Bowen Therapy / Jim Fessler

What is Bowen Technique Therapy:

Bowen Technique therapy is a powerful and innovative form of healthcare. It has applications for pain relief, injury
recovery, stress reduction, enhanced performance for sports and work, as well as for the maintenance of health and wellness.
It has been seen to accelerate pain relief, speed recovery from injury and illness, diminish the effects of some chronic
illnesses, and reduce surgical recovery time. It has also been seen to help maintain a generally higher level of function
and sense of well being among those receiving the work.
Bowen Technique is manual therapy that is easily administered and virtually pain-free in application. It is safe for all
ages, from babies to the elderly because of the gentle nature of its application. Clients who are acutely sensitive from 
chronic or acute pain or inflammation welcome this non-intrusive aspect as a way of relieving their pain without causing
more suffering.
Bowen Technique is based on the principle that our bodies have an inherent and continous self-healing and self-correcting 
process that can be stimulated to return us to our previous healthy condition. What Bowen does, and does so well, is to
provide the body with a powerful reminder of this relaxing state of recovery and the opportunity to 'jump-start' this
process of healing. Bowen can be so effective because it works in partnership with each person's healing process, not in
spite of it. As a result, special attention is paid to the unique structure and tissue tone of each individual in order to
fine tune the work administered to each client.
Bowen Technique consists of a series of precisely placed motions of the thumbs or fingers over tendons, muscles or nerves.
The stimulus to relax and heal that Bowen gives the body enters the nervous system and travels to the brain through the
highly sensitive pathways used for sensing motion and maintaining balance. These neural connections bypass our conscious
thought and voluntary muscle action so that the messages they send communicate more directly and powerfully their healing
message. Structural balance, muscle tone, blood flow, tiussue drainage are parts of the recuperative system that can be
positively affected. This can be why Bowen can succeed in the releasing a locked joint, muscle or non-responsive condition
that has been repeatedly treated, trained and stretched with no lasting change.
Bowen helps the body remember how to heal faster and easier.