A home-based clinic in Whitby, Porirua, run by Rochelle Ellison, offering Bowen therapy, also known as Bowtech, on weekdays. The clinic describes Bowtech as a gentle therapy that addresses the whole balance of the body as well as specific conditions. The focus is on muscle tension and injuries from sport and everyday life, and on relief for some chronic conditions.
Rochelle holds a New Zealand College of Massage diploma in therapeutic massage, qualified in Bowtech in 2015, and is a registered practitioner with Bowen Therapy New Zealand. Rochelle has been practising from the Whitby clinic since 2003, and since 2021 has also been an approved practitioner of McLoughlin Scar Tissue Release. Rochelle is a qualified workplace first-aider.
Sessions include sports massage, with treatment before and after events and sessions fitted around training schedules, as well as joint mobilisation, micro massage, assisted and active isolated stretching, and myofascial release. Hours are Monday 10.30am to 5pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9am to 5pm, and Wednesday noon to 5pm.