Jan Cafearo

I am a former NHS physiotherapist who is now practising Bowen Therapy. I love my work, and get great satisfaction seeing people recover from pain and illness, to get the most out of life again. Bowen is a gentle but remarkably effective holistic therapy. Results are typically achieved in a few treatments. If you have a health problem, please read my website to explore if Bowen could help you. If you have any questions, simply email me and I'll be glad to help. You can book an appointment online from my website homepage I hold weekday clinics near Shrewsbury.

MCSP (Chartered Physiotherapist), Cert ECBS, MBTPA, CNHC, Bowen Therapy Tutor I qualified as a physiotherapist in 1981, and worked in the NHS. I got my greatest satisfaction working in the Out Patient department, treating mostly muscular and joint conditions. After a break to raise my children, I was looking for a more holistic therapy to practice, and I found it in the Bowen Technique. I was at first amazed, and then delighted with the sheer effectiveness of the treatments. I qualified as a Bowen therapist with the European College of Bowen Studies in 2006 and enjoy developing my skills with regular advanced courses. I am a member of the Bowen Therapy Professional Association (BTPA), and am registered with CNHC - a government supported Accredited Register of complimentary therapists. I adhere to their standards of training and conduct. I love my work, and get a lot of satisfaction from seeing people get back to wellness, and achieve their potential. That could be helping a sports person get over an injury and back to their training, a child gain control of their asthma, an elderly person gain more mobility and independence, or a working person on sick-leave get back to their job. I feel privileged to be doing something which can make such a big difference to people's lives. I look forward to the day when Bowen is more widely prescribed as a first-line treatment in the NHS, because of it's effectiveness and lack of side effects. I feel everyone deserves to benefit from this very natural treatment.

I am still amazed at how far reaching the effects of Bowen therapy can be. I enjoy seeing people with a wide range of conditions arrive at my clinic, and benefit from Bowen. I particularly enjoy working with people who take an active approach to their health and wellbeing, and are interested in working together to achieve the best results. Variety keeps my work interesting. I commonly treat people who come with the following problems; back pain including sciatica joint problems including knee, ankle and shoulder neck problems and whiplash respiratory problems including asthma and hayfever sports injuries - chronic and acute digestive problems such as irritable bowel syndrome migraines and headaches symptoms of arthritis reduced sports performance infant colic sleep problems jaw problems pain in pregnancy & after the birth tennis elbow/golfers elbow/R.S.I and carpal tunnel low energy and fatigue stress-related illness and stress management

My work is purely Bowen - I do not feel the need to add any other therapy, as I find Bowen so effective. However, my approach is informed by my history as an NHS physio, my continued professional development through advanced courses, and personal study. Bowen is holistic - that is to say, it is working on the root causes of your symptoms. If you can imagine stepping on the edge of a tent, you would see creases and lines of tension radiating away from your foot. It is the same in your body - due to injury, posture, work positions, or stress, we can develop these lines of tension in our tissues, and where they end, the blood cannot enter freely, so we get dysfunction and pain. My job is to seek out these lines of tension, and encourage the body to release them, so allowing the tissues to do their job again, and balance to be restored. At the first session I take a detailed history, asking about your health and lifestyle, as well as details of your current and any past problems, followed by the first treatment. At follow-up sessions the treatment is based upon your feedback of how your body has responded to the Bowen, and what I feel with my hands. Due to my background as a physio, I often give exercises or lifestyle changes, to reinforce and extend the improvements brought about by the Bowen. Bowen does not go on and on - normally, a few sessions are enough to bring about lasting results. After 3 sessions, I always reassess, and together we agree on a plan. If you are fully better, I often do not see you again for years until you have a new problem. If you're improving, we will discuss the way forward (possibly a break of a few weeks while they do some exercises, and then another session). Very rarely, there is no change, in which case by then I would know your body well enough to recommend the next step (eg a visit to your GP, or a different therapy). Some patients with chronic health problems choose to return for infrequent but regular Bowen sessions to maintain and build on their improvements - this may be to help their body deal with a disability, demanding job or sport.