An Anticipatory View of Bowtech

Bowtech (the Bowen Technique) is a dynamic system of muscle and connective tissue therapy developed by Ossie and Elaine Rentsch, Victoria, Australia from the work of Tom Bowen. Many health problems, both acute and chronic, were solved worldwide using Bowtech which, most likely, triggers the body's healing mechanisms. As in many other types of treatment, the relation patient - therapist leads to an individual treatment model, based on both the patient and therapist models of the problem(s) to solve. All these three models include anticipatory aspects, related to the future states of both human systems involved - patient and therapist.

The paper presents the authors view of Bowtech as an anticipatory system, including relevant examples from the authors practice.