Tune up Your Body with Bowen!

Tune up your Body with Bowenwork®

Mary Falk, PT of Restoration Physical Therapy, LLC: Pain relief with Bowenwork (02/23/2009)

When your car engine is misfiring, you take it in for a tune up. If your vision is a getting blurry,

you go in for new glasses. A piano tuner is called when your playing is a bit off key. But what

can you do when your body is showing signs of wear and tear and needs resetting?

Bowenwork can help the body to restore its natural balance.

What is Bowenwork? Developed by Tom Bowen of Geelong, Australia in the mid 1950’s, the

practice is based on the principle that our bodies have been designed with an inherent healing

ability as can be seen in cell regeneration and the mending of fractured bones. But sometimes

the body gets stuck and Bowenwork helps to trigger this natural healing ability.

Gentle, precisely located moves are performed over soft tissue structures (muscles, tendons,

ligaments), which results in a relaxation response. Muscular tension is decreased. A key

element in the treatment is the prescribed wait periods between the sets of moves. These wait

times give the nervous system a chance to process the sensory information and make

adjustments bringing correction to abnormal compensatory postural holding patterns and

release to fascial restrictions. Most clients are surprised at how such a gentle move can have

such a profound response.

Ruth says, “After a knee replacement surgery, I was in quite a bit of pain and had a high level

of anxiety that accompanied the pain. I had never heard of Bowenwork before, but was more

than willing to try anything to relieve my suffering that was driving me to the edge. After the

first treatment I had an entire day of respite from pain and anxiety. To say that I was utterly

astonished on the results is an understatement. Continued treatments have made amazing

progress towards my full recovery. I am thoroughly convinced that this treatment can help

each and everyone of us in our healing processes.”

The pivotal point in a Bowenwork session is when the body shifts from a “state of emergency or

fight or flight” to a place of relaxation where it can rest, reset and heal. Blood flow increases

allowing for oxygen delivery, cellular activity is improved, and lymph flow is stimulated aiding in

detoxification.

This technique is safe for all ages from the newborn to the elderly and infirm. It is typically

done over loose clothing with the exception of several moves that are optimally performed on

skin. Bowenwork sessions last 45 min to 1 hour and are generally scheduled 1 time/week.

Many conditions are improved with 1-2 sessions, and 3-8 sessions are typically all that is

needed for more chronic conditions. It can help with arthritis, back and neck pain, frozen

shoulders, sciatica, asthma, and migraines, headaches, and pregnancy related back pain to

name just a few. It is a wonderful option during pregnancy because it is a natural approach to

pain relief.

Bowenwork is becoming more recognized by the medical community. There are currently

practitioners in 31 different countries. In summary, the simplicity and efficacy of

this cost-effective, powerful, non-invasive and gentle form of healing is amazing those clients

who have found Bowen therapy.