Archive for the ‘General’ Category
Saturday, August 29th, 2009
Cerebral lateralization has been a hot topic in neuroscience for centuries. How does it apply to body patterns we see in clinic, i.e., does right motor dominance cause hypertonicity in highly innervated tissues such as iliopsoas, rotatores, multifidi, scalenes, suboccipitals? Recall that the 11th cranial nerve innervates the upper traps ...
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Friday, August 14th, 2009
In 2007, the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB) surprised many in the massage and bodywork community with this announcement: Videos of any type could no longer be included in home-study and online courses unless NCBTMB-approved instructors offer one-day workshops to monitor and test home-study participants on ...
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Wednesday, July 15th, 2009
An exceptionally significant postural issue begging for a logical explanation is the ‘short right leg syndrome’. Although an inferred awareness of right-sided limb length shortness has existed for thousands of years with decades of published research available, no one has yet to produce a universally acceptable answer to these two ...
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Tuesday, July 7th, 2009
While it could be assumed that people with back pain should not be exercising frequently, a new study by Robert Kell, professor of exercise physiology at the University of Alberta found that working with weights four days a week provided a significant decrease in the amount of pain and improved ...
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Thursday, June 25th, 2009
Some new developments concerning structural differences may also add fuel to the gender phenomena fire. Several biomedical journals have published articles implicating inherited anatomical factors. Studies indicate that, as a group, women have forty percent less neck musculature than men, yet the female head still represents approximately eight percent of ...
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Last week my friends at MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine threw a wonderful surprise party for my friend and mentor Phil Greenman in Tucson.
We must recognize these Giants "on whose shoulders we stand" for their great contributions to touch therapy. My advice is to seek out the old enlightened manual ...
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Sunday, January 6th, 2008
Aaron’s Active Isolated Stretching will address neck, shoulder, and extremity pain & Erik’s Myoskeletal Alignment will teach SI joint, scoliosis and low back corrections.
Geo writes: “I can’t wait to work with you and Mattes in Costa Rica this May…what is the focus of the work you guys will be presenting?”
Geo, ...
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Friday, December 21st, 2007
When walking or running try activating the ipsilateral gluteus maximus muscle on heel strike. Squeeze it hard with each step!
This simple muscle activation tip will do wonders for restoring foot, lower limb and pelvic balance.
Try it first for a week (works best at first barefooted or with non-suported shoes). What ...
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Monday, November 5th, 2007
Welcome to my first Blog entry.
With the Holidays in full-swing, do you see an increase of stressed clients in pain? I seem to have more clients complaining of low back pain during the Holidays. Sacral torsions from prolonged standing with weight-bearing on one leg (Mall Back) is common. Do you ...
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Wednesday, October 31st, 2007
Erik Dalton, Ph.D., shares a broad therapeutic background in Rolfing® and osteopathy through innovative pain-management workshops, books and videos. Developer of the Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques® and founder of the Freedom From Pain Institute®, Dalton is dedicated to research and treatment of chronic pain conditions. Freedom From Pain Institute workshops and ...
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