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Hi can anyone recommend a good bowen therapist in the South West/Bristol area for my horse? Also what age would you start bowen, would you recommend it on a 2 year old filly who has had a shoulder injury?
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Julian Gaze is in worcester but does come down this far, i use him. I would recommend it highly and was very sceptical about it before i saw the results myself, I think he is the best person to ask if its suitable for your filly, he isnt the type to just do it if he doesnt believe its beneficial. I'll pm you his number.
 
I wasn't so enthused with Bowen when I had my horse manipulated by a Bowen physio for overcompensating back problems due to bone spavin. I dig the general theory behind it but it just seemed a little too subtle for me to believe in, I suppose with chiropractic treatment you see a more 'violent' (although that isn't the word that best describes it) action and it seems to make more sense. I know that little description isn't the best reason in the world to not use Bowen, but I wasn't impressed!
 
I can highly recommend Julian Gaze too.

Don't ask me how it works but it does, my pony responds better to this treatment than to McTimoney but they all have their place and Julian encourages you to 'rotate' treatments.

Also agree that he wouldn't rip you off and will advise you if he thinks the treatment would be beneficial for your horse.
 
First of all, Fathorse, YES, Bowen would be totally suitable for a 2yo with an injured shoulder. It is suitable for any age from newborn to ancient.

Applecart, it's the subtlety of Bowen that is the key to the whole treatment. There is NO manipulation involved. What the Bowen therapist is doing is making movements over the muscle fascia (connective tissue) which in turn sends messages via the central nervous system to the brain, which processes the information and gets to work on the self-healing process. Thus, it is not the therapist actually doing the healing work, it is the body itself - the therapist is just inputting the required stimulus.

That's why, although it frequently does happen, I wouldn't expect every horse to show an immediate change after a Bowen treatment. Quite often the changes are far more subtle than that. And also, because Bowen treats the whole body, not simply the symptomatic area, it increases the likelihood of putting right any knock-on damage caused by the original disorder (e.g. a shoulder injury increasingly means that the body holds itself in a different way to compensate - thus it may have a knock-on effect on other parts of the body, such as the hips). It is because it treats more than just the injured area, that Bowen works so well.

Anyway, may I suggest you contact a lady called Lotty Merry who is based near Street, Somerset www.rosefarmequine.co.uk

Good luck with your filly, Fathorse.
 
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