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. 

As a child has a growth spurt, the bones sometimes grow faster than the muscles. The quadriceps can then become tighter, putting more strain on their anchor points on the bones. Small fractures can occur at the tibial tuberosity, that holds the quadriceps onto the tibia, and the body responds by increasing the bone mass and density at the anchor site, increasing the size of the tibial tuberosity.
Previous knee injuries may make a child more susceptible to Osgood – Schlatter’s disease

If Osgood-Schlatter's disease is preventing your child from participating in sport it may be worth getting it looked at. Knee pain or swelling may become chronic if the tibial tuberosity is not allowed to rest from being continuously stressed. Without this being corrected, as the body reinforces the tibial tuberosity with additional bone the child may develop a bony protrusion from their shin beneath their knee cap. This will usually remain for life.

Bowen Therapy may relax and lengthen the quadriceps muscle group so that it puts less stress on the anchor point.  Many clients that have Bowen Therapy may report a faster rate of healing, a better range in their movements, and feeling comfortable doing the activities they enjoy.

You can read some reviews from Louis's clients on the Review page here, or Book Online here for a Bowen Therapy Session targeting Osgood-Schlatter's in Geelong. ​

If after a couple of weeks symptoms are not improving it's probably worth seeing somebody about it. As people start getting in the habit of walking with a  limp to accommodate their sciatic pain it starts throwing other parts of the body out, and creating additional problems. 

Clients with Sciatica that have Bowen Therapy may report a faster rate of healing, a better range in their movements, and feeling comfortable doing the activities they enjoy. 

With Bowen Therapy we address the whole body, targeting several different areas we see as contributing to the problem, and this is how we may get our results to last longer. 

​You can read Reviews from our clients here, or Book Online here for a Bowen Therapy Session targeting Sciatica in Geelong.