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What is Bowen Therapy?

Bowen Therapy is used to describe a variety of therapies based on the work of the Australian body worker, Mr. Tom Bowen (1916–1982). The technique consists of gentle movements across muscles and tendons to relieve pain, spasms and stiffness of movement.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Chronic pain 3 2 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_none
Other 2 1 Efficacy_major
Tremor 1 0
autonomic dysfunction 1 0
Muscle tension 1 1 Efficacy_major
Helps with Muscle realignment. 1 1 Efficacy_moderate

See all 9 patients currently using Bowen Therapy

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Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 0
Moderate
 0
Mild
 0
None
 4

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Using Bowen Therapy (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Did not seem to work 3   Did not seem to work: 100%

See all 3 patients who’ve stopped using Bowen Therapy

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Using Bowen Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0
0

Stopped Using Bowen Therapy

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0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
0

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Bowen Therapy

Always
 1 25%
Usually
 2 50%
Sometimes
 0 0%
Never
 1 25%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Bowen Therapy

Very
 0 0%
Somewhat
 1 25%
A little
 2 50%
Not at all
 1 25%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Bowen Therapy

$200+
 0 0%
$100-199
 1 33%
$50-99
 2 67%
$25-49
 0 0%
< $25
 0 0%

Report created on February 12, 2012.