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Treating Trigger Points Reduces Pain from Knee Osteoarthritis

by Valerie DeLaune

Trigger points are hyper-irritable spots in skeletal muscles, and when pressed, feel like tender 'knots' or tight bands in the muscles. Around 75% of pain is caused by trigger poin...

Trigger Point Therapy

by Steven Hefferon

The author explains what triggers a trigger point (a type of muscle stiffness), why they cause trouble, how to recognize if you have trigger points and how long it takes before y...

Truth will out

by Leon Chaitow, ND DO

In 1988 I coauthored (with investigative journalist Simon Martin) a book with the title World Without AIDS (Thorsons) and in 1994 my other book on this topic You Don’t Have to Die ...

Twisted Life Forms

by Joel Carbonnel

Nature, as a rule, does not like straight lines but rather favours curves, and has a marked preference for that most beautiful of curves – the spiral.

Twisting Foot and Musculoskeletal Pain: Root's Biomechanical Model vs Rothbart's Neurophysiological Model

by Brian A Rothbart PhD

There are two distinct theoretical models that describe the pathomechanics, in a step by step fashion, that link a twisting foot to the development of chronic musculoskeletal pain: ...

Vibromuscular Harmonisation

by Mark G. Lester

The Vibromuscular Harmonisation Technique (VHT) is a new bodywork technique developed by Jock Ruddock and inspired by such disciplines as Aikido, Bowen Technique, Tai Chi, Cranio-S...

Vibromuscular Harmonisation

by Mark G. Lester

The Vibromuscular Harmonisation Technique (VHT) is a new bodywork technique developed by Jock Ruddock and inspired by such disciplines as Aikido, Bowen Technique, Tai Chi, Cranio-S...

Walking - The Good Way

by G Ravishankar

Psychologists claimed that communication among human beings is 7% verbal, 30% toe and 55% body language. Whether these figures are correct or not, it's plain that we speak with our...

Walking and the Mind

by Joel Carbonnel

Joel Carbonnel looks at the benefits of walking for the mind. Walking has been shown to slow the rate of memory loss and keep the mind sharp.

Walking with your Iliopsoas Muscle

by Liz Koch

The author explains the importance of maintaining a supple, well-functioning iliopsoas muscle, and has written a book on the subject.

What The Neck!

by Joel Carbonnel

This article focuses on the neck, its structure, function and treatment. Our neck, the author explains, is a relatively stiff but fidgety structure: it moves about 600 times an hou...

Who is Afraid of Beauty?

by Joel Carbonnel

If you had to sit down to reinvent the wheel I bet you would end up with a round thing, not a square. It's elementary – round wheels work, square ones don't. Well, to be honest I'v...

Yawning Your Head Off

by Joel Carbonnel

Joel Carbonnel gets into yawning – a contagious, communicable, infectious practice, quickly affecting others. He also looks into the art of this gesture and what triggers it.

Zen-Bodytherapy

by Sula Thomas-Forero

Zen-bodytherapy is a system of bodytherapy and somatic education whose goals are to align and balance the structure, function and energy of the body.