Wellness And Therapy Guides
Bowen Therapy
What is BowenTherapy?
Bowen therapy uses gentle, rolling moves on the skin to target muscles, tendons, and ligaments, with pauses to allow the body to respond.
This gentle yet effective therapy aims to relieve both chronic and acute pain by stimulating the body’s natural healing response through tissue manipulation.
Unique to Bowen therapy is its emphasis on rolling motion and regular pauses, which are thought to communicate with the nervous system, reducing stress, inducing relaxation, and promoting tissue repair.
With its gentle approach and comprehensive healing benefits, Bowen therapy offers holistic pain relief and relaxation.
Bowen therapy uses gentle, rolling moves on the skin to target muscles, tendons, and ligaments, with pauses to allow the body to respond.
This gentle yet effective therapy aims to relieve both chronic and acute pain by stimulating the body’s natural healing response through tissue manipulation.
Unique to Bowen therapy is its emphasis on rolling motion and regular pauses, which are thought to communicate with the nervous system, reducing stress, inducing relaxation, and promoting tissue repair.
With its gentle approach and comprehensive healing benefits, Bowen therapy offers holistic pain relief and relaxation.
Benefits for People Living With Cancer
Bowen therapy offers potential benefits including stress reduction, improved sleep quality, increased energy levels, and enhanced overall wellbeing.
Additionally, Bowen therapy has been utilised to address conditions commonly experienced by people living with cancer, such as chronic fatigue.
By promoting relaxation and stimulating the body’s natural healing mechanisms, Bowen therapy can complement conventional cancer treatments and support you in managing side effects of treatment and post recovery support.
Benefits for People Living With Cancer
Bowen therapy offers potential benefits including stress reduction, improved sleep quality, increased energy levels, and enhanced overall wellbeing.
Additionally, Bowen therapy has been utilised to address conditions commonly experienced by people living with cancer, such as chronic fatigue.
By promoting relaxation and stimulating the body’s natural healing mechanisms, Bowen therapy can complement conventional cancer treatments and support you in managing side effects of treatment and post recovery support.
Benefits for Carers
This gentle yet effective approach can alleviate the physical and emotional strain often experienced by carers.
Similar to our clients, carers may benefit from stress reduction, sleep quality and increased energy levels, there is also empirical research suggesting it may be an effective way to improve hamstring flexibility and increase mobility.
It is also reported that Bowen therapy may be an effective treatment for various types of headaches and lower-back pain.
By targeting muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Bowen therapy helps relieve tension, reduce stress, and promote relaxation.
This gentle yet effective approach can alleviate the physical and emotional strain often experienced by carers.
By targeting muscles, tendons, and ligaments, Bowen therapy helps relieve tension, reduce stress, and promote relaxation.
What to Expect from Your Session
A Bowen therapy session offers a gentle complement to other medical treatments.
Your practitioner will start by discussing your medical history and current concerns related to your cancer diagnosis.
During the session, precise Bowen technique movements and gentle pressure will be applied to targeted areas. The characteristic ‘rolling’ motions used in Bowen therapy are particularly gentle and non-invasive.
Your practitioner ensures your comfort and support throughout the session, allowing time for rest between sets of moves to initiate healing responses. Bowen therapy can be performed without undressing, respecting your privacy and comfort.
What to Expect from Your Session
A Bowen therapy session offers a gentle complement to other medical treatments.
Your practitioner will start by discussing your medical history and current concerns related to your cancer diagnosis.
During the session, precise Bowen technique movements and gentle pressure will be applied to targeted areas. The characteristic ‘rolling’ motions used in Bowen therapy are particularly gentle and non-invasive.
Your practitioner ensures your comfort and support throughout the session, allowing time for rest between sets of moves to initiate healing responses. Bowen therapy can be performed without undressing, respecting your privacy and comfort.
References
- Why Choose Bowen Therapy | Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia
- What is The Bowen Technique? | thebowentechnique.com
- What is Bowtech? | bowtech.com
- Bowen Therapy | SoulAdvisor
- Using Bowen technique in a health service workplace to improve the physical and mental wellbeing of staff | The Australian Journal of Holistic Nursing
- Why Choose Bowen Therapy | Bowen Therapists Federation of Australia
