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Integrative Bodywork Techniques

by Ian Traynar DO APSMT

In his article, the author sets out an argument for integration of bodywork 'modalities', working with the similarities, dealing with 'professional stubbornness' and the diversity ...

Interdisciplinary Bodywork for Best Results

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

Approximately one year ago I was teaching a group of physiotherapists the basics of osteopathic soft tissue manipulation, demonstrating a version of positional release technique (P...

Know Your Bunions

by Joel Carbonnel

If you don't want painful and inefficient feet, don't be callous with them, give its 31 joints plenty of space by choosing sensible shoes and, whenever it's possible, do discalceat...

Learning from the Masters

by Allan Rudolf

Allan studied with many of the originators and founders of bodywork systems. Among them was Ida Rolf, Moshe Feldenkrais and Lauren Berry. In this article he talks about some of the...

Leptins and Inflammation

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

In this column on bodywork, the author focuses on imbalances derived from hormones produced by white fatty tissue, particularly leptin (an area of fast evolving research).

Lordosis - the Mother of all Distortions

by Joel Carbonnel

The title above needs to be qualified: lordosis is the mother of all acquired distortions which de facto eliminates from my assertion all congenital ones. And in ‘acquired’ I do no...

Maintaining Standards in Massage and Bodywork

by Mario-Paul Cassar

Osteopath and bodyworker Mario-Paul Cassar begins his piece with the case of a 72-year-old woman with severe lumbar pain who had been advised to keep moving her back. This resulted...

Malocclusions Linked to Abnormal Foot Motion

by Brian A Rothbart PhD

This article focuses on the impact abnormal foot motion can have on the cranial bones and occlusion, based on clinical data that statistically suggests a link between the two. Re...

Man, The Lordotic Ape

by Joel Carbonnel

We all started life bent double. Cramped for space, we had to adopt a humble position to fit in our uterine home. Curled up, bowed and rounded was our foetal posture. We had food, ...

Matrix Repatterning(tm) - The Structural Basis of Health

by George B Roth

In this authoritative feature, Dr. George Roth, the originator of Matrix Repatterning, explains how symptoms, especially in chronic conditions, are often the result of the compensa...

McTimoney-Corley Spinal Therapy

by Dr Heather Parsons PhD

This article focuses on McTimoney-Corley Spinal Therapy, a treatment that involves gentle whole body manipulation. The therapy works at the level of adjusting the bones and realign...

Metamorphic Technique - Tool for Inner Change

by Katherine L Knight

The Metamorphic Technique was created in the 1960s by Robert St John, a British naturopath and reflexologist, and further developed by Gaston St Pierre, founder of the Metamorphic ...

Mind The Gap: From Fashion to Form and Function

by Joel Carbonnel

Have you ever heard of the thigh gap? I hadn’t before reading an article titled Body language (The Guardian 12.11.13). This ‘essential’ reading is all about identifying anatomical b...

Muscle Energy Techniques (METs) Applied to Knee Pain

by John Gibbons

An additional tool for the physical therapist's 'manual therapy toolbox', muscle energy techniques (METs) can help to release and relax muscles, and also stimulate the body's own h...

Muscle Tone Story

by Joel Carbonnel

The idea that many of us lack muscle tone is common, but in his column Carbonnel reveals that in fact most of us have more than enough of it. He explains that muscle tone is the pe...

Myofascial pain trigger points nerve root pain satellite trigger points

by John Halford

Myofascial trigger points coincide with the acupoints of traditional Chinese medicine.

Myofascial Release Techniques - How they Changed my Treatments for the Better

by Emma Gilmore

My journey with myofascial release started in 2009, when I discovered this amazing art, I studied intensively in the US and the UK, and immediately integrated these hands on techniq...

Myofascial Trigger Points and Beyond

by Simeon Niel-Asher

Trigger points develop when parts of the muscles stop moving as they should and instead become set in one position, which leads to a state of contraction. Niel-Asher looks at the d...

Network Spinal Analysis (NSA) - Interview with Dr Epstein

by Dr Donald Epstein

This is an interview with New York Chiropractor Dr Donald Epstein, on Network Spinal Analysis (NSA), which was discovered in 1982, when Dr Epstein began networking various chiropra...

Of Blue Jeans and Back Genes

by Joel Carbonnel

Jeans are out, genes are in. Culture and commercial pressures have decided on the fate of these two homophones. It was in the papers a few months ago – wearing jeans, once so popul...