The Bowen Technique was developed in Australia in the 1950's by Tom Bowen, a gifted healer.  Although he himself was untrained, he claimed his fingers could sense vibrations in the muscles, nerves and soft tissues.  The tension in the muscles helped him find the right places to manipulate.

Tom Bowen

Tom was a quiet and gentle man who spoke of his skill with great humility. He called it a "gift from God" and opened a clinic in the town of Geelong, in Victoria, Australia in the 1950's. where he treated thousands of people each year.

In 1973, in an interview with an Australian parliamentary committee looking into complementary medicine, Bowen stated that he treated approximately 280 patients per week - a total of 13,000 patients per year!  He claimed an 88% success rate.

Once a month he ran a free clinic devoted to children with disabilities and on Saturday nights he opened his clinic to injured football players.

The sign on the wall of his clinic read: 
 

The Bowen Technique was introduced to the world thanks to the efforts of Oswald and Elaine Rentsch who documented Tom Bowen's work and established the Bowen Therapy Academy of Australia in the late 1980's.   www.bowtech.com