Bowen Technique
Bowen Technique is primarily a remedial therapy tool. If differs from many other forms of therapy in that it does not attempt to inflict the will of the therapist or a specific outcome onto the patient. Instead it offers the body an opportunity to restore structural integrity.
The Bowen Technique was pioneered by Thomas Ambrose Bowen who was born in 1916 in Geelong, Australia. He was a keen sportsman and developed a great interest in massage and body work through observing football trainers and others involved with sports. He started treating work colleagues and his reputation spread to such an extent that by the time he was in his early 40s he had established a full time practice in remedial therapy using the technique he had developed. He died in 1982 and since then his name and method of bodywork has spread around the world.
The Bowen Technique treats the whole body, not just the presented symptom. The practitioner uses thumbs and fingers on precise points on the body to make rolling type moves which aim to disturb the muscles, soft tissue and energy in the body. There is no manipulation or adjustment of hard tissue and no force is used or needed.
The Bowen Technique is not a form of massage.