Bowen therapy is a massage technique that brings various benefits to the management of anxiety and other disorders related to the nervous system and works on reorganizing the physiological balance within the body. Let's find out better.

Bowen therapy technique

Bowen Therapy goes back to a physiological harmony within the body, through a method that acts directly on the nervous system . Digital manipulations are very light and have been coded by Thomas Ambrose Bowen, born April 18, 1916 in Brunswick, near Melbourne in the state of Victoria, Australia. It was he who developed this technique for soft tissue manipulation, known today as the Bowen or Bowtech © technique.

Despite not having a medical background, he considered himself a sort of osteopath; in fact, his technique, built over many years of study, has something to do with the intention to convey, the contact to be supported, the adherence to be achieved. The patient's vision is totally holistic and listening passes through the fingers. It is no coincidence that he himself said that he had received the hard core of the discipline as a "gift of God".

At the Bowen Therapy Professional Association website you will find articles, clinical cases, publications, scientific literature.

The seat

The Bowen Therapy session is a real treatment ranging from 10 to 40 minutes. Typical Bowen manipulation involves gentle pressure associated with muscle or tendon rotation. This is accomplished by avoiding slipping on the skin, but rather by lifting the affected skin flap before operating the healing pressure and holding it under the fingers.

Deep relaxation is experienced at the first session.

The treatments are performed on lowered and padded massage tables and the digital pressures are effective even through light clothing.

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Benefits and contraindications of Bowen therapy

Positive results are evident not only in cases of overt articular bone problems, but also in disorders related to the inner world, such as anxiety , nervousness, insomnia , migraine , fatigue , difficult digestion. The technique has reported very positive results in athletes (tennis elbow, sedimented motor patterns, carpal tunnel and other forms of muscle inflammation). Excellent results also in pregnant women or with problems related to fertility or in the phases that precede and follow the arrival of menopause .

The intuition of the therapist plays a fundamental role in the perspective of the patient's release and deep contact with his nervous system.

Curiosity

Bowen Therapy is systemically applied also in the veterinary field by expert professionals.