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Bruce’s Story
I was just 17 and very naïve when I joined the army. At the time I thought it was like big boy scouts. The thought of war did not enter my head.

However it was the army that showed me I could run long distances. Early in my training the platoon was ordered to run 5 or 6 km. I I managed it and recovered well. There were many other training runs, gradually becoming longer and more frequent. I always found them hard but enjoyable and always recovered well.

Vietnam in 1966 was a rude awakening. Being with friends I had been training with for 3 years made it easier but “I was only 19”. We all worked hard to establish our area of responsibility: and the hard work helped to distract our thoughts from those we had left at home. I was injured less than 6 months into our tour and hospitalized back to Australia. Eventually I recovered, returned to work, met a wonderful person and married.

We moved to Canberra in 1968 when the “Fun Run” era was just getting under way. I found I really enjoyed competing in them and almost 40 years later I am still running regularly. I think the idea is never to stop. I think I would rather run every day than stop and then try to regain my fitness.

Six weeks before my first marathon, my training was compromised. I was competing in a 30 km training run on a very cold morning along the River Torrens in Adelaide. We hadn’t been running long when very light rain began falling making the morning even more chilling. After about 15 km my hamstring tightened and my morning run was over. I think this is the only organized run I have not finished.

A warm bath, self massage, stretching, many hours in the hydrotherapy pool and only light running allowed me to compete in the Adelaide marathon and finish in a creditable time.

For two years following this I continued to run regularly but could always feel my hamstrings. I met Christiane soon after she had completed her deep massage diploma and she was so enthusiastic I made an appointment for my first massage. After the second massage my hamstring “knots” disappeared and I have had no further trouble.

Her enthusiasm had never waned. She always brightens my day as she squeezes the lactic acid and knots from my muscles. Always so positive, happy and so full of life it’s contagious. I leave feeling rejuvenated, refreshed and very optimistic about the future. Christiane is a very professional masseuse, a wonderful person, a great and caring Australian.

In my professional career as an allied professional I rarely had the time to pay attention to alternative therapies. I am very glad however I met Christiane and that she has become a close friend. I regularly attend her clinic for a massage. At times, because I have begun to “tighten up” and sometimes for preventive therapy. I am sure I am still running, cycling and swimming because of the massages that she administers.

bowentechniqueFAQ
What does it mean, NO EXCESSIVE EXERCISE?

• Give the body TIME to absorb the information, after the treatment.


• Give the body ENERGY to work the information.

The body received a treatment and is working full speed to realign everything.
So the body needs energy and time for it.

The best scenario would be to get a treatment just before you go to bed, so the body has both important ingredients to work better: energy and rest.

The worst scenario would be to run off and have a busy day in front of you, with 1000 things to do; or having to run a marathon. (I think it could be possible, also I think the body would be too relaxed. So please don’t assume that after a treatment and you can run at double speed.) Despite all that, the body is a wonder machine and takes what’s given and working what it needs to work.

I did my research for my Diploma of Bowen Technique on the Parramatta Park Runners. (They/We run 8 -5 km, or walk, every Friday at 1.00pm in Parramatta Park.) My assessor made this comment on one of my research studies: “The runners need to give the body enough time to heal afterwards, because they are running all the time.."

So just take it easy for the next days after the treatment, don’t push too hard. Exercises are fine, maybe, when you can, give the body a rest on the day of the treatment and train the next day, or do your training before you have your treatment, and have your training break for the week afterwards. The same sort of rule also applies to massage treatments.

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