Bowen Therapy for Sports

Bowen Therapy for athletic performance

Bowen is becoming increasingly popular amongst both recreational and elite athletes alike. It’s abilty to treat the body as a whole, and to treat the cause of the injury instead of merely addressing the symptoms, has proven highly effective at keeping sports people at the top of their game. Not only do sportsmen report fewer injuries when treated regularly but they also notice enhanced performance.

Bowen Therapy is being used effectively for athletes in a wide range of sports such as football, rugby, martial arts, professional dancers, running, motor sports, tennis, cycling, swimming and golf to name a few! Olympic athletes to premier league footballers are reporting fantastic results, and professional teams are now including Bowen therapy to keep their athletes in peak condition. Bowen therapy has been successfully used by Rugby League players from Leeds Rhinos, Premier League football teams including Manchester United, Newcastle United, Sunderland, Aston Villa and various elite international athletes are amongst those to include Bowen as part of their training regime.

If their body is in balance then athletes recognise, they have more stamina and sustain fewer injuries. They are also able to focus and control the stress response, and these factors all result in an improved performance.

What can Bowen do?

  • Enhance performance
  • Provide remarkable relief from acute injuries
  • Prevent injuries before they happen
  • Increase flexibility
  • Prevent any pre-existing injures from reoccurring with age

Conditions it can help

  • Strains and sprains
  • Shin splints
  • Tennis and golfer’s elbow Tendonitis
  • Plantar fasciitis

Benefits

  • Reduced recovery time between training sessions
  • Diminish the likelihood of injury
  • Preventing primary injury leading to further injury
  • Aid muscle rehydration
  • Reduce lactic acid build up within the muscle
  • Enables you to utilise your body more efficiently

Here is what a few professional sportsmen and women had to say about their experience of Bowen therapy;

Jamie Peacock Leeds Rhinos – 

“I am approaching the later years of my career and Bowen has helped my body to recover quicker after games and intense training. It ́s great”.

Matt Diskin Leeds Rhinos – 

“Although sceptical prior to receiving Bowen treatment the effects have been nothing but positive. Following competition it is extremely effective at relieving the tension and improving recovery in the neck and upper back areas”.

Lee Smith Leeds Rhinos. – 

“I have been receiving treatment for around a year and the benefits from it have been that I feel relaxed mentally also more supple and I have a greater range of movement”.

Victoria Gill – GB triathlete – 

“The quality of my training is better, with the same number of hours and level of training”

 

Joe Beer, Triathlon coach – 

“I am not a practitioner but I do have this type of body work. It does not feel like rubbing muscles in a massage instead various muscle parts are lightly manipulated. It feels like little is happening until the therapist leaves the room (those used to massage think “where’s she going now?)… you lie there and “ping” muscles start to re-set. I walk out of the session floating on air, my body feels great and I have to say whilst I don’t need to know the science I do know it works for me and other athletes who have tried it.”

Frankie Snare, 6th Women 25-29 Iron Man 2014. – 

“Bowen greatly benefits my training and performance, providing me with regular Personal Bests”.

Ben Thompson

“The positive results I experienced physically and mentally during my Bowen therapy surpassed my initial expectations. I’m a very sporty individual (semi-professional footballer) with a busy work schedule so to find a therapy that significantly reduced stress levels and improved my physical well being and performance was a first. I would typically use a sports masseuse but Bowen offers you so much more. I would certainly recommend a course of therapy, the positive results will be evident“.

British GBmoto motorcycle rider James Ellison.

“Nothing short of magic”

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