Aberdeen Bowen Clinic

06/01/2026

If you live in NE Scotland shovelling snow is becoming a daily chore and also a strenuous workout.
❄️💔

The combination of freezing temperatures (which constrict your blood vessels) and heavy lifting causes your blood pressure and heart rate to skyrocket.
For those who aren’t normally active, this can put a dangerous amount of stress on the heart so please be careful.

The amount of injuries I see from snow shovelling is crazy and if you do the below it will probably save you pain and money !! 🙈

Before you even pick up the shovel and leave the house warm up your muscles.
Spend 5 minutes doing light stretches that involve your whole body particularly your shoulders, back and legs.
I rarely see people at the gym going straight to the heaviest weights on the rack without a warm up, why is this any
different ?!?!
This gets your blood flowing and prepares your heart for the sudden spike in activity once you hit the cold air AND gets your muscles prepared.

🪏How to Shovel (And Save Your Back)

Do it with technique not just brute force

Push, don’t lift. Whenever possible, use the shovel like a plow. Pushing the snow to the edge of the driveway is much easier on your spine than lifting it.
The “Golden Rule” of lifting- if you must lift, bend at your knees, not your waist. Keep your back straight, your core engaged and your tail bone tucked under. Let your strong leg muscles do the heavy lifting. 💪

🌪️Avoid the “Twist”: Never throw snow over your shoulder or to the side by twisting your torso. Always pivot your whole body to face the direction you are throwing.

🪏Keep the load light, only take half scoops. Ideally use a small shovel.
Wet snow is incredibly heavy, don’t try to be macho man !

Take breaks. Shovel for 10-15 minutes, then rest for 5. Listen to your body, if you feel your back ‘twinge’ ….stop!
Most importantly if you feel chest pain, shortness of breath, lightheadedness, nausea stop immediately and if it continues seek medical help asap.

🪏 Happy Shovelling Friends 🪏

06/01/2026

This is me, pulling both my kids on their sledges today. It made me think about sharing some ‘tips’.
(I should have shared this info days ago - sorry!!)

Winter fun shouldn’t end with back pain😳🛷❄️

Pulling the kids on a sledge is actually a great workout, but if you’re hunching over or twisting awkwardly, you’re asking for a strain or worse.

First - Look at the setup

🗻Lengthen the rope if possible.
If the rope is too short, you have to lean forward or to the side. Use a longer lead so you can walk upright with the sledge a comfortable distance behind you.

🗻Add a handle if you don’t have one. Tying a small piece of PVC pipe or a sturdy wooden dowel to the end of the rope gives you a proper grip, preventing wrist and shoulder fatigue.

⛄️ Second - The Technique

Face Forward: Avoid walking forward while reaching behind you with one arm. This creates a “spiral” tension in your spine. Instead, keep your shoulders and hips squared as much as possible.

If you have a long enough rope, loop it across your chest (like a bag) or around your hips. This allows you to use your entire body weight and leg power to pull, rather than just your arm and lower back.
Always engage your core. Think about pulling your belly button toward your spine or image someone is about to punch your stomach and brace.
A tight core protects your lower back from sudden jolts if the sledge hits a dry patch or a bump or if your child jumps about.🙈

🚶‍♀️Be sensible and know your limits

❄️Switch Sides: If you are pulling with one hand, swap every few minutes to balance the load on your muscles.

❄️Walk don’t jerk or run.
Take steady, rhythmic steps. Avoid sudden lunges or jerks to get the sledge moving; lean into the pull gradually.

❄️If you are fatigued and your child / children are old enough - get them to walk short distances to give you a break!

Enjoy ❤️⛄️

06/01/2026

18/12/2025

13/12/2025

Instead of my normal Christmas give away I’ve decided to raffle a £150 for the small price of £5 a ticket.
You can enter multiple times and use the voucher for yourself and/or friends and family .
The voucher can be used for all my services and you can also mix and match or why not come along with friends and all destress together ❤️

All proceeds will go to (as I will donate the admin fees charged by the go fund page).

My children and I each donated a hot meal to a homeless person via social bites at the giving tree (outside the Bonaccord Centre) in Aberdeen today.
Speaking with charity workers and reading the literature I thought this would be a great local charity to support. 🙏

Your generosity is greatly appreciated.

To enter click the link below / or in my bio.

Good Luck !!🤞

Thank you and Merry Christmas ❤️❤️

29/11/2025

14 years ago the above was featured in the Royal College Of Surgeons Edinburgh , November Magazine (with the title “The Right Tool For The Job”
😂😂)

Clients often ask what I used to do before all this health, central nervous system, scar, bowen ‘stuff’.

My previous career seems to impress them more. I totally get why but in reality I see more remarkable things now than ever.
I’m also more educated than I’ve ever been. I spend much more time researching, learning and looking at the facts as apposed to believing what I’m told to be true.

I ashamedly used to think
- of the body as compartments
- surgery was the answer before lots of other things were considered.
- be dismissive of fascia, and heard countless surgeons commenting on it not being important during operations.

- lastly someone cutting through the vagus nerve wouldn’t have put chills through my spine.

I absolutely loved being in an operating theatre sometimes watching people literally being pieced back together.

BUT what I do now isn’t that different, it’s more impressive as I often witness people heal and piece their own bodies / brains back together.

I’ve learned that operations can often be avoided. Diet, lifestyle, lack of stress, confronting trauma is the best medical prevention/ wonder pill available.

❤️ 🦴 🧑‍⚕️ ❤️‍🩹 🧬 🧠

21/11/2025

I rarely share the above on social media, but I’m incredibly proud of this part of my business. It’s something I feel very strongly about and tonight’s message made me emotional.
I’m sharing not for self promotion but to spread awareness about disease prevention and management.
I constantly harp on about off label drugs. There’s solid, long standing research behind drugs such as Metformin, which has shown impacts cancer pathways.
It’s frustrating when people are told to just follow standard treatment plans without exploring other options especially when disease has progressed and the same treatment is suggested with the hope of a different outcome.

I sometimes question this section of my business as it’s the smallest part yet takes up the most time and energy.
It’s also occasionally met with condescending scepticism which can be draining and if I’m honest used to annoy me. Now I just have to accept you can’t live peoples lives for them and fear has a massive part to play in a lot of decision making.
My work with the central nervous system
Fight - Flight- Freeze has taught me that.
Messages like this remind me why I do what I do.
Tonight’s programme discusses a small part of a disease that is affecting so many and hopefully helps get this information into the main stream
( as well as highlighting I’m not a crack pot 😳).
The nhs is years behind the evidence and I can only hope more patients start questioning why they don’t have access to very cheap off label drugs that have shown benefit their health, prevent disease and possibly save their life.

🙏❤️🙏

08/07/2025

This is something I speak about all the time and I’m so delighted my client shared her experience 🩻
The muscles round your rib cage / abdomen/ pelvic floor can have a massive impact on your breathing and core muscles !

PM me for more info or to book an appointment 🙏

29/06/2025

Always happy when clients let me know how they are getting on.
Alan came to see me on Thursday with what he thought was a pulled hamstring.
Of course he left it a few weeks hoping Ibuprofen and the gods would fix it 🙈but when he had to come off the golf course with 8 holes to go last weekend I got the call !!
Glad he finished his round today feeling good and is sensibly waiting a week before he goes back to 5 a side football.
The question I want to know is did I help him play better ? 🤔




#

19/06/2025

Peoples facial response to this one makes me smile 😊
Your groin is often overlooked and this little ligament can be the key to many lower limb/ pelvic/ lumber spine issues.

It is nothing to be feared but just something if your new to coming to see me you’ve maybe never experienced 😊🙏