Bowenwork

Feature Business of the Week: Bowenwork

Written by: Marla Hasquet

Address: 925 Oilfield Ave, Shelby Montana

Phone: 406-460-0728

Bowenwork is unique to the field of body work; it is gentle and relaxing and triggers the body's own healing resources, which can result in lasting relief from pain and discomfort. Bowenwork is slow gentle movements over specific muscles, tendons and ligaments; it includes important pauses giving the body time to integrate. The gentle nature of Bowenwork makes it ideal for all ages from newborns to elderly.

I have been a Bowenwork Practitioner for 12 years. To maintain my license I take 16 educational credit hours a year. 

The therapy itself was developed over 50 years ago by the late Tom Bowen of Australia. His extraordinary successes in treating thousands of patients were documented by a government inquiry into alternative health practices in Australia in 1975. Since then Bowenwork has been introduced to over 30 countries. Practitioners around the world have embraced Bowenwork for its remarkable effectiveness, its gentle application and the diversity of problems it addresses.

The Bowenwork achieves profound relief from a wide spectrum of conditions: to name a few, back pain, shoulder pain, carpal tunnel, migraines, TMJ, sports injuries, shin splints, plantar fasciitis, sciatica, colic, constipation, haemorrhoids, bed-wetting in children, tinnitus, as well as reducing physical, emotional and mental stresses. Bowenwork improves joint mobility, lymphatic circulation, and promotes a state of ease and well-being. Bowenwork practitioners have been increasingly expanding the range of conditions that the technique has been found to effectively treat.

For more information or to make an appointment call Marla at 406-460-0728; my website is www.bowenworkmt.com (currently in rebuilding process, but will be available Aug 16, 2023) or the national website at www.americanbowen.academy

Written By: Shane Adams

One of the first things I think of when I think of Bowenwork. Is that Marla came down to the Chamber office one of my first days at the office starting the new job. She just wanted to welcome me to the community and introduce herself. Which was very much welcomed and thoughtful. I must admit, I never heard of Bowenwork in my past when she said what she did. I have suffered from a bad back for many years, including a back surgery on my back a long time ago, which helped that certain issue. To satisfy my curiosity, I looked it up but still was not 100% sure what it entailed. With the feature of the week I thought Bowenwork would be a great one to feature, to inform the community more information on the service Marla provides. When I asked her about the feature, she offered me a session to help better understand the practice. I gladly accepted as I thought that was a great idea, we set up a date and time. I arrived, and boy, it was an enlightening experience. In my words I'd describe it as between a Chiropractic adjustment and massage therapy, closer to the massage therapy though. She would put pressure and movement of the muscles and ligaments to reset the structure in various spots on the body. Let it rest then do it again on another spot. I will confirm it was very calming and relaxing session. Afterwards we chatted and I made a comment. Did you hear me snoring at all? Pretty sure I literally fell asleep during the session because I was full on relax mode!

If anyone suffers from any issues, mind or body, Bowenwork should be something worth checking into for relief! It could just be your ticket to the relief you're looking for!