Bowen Technique -
- Effective, gentle and relaxing hands-on treatment.
Some people almost fall asleep. (Some actually snore!)
- It is suitable for all age groups.
- Using fingers and thumbs, movements are made over soft tissue at
specific points. No massage or manipulation is used.
- The patient is left resting at frequent intervals to allow the input of
the gentle movements to be absorbed. These breaks are
therapeutic and extremely important.
- Treatment is usually given through light clothing.
Bowen can successfully treat many conditions some of which are:
- Back / neck pain, joint pain (hips, knees, shoulders, elbows)
- Asthma, hayfever and respiratory complaints
- Migraines
- Menstrual / menopausal problems
- Chronic fatigue
- Digestive problems including infant colic and IBS
- Sports injuries
- Trauma (even long after an accident)
- Stress
People frequently comment on how relaxing the treatment is. They are
also surprised that such minimal practitioner / patient contact achieves
such a great deal. Any initial scepticism usually turns to amazement as they
return to better health.
What Bowen does
- Bowen treatment creates a slight disturbance of the body
tissues which trigger the healing response, allowing the body
to realign and re-balance.
- Patients can experience for example a tingling sensation or
feeling of warmth in a part of them that may or may not have
been treated. It can be as bizarre as work on the head
resulting in sensations in the feet!
- Mostly we are unaware of where we physically hold our
tensions/emotions. During a course of treatment a person may
become conscious of tender or painful areas of which they had
previously been unaware.
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