Awareness + Somatic movement= Pain relief This week I finished up the last of four sessions with a young man who’d come to me limping noticeably and experiencing severe pain. He’d had a bad slip and fall on the ice about a month ago, had clear diagnostics and wanted to get off pain meds and [...]
Archive for January, 2010
Somatic Movement as “Primary Care”
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions on January 29, 2010 | 1 Comment »
5 Steps to a Painfree Workspace
Posted in Back pain, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, posture, sitting on January 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In my last post I wrote about painful necks and shoulders that result from habituating to long hours at a computer. Here are is an awareness exercise that, in 5 steps, can change how you sit: Step 1. Sit in your chair and, if you have a mirror, take a look at how you’re sitting. [...]
How’s Your Workspace?
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Muscle pain conditions on January 25, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Lucky me! My colleague, Carrie Day, and I mentored a Somatics student-in-training today. Carrie demonstrated a session using me as “the client.” We were reviewing the proper teaching of the clinical lesson that deals with the “red light reflex” – the reflex that, when habituated, look like this: Carrie took me through the lesson and [...]
Healthcare For Our Times
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Muscle pain conditions on January 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes in life it takes a long time for us to realize that what we’re doing isn’t working. In US New and World Report, “A North Carolina study finds that the rate of chronic low back pain has more than doubled in that state since the early 1990s — a statistic the authors say might [...]
Fun and Resistance=Muscles
Posted in Health, Movement, Uncategorized on January 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Check this video out. It’s a blast – and full of some GREAT ways to have fun, be creative, use resistance in full body movement patterns as you build muscle, coordination and balance: The great thing about movement work like this is that it demands that you fully engage your body and your brain. In [...]
Teaching old dogs new tricks
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Uncategorized on January 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the things I frequently hear from my clients is, “not much is going to change at my age.” Thankfully more and more is being written about how untrue that statement really is. The older we get, the harder it can be to change old habits, and yet the more important it becomes if [...]
Strong Bodies, the Natural Way
Posted in Health, Movement on January 15, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m always struck when I read about what those of us with too much money and not enough imagination will do in order to chase the buff, supposedly healthy body. Check out the article below, then keeping reading: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/14/health/nutrition There is a huge trend toward getting back outdoors, doing the hard stuff we used to [...]
Never Stop Moving
Posted in Health, Movement on January 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Wow. According to a report in The Lancet from October 2009, half the children born since 2000 can expect to live to be 100. The first thing I thought when I read that was, “that’s not possible. Most of the kids I see today where I live are chauffeured around my their parents and never [...]
Awareness is the key
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Movement, Uncategorized on January 12, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday I did something I hadn’t done for a long time – something that used to help “set the tone” for the day, making me more aware of my own perceptions and thoughts. I went over to my bookshelf and took out the first book that my eyes rested on. It was one of my [...]
To PT or not to PT
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Uncategorized, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, trauma on January 9, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of my clients recently suggested I read an interesting article in the Times about physical therapy: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/health/nutrition/07best.html?scp=1&sq=physical%20therapist&st=cse It was indeed interesting, because there are many different views on physical therapy. My personal experience with PTs has been purely one of post-operative rehab. I like my PT, because he’s not a big believer in movement [...]
