What is Bowen Therapy?
Bowen therapy is a unique form of body work that utilizes the connection between the muscles and the nervous system to provide relief to a wide range of conditions. Each move of a Bowen treatment challenges a muscle at the site where the nervous system innervates. There is a dynamic relationship between these two systems that allows us to move and hold positions without a great deal of effort and conscious thought. This is done by a series of communications between the muscles and the brain transferred by the nerves connecting the two. If we want to bend our arm we consciously bend it but once moved no longer think about keeping it bent. This is because the nerves innervating each muscle involved send a message to the brain that we have shortened some muscles and lengthened others. The brain understands these messages and resets the length of each muscle to hold that position. When a move is made in a Bowen treatment, the muscle is challenged without changing the length of the muscle. This sends a “default” message to the brain which essentially tells the brain to reset the muscle into its resting position. The outcome is to relax a tight or contracted muscle or to shorten a stretched muscle. When this is done throughout the entire muscular system, the effect it to reset the entire system to it’s relaxed resting state. The end effect: relief from pain.

What conditions respond to Bowen therapy?
Essentially any system that has muscular involvement will respond to Bowen therapy. This includes the musculoskeletal system, the digestive system, the respiratory system, the cardiovascular system, the genitourinary system and the nervous system. Specific conditions include: acute and chronic pain, asthma and other respiratory conditions, sinus congestion and hay fever, high blood pressure, gynecological complaints, migraine, digestive complaints, obstetrical pain, sciatica, frozen shoulder, low back pain, and carpal tunnel syndrome.

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