Asthma in children and babies
Asthma in children is a parent's nightmare. Babies and children sometimes get in a cycle of suffering from one cold and cough to the next with hardly a break. They may be wheezy, suffer constant runny noses and chest infections and are diagnosed with asthma.
WIth Bowen Technique, asthma treatment for children consists of a sequence of gentle moves, rolling over muscles and soft tissue, to persuade the body to start its own healing process. Bowen therapy encourages the body to adjust and rebalance itself on a deep level and a typical treatment takes just a few minutes.
How does Bowen work with asthma?
The diaphragm is key to an asthma attack. This contracts normally when breathing in and then relaxes to allow expiration. With an asthma-like condition, the diaphragm may be constantly partly in contraction, hence the familiar wheeze of an asthmatic. If a trigger, such as a cold or illness, or an allergy is detected, the diaphragm seems to contract more and more, allowing the asthmatic to breath in but increasingly not to breath out. The Bowen respiratory procedure persuades the muscles, especially the diaphragm, to relax more and more. This typically brings about a reduction in asthma attacks and their severity, especially amongst young children.
What about medication?
Asthma treatment for children is usually in the form of inhalers, sometimes courses of oral steriods and antibiotics for chest infections. As a parent you are probably always eager to get your child off steroids as soon as possible. Most children who have Bowen treatment respond very quickly so, sometimes medicines have been reduced quite soon after treatment has started. It is very important to realise that medication has been prescribed to protect your child from the danger of a major attack and I therefore always recommend that reducing medicines is always done under the guidance of your doctor and asthma nurse. You may well be able to reduce medicines quite soon after Bowen treatment.
Can Bowen help in a full asthma attack?
Yes. The Bowen Asthma Emergency Procedure can be taught to families and it is safe and quick to administer. In a full attack, the emergency procedure can release the spasm of the diaphragm and the air is released from the lungs. The emergency procedure can also work with panic attacks and other similar situations.
Here's a link to a short video about the Bowen Asthma Emergency procedure made by a therapist in New Zealand. Click here.
Asthma triggers
Asthma attacks can be triggered by any of the following: a cold or illness, dairy products which can produce extra mucus in a few cases, dust mites, animals such as cats, dogs and horses, sharp change of temperature, smoking, anxiety and some allergies.
James .. 17 months .. he had been diagnosed as asthmatic when he was just 2 months old.
James had to be given his pump 4 times a day ...always had a cough and cold and was wheezing all the time. He used to regularly suffer from croup and was taken by hospital by ambulance once as it got so bad. ..James also suffered from eczema and would scratch until he was covered with scratches and bleeding.
I was amazed that the sessions were only about 10 minutes long. Right from the first treatment there were vast improvements in James health. The cough practically disappeared overnight. Everyone I met noticed and commented on James lack of cough and increase in energy.
By the time James had had 3 treatments the wheezing had completely gone, his nose didn’t run so much and he barely coughed at all. He doesn’t have his pump anymore and his eczema has improved a great deal.
James is a happy lively boy now and has a peaceful, undisturbed night sleep every night. We are amazed and very pleased with the results and recommend it to everyone we meet.
Diane Sims, mother of James 18 months, Wickford, Essex