As a professional piano teacher, M plays and demonstrates piano playing several hours every day, and has done so for over 15 years. Recently, she developed a pain in her lower right arm with a painful pinch in the elbow joint. It quickly got worse to the point where she couldn’t play the piano at all without pain.
Her GP diagnosed tennis elbow and prescribed anti-inflammatories and advised rest, but as a self-employed piano teacher, M couldn’t just stop. The NHS advice was that it could take up to 18 months for her tennis elbow to heal. M was feeling very discouraged, and by now, the pain was affecting her sleep quality.
A friend recommended she speak to Juan at Paloma Bowen Therapy to see if Bowen might help. She didn’t know anything about Bowen but was willing to try it, given her alternative. Juan’ professional approach benefited from the fact that he had also suffered from tennis elbow in the past, and Bowen had helped him heal in a matter of just a few weeks (nowhere near 18 months!).
After just three treatment sessions, spread out over a three-week period, M found the pain had progressively receded to the point where she could play and practise quite normally. Today, her tennis elbow pain has completely gone and in much less time than she had expected.
Many professional musicians experience pain as a result of the particular movements involved in playing their instrument, with the constant repetition and long hours of practice. M would gladly recommend Paloma Bowen Therapy, and in particular Juan, to any of her professional colleagues; especially those who don’t have the luxury of a long recovery period, which other treatments and therapies might advise.