Doctors, Physical & Occupational Therapists are all taught to see and treat pain locally, I.E. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome as an issue at the volar wrist, and Tennis Elbow in the lateral elbow. Yet as with my trained Feldenkrais eye, I have learned that these diagnoses indicate where the symptoms appear, [...]
In 2011 Dr. Turner Osler, a retired trauma surgeon and research epidemiologist, began taking Awareness through Movement (ATM) group lessons and private Functional Integration (FI) lessons with me. He wanted to know if the Feldenkrais Method could help address his lower back pain. After a few ATMs and FIs, he [...]
Three and a-half decades ago I was a young physical therapist trying to help people improve their functional abilities. The number one reason people came to see me was back pain. Some were helped with the physical therapy interventions I was taught to apply, but many weren’t. A colleague recommended [...]
By Didi von Deck, MD, GCFP CM Almost everyone will get back pain at some point in their lives. Sometimes the pain doesn’t last very long, but sometimes the pain just doesn’t go away.  About 20 percent of people affected by acute low back pain go on to develop chronic low [...]
