Bowen Technique teacher and practitioner Jo Lunn explains how the Bowen Technique can help during pregnancy.
What is Bowen Technique?
The Bowen Technique is a gentle hands-on therapy that enables the body to work at optimum health. Rolling type moves are made with the thumbs and fingers on muscles, tendons ligaments and fascia bringing tension release through connective tissue and the nervous system and restoring the body's natural healing ability. It promotes pain relief, recovery of energy and functionality to the body.
When a gentle Bowen move is made a profound effect occurs in the body. The brain is focused onto that part of the body and begins to ask questions as to the state of health that area is in. The body responds by sending the answers to those questions to the brain via the nerves. The brain is then able to work out exactly what state the body is in and what is required for it to gain optimum health. The brain then sends the appropriate response to the body, for the body corrects itself. The unique benefit of the Bowen Technique is that the body is given the opportunity to correct itself. By bringing tension release throughout the body with the Bowen Technique tension and imbalances are prevented building up and thus the body in its optimum state.
A further unique benefit of the Bowen Technique is that is can be received through light clothing or lying on one side, sitting up or even standing thus ensuring the mum-to-be's comfort at all times. The treatment is very gentle and can be performed on newborns through to the elderly.
How Does Bowen Help During Pregnancy?
During pregnancy the Bowen Technique plays an important and integral role. As the mum-to-be's posture changes through pregnancy, the spine and pelvis are vulnerable due to the stresses from carrying her unborn child. Pregnancy can create problems and exacerbate existing ones. By ensuring that the pelvis is correctly aligned through the pregnancy this will not only help to alleviate back pain and sciatica as well as tension in the shoulders and neck, but it will also help ensure that there is no restricted blood flow to the baby and uterus and neural pathways are unhindered to the uterine and pelvic area during the pregnancy too. This will help alleviate digestive problems such as constipation, haemorrhoids, acid reflux etc. Correct alignment to the pelvis is also very beneficial for giving birth.
The diversity of the Bowen Technique is immense and can go further than treating pregnancy troubles as I have discussed here. The elderly and those in palliative care; from neck, frozen shoulder, knee and back trouble to infantile colic, IBS, RSI, hay fever, migraines, infertility, troubles with newborns, ME and strokes can all benefit from the treatment, which is why it is becoming an increasingly popular choice across the globe for those looking for a safe and gentle way to treat a range of conditions across the whole family.
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