The Bowen Technique or Bowen Therapy is named after Tom Bowen, an Australian, who began to practice this non invasive technique on his patients in the 1950´s. The Bowen Technique is often seen as a catalyst that triggers the body's abilities to heal itself via a series of gentle moves applied to either the patients skin or through light clothing.

The Bowen Technique enables healing at a deep cellular level, removing toxins and resetting the bodies nervous system to a natural state of balance. The Bowen Technique Practitioner uses his or her hands to manoeuvre the skin, pulling it back to the edge of a muscle, ligament or tendon. The skin is then held briefly in this position before being pushed back gently over the underlying tissue. A Bowen Practitioner will treat the whole body of the patient and not just the effected tissue. Treatments normally last anyhwere between 30 minutes and an hour, with brief pauses included in the treatment in order to allow the healing processes to begin.

Studies of the Bowen Technique prove that this holistic therapy has a highly beneficial effect on the bodies immune and hormonal systems. Additionally it provides relief to patients suffering from ailments of both bone and muscle. Common medical conditions treated by Bowen therapists include: headaches, neck and back pain, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, carpal tunnel syndrome, respiratory problems and hayfever, kidney problems, arthritis, high blood pressure and knee pain. Bowen Therapy is also an effective tool for the treatment of stress management and fatigue.

David Kempster is a fully B.T.A. qualified Bowen Technique Massage Therapist, running Bowen Therapy clinics in both the Algarve and Lisbon areas of Portugal. David has successfully treated patients of all ages for various ailments and conditions by using the Bowen Technique to apply the minimal of influences to stimulate the patients own body to heal itself. David explained that the Bowen Technique is one of the most important weapons that medical practitioners have in their armoury to facilitate the healing of the whole body. Bowen Therapy uses the mental, physical and emotional centres of the patients being to promote and maintain a healthy body.

The Bowen Technique (Bowtech) is currently being used in U.K hospitals and private clinics around Europe and the world. Both non-invasive and cost-effective, Bowen Therapy treatment is now a recognized medical system that has seen the number of its practitioners grow at an enormous rate. Additionally, psychologists and psychiatrists employing the Bowen Technique are of the belief that the effects of Bowen Therapy also include an increased ability to focus, as well as an ability to both elevate the patients mood and improve his or her quality of sleep.

David Kempster explained from one of his Bowen Technique clinics in the Algarve Portugal: "Often a patient will feel an emotional release as well as a physical release of pain after a session of Bowen Therapy. This may be a sign that the particular patient´s symptoms, although manifesting in the physical may have at least some roots in the emotional."