Bowen Therapy helps re-balance the nervous system, promoting relaxation and releasing pain from the body. It can be used to treat conditions of pain including sciatica, back pain, headaches, muscle tension and injuries almost anywhere in the body including concussions. Because of the relaxation component it is also useful for supporting the person during periods of stress and conditions such as anxiety and depression.

Bowen consists of a series of soft tissue moves on areas where the nervous system connects to muscles. It causes a reflex that re-sets the connection allowing cycles of pain and tension to be released.

Originally founded by Thomas Bowen in Australia, Bowen Therapy shifts the nervous system from the stressed sympathetic setting (fight or flight) the more relaxed parasympathetic setting (rest and digest) state. When our nervous system is constantly in sympathetic mode dealing with our daily stressful lives we’re not able to do the normal physiological functions like properly digesting food or healing injuries. By shifting back into parasympathetic mode we’re able to relax and heal our bodies.

Bowen is a wonderful, gentle and relaxing physical therapy for the treatment of pain anywhere in the body. It is most known for helping to heal injuries from trauma like car accidents or sports injuries but also supports people with pain from sources like auto-immune conditions and fibromyalgia.

Since it re-balances the nervous system it helps create a grounded, more balanced mental state and is effective for helping people with stress, anxiety, depression and insomnia.

Our Licensed Naturopathic Doctors, Dr. Krista Braun and Dr. Briana Peddle are also Bowen Therapists. To learn more about them click on their names.