Can you explain how skin affects balance? By Carol Montgomery, GCFP It is commonly known that loss of joint range of motion in the foot, ankle, hip and spine can impact one’s balance1-3, especially when trying to walk across an uneven parking lot, the backyard, down a gravel driveway [...]
By Carolyn Palmer, GCFP CM, Ph.D., for SenseAbility May 2022 Hands and feet are wonderfully sensitive, and they do so much! Here are some ideas for sensation and movement explorations focused on hands or feet. You can do these on yourself, or on someone else (who will thank you for [...]
By: Mary Susan Chen, PT, GCFP Dominic attended Functional Integration® lessons to smooth out his violin playing. He had recently joined a trio and wanted to improve the quality of his performance. During a summer trip to Cape Cod, he and his family dined in an old train car converted [...]
By Jean Elvin, MFA, GCFP Sitting down or standing up from a chair – what could be a more common daily action? Unwittingly, many people have the erroneous internal image of standing straight up from the chair, without inclining their weight over their feet, omitting the sense of counter-balance between [...]
Photo by Mark Williams on Unsplash By Dorothy Henning, GCFP, Havening Techniques® Practitioner As the lights dim darkening the circus tent, our chatter descends into a hush. The spotlights bolt on, illuminating the center ring where our eyes dash, riveted to the image of a plumber crouched under a sink. [...]
By LeeAnn Starovasnik, GCFP, NLP Practitioner Photo by Jonathan Pendleton on Unsplash It’s not uncommon to hear friends say they feel “off balance” when life throws them a curveball. Since March, however, the year 2020 has thrown us countless ones. We live in extraordinary times. We’ve changed how we shop, [...]
Photo by Jon Flobrant on Unsplash IT: Lisa, what do you like most about your private practice? LW: The cool thing for me is the variety, and the zest for life I see in each individual. When I first started practicing, I had friends in the marketing world who told [...]
Photo by Aziz Acharki on Unsplash IT: In your experience working with people through the years as a Feldenkrais® teacher and trainer, have you observed some commonalities among students who have a history of falls? AQ: A few things show up typically. and I think we can break it down [...]
by Cynthia Allen, GCFPThis article originally appeared on the FutureLifeNow blog. Photo by Kiana Bosman on UnSplash Warning: I am about to surprise you. You are thinking, “I know how it began, I was walking down a step and missed it.” Or, “I turned too quickly and I was down.” [...]
by Taro Iwamoto, GCFPThis article originally appeared on the Trans4Move blog. Are you afraid of falling? Perhaps you have noticed a change in your ability to balance recently. Perhaps you think that these changes are just a natural part of aging, or because of a recent injury or diagnosis. Photo [...]