Bowen therapist, Gibson has no doubts about the profound role that Bowen can play in the effective prevention and management of injury.

Figure 4: Bowen Knee Procedure

had increased ‘massively.’ ‘The amount of work I have to do with Bowen is significantly less for the same results com- pared to my traditional treatments compa- rable to what I normally do,’ Burke says.

It’s early days for Burke as he only start- ed his Bowen Technique training

in

January 2007, yet Bowen already accounts for around 20% of his work. And word is spreading. “I’d like to think that as the rugby season starts, I can be doing 80% of my hamstring work using Bowen. It will certainly make life easier.”

An uninjured athlete is quite simply the one that has the edge over the competi- tion. If the average loss to training is 12% of competition time, then reducing

Neil Gibson was a Team Great Britain pentathlete before a misdiagnosed injury resulted in drastic and unnecessary surgery. A pelvic imbalance had left him with a leg length difference of nearly two inches. After six Bowen sessions, he had returned to training, was back on the team and continued to represent his country at international level. In addition he was able to train fully without losing a single day of training to injury over the

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this element by 50% is a massive boost. Reducing it further - as has been seen with regular Bowen treatments - can mean that a competitor is spending more time concentrating on fitness levels, has greater commitment and therefore the enhanced ability to compete.

From a team perspective it can make the difference between success and failure. In football, the common complaint by the end of January is the level of injuries that a club carries and the subsequent lack of players available for selection. Anecdotal evidence from those involved suggests that Bowen in particular could be just the tool to reduce this problem.

If we mean what we say when we talk about sports medicine, then we are duty bound to explore the health option rather than concentrating solely on problem solving. The paradigm shift is waiting to happen.

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