Hip Pain Quickly Resolved

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I find it hard to toot my own horn, but how else will you know all the conditions Bowen Therapy is great for if you don’t read these stories.  Below is a short but good one from my terrific CPA!

Brenda is amazing! I came to her originally because I had pulled a ligament in my hip working out. This injury went on for 9 months! Out of desperation, I tried Bowen Therapy, not really understanding how it works, and within a few days I was pain free! Wow, I couldn’t believe it! I did go back about three times, but that’s all it took to be pain free permanently. I use Bowen for just about anything nowadays. It truly allows the body to heal itself.

Holly, The Money Therapist™

Found a great eczema product at Bodexalife.com

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Well, it has been years since I’ve posted about eczema, and it’s been quite a journey.  I have had to do less massage with oils and focus more on my Bowen therapy work which is performed with the client being fully clothed.  I find it much more effective anyway.  

However, having said that, my hands do still get eczema breakouts on a rare occasion.  So, I have found a product that is very effective for me when I use it right away.  I thought I’d share it with you.  It can only be purchased online at bodexalife.com.  The topical salve is what I’m referring to, but I also take their Hemp Seed Oil gelcaps which gives me the perfect ratio of Omega 3’s and 6’s for my skin, as well as their CBD Extract, which boosts my immune system so that it can fight whatever offending allergy I come in contact with.

Having tried so many products over the years, I feel that I am qualified to recommend these three products.  I hope you will try them and please do give my name, Brenda Briscoe, as the referral at checkout if you do make a purchase.  Then if you recommend it to others, you will get credit when they place your name in the referral box.

Are Grains Raising Your Blood Pressure?

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Did you know that a diet high in grains and sugar can raise your blood pressure to a dangerous level?  If this has been a life long habit of yours, you may become insulin resistant, if you are not already.  Grains turn to sugar and too much sugar causes insulin resistance.

Insulin helps the body store magnesium, which is a good thing.  Magnesium relaxes muscles and also blood vessels.  But if your insulin receptors are blunted and resistant, and are not able to take in the magnesium for storage, then it is simply passing through your body in the urine, and you are not benefiting from it.  In fact, with little or no magnesium, your blood vessels are constricting, leading to hypertension.

Too much fructose in the diet can raise blood sugar to an extreme high as well.  So, watch those labels for fructose (and other sugars).  For instance, half a can of soda has more fructose than is recommended daily.

Also, you want to watch your sodium levels.  If too high, the body begins to store fluid.  Too much fluid also causes high blood pressure.  If this goes on too long, it can cause congestive heart failure and your body begins to be sluggish and you have little energy to exercise.  No exercise can lead to high blood pressure as well.

So, the bottom line is:  stay away from a high-grain, high-sugar diet.  Although you don’t want to overdo anything, a higher protein diet with vegetables of color and a moderate amount of fat is much healthier.  But you want good fats, like avocado, nuts and seeds, olives and olive oil, coconut oil, fish oil, even small amounts of butter is fine.  Good fats feed the brain and skin the nourishment they need.  Eating this way helps you drop pounds to a healthier level.  So get off to a new start and enjoy your proteins and fat!

 

Help Underprivileged Kids have a Good Christmas

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I am helping David P. Smith, Edward Jones Financial Advisor, collect toys for underprivileged children this Christmas.  Please help us in this effort by booking a massage or Bowen Therapy appointment and bringing a new, unwrapped toy to your session.  YOU WILL RECEIVE $10 OFF for placing a toy in our Drop Box.  Our goal this year is 2,500 toys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tSpQJRfe7M

Toy donations will go to underprivileged children in Dallas, Denton, and Collin counties through these organizations:

  • Captain Hope’s Kids
  • Boys and Girls Clubs of North Central Texas
  • The Family Place Women’s Shelter

Thank you in advance for your donation!

Blending Bowen Therapy and Hypnosis in Dallas

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Did you know that your mind can trick you in a positive way?  I didn’t before I had a hypnosis session with Valerie Grimes.  Before my frst relaxing experience in Valerie’s office, my mind told me that I was insecure, not very smart, and certainly not business-minded.  Once I learned how hypnosis really worked and had a personal experience with it, it paid off in a big way.  Now I go out into the world and pull off speaking engagements with a snap.  Teaching my craft, Bowen Therapy, at massage schools  in Dallas is more fun than anything I can think of doing.  And networking with other business professionals, which scared me to no end before, is now one of the more fun activities in my life.  Hypnosis helped me develop self confidence more than anything else I have ever done.

Once this became the norm for me, I still occasionally had flare-ups, for example, when I was going to speak to a large group.  Then, it was time to employ the tactics that Valerie taught me how to do for myself, in other words, self-hypnosis.  This is very valuable when a professional teaches you things you can do for yourself so that when you don’t have access to them, you have a back-up plan.  That would usually do the trick.  That, along with getting a  Bowen Therapy session, which is the most relaxing bodywork modality I have ever experienced.  Bowenwork flips a switch that turns on the parasympathetic part of the nervous system (meaning, it brings you back into a relaxed state).

The point of my message here is that Bowen Therapy and hypnosis in Dallas blend well and are make a great duo for relaxation therapy.

Christmas Toy Drive For Underprivileged Kids

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Help me help David Smith raise 2,500 new, unwrapped toys for underprivileged children this Christmas.   The holiday season is full of joy, but with all the activities and rushing around, it can also get stressful.  Treat yourself to a relaxing massage or a therapeutic Bowen session for $10 off while you provide a Christmas toy for a child who would not otherwise receive one this year.  The toys donated by Dec. 14 at Living Well’s drop box will benefit children in Collin, Denton, and Dallas counties through:

  • The Family Place Woman’s Shelter
  • Boys and Girls Club of North Central Texas
  • Captain Hope’s Kids

CALL 972-930-0260 to book your massage or Bowen session for $10 off the regular cost of $90.  Your massage will include luxurious extras like a warm neck wrap, aromatherapy inhalation and application, warm towels on your feet.  A Bowen therapy session has the powerful benefits of quick relief and long-lasting resolution to pain issues.

Flower Essences for Emotional Healing

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Sometimes I make great gains using Bowen Therapy for physical injuries, headaches, chronic pain syndromes, etc.  Yet there are times when after much improvement a client seems to be “stuck” and can not go any farther in their healing process.  This may be because of emotional energy blocks.  In other words, our issues can get stored in our tissues.  Have you ever read the book by Karol K. Truman, Feelings Buried Alive Never Die?  Great read.

Dr. Bach, an English medical doctor who also practiced homeopathy, began experimenting on himself with flower extracts  back in the 1930’s.  He noticed how he responded a particular way with pansy, for instance, and had a different response to clove.

Flower remedies are now widely accepted in the alternative healing arts.  They are made by soaking flower petals in water out in the sunlight and then adding brandy as a preservative (or vegetable glycerin sometimes).  It is then diluted to make the final remedy.  Remedies are used for different purposes:  to help a person go through a healthy grieving process; to give strength to get through a difficult circumstance; to help curb anger; to gain a clearer perspective on an issue, to have courage to express their opinion, etc.

I would love to hear from you, my readers, if you have used a particular flower remedy (or flower blend remedy) for some kind of emotional healing when you felt “stuck.”

How does Bowen Therapy work? (Part One)

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There are quite a few reasons why Bowen therapy works so well.  One is because of the effect it has on the autonomic nervous system.  Brain mapping has shown during a Bowen session that the client’s brain produces Alpha waves and causes them to feel like they are in a deep meditative state.  At this point, the body goes into automatic repair mode because the sympathetic nervous system (heightened alert response) stops overriding the parasympathetic (rest and relaxation response).  The bottom line is that it places the client in the most advantageous state to allow the body to heal itself.

Because of this, Bowen therapy not only applies to physical conditions but also to challenges like PTSD, ADD/ADHD, autism, sensory integration disorders, etc.

There are other ways that Bowen therapy works to help healing take place, which will be covered in the next posting.

How do you help relieve your own low back pain?

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Brenda Briscoe

Ever wake up with a stiff low back or just a bit of low back pain?  Outside of chronic, severe low back pain, there is a little-known trick that can be of tremendous help.  Do you have access to a treadmill?  Maybe you have one at home, or your friend has one, or you have a membership at a gym or rec center.  If you can somehow get on a treadmill, you’re in luck.

Place the speed at 2.0-2.5 and same with the incline.   This speed is slow enough that you shouldn’t be wobbly and off-balance.  This much of an incline ensures that you are leaning backward just a bit, which changes the way you move – your gait. In other words, because backward walking eliminates the typical heel-strike to the ground (the toe contacts the ground first), it can change the way your pelvis is aligned, alleviating pressure that may be causing the low back pain.  It also puts less strain on your knee joints, making it ideal for those with knee injuries or problems.

Interestingly enough, backward walking has neurological benefits as well.  Some call it “neurobic” activity because it requires brain activity that can help you stay sharp mentally.  When you walk backwards, your heart rate tends to rise higher than it does when walking forward at the same pace, so you can get greater cardiovascular and calorie-burning benefits in a shorter period of time.

Every time I get low back discomfort or pain, I walk backward that day or the next and it goes away the same day.  Works every time!  If you wait too long or the pain is severe, do not hesitate to get it looked at by your physician, or try Bowen Therapy right away to see if that doesn’t eliminate it altogether.

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