What is Bowen Therapy?

Bowen Therapy is a holistic and multidimensional approach to pain relief and healing that has achieved remarkable results over the past 50 years.

Tom Bowen, its originator, saw that the underlying source of many musculoskeletal, neurological, neuromuscular and other health problems could be found in the soft tissue or fascia.

Fascia embraces all nerves, bones, arteries, veins and muscles. Fascia dysfunction can affect every structure, muscle, nerve and organ in the body with nerve compression, muscle shortening, skeletal and organ displacement as typical examples.

Bowen is safe to use on anyone from the elderly to newborn babies and on any condition from sports injuries to chronic complaints.

Bowen facilitates the balancing of a broad range of conditions. It can address any problem (with medical supervision where appropriate) as the treatment is holistic. Bowen produces an integrated body response, and consequently improves circulation, lymphatic and venous draining, assimilation of nutrients and elimination of toxins, joint mobility, posture, clearance of dysfunctional debris, normalization of cellular physiology and tissue integrity.

Bowen Treatment consists of small gentle moves each at a specific site on the body. There is no forceful manipulation, just light cross fibre moves over muscle, tendon or ligament. Treatments are performed through clothing.

Bowen is gentle and effective, with substantial relief frequently attained after the first session. In most cases, only two or three treatments are required, one week apart. Treatments can last from 30 to 50 minutes.

Conditions that respond well to Bowen Therapy include:

• Sports and accident injuries
• Frozen Shoulder
• Stress disorders
• Whiplash
• Musculo-skeletal pain and imbalance particularly back pain

Organic Complaints:

• Respiratory
• Digestive
• Menstrual
• Hormonal
• Acute and chronic fatigue