AF, a dance teacher in her 40s, had badly sprained her ankle. She started teaching again only 5 days after the injury. The pain increased to sickening levels. I gave her first aid Bowen after the class and she felt "surprisingly better straight away". A subsequent full treatment releived residual oedema and the occasional stabbing pain. Her bonus surprise gift - no migraines for more than 2 years since her Bowen treatment!

BRT, a young man in his 20s, was working part time as as a plumber and photographer. He was feeling stuck in life and highly stressed. He was admitted to hospital with a killer pain in his left side. The x-ray clearly showed 2 conjoined kidney stones. He came to me for Bowen 4 days after the diagnosis.

When he was x-rayed again, after his first Bowen treatment, the radiographer commented that the stones couldn't be seen without a magnifying glass! And the residual pain had gone. I recommended that he ate raw organic beetroot to dissolve the kidney stones. He did this faithfully, even though it turned his water pretty pink. After the second Bowen session, he passed the very tiny stones and he felt better.

Two further treatments resolved sore inflamed triceps, a tender nipple and raised shoulder, perhaps due to boxing. Bowen moves around the jaw made dental work on a wisdom tooth unnecessary.

TW, 76 and a writer, had emergency Bowen half an hour after a severe injury to his calf muscle, trying to push a Volvo that wouldn't let him in! He was unable to walk and was in a state of shock. The intense pain eased immediately, but he couldn't drive home.

Following a full Bowen treatment, the oedema and inflammation in the calf and ankle were considerably reduced. 14 months later, a fall from a step ladder resulted in shock, bruising, sharp pain in the ribs and a bruised coccyx. After one treatment, two days after the fall, he went back to Bowling. His aim had improved. A month later, he was free of all aches and pains.

LH, a dance teacher, was also a part time sales assistant which involved heavy lifting and ladders. In her teens she had an operation to fuse 3 lumber vertebrae. As a result, now in her 30s, she suffered intermittently with a painful knee and arches.

Her ankles were prone to buckle. Her neck was stiff and the sciatic back pain sometimes required days of bed-rest. Physiotherapy seemed to trigger "sharp electrical stabbing pain" in the lumber area, especially in scar tissue. (For the latter, I did a Health Kinesiology scar tissue correction.) After a full course of Bowen treatments, the odd first aid in class and preventative top-ups, her back is "marvellous" and the associated problems are "a lot better".

She is the most bendy and energetic Jazz dancer of all of us in the class.

LH swears by Bowen and recommends it to anyone with pain or injuries, including the local Rugby club.

BR, a retired teacher in her 50s was suffering extreme stress, tensions, aches, pains in her neck, shoulders, back and knees. She was also subject to headaches, IBS, sinusitis, snoring, insomnia, weight-gain, night sweats, jaw and dental problems. Eight sessions, including top-ups helped to relieve or reduce symptoms.

DW, another young man in his 20s, had suffered very bad asthma and eczema since childhood. He needed 9 to 10 doses of Ventolin a day. The condition was aggravated by stress, cold weather, pollution, dust and cleaning products. Health Kinesiology corrections had helped to reduce his Ventolin to only 3 or 4 doses a day. This January, traffic fumes and extreme cold exacerbated his asthma. D said he "nearly died".

After 3 Bowen Asthma treatments, "everything had improved". Now he needs just 2 or 3 doses of Ventolin a day. Some days he doesn't need any!

JP, an electrician aged 36 was working a 55 to 80 hour week. 15 years earlier he had cracked the top 3 thoracic vertebrae in a motorbike accident. Since then he had experienced constant debilitating pain and spasms through his arms, head, body, right down to his feet. He was unable to lie on his back, so he had problems sleeping. He was on painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs, which possibly contributed to his weight gain.

Three sessions of Bowen have given him "superb" long-term relief from pain and pharmaceutical drugs. He is now able to work out in the gym without pain.

JH, a boy of 14, sustained a series of Rugby injuries to his back, shoulder and ankle. Worst of all was his knee - red, hot swollen and intensely painful. The whole body became misaligned. I treated each injury as they occurred - in quick succession, and he rapidly recovered. He found that wrapping a flannel soaked in cider vinegar round his swollen knee, held in place by cling film overnight, considerably reduced the inflammation and oedema.

MR, 47, had breast cancer and needed a mastectomy. In addition to my other complementary therapies, she had the Bowen Breast Procedure before and after the operation. She was discharged 2 days after the surgery, and named a "Star Patient" by the medical team. The site where some lymph nodes had been removed became infected, sore, hot and numb, but following another Breast Procedure, the infection and pulling sensation went without the use of anti-biotics. Within 4 weeks, she was swimming and playing squash again.

BH, a woman in her 40s, was in excruciating pain because of an absess under a back molar. The left side of her face was swollen. She was unable to find an emergency dentist and was desperate. I did tiny Bowen movements around the jaw, head and neck. Half way through, she could feel the energy moving and the pain retreating. I recommended rinsing the mouth with 3 or 4 drops of diluted Citricidal (see Higher Nature on Optimim Nutrition page) to kill the infection without recourse to anti-biotics. Overnight she felt much better and was able to return to work.