Hello! Does anyone have any experience trying Bowen therapy? Any insight would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

I have been taking Bowen therapy for a couple of months now. I have had multiple issues for years, so we are anticipating my response will be very slow. My understanding is the sooner you can begin Bowen after injury/onset the better.

My therapist is also one of the teachers of this technique, and she is excellent. She uses a combined approach, not just pure Bowen. I have seen some progress, but like I said, mine is quite slow because of time and multiple physical issues.

I would encourage you to try it with an open mind, the will to be completely involved in the process, and willing to do any home exercises given. The technique is gentle, but you can walk away feeling everything from relief to soreness to total exhaustion. It is not massage, and it is not like chiropractic adjustment. It is a process developed to re-educate your nervous system signals.

I would be willing to answer any specific questions you may have, that I can . . . here, or you can PM me . . .

I tried Bowen therapy once a week for 3 months about 9 months after I was diagnosed. The Bowen therapist was also a Chiropractor, but she didn't do any Chiro work on me, just Bowen. Usually, I would flare up the first day following it, then maybe feel slightly better the next day, then go back to my normal. I felt like I wasted a lot of money on it, but that is the problem with CRPS. You never know what will work for you until you give it a good shot.
I really hope it works for you! Keep us posted on how its going.

thanks for your responses, both of you! good luck, lefthanded, and i'm sorry to hear it didn't work for you, lovefamilypets. i've been thru that with nerve blocks and craniosacral--but everyone has a different response to everything!

i've had CRPS in my foot for ten years, but it hasn't spread and stopped intensifying about two years ago (after six years of gradually becoming worse). I'll post after i've tried the therapy, if there's anything interesting to report.