175g Organic Shea Butter
275g Organic Coconut Oil
115g Bees Wax
​40g Rice Bran Oil
50 Drops of Lavender Oil

175g Organic Shea Butter
275g Organic Coconut Oil
115g Bees Wax
​60g Rice Bran Oil
20g Jojoba Oil
50 Drops of Lavender Oil

Double Boil Method
Put all the ingredients (except the Lavender Oil) in a bowl and then put the bowl into a saucepan with about 1.5 inches of water at the bottom. Now boil the water in the saucepan and let the ingredients all melt in together. After it is all melted together add the lavender oil and let it heat another 3-4 minutes while stirring the mixture to make sure it is well mixed up.

Next pour the mixture into your ointment container and put it straight into the fridge without the lid on. This is important because it will make sure the ointment sets properly. If you don't mix the ingredients enough or you take too long to put the mixture into the fridge it will set grainy and be uncomfortable to use. If this happens just reheat the ointment and then pour back into the container and refrigerate. 

This ointment doesn't need to be kept in the fridge and doesn't go rancid like some other recipes. It has a long shelf life and really is great for your skin. Enjoy!

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Bowen works with the fascia and nervous system and may help to strengthen the signal between the bladder and the rest of the nervous system including the brain. Muscles are controlled by the nerves, and by simply stimulating the nerves to the bladder, including those that control the muscles responsible for the passing of urine, clients may report it helps them remain dry. Also, because the nerves around the bladder are more stimulated, clients may report a stronger sensation of 'needing to go' which helps in the case of the bladder emptying at random times. Bowen may stimulate the 'inner alarm' by creating a stronger sensation of needing to go to the toilet.

Typically 3 Bowen Therapy sessions are required, one per week over a 3 week period, and although everyone is different, often clients may report improvement after the first session.

Bowen works with the nervous system and may help to strengthen the signal between the bladder and the rest of the nervous system including the brain. Children may report having a much stronger sensation of 'needing to go' which helps wake up deep sleepers. Most children who have come to see me have previously tried using bedwetting alarms without success because either their children sleep too deeply and don't wake up from the alarm, or only a small amount of urine has leaked and the alarm hasn't gone off. Bowen instead may help to stimulate the 'inner alarm' by creating a stronger sensation of needing to go to the toilet.

Another way Bowen may help is in the way that it relaxes the muscles. The bladder is also muscular, and when it is relaxed it is able to expand more and hold more urine, therefore reducing the need to go to the toilet.

These actions working together may help children to remain dry at night.

Typically children may stop, or greatly reduce the frequency they wet the bed after three sessions spread over 3 weeks. Although everybody is different, often there may be improvement after the first or second session. The 3rd session works to help reinforces the inner communication between the bladder and the brain helping the treatment to hold and may help your child to remain dry long term.

Very occasionally I have had children return to the clinic in a month or so for a top up treatment, but many children may remain dry.

One different way Bowen Therapy may help with knee pain is through improving the alignment of the knee. We do this by addressing contributing factors we find in the hips and ankles, as well as other areas in the body. This can act a bit like a wheel alignment on your car which can help reduce excessive wear and tear that contributes to pain in your knees. An indication that your knees are not aligned properly may be feeling discomfort in any one of the following: your hips, lower back, between or under your shoulder blades. Another indicator alignment might be an issue is if your knee gets worse after sitting for extended periods.

In these cases the toughened tissue that is designed to take the repetitive flexing and extending of the knee while performing vigorous activities like walking or running may no longer be taking the full load due to the misalignment. The movement of this misaligned knee during activity may cause additional stress on the surrounding tissues which quickly become inflamed during activity.

​Luckily those who are frequent walkers or runners usually are fit, healthy people, so when they stop the activity that is aggravating the knee it soon recovers and feels better, however because the alignment of the knee joint has not been corrected, next time they begin vigorous activity the pain flares up once again.
 
If one is to ignore the pain and continue activities that cause knee pain, after time these knee issues tend to progressively get worse, and the pain can become more severe. This can lead to leg muscle weakness and worsening mobility, potentially causing weight gain  which adds further stress to the knee. 

Bowen Therapy is a holistic therapy that works on the whole body. Using our assessment methods we often find that there may be several contributing factors that need to be corrected before lasting results may be experienced.​ The root causes can be varied, but by addressing several underlying causes, the results may last longer.

​Some of the elbow complains we may help with Bowen Therapy are:
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• Tennis Elbow
• ​Golfer's Elbow

• ​Arthritis
• Tendonitis
• General pains in and around the elbow

Once we have worked to correct the underlying problems using Bowen Therapy, gentle exercises can help to strengthen the muscles around the joint and help to prevent re-injury.

​You can read some reviews from our clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Bowen Session targeting Elbow Pain in Geelong.

If you are experiencing increasing pain or reduced movement or function in your shoulder joint for two weeks, it's probably worth getting somebody to look at it. When one moves their shoulder joint less because of pain, it may contribute to the developing of frozen shoulder which, once developed can take longer to respond to therapy.

​​Bowen Therapy is a holistic therapy and it addresses the whole body. Using our assessment methods we can identify several different areas that may be contributing to shoulder issues. By working on other areas of the body (such as necks, hips, or even the jaw) that are contributing to the underlying causes of your shoulder issues, the results of  Bowen Therapy may be enjoyed for longer, This makes Bowen Therapy possibly one of the most cost effective ways available t0 manage shoulder issues.

Clients at my clinic may report having a faster rate of healing, a better range of movement in their joints, and feeling more comfortable doing the activities they enjoy.

​Some of the shoulder complains we commonly see in our clinic are:

• Rotator cuff tears
• Supraspinatus tendonitis
• Shoulder bursitis
• Frozen shoulder 
• Arthritis
• Shoulder Sprains
• AC Joint Pain
• Tingling feeling down arms

You can read some reviews from our clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Bowen Therapy session targeting Shoulder Pain in Geelong.

Because there are no forceful movements or cracking of bones there is no risk of doing any damage to any of the body structures. And because we work with the muscles and their controlling nerves in Bowen Therapy, the muscles that hold the bones in place are corrected, so that muscle and bone alignment is addressed. By addressing both muscles and bone alignment our results may be experienced for longer, making Bowen Therapy possibly one of the most cost effective options for neck pain around.

​Some of the neck presentations commonly seen in clinic are:

• Chronic neck pain
• Whiplash after car accident
• Neck & Shoulder pain
• Neck cracking or grinding
• Stiff neck leading to headaches or migraine

You can read some reviews from Louis's clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Bowen Session targeting Neck Pain in Geelong.