Plantar fasciitis begins in the center of your body and works its way out to the perpiphery. In my last post I described the Clinical Somatic approach to plantar fasciitis. It’s not simply a condition of the feet! Let’s recap the steps to eliminating plantar fasciitis (and other general pain in your feet): Determine whether [...]
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Video Tips on Eliminating Foot Pain, Plantar fasciitis and Heel Pain
Posted in Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Muscle pain conditions, Plantarfascitis, walking, tagged altered gait, Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, pandiculation, Plantarfascitis, stretching, walking on August 17, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Eliminate Heel Pain and Plantar fasciitis with Somatic Exercises
Posted in Back pain, Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Movement, Plantarfascitis, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, movement, pain relief, pandiculation, Plantarfascitis on August 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Plantar fasciitis and heel pain affects approximately 2 million people a year in the United States. People stretch, ice, roll the muscles of the lower leg, get acupuncture, and wear night splints, and orthotics. Here’s an example of the current view on plantar fasciitis, pain in the connective tissue of the bottom of the foot [...]
Essential Somatics Pain Relief DVD Available Now!
Posted in Back pain, Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Shoulder pain, Uncategorized, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, knee pain, movement, neck pain, pain relief, trauma on May 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The Essential Somatics Pain Relief Through Movement DVD is now available through Essentialsomatics.com. If you would like to order, please contact Martha. I’m please to now offer you a DVD of 13 easy, safe Somatic Movements to begin learning to relieve muscle pain, increase flexibility and improve overall movement. You will be able to play [...]
Essential Somatics Workshops a Big Success in India
Posted in Back pain, Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Sciatica, Shoulder pain, walking on April 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
I just finished up two days of Essential Somatics “Pain Relief Through Movement” workshops here in Chennai, India. In addition to the two workshops offered, I’ve been working with private clients in order to help them to reverse the muscle pain that they hadn’t been able to get rid of up until now: back pain, [...]
Movement Can Be Smoother With Bare Feet
Posted in Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Posture, walking on April 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last week I had the extraordinary experience of participating in a traditional Sri Lankan Buddhist ritual: the climbing of Adam’s Peak… begun at 2:00am in order to reach the summit to witness the brilliant sunrise. This experience, grueling that it was, thrilled me on two levels: firstly, I’m a hiker, so I love the challenge [...]
How To Stretch without Straining
Posted in Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Pandiculation, Sensory Motor Amnesia, sports/fitness training, Stretching, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, pandiculation, stretching on April 6, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Traditional stretching routines involve forceful pulling or pushing of muscles. Traditional stretching routines focus on individual muscles rather than on any pattern or group of muscles. This approach to readying muscles for action can cause muscles to become tighter than they were when you started. What works better than traditional, passive stretching? Pandiculation. A pandiculation [...]
Using the Feet for Better Movement
Posted in Back pain, Foot pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, walking on May 3, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I have a client who complained to me that “she can get down on the floor, but she can’t get up!” She loves to garden, but has resigned herself to bending over at the waist, with knees bent slightly, in order to plant, dig or pull weeds. This, she admits, only causes back pain. Use [...]
