Research over the past decades has clearly demonstrated that psychological stress affects clinically relevant immune system outcomes, including inflammatory processes, wound healing and responses to infectious agents and other immune challenges.
Ongoing stress can cause or exacerbate many serious health problems because the brain sends defense signals to the endocrine system, which then releases an array of hormones that not only prepares the body for emergency situations, but severely depresses the immunity at the same time. Some experts claim that stress is responsible for as much as 90% of all illnesses and diseases
Because the endocrine and immune systems are so interrelated, disruption to one due to physical or emotional stress, typically causes damage to the other.
The nervous system is designed to protect us from danger through its interpretation of and reactions to stimuli. But a primary function of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems is to interact with the endocrine system to draw out hormones (chemicals that move throughout the body to regulate various body processes).
Bowen treatment helps the body and mind to relax and encourages the parasympathetic nervous system, or our rest and digest system, to return us back to balance or homeostasis.
Is not unusual that clients who initially seek Bowen treatment for physical pain relief, return with their own surprising reports of increased positive mood, reduced stress, better sleep and high levels of energy, manifesting for days following the session.
Additionally, clients report that regular treatments improve their immune system, reducing the incidence of viral infections and/or lessen the severity of symptoms and/or shorten the duration of colds.