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Read Now how effective Bowen Technique is at releasing your hamstrings

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Why getting closer to your toes will keep you going to the gym

"If you can't touch your toes and experience hip, back, knee or ankle pain, it's almost certainly due to having short hamstrings.

Many people have short hamstrings, which in time can lead to long-term back pain. In the shorter term, can make many forms of exercise more painful and difficult to recover from" commented Julian Baker, a teacher and practitioner of the Bowen Technique.

A major breakthrough in treating hamstring injuries and their limited flexibility means this could all change. The advance in therapy means people who are unable to touch their toes could now do so.

The implications of reaching your toes are huge according to the director of the European College of Bowen studies, who describes this development as the impossible dream for sports therapists and athletes.

Hamstring problems are not only one of the most common and time-consuming injuries to treat in athletes; they are also indicated in back pain and sciatica.

A recently published study by Coventry University showed the application of The Bowen Technique to have improved the long-term flexibility of hamstrings significantly, after only one treatment.

The study tracked the physical progress of 116 people whose hamstring performance was first measured electronically while performing a straight leg raise. They were then treated once and followed up with a second measurement after seven days.

"I'm astonished by the long-term effects of this therapy treatment" added Julian. "I had expected some of the immediate improvements to drop away, but for most of those who trialled the therapy to maintain and increase their flexibility was a real surprise.”

Research from the trial shows that not only did the Bowen Technique treatment significantly increase hamstring flexibility, but these changes held and even increased over seven days, without further treatment.

"Achieving improvement in such a short time frame is an impressive result for any physical research. The hamstrings are completely key to the body's well-being – if they are suitably flexible, they will reduce pain levels and the incidence of injury.

The Bowen Technique is a treatment, which addresses body tension, allowing reduced pain and better movement. The treatment involves light rolling movements over muscles, ligaments and tendons. Short breaks between moves are a feature of the technique, which works by connecting the body's nervous systems, allowing the brain to regulate pain signals.

After using it to recover from breaking his back during SAS parachute training, the adventurer Bear Grylls described himself as 'hooked' on the Bowen Technique.

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