Advanced Bowen Quantum Natural Health
Bowen Quantum Natural Health:
for Pain Free Living,
when Chiropractic and Physical Therapy have not given you the results you expected.
What the
Bowen Technique is Not !
Sometimes it’s easier
to explain this technique by stating what it is not!
Bowen is not Massage: Rubbing or even prolonged palpation around a Bowen move can weaken the effect. The moves go no deeper than fascia on superficially accessible muscles, and only with gentle pressure.
Bowen is not Acupressure: Some of the areas of focus will coincide with acupuncture points, but there are so many acupuncture points that some overlap does occur. With Bowen ‘points’ however, one simple move across the structure is all it takes.
Bowen is not Chiropractic: No manipulation of the skeletal system is made. Most practitioners and many clients will notice that vertebral segments do indeed rotate back into position during treatment. This is an effect of the realignment of the whole body and is evidence of the body repositioning itself and a Bowen Quantum session working.
Bowen is not Physiotherapy or Neuromuscular ‘Re-Education’: No modalities or machines are used in Bowen Therapy. Stretch reflex, Golgi reflex and reciprocal enervation may be involved in the muscular releases, but these occur on a cellular level and expand out physically. In fact, people may fall asleep during a session and may not feel the effects for several days. These factors distinguish Bowen from remedial exercises or movement training that some people need for long-term injury recovery.
Bowen is not Trigger-Point Therapy: Some points are unavoidably similar even though the referral zones are different. Most trigger points are found in the core of muscles, while Bowen muscle moves are usually made where two muscles or muscle groups overlap. During a Bowen session and by releasing the hypertonic muscles which produces them, Bowen does release trigger points. Bowen Therapy, however is not direct trigger point release.
Bowen is not Direct Fascia Release: The basic Bowen move has a facial component that involves stretching back connective tissue over a specific body part and applying a cross fibre maneuver. This causes a pizio electric effect to the underlying tissues that follows with a hydration response. With each Bowen move, the fascia is rocked and minutely ‘disturbed’, but not forcefully separated. After a series of Bowen Quantum sessions, adhesions tend to loosen, scar tissue frequently softening and shrinking on its own, because impediments to the natural healing process are removed.
Bowen is not Lymphatic Massage: Bowen does stimulate lymphatic releases, in that sinuses will often drain during sessions; breast lumps may shrink or be gone within a few weeks, and excess fluids are usually eliminated within the week. Bowen does not, however, use the percussion or vigorous stroking of lymphatic massage, although there is a bit of gentle teasing done around the sternocleidomastoid muscle (SCM). Excessively sluggish lymph will drain, but Bowen does not use lymphatic procedures to directly cause this drainage
Bowen is not an Emotional Release Modality: The intent of a Quantum Bowen session is not to effect emotional release. However, some people report dramatic lightening of spirit and a subtle but pervasive refocusing of troublesome emotional patterns. Many body-workers consciously focus on the interface between physical and emotional, trying to touch on that which is hidden behind a protective wall of hyper tense musculature. Excessive pressure is not needed. Bowen confirms that the best access is gained by the least threatening approach.
Remember prevention is better than cure. Once you show signs of improvement we will continue to work with you to keep harmony and balance already achieved. A regular treatment, depending on your timetable, will stop future stress accumulating.
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