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Bowtech 2012 Conference Italy

Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -1000

Please find below information we have received about the 2012 Bowtech Conference in Italy. We have no further information about the conference, so suggest you contact Bowtech or Sheila Jackson on the email below for further information or to register your interest.

Kind regards

Sue Broad

Office Manager

Bowen Association of Australia

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Dear friends,

We are organising the international conference in Courmayeur (AO) Italy (at the foot of Mont Blanc) from the 14th to 17th September 2012.

The programme (not defined yet) is :-

14th Sept 17.00 Sign in, welcome and opening ceremony

15th & 16th Sept Conference

16th Sept Gala Dinner

17th Sept various choices - golf, castles, Mont Blanc etc. - a fun day!

18th &19th Sept workshops with various instructors.

To help us define the programme, we need to know who would be interested in speaking at the conference and who is interested in holding a seminar in the two days after.

The conference will be translated Italian/English/German simultaneously - for other languages please let us know your needs.

Please reply asap - we need to define everything for November,

Piero Muraro & organising committee

Assoc. Bowenitalia

Piero Muraro (presidente)

Sheila Jackson (coordinatrice e segretaria)

+390165 84 3417

http://www.bowenitalia.org

http://www.bowtech.com/

skype:- sheilajack

facebook:- sheila jackson

you tube:- pierobowtech

Sheila Jackson email: shja@mac.com

MAJOR BOWEN THERAPY RESEARCH PUBLISHED

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -1000

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies - Volume 15, Issue 3 July 2011 Pages 281 – 290

The effects of the Bowen technique on hamstring flexibility over time: A randomised controlled trial

Michelle Marr MSc, PgCertEd a MCSP, Chartered Physiotherapist and Lecturer, Julian Baker b , Director and Principal Instructor of The European College of Bowen Studies, Nicky Lambon MA, DipTP, CertEdFE a, MCSP Principal Lecturer, Physiotherapy Programme Manager and Director of Faculty Placement Unit at Coventry University and Jo Perry MSc, MCSP, MMACP a,Grad Assoc Phys Senior Lecturer, Coventry University.

a School of Physiotherapy and Dietetics, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Coventry University, Priory Street,Coventry CV1 5FB, UK

b European College of Bowen Studies, The Corsley Centre, Old School, Deep Lane, Corsley, Wiltshire, BA12 7QF,UK

Summary

The hamstring muscles are regularly implicated in recurrent injuries, movement dysfunction and low back pain. Links between limited flexibility and development of neuromusculoskeletal symptoms are frequently reported. The Bowen Technique is used to treat many conditions including lack of flexibility. The study set out to investigate the effect of the Bowen Technique on hamstring flexibility over time.

An assessor-blind, prospective, randomised controlled trial was performed on 120 asymptomatic volunteers. Participants were randomly allocated into a control group or Bowen group. Three flexibility measurements occurred over one week, using an active knee extension test. The intervention group received a single Bowen treatment. A repeated measures univariate analysis of variance, across both groups for the three time periods, revealed significant within-subject and between-subject differences for the Bowen group. Continuing increases in flexibility levels were observed over one week. No significant change over time was noted for the control group.

Keywords: Hamstring; Flexibility; Bowen technique; Randomised controlled trial/RCT

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1360859210001075

The Conference – The Verdict! Order your own DVD Boxed set here!

Fri, 12 Nov 2010 00:00:00 -1000

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