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What is Bowen...
and How Does It Work? |
A Brief Anatomical and Physiological Explanation
for the Medical Profession
By Robert M.
McCusker
The Australian developed Bowen Therapy or Bowen Technique can be used
to treat a range of acute problems such as sport and work related
injuries. As an example, Bowen Therapy will provide immediate relief and
mobility to a sprained ankle.
If used holistically, Bowen therapy will allow the body to repair itself
from a wide range of chronic, long term health conditions and can be
used improve the performance and well-being of people.
In both cases these results are obtained by allowing individual muscles
to relax or return to their uncontracted length.
This is achieved by using one, or both, of the two Bowen techniques. One
Bowen technique is used on tendons and the other Bowen technique is used
on muscles.
The aim of the Bowen technique for tendons is to activate the Golgi
tendon organ (a type of proprioceptor) which will trigger the tendon to
automatically relax. This technique will vary depending on the length
and location of the tendon.
The second type of Bowen technique is carried out on the muscle (usually
on the belly of the muscle) where the vein and lymphatic vessels connect
to the muscle.
The aim of this Bowen technique is to gentle push the blood and lymph
fluid along their respective vessels, away from the muscle. This process
is similar to squeezing toothpaste out of a toothpaste tube.
This is achieved by gently using the fingers to slide the skin over the
underlying muscle. An important part of this Bowen Technique is to move
the blood and lymph fluid gently enough to avoid stimulating the nervous
system.
If this Bowen technique is performed correctly, the first physiological
effect is the lymphatic system will flush any excess or trapped
neurotransmitters from the synaptic cleft. The immediate effect of this
is the muscle stops trying to contract.
The effect of moving blood along the vein, away from the muscle, is that
due to pressure differential, blood will exit the muscle to replace the
blood moved along the vein.
This in turn allows space for fresh blood to enter the muscle from the
artery.
As muscles need energy to relax, the fresh blood entering the muscle
will supply energy to the myosin heads allowing them to release, which
allows the muscle to relax or return to the muscle’s uncontracted
length.
The improved blood flow will also supply additional nutrients and oxygen
to speed the repair of any injury to the muscle.
To use Bowen Therapy as a holist treatment requires relaxing selected
muscles to improve the posture of the patient. This follows the belief
that “the structure of the skeleton affects the function of the organs”.
One example is if a person has bad posture and is physically bent and
twisted, the internal organs (liver, kidneys, spleen etc) are all being
squeezed and squashed out of shape. While this may not be fatal, the
organs will not work as effectively as they are meant to.
As the Bowen treatment improves the patient’s posture, the internal
organs return to their correct shape and location. The following
improvement in organ function is one of the reasons Bowen Therapy
achieves the quick results it does on a wide range of health issues.
The last piece of the Bowen puzzle, and possibly the most important, is
the effect Bowen Therapy has on the Autonomic Nervous System.
If a gentle Bowen Therapy relaxation treatment is carried out, brain
mapping shows the patient’s brain will produce Alpha waves and the
patient will feel like they are in a deep meditation.
When this occurs, the Sympathetic Nervous System stops overriding the
Para-sympathetic Nervous System and the body goes into automatic repair
mode. The Para-sympathetic Nervous System is often referred to as the
“resting and digesting” division of the Autonomic Nervous System.
To achieve a similar state, Australian hospitals now put severe trauma
patients into a drug induced coma for several days, purely to accelerate
the body’s repair work.
Because of the affect Bowen Therapy has on improving posture, improving
the blood and lymphatic flow, the improvement in organ function and the
way it allows the body to go into automatic repair mode, Bowen Therapy
has a legitimate claim to being the most holist form of health care ever
invented.
This thesis was researched and written by Robert M. McCusker to improve
the effectiveness and understanding of Bowen Therapy as a way to
commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the death of Tom Bowen
Robert has been trained by Bowtech, Smart Bowen and the International
School of Bowen Therapy.
He also has the experience of over 15,000 Bowen Therapy treatments and
Honours in Anatomy and Physiology.
Robert M. McCusker
Balmain Bowen Centre
99A Victoria Rd
Rozelle 2039
Australia
© Robert M. McCusker 2007
Robert McCusker has been trained by Bowtech, Smart Bowen and the
International School of Bowen Therapy. He also has the experience of
over 15,000 Bowen Therapy treatments and Honours in Anatomy and
Physiology.
Phone: (02) 9555 2117
Email:
robert.mccusker@bigpond.com.au
Website:
http://www.whatisbowen.com.au/
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