There are varying opinions about what “perfect” posture is, and many people who come to me explain their muscle pain, saying, “oh, I’ve just always had terrible posture!” Posture isn’t something you’re born with – it’s something that develops in response to your movement habits and responses to stress. Here are a few myths about [...]
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3 Myths About Perfect Posture
Posted in Back pain, Movement, Posture, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, posture on November 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
October Pain Relief Workshops in Bucks County, PA!
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Somatic Exercises, Uncategorized, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, neck pain, pain relief on September 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
ESSENTIAL SOMATICS COMES TO BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA! For those of you in Southern New Jersey and the Philadelphia area who have said to me, “if you ever conduct workshops around here, let me know!” – here you go: I’m please to announce that I will be teaching a series of weekend workshops and conducting one-on-one [...]
Tips For Getting The Most Out of Your Somatic Exercise Routine
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Sitting, Somatic Exercises, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief, sitting, Somatic Exercises on August 29, 2011 | 14 Comments »
Somatic Exercises, when done between 10 – 15 minutes daily, are profoundly effective at keeping you pain-free no matter what your stress. However, the single biggest benefit of Somatic Exercises is one of IMPROVED SENSORY MOTOR AWARENESS. This means that the exercises help remind your brain to FEEL (sensory) and MOVE (motor) your muscles so [...]
Are Athletes Smarter Than the Rest of Us?
Posted in Back pain, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Play, Posture, Shoulder pain, sports/fitness training on August 2, 2011 | 3 Comments »
In my Somatic Education training we had to write a paper on why the study of neurophysiology was important to the practice of Hanna Somatic (Clinical Somatic) Education. The unique methods used in private clinical sessions of Somatics are based in neurophysiology: the brain controls the muscles, and movement gives feedback to the brain, making [...]
Massage is Better, But Somatics is Best for Chronic Back Pain Relief
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief on July 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A new study, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, and funded by the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, part of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, concludes that, “Massage therapy may be better than medication or exercise for easing low back pain in the short term” The researchers found that massage therapy [...]
Standing Up is Better For Your Health
Posted in Back pain, Breathing, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, Shoulder pain, Sitting, Uncategorized on July 7, 2011 | 7 Comments »
I’ve covered the subject of sitting in several previous blog posts – one of which has a link to some great Somatic Movements you can do while seated at your desk. Sitting and the damage done to most of us through hours of sitting at desks, computers and in cars, is a healthcare problem. It’s [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
