Bowen Therapy Ottawa-Gatineau Region

12/09/2025

12/02/2025

3 Reasons Your Muscles Aren't Healing

Madeline wrote this blog post after several recent clients reinjured themselves and complained they were not healing. Well, this is why!

When my clients with pelvis misalignment are not aligned and pain-free within four to eight sessions, I suspect they have been reinjuring themselves by going to other therapists, exercising, or returning too soon to their sports. Lack of a nutritious diet and rest are other culprits. Read on for typ

07/18/2025

Fortune says…
Book that Bowen session.
Your body will thank you.

02/08/2025

Bowen Therapists and clients alike may be interested in this workshop. Adults 18+ can register.
Read all the details at https://www.mcbridepainclinic.com/trauma-release

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11/12/2024

I have so many clients who have tried SO MANY other treatments for their muscle/scar/strain issues without success. I wrote this Muscles 101 blog post to help people understand muscle damage, why some treatments don't help, and that treating the painful location is not the answer if the origin of the problem is elsewhere. Let me know what you think!
-Madeline McBride

When muscle fibers tear, the result is stiffness, pain and inflammation. The body is excellent at “soldering together” the broken ends within a couple of weeks. The end result is a knot, often called a trigger point: a lump where torn ends of fibers have healed. However, those knotted fibers no ...

11/05/2024

TRAUMA RELEASE WORKSHOP Sunday Dec 15 - last one at $50. I have 3 spaces available.

I have been perfecting and teaching this AMAZING "no talk" energetic bodywork trauma release for just over a year, in Ottawa, Moncton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Washington State and Calgary. It is time to take it wide, so I will be advertising in 2025, and the price will go up to $100 + HST in sync with the workshops of the other authorized Ottawa instructor, Wendy Armstrong.

Registration: open to any adult, not just Bowen Therapists. Email Madeline@McBridePainClinic.com to register.

Details on what you will learn in ONE AFTERNOON that will change your life:
https://www.mcbridepainclinic.com/trauma-release

Read the feedback!

Madeline McBride

10/01/2024

Hormone Release the Bowen Way Workshop

Bowen practitioners from Alberta, BC and Saskatchewan attended last weekend. I so appreciated the open sharing about aspects of women's health by these practitioners. So thank you. These practitioners rock!

Feedback:
"Fabulous course. Complete gamechanger. I can't say enough great things about what I have learned. 5 stars."
"Every practitioner should take this course. It will be lifechanging for your clients."
..and you could not beat our view of the Rocky Mountains from the meeting room windows.

2025 workshop
In summer 2025 I will be teaching HRBW in Ottawa. I can add a location if someone wants to be my coordinator. Contact me!

09/03/2024

Madeline McBride will start teaching Ron Phelan's workshop on how to put the jaw in centric relation in North America in 2025-6. Note that Bowen, massage, craniosacral, physio and occupational therapists will be able to take Ron's www.PASCseminars.com Mod 1 & 4 workshops from Madeline!

We like to play with popsicle sticks here in the office! They are used for a TMJ Alignment treatment.

The sticks act as a spacer to hold the jaw open to the needed width while I apply the corrections to the jaw- into a position called Centric Relation, known as the Gelb 4-7 position in the dentistry world. While achieving Centric Relation was previously thought to be almost impossible, an Orthodontist by the name of Dr. Brenden Stack became world-renowned for his ability to find the Centric Relation position for his patients and taught at many conferences around the world. This Bowen Therapy Jaw Alignment technique was developed in conjunction with Dr Stack and Mr. Ron Phelan, an RMT and Bowen Therapist from Australia.

Why is that position important?? It is the most balanced position for the Jaw to sit in that does not impede proper jaw movement.

How many sticks are used?

Some people need 2 sticks, while others may need up to 5 - it just depends on how far the lower jaw is compressed up into the TMJ, and how much pressure is on the disc or the tissues behind it.

Why is it important to have your Jaw assessed? An improper Jaw placement can cause tremors that mimic Parkinson’s, Tourette’s symptoms, gait imbalances, neurological dysfunction, pelvis or neck problems, and Endocrine System hormone imbalances to name a few.

Are you having jaw pain? Let’s book an appointment now through my website. Book an Advanced TMJ & Spinal Corrections setting and we will see you soon!

05/10/2024

Huge congratulations to those who took my "no-talk" Trauma Release workshop last Friday in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. These women are going to help so many clients "release the issues in their tissues."

My heartfelt thanks to Vicky Mattucci-Ganski for hosting the workshop and me in her beautiful home. Without her offer to host, this day would not have happened.

Feedback on Trauma Release: "Madeline provided tools to help release stored emotional trauma & a mind-blowing experience to witness & be able to hold space for healing."

"Changes take place in the most gentle and healing way."

"This is going to be such a helpful technique to allow clients to accelerate their healing journey."

Check Madeline's schedule for dates of upcoming workshops. Any adult can attend. www.mcbridepainclinic.com/trauma-release

04/24/2024

Due to a cancellation I have one space available in the Sunday April 28th 3 hour workshop. Ottawa Carlingwood area.

No prerequisites. Any adult can attend.

Cost: Discounted to $50 to fill the space.
Value: Priceless.

Details here: https://www.mcbridepainclinic.com/trauma-release