Bowen therapy is a massage technique that brings various benefits at the level of the management of anxious states and other disorders related to the nervous system  and works on the reorganization of the physiological balance inside the body. Let’s find out better.

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The Bowen therapy technique

Bowen Therapy restores a physiological harmony within the body , through a method that acts directly on the nervous system . The digital manipulations are very light and were 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. 

Although he had no medical training, he considered himself something of an osteopath; in fact, his technique, built over long years of studies, has something about the intention to convey, the contact to be sustained, 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 received the hard core of discipline as a “gift from God”. 

On 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 that lasts from 10 to 40 minutes.  Typical Bowen manipulation involves gentle pressure associated with rotation of the muscle or tendon. This is accomplished by avoiding slipping on the skin, but rather by lifting the flap of affected skin before applying the curative pressure and holding it under the fingers.

Deep relaxation is experienced already in the first session.

The treatments are performed on lowered and padded massage tables and 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 osteoarticular problems, but also in disorders related to the inner world, such as  anxiety , nervousness, insomnia , migraines , 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 preceding and following the arrival of menopause . 

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