RESEARCH

As alternative healing becomes more accepted, Bowen Therapy International understands the importance of clinical research in today's world of scientific methodology. We are committed to allopathic trials and statistical experimentation seeking to explain the success rate our practitioners see on a daily basis. We currently help to sponsor studies done by the Bowen Research And Training Institute in Palm Harbor, Florida, under the direction of the very capable JoAnne Whitaker, M.D.
By using the Heart Rate Variability (HRV) to study the autonomic nervous system (ANS) early findings show that Bowen treatments balance the ANS. In the control group were subjects with all types of rheumatological conditions. This emphasizes the importance of the Bowen technique in preventive medicine and health maintenance. Research papers have been written and presented to the International Association of New Science and The American Academy of Environmental Medicine. Another study being undertaken is using microscopic live cell analysis to explain a possible bacterial agent associated with rheumatic diseases. Employing Bowen Therapy as the variable, there appears to be a connection between Bowen's body balancing effect and t-helper cells.

Other research includes:

  • Personal Perception of Health and Well-being Pre - and Post - Bowen Therapy
  • Master's thesis project, Judy Rayment (Victoria University of Technology, St. Albans, Victoria)
  • Effects on Tic Douloureux and TMJ Disease Collaborator - Dental Power, Clearwater, Florida
  • Effects on Cardiac Dysrythmias and Brain Wave Activity Collaborator - HeartMath - Boulder Creek, Co.
  • Effects on Various Adrenocorticotropic Hormones and Neurotransmitters. Collaborator - Diagnos - Tech, Inc. Kent, WA
  • Identification of Cellular Debris Visualized Following the Bowen Technique
    1. Live Cell Analysis with Phase and Dark Field Microscopy
    2. Cell Wall Deficient Bacteria Cultures
    3. Flow Cytometric Analysis
    4. Specific Tumor Markers
    5. DNA Analysis/ Probes for Specific Bacteria

    Jo Anne Whitaker, M.D
    Jo Anne Whitaker, M.D., is an internationally recognized research and teaching physician, author of over sixty scholarly publications and has accumulated numerous awards throughout her career.

    Dr. Whitaker has had extensive residence and fellowship programs in pediatrics, hematology, oncology, nutrition and psychiatry. She taught in seven different medical schools and retired as a full professor of pediatrics. She spent nine years in Southeast Asia, starting a new medical school and nutritional laboratory in Thailand and a post-graduate training program in Vietnam during the war. After returning from Vietnam, she was director of the Florida Mental Health Center in Tampa. She helped start and develop the first hospice in Florida and initiated the Little Kids Program for Abused Children at the Chi Chi Rodriguez Children's Program.



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