It is never just one muscle that causes your muscle pain. It doesn’t matter if you have sciatica, piriformis syndrome, plantarfascitis or even herniated disks. You aren’t a jumble of separate body parts randomly put together; you’re a living, breathing, constantly changing system, controlled by the brain and coordinated to move as a whole piece. [...]
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Pain Relief From Piriformis Syndrome – A Somatic Approach
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Hip pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Piriformis syndrome, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, pain relief, Piriformis syndrome, Plantarfascitis, Sciatica, trauma on May 31, 2011 | 14 Comments »
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 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 [...]
Back Pain, X Rays, and Tight Muscles
Posted in Back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, Health, Hip pain, Knee pain, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, tagged back pain, Hanna Somatic Education, movement, pain relief, trauma on September 1, 2010 | 2 Comments »
A client sent me an interesting blog post about X-rays, chiropractors and back pain. Chiropractors and doctors tend to look at back pain as a STRUCTURAL problem, when in fact most back pain is FUNCTIONAL in nature. If you understand functional movement you don’t need to see an Xray to know that someone has an [...]
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 [...]
