"People with chronic disabilities such as chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, MS, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy and arthritis have shown a gradual improvement in the condition and also in quality of life. It is always worth trying the Bowen Technique because in many cases it has been known to trigger surprising and unexpected recoveries when nothing else has worked." Case Studies - Migraines (2) Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Parkinson's Multiple Sclerosis (1) Cerebral Palsy Broken Neck Migraines (1) Back Pain and Sciatica Multiple Sclerosis (2) Scoliosis Migraines (2) Bowen Technique for Children - Autism Bowen Technique For Children:  Cerebral Palsy Multiple Sclerosis (3) Migraines I was told to “Learn to cope.”  With painful reminders.  Stopped at a red light, I had been hit from behind at 60+ miles per hour.  My jaw dislocated and snapped back, my right rib fractured at the seat-belt line and I bounced around the inside of my car like a ping-pong ball.  I was alive, and now I had to learn to cope with my life-long daily souvenirs:  TMJ, migraine headaches and back spasms. Along with massive amounts of pain killers, conventional physical therapy followed:  heat packs, ultra-sound massage, cold packs.  Three times a week.  For 18 months I learned to work around the back spasms and migraines that kept me in bed for days. I learned to identify the ache in my ears or jaw that would signal a TMJ attack and a 3-day migraine.  And I restricted my life to accommodate my limitations.  Soft diet not to tax the TMJ; the pops and clicks from my jaw were normal now; no heavy lifting or severe bending because of my back. New pains like the one in my right hip – a sharp, probing, boring pain deep in the socket – would probably appear as the years went on.  I would never be the same again.  Against my will, I had been drafted into the army of chronic pain. A dear friend of mine could not bear this and asked if I would try Bowen Therapy.  I had never heard of Bowen or this method, and although my body felt as if it belonged to someone else, my mind was open.  Ever curious, I agreed. For the first three weeks, I couldn’t lie on my stomach with my arms down at my sides, but then, I hadn’t been able to do that since the accident.  My sinuses clogged up whenver I was on my stomach. Then, I believe at week four, I suddenly realized while I was lying on my stomach on the massage table, that my arms were down at my sides and there was no pain in my shoulders, no discomfort, and – strangest of all – I was breathing normally. Bowen Therapy is so subtle, I had been completely unaware that I was breathing clearly.  I then started to notice the other changes. I had more strength, more energy, and much more flexibility – whether on the treadmill, walking the dog, or going up and down the stairs.  No back spasms.  No low-back aches or throbs.  I could even bend over and touch my toes. I hadn’t had a migraine.  Even with 98% humidity, my face didn’t ache, my jaw didn’t throb, and I didn’t slide into a 3-day migraine.  No earaches either – because the TMJ was better. The popping and clicking sounds will always be there to some extent because the discs in my jaw-sockets were damaged, but the frequency of those sounds is noticeably less.   And of more importance to me, the pain is significantly less. In 18 months of conventional physical therapy, no had ever touched my face.  The TMJ was the great lost cause, the source of my doctor’s pronouncements to “learn to cope.” After eight weeks of Bowen Therapy, I was coping, all right; getting out of bed in the morning without a stiff, aching low back; bending, lifting, moving about.  I continued to learn to cope without earaches, without migraines, without daily jaw pain. After Bowen Therapy, I finally learned to cope:  I think it’s called having a normal life!