Bio-Touch helps promote, maintain and restore physical, emotional, mental, energetic and spiritual health and involves a gentle, skin-to-skin touch. Many consider Bio-Touch to be a healing touch therapy, and so it, therefore, is defined quite often as an energy (biofield) therapy comprised of a group of standardized, non-invasive touch points. The practitioner utilizes the first two fingers of each hand to very lightly touch one or more of 17 sets of points on the meridians of the body. Lightly touching these points on the body enhances its natural healing ability.
Research suggests that Bio-Touch may reduce stress and pain, improve symptoms, and improve feelings of well-being. According to Kenna Stephenson, M.D., medical director of the Women’s Wellness Center at the University of Texas Health Center, “Our research confirms that Bio-Touch has an immediate and sustained favorable effect on bodily pain and physical conditioning, in addition to an overall improvement in quality of life scores in patients.”
Research
Hammerschlag, R., Levin, M., McCraty, R., Bat, N., … & Oschman J. (2015). Biofield physiology: A framework for an emerging discipline.
Jain, S., Hammerschlag, R., Mills, P., Cohen, L., … & Lutgendorf, S. (2015). Clinical studies of biofield therapies: Summary, methodological challenges, and recommendations.
Jain, S., & Mills, P. (2010). Biofield therapies: helpful or full of hype? A best evidence synthesis.
Matos, L., Machado, J., Monteiro, F., & Greten, H. (2021). Perspectives, measurability and effects of non-contact biofield-based practices: A narrative review of quantitative research.
McKenzie, C. (2021). Bio-Touch: A non-invasive tool to improve outcomes.
Muehsam, D., Chevalier, G., Barsotti, T., & Gurfein, B. (2015). An overview of biofield devices.
Rubik, B., Muehsam, D., Hammerschlag, R., & Jain S. (2015). Biofield science and healing: History, terminology, and concepts.
Stephenson, K., Neuenschwander, P., & Kurdowska, A. The effects of Bio-Touch on neuroactive hormones and inflammatory, antithrombotic, prothrombotic, and immune signaling factors in postmenopausal women.
Uchida, S., Iha, T., Yamaoka, K., Nitta, K., & Sugano, H. (2012). Effect of biofield therapy in the human brain.
Additional Information
Bio-Touch: Clinical integration of an energy therapy SlideShare | Kenna Stephenson MD
Bio-Touch: Hands-on benefits to clients | Massage Magazine
Biofield therapy for chronic conditions: What are the facts? | Psychology Today
Clinical integration of an energy therapy PDF | Just Touch News
The human biofield | Pathways To Family Wellness
What is Bio-Touch? | Debra Schildhouse
What is the biofield? | Biofield Lab
What to know about biofield therapy | Medical News Today
