Vivienne Boyes MBTER

Testimonials and Case Studies

S.M. – female aged 38 – BACK ACHE, SHOULDER ACHE, STIFF NECK. PELVIC TILT.

Presented with upper back ache when standing too long, pain in shoulders, and stiff neck and lower back ache. Poor posture and a slight pelvic tilt.
Wanted to improve her horse riding by being able to relax and feel more open and free and less restricted. After three treatments wrote to me,
“I sat on my seat bones and was able to wrap my legs round Bill and feel balanced and relaxed.
This morning (8am) I had my riding lesson and it was one of the best ever for both of us. Angela our teacher said so too. I did most of the hour without stirrups and was able to walk and trot on the bit nicely and got Bill cantering too. (Trot to canter is my difficult thing) I felt more secure in my seat and balance.”
Bowen has definitely made a difference to my lower back, I feel that my back is too curved, which forces my seat forward on my horse, which means my pelvis is tilted forward, causing a forked seat, rather than sitting with my weight equally distributed on my seat-bones. After the pelvis procedure, my lower back feels less curved and more flat, helping improve my posture, and no longer gives me lower back ache when laying flat.”

MB – MALE AGED 51 – WEAKNESS IN RIGHT HAND. PAINS IN LEFT LEG.

I have had two sessions of treatment from Viv to help resolve two problems for me:
   • Weakness in my right hand
   • Pains in my left leg
The problem in my hand appears to have been totally resolved - I had experienced the weakness for some months, and my leg is not in pain anywhere near as much”.

N.R. – Female aged 16. – HEADACHES, SHOULDER AND LOWER BACK PAIN. SCIATIC PAIN.

Extract from letter to me:
“When I went to have my first Bowen treatment I presented myself with bad neck problems causing bad head aches about 6-7 times a week, left shoulder pain, and daily occurrences of lower back pain causing great discomfort. Sciatic pains in both legs which occur when I sit down for long periods of time, or stand up for long periods of time.
Working with horses incurs activities which cannot be avoided, for example, back breaking poo-picking in the field and mucking out the horses. Those particular activities have caused me great pain to the lower back, when you muck out 15 stables in a row, your back begins to hurt. After a days work my back pain would reach on the scale of 1-10 a bold 10.

After the first treatment: My shoulder pain was gone completely and my leg pains had subsided a little. My lower back pain was virtually the same as before. I had headaches still but not so long and as painful as before.

After the second treatment: My back pain and leg pain had subsided a lot, and the sciatic pain in one leg had gone completely but was still present in the other leg. My neck pains were greatly reduced and I now only had a few headaches a week which was a great relief for me.

After the third treatment: My lower back pain had gone and my leg pain that was left in one leg was nearly gone and hardly surfacing unlike before when it was a constant throbbing pain. My headaches and neck pain had nearly disappeared, I was having 6-7 bad headaches a week and now I have had only 1-2 which is amazing not to be restricted all the time by headaches.

I really feel it has benefited me because my lower back pain was unbearable at times, and even physiotherapy could not help that pain. People who do not have horses do not understand that you cannot take a break from horses for a week because of your back pain, when you have horses you just have to get on with it and worry about the pain once they are fed and mucked out. After each treatment I left feeling relaxed and soothed, forgetting all the worries I had. It has worked and I would definitely recommend it to anybody with any sort of pain from first had experience."

L.L. Female Aged – 70. DEBILITATING BACK PAIN. GP DIAGNOSED MUSCULAR/SKELETAL DISORDER AND SUGGESTED PHYSIOTHERAPY.

After the first treatment, the patient suffered from indigestion for a few hours, from then on she described her week as Magic, the stabbing pain has gone and not returned. Feels much less stressed, instead of getting upset, she has found herself laughing over things that go wrong. Her energy is much better, and she is not suffering from the dips in energy where she needed to rest. She describes her days as gentle and peaceful.
After the second treatment, the stabbing pain had still not returned, and she had no indigestion after the treatment. No stress headaches and her neck had improved. Has not required a single paracetamol since starting treatment. When asked about her weak shoulders and pins and needles, it transpired these had now gone away, and the pins and needles in her left hand, which she had not mentioned to me before. After her third treatment, she wrote the following testimonial:
“After one treatment for debilitating back pain, I felt as if I had been let out of prison and a fortnight later it has not returned.”

ES – FEMALE AGED 34. Sore knees. Stress and Fatigue. Psoriasis. Shoulder Pain.

Sore knees when riding an average pain level of 5.
Shoulder pain was a 10 when turning over in bed, or moving in a chair. After first treatment,
Shoulder pain turned into a dull ache. It was a different pain, a constant, and it was an ‘8”. It was the same until early evening when it went completely. It has been a ‘0’ ever since.
After the 2nd treatment the shoulder pain was still a ‘0’. Her skin was much better with the odd red patch here and there. The energy was much better and more consistent.
After the 3rd treatment she wrote to me:
“No pain at all after riding – yippee! Tired spells have gone too and lots of energy! Think I mentioned to you that having ready your leaflet I saw that some people have Bowen sessions about four times a year for energy levels and relaxation. Well I will become one of your permanent clients!”

WB. Male aged 11. Hip and shoulder misalignment. - Dyspraxia

Athletic young male who rode horses but whose left shoulder was down, and right hip stuck out when riding. After one treatment his mother commented he was perfectly aligned at his next riding lesson. He also suffered from dyspraxia and made huge improvements over the three treatments so much so that his mother commented “she had lost her little boy and gained a young man.”

DH. – Female aged 62. Neck restriction.

D was unable to reverse her horse trailer as she could not turn her head to the left. She is an active long distance horse rider so was finding difficulty in getting to competitions. After the first treatment she was able to turn her head with some pain, and after the 2nd treatment she had full movement and was able to turn her head to the left without any pain whatsoever. She was very pleased to be able to reverse her horse trailer again and continued the treatments to help with arthritis in her hands.

Cath - 37 year old diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Depression

"Morning Viv. Just wanted to tell you how fantastic I feel today. Absolutely no pain whatsoever. Slept completely through the night, wonderful. Thank you and see you soon."

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