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Dr Doolittle Arrives in Town.

Source: Warwickshire Living, November 2009

One of the youngest people ever to qualify as a Bowen therapist and now, seven years on, Lucy Hollick treats an ever-expanding range of patients – including people, horses and dogs!

Recently expanding her business with a new base in Stratford, the 26-year-old’s success is also partly due to the explorer, Bear Grylls, who has helped put Bowen therapy on the map.

There has been much publicity about the celebrity’s devotion to the treatment for back pain that had lasted over ten years and high levels of cholesterol.

“Even though Bowen has been around since the 1960s - when created by Australian, Tom Bowen – many people still don’t know what it is,” said Lucy who qualified at the age of only 19.

“This is such a shame, since it’s a highly-effective, painless therapy that is suitable for treating anyone and just about any condition – from bad backs and frozen shoulders; through to migraine; tennis elbow, sciatica, irritable bowel and menstrual problems; asthma, hayfever and other allergies; plus stress.”

Lucy added: “Bowen contrasts with massage, acupressure or chiropractic because there is no use of manipulation, adjustment or force. It involves a sequence of gentle rolling moves over muscle and soft tissue, interspersed with periods of rest which awakens the body’s resources to auto-regulate, naturally heal and protect itself. It is so gentle that it can be used on anyone, from newborn infants to the elderly.”

The therapist will treat the complete body rather than a specific condition, working on key muscular points which are designed to loosen any muscle spasm and strain in addition to increasing the blood supply to affected parts –
and so boost recovery.

A full case history is taken, but the treatment does not set out to treat specific conditions or ailments. Instead, the body is treated as a whole without direct referral to the named condition. Unlike many people who become complementary therapists as a career change later in life, it was Lucy’s first career choice.

“As a keen horse-rider, I initially wanted to do equine physiotherapy, but after my mum’s longstanding back condition was successfully treated by a Bowen therapist when I was about 17, I decided that was the therapy for me.”

Initially studying for three years at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, Lucy graduated with a degree in International Equine and Agricultural Business Management.

In 2001 she gained a Diploma in Anatomy and Physiology from Warwickshire College before qualifying as a Bowen therapist/practitioner the following year through The European College of Bowen Studies – enabling her to treat both people and horses. Six years later, Lucy advanced her holistic and remedial therapy qualification as an advanced Neurostructural Integration Technique (NST) therapist and earlier this year she qualified to treat dogs.

Lucy would be delighted to give talks to local groups wanting to learn more about Bowen. She is also planning a series of drop-in advice sessions – where people can see and experience the therapy for themselves.

Anyone who would be interested in attending one of Lucy’s talks or free dropin advice sessions should contact her on 01789 292681 or 07813 696619. For further information about Bowen Therapy visit www.lucyhollick.co.uk