Last week “Michelle” came to me with severe sciatica. Sciatica is a full body pattern of muscle contraction that causes the sciatic nerve to become pinched, sending pain down the leg in most cases. Her back muscles on one side were like steel rods and her pelvis was slightly twisted, causing one buttock to contract [...]
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When It Comes to Relieving Your Own Pain You May Be Smarter Than You Think
Posted in Muscle pain conditions, Sciatica, Somatic Exercises on October 18, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Pain Relief DVDs for the Whole Body
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Muscle pain conditions, Piriformis syndrome, Posture, Sciatica, Shoulder pain, Uncategorized, walking, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, knee pain, neck pain, pain relief on July 1, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have gotten some wonderful feedback from people about my basic “Pain Relief Through Movement” DVD. Here’s what people are saying: The dvd is great. So clear and concise! I’m very pleased with the DVD…It’s a class act all the way through. Even my wife was impressed with it on our initial passthrough viewing, and [...]
Horseback Riding, Falls and How to Regain Your Form
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica, Shoulder pain, Sitting, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, pain relief, trauma on May 12, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“In 1997 I got bucked off of a horse and landed hard enough on my right hip…to warrant a trip to the ER. Luckily, nothing was wrong in the x-rays. Fast forward a few years and I started to notice pain in my hip flexors when riding. I would get off of the horse and [...]
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, [...]
Somatics Workshops in Chennai, India!
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica, Shoulder pain, Sitting, walking on April 11, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I will be leaving on Saturday, April 16 for Sri Lanka, and Chennai, India – returning May 3. India, a center of technology and economic growth, is no stranger to one of the most common health problems of an urban industrial economy: back pain. Dr Kaushal Malhan, a renowned India orthopedic surgeon says, “75 per [...]
Technology + Hanna Somatic Education = Pain Relief
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica, Shoulder pain on March 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve never been much of a technology fan… and my kids will even go so far as to say that I should have been born in the days of covered wagons. The truth is that I appreciate technology for how close it can bring us to others far away (but I try to not let [...]
Pain-free Sitting at Work
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica, Sitting on November 11, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Tonight I’m teaching a class I’m calling, “Pain Free At Work.” The beauty of Hanna Somatics is that it’s full of easy to understand and easy to apply principles and techniques that can be done anytime, anywhere – even while sitting at your work station! In tonight’s class, we’re going to do simple, seated somatic [...]
Swimming Does a Body Good
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica, Uncategorized on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Summer is officially over, yet I hope that everyone continues to move outdoors as much as they can – walking, running, hiking, and playing. I recently received this email from a client while I was on vacation: I thought I’d pass along an interesting experience I’ve been having. I remember you telling me that after [...]
Feeling Good Can Be Oh, So Simple!
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Sciatica, Uncategorized on August 13, 2010 | 2 Comments »
What a great way to start my day: I checked my email and saw this enthusiastic feedback from a client I’d worked with only a few days ago. She’d come to see me barely able to walk. She was sure that something was wrong with her hips. She wasn’t sleeping well, and she walked stiffly [...]
Effective Treatment for Sciatica
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sciatica on July 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I read an article about a new medical technique that addresses sciatic pain. The woman in the article – a hairdresser – was overjoyed that, through surgery, she was able to get relief from her sciatica. I’m happy to know that some people can be helped through medical intervention, but as is common with [...]
