Wanting to share Bowen with the world today! It’s an amazing form of bodywork that I haven’t been able to work into traditional PT practice, and is why I’m so excited to introduce it to my practice. Many practitioners write that they believe it actually resets the autonomic nervous system, and from what I’ve seen, I believe it too. Within a few visits of treating issues related to pain, I’ve seen levels of anxiety improve, and many people’s insomnia goes away as a positive side-effect! Phenomenal! This is especially so if there has been anxiety or insomnia since an accident. I also love this technique because there are individuals, especially with fibromyalgia, who can’t tolerate traditional manual therapy because of how sore they feel afterward. It can be transformative for anyone, but even people with fibromyalgia because of how gentle (and powerful) it is.
“Evolutionally speaking, if the body is in survival mode, healing does not usually take place until the body is sure of survival. Studies show that when the body is in a hyperactive state of sympathetic innervation, healing is blocked… Many physical therapists have had to deal with these patients who don’t seem to heal. These patients seem to actually resist healing; their bodies are still locked in SNS innervation so nothing works. They are often told that they will ‘just have to live with it.’” “Accelerated Healing Response — The Bowen Technique Can Complement Traditional PT“, Dan Amato; ADVANCE for Physical Therapists and PT Assistants, Oct 2001