Constipation / Indigestion

A 68 year old male artist came for BSR with a very painful upper back and breathlessness, pain in the shoulders and down his left arm, and indigestion every time he took the smallest mouthful of food. He described the pain being like a bayonet stuck in his back and felt like he would be rather dead than go on with this sort of pain. He had taken painkillers but nothing had helped.

Tension was found in his lower back and neck areas. After 'releasing' the stress and lifting the BSR hi-lo couch into the upright position, he was really excited as for the first time for two days, he was free of pain.

He came back two days later as when he got up in the morning, the pain was back, at the same level as it had been previously. However, it transpired that he had felt so good after the first release that he had done some painting the next day and this had irritated the area; thus causing him to be in pain once again.

He came back 2 days later as when he got up in the morning the pain was back as it had been before. On questioning him he said that it was so good after the first release, he did a bit of painting the next day.

The stress was released in the lower back and neck. Again as the couch was raised, he said that the pain was gone, and he felt freer, albeit a little sore.

The client was given advice about posture; when he paints, he should keep the back upright and not bend over his work as this can strain the back. The client has reported back that he has not had the pain since.

Practitioner: Chris Balaam

A 54 year old housewife came had been suffering daily headaches for eight months prior to coming for Body Stress Release. She had also been suffering pins and needles across her shoulders, chest pains and heartburn as well as some sciatic pain. The chest pains and heartburn had become so severe that she had been to her doctor to have her heart checked although tests revealed that her heart was healthy and not the cause of the pain and discomfort she was experiencing.

Her life had begun to be completely ruled by the pain and she had lost the desire to socialise, even with her daughters and grandchildren.

After the first release the headaches became less frequent and the heartburn and chest pains ceased altogether. After the second release the pins and needles had eased off and by the third the sciatic pain had also eased off. After a further four follow up releases all the symptoms that she had presented with originally had completely disappeared and her husband thanked the practitioner for “giving him his wife back”.

Practitioner: Tracy Highton

A 25 year old male came for BSR, complaining of severe constipation, that he had been suffering with, on and off for years. He had had no bowel movement for three to four weeks. After the first release, a bowel movement was passed the following morning, with a further movement after his second release.

Practitioner: Clare Taylor