Bowen technique

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The Bowen Technique is a therapeutic technique named after Australian Tom Bowen. 1916-1982

Bowen was not a trained therapist,[1] but called himself an osteopath and attempted to join the register of osteopaths in 1981 but was turned down. [2]

The technique consists of the practitioner lightly rolling the thumbs and forefingers across tendons, ligaments and superficial fascia with two minute pauses between moves.

Coventry University undertook a RCT to investigate the effects of the technique on hamstring flexibility in 2005 on individuals without any problems with their hamstrings.[3][4]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Young, J (2007). Complementary Medicine For Dummies. For Dummies. pp. 257–8. ISBN 0470026251. 
  2. ^ Geelong Advertiser September 1981
  3. ^ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21665103
  4. ^ http://www.scfsm.com/bowen-hamstring%20research%20article.pdf
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