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 [...]
By Margot Schaal, GCFP Do you ever wonder why the same Awareness Through Movement® lesson helps people with myriad difficulties? We individually process the movements and discover the easiest or most optimal route for our own system to proceed. People come to this work with chronic pain in so [...]
By Anita Schnee, GCFP CM Imagine body, mind, and soul in a healthy, vibrant biome, each element at home in its fitting habitat. Then imagine a biome desiccated by salts of old anguish, every green thing devoured by battalions of locusts. This is the chronic-pain biome at its worst. An [...]
By Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFPCM What is the knee joint for anyway? The primary job of the knee is to control the distance between the foot and hip dynamically. It allows us to bring our feet toward our body so we can do things like put socks on. Our [...]
By Arnold Askew, GCFPCM The shoulder is a wonderfully designed joint that allows us to have almost unlimited range of mobility of the upper arm. The upper arm or humerus has a ball at the end that fits in the socket of the scapula. It reflects the similar type [...]
by Jennifer Nash Ostermann One of Moshe’s most beloved and frequently quoted sayings is: “Know what you are doing so that you can do what you want.” What is it that we are we doing when we are under stress? We can easily recognize some indicators of stress: increased irritability [...]
by Brent Shaub, GCFPArticle originally appeared on the Embody Wisdom Today blog. Image by photosforyou from Pixabay Questions guide attention. Asking the right question helps you to understand the cause and effects of your low back tension. When pain persists, its presence answers where and how severe. Successful approaches address [...]
Investigative reporter Cathryn Jakobson Ramin is the author of "Crooked: Outwitting the Back Pain Industry and Getting on the Road to Recovery." From her first-hand experience as a back-pain sufferer, and from extensive research, interviews, and site visits, her book brings new public awareness to the prevalence of dangerous and [...]
by James McAndrew, GCFP The mere thought of pain can fill us with dread. Actual pain can dominate every part of our lives and prevent us from getting adequate rest. So, if we’re unfortunate enough to suffer from acute or chronic pain, how do we get on with our active [...]
by Christine Graves, GCFP Complex Regional Pain Syndrome In recent studies regarding the unfortunate condition called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), persons with abnormal temperature changes in the affected limb (the side with the problems) can create the same changes in the unaffected limb when it is placed on the affected [...]