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Give Me Five

by Joel Carbonnel

When it comes to digits (fingers and toes), Nature has never been able to count above five. If we except a few genetic mishaps, no animal belonging to the Amniota (reptile, bird or...

Gravity: Balance of Body - Balance of Mind

by Will Johnson

Our physical relationship with gravity determines whether our journey through life will be one of buoyancy and lightness or tension and struggle.

Gravity: Friend or Foe?

by Joel Carbonnel

Would you like to live in a zero or low-gravity environment? I suspect that many, especially the posturally challenged, dream of being free from gravity's bonds. This dream is the ...

Hamstrung

by Joel Carbonnel

According to the dictionary, a hamstring "in humans, apes, etc.," consists of "each of the five tendons at the back of the knee". But who pulls the strings? It is the hamstring mus...

Heeling Power

by Joel Carbonnel

Evolution is something that happens not only to living organisms but also to physical objects, particularly those that have an intimate relationship with living things. In his colu...

Hellerwork - Excellence with Ease

by Roger Golten

Hellerwork is a Structural Integration school founded in 1978. Overall there are about 250 active and certified practitioners worldwide using the Hellerwork service mark.

Hidden Pains

by Joel Carbonnel

Unless you are a masochist, avoidance of pain is a normal reaction. Nature, in its kindness, has provided us with reflexes that allow us to escape painful stimuli. Without these me...

Hip Hope

by Joel Carbonnel

Mézières was fond of saying that the primary problem is never where it is felt (pain) or seen (deformation). It is always at some distance, in a pain-free and discretely distorted ...

History & Development of NeuroCranial Restructuring®

by Dr Dean Howell

It seems obvious that rehabilitation of injured patients should include physical medicine treatments. If a soldier has had a broken leg, a bullet wound, a concussion, or other injur...

Holistic Exercise Techniques for Optimum Training & Conditioning

by Jason Barlow

The author, a Holistic Physical Specialist who integrates Mind, Body and Nutrition techniques, touches on his experiences in a health club and consultation with clients and members...

How Misuse Misshapes Us

by Joel Carbonnel

To a Mézièrist, the primary cause of musculo-skeletal disorders is the departure from a normal, healthy body shape caused by the hypertonicity and shortening of some groups of musc...

How Rothbarts Foot Leads to Poor Posture and Chronic Pain

by Brian A Rothbart PhD

Postural distortions (poor posture) have been linked to chronic muscle and joint pain by many authors. However, the cause of the postural distortions is still highly debated with m...

How to Address and Prevent Repetitive Strain Injuries of the Body and Eyes

by Meir Schneider and Melissa Moody

RSIs are also known as overuse or cumulative trauma syndromes, and they are caused by a myriad of actions performed during daily work and leisure activities. The inflammation, numb...

I know IT's in my Body

by Emma Gilmore

Giants in the trauma resolution field all point to the same truth – that trauma is stored in the body not the mind. If you are a bodyworker with sophisticated touch skills, you are ...

Iliopsoas - The Flee/Fight Muscle for Survival

by Liz Koch

Liz Koch continues her lifelong study of the voluntary Iliopsoas muscle. Understanding the muscle to be part of our survival response provides both therapists and clients a fresh p...

In Search of a Model

by Joel Carbonnel

What is your idea of human beauty? Do you fancy giraffesque necks or chipped teeth? Or do you prefer huge and bulky buttocks and droopy breasts? If scarred and tattooed skin, stret...

In Your Face

by Joel Carbonnel

In the last column I went into the theoretical aspect of Morphopsychology. Now I am going to give you hints on how to decipher faces. Faces are everywhere, so you have plenty of op...

Insights & Questions

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

Intuition is an area which fascinates many in the health care world. To some – the academically orientated in particular – it is an area to be disparaged and discouraged, whereas t...

Insights and Questions

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

This month I am more, or less thinking aloud . . . and am unlikely to come to any final conclusions. Put simply I am wrestling with why the same phenomena observed by different peo...

Integrative Bodywork - Art and Science: Complexity in Bodywork

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

Over the next few issues Leon Chaitow will be looking at how breathing patterns can affect health. He starts by citing that there are few cases of direct cause and effect situation...