Urban Tool Massage & Bowen Therapy

01/10/2025

I love using the yoga wheel for moving my fascia, increasing the flow of interstitial fluid, bringing in nutrients and taking out toxins, lengthening my muscles such as my quadriceps and deeper hip flexors can counteract low back pain. You can also do a 'couch stretch' if you don't have a wheel. Remember to drive your pelvis forward and contract your glutes at the same time to get past your quadriceps, allowing for deeper activation into your Iliopsoas. Raising your arm on the same side will further stretch the soft tissue, and the small wiggle is important as nothing in the body runs in straight lines. 😉 I'm a work in progress as I still have some very deeply ingrained patterns, that both Bowen Theraoy and Reformer Pilates have greatly assisted in changing, but as the saying goes, 'Rome wasn't built in a day' and the other saying 'Make hay while the sunshines... " Well to me that means take 100% advantage of when you are free from pain to really re-educate your brain and body about it's unhealthy habitual holding patterns.

30/09/2025

TMD is no laughing matter..... I'm serious!! 🥴
I couldn't help but laugh yesterday however, when my client was telling me that her dentist had advised 'don't even eat crusty bread', meantime her friend who was also suffering with TMD was hammering away at her own TMJ at about 3000 RPM using a massage gun 😱😱😆

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27/09/2025

This client had booked in for his first Bowen treatment yesterday. He has suffered for a long time, but felt too embarrassed to make an appointment. Back pain and sciatica were the primary concerns, however upon initial assessment, his body told me there was actually dysfunction coming from his neck as well the sacroilliac joint.
When I treated his neck and reassessed, the initial short leg changed sides. A layer of dysfunction had been resolved and his body was now willing to show me where I was targeting my therapeutic input next... It turned out there were multiple more layers to treat to resolve the dural irritation that was creating these 'symptoms' mentioned above. 🤔 When the treatment was finished, we had 💯 symmetry in both prone and supine positions- This is vital for the rehabilitation to take place. The 'Bowen sleep' is your body's way of saying get out of my way, I have work to do. Interestingly, my client believed his usual sleep pattern of 6 hours (of broken) sleep a night was never going to change. It was his body clock telling him to wake up for work at 6am despite being retired...!! That long lie must have felt glorious 😃. Thankfully my client took on board that drinking alcohol after his treatment was not advisable, so missing a visit to the pub wasn't noticed since he was sleeping like a baby by 7pm, just a few short hours after his treatment. 😴

27/09/2025

"Very knowledgeable...." I hear this feedback quite often, it's because I view the body holistically. For example, when I'm treating you, even your skin is giving me information, and this can lead me to ask you questions relating to your immune system for example. There are 7 types, often we get stuck in our acquired immune system and end up chasing symptoms around, but getting nowhere. Find the root cause and you'll return to your innate immune system.
If I feel congestion around your Lymph nodes, I'll discuss your Lymphatic system and your organ health. One time I had to sign post a client to their GP as they had an unusual lump on their neck. This turned out to be a Thyroid issue that they weren't even aware of. I do not diagnose anything, but if I come across something strange, I have a duty of care to tell you my concerns.
I will always recommended post treatment 'homework' bringing in the wisdom from great teachers such Doc Perry Nickleston, or Dr David Bercelli. I will discuss supplements and give important advice from my Functional Health studies with Dr Stewart Gillespie.

This client had booked in for remedial massage therapy. I haven't spoken about the benefits of massage lately, I do like to talk alot about the benefits of Bowen Therapy, as you might already know. Whatever your treatment of choice is, you will always get all of my expertise drawn from lots of different areas of knowledge.
I've studied them, because I can see how they directly link into promoting good health in a holistic way. Alternative Therapy should not be your last resort, it should be your FIRST!!

24/09/2025

I had a (wonderful as always) Bowen treatment yesterday with Robert Smith, including some time spent using IEMT to address a possible connection between my body's complete over reaction to a recent Spin class that left me completely twisted out of shape for a week. Really powerful stuff. 💚 I also spent lastnight listening to 3 amazing speakers - , & on day one of 'Healing Days', we revisited our younger selves, speaking to them, telling them to come and stay with the present 'me' to be nurtured and loved in the way that only we can and should love ourselves. This was followed by a group hypnosis session in which we discarded unhelpful limiting beliefs and imprinted new ones. I cried a few times, I laughed a few times, this is holistic integration of the body and mind and I'm feeling pretty good today. Out doing some early morning grounding, appreciating the feel and sounds of nature, and the last few days of the September sunshine!
Hope you all have a wonderful day! 😃👌🌱🙏

22/09/2025

That's mesmerising 😲 WOW!! 👌👌Did you know is really effective in managing shoulder pain where other modalities have failed to provide long lasting improvements... Why?? Because Bowen treats the whole body, instead of simply isolating and attempting to treat the 'symptoms'. Assessment 'shows' me where your original dysfunction is coming from, and guess what?? It might not be your shoulder... 🤔🤔🤔🤔 Just saying 😉

20/09/2025

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19/09/2025

Make time for this if you can, it's such an important but overlooked subject. Remember emotions can manifest physically and vice versa.

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18/09/2025

A perfect day for hanging out your washing... 💨💨💨. While it's drying, why don't you make some time for yourself and book a treatment. Set you up nicely for your weekend 😃

18/09/2025

If you are looking after your material belongings - Your house, your car, your shoe collection, but you are neglecting your physical body, It's tine to take stock. Re-evaluate, what's life without health and vitality? Make the decision today to change your trajectory.