"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I — I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference." Robert Frost * * * Last week at my 20th high school reunion an old friend said to me: "Aren't you a doctor now?" What a [...]
I will admit that this weekend my body has been sore. The good kind of sore. Here's Why I did an intense series of "leg exercises" the other day at the local YMCA. I put leg exercises in quotations because it wasn't a generic squat or machine-driven leg exercise that [...]
Reason # 3 - Physical rehabilitation that does more harm than help. Usually when we feel pain in our back, more often than not, it is the muscle(s) that scream out to us. The muscles feel tight, sore, tender and many times, all of the above. The muscles gets blamed [...]
The foundations of human movement development, meaning how our movement started from day 1, is the purest form of human learning that exists. When we can approach new tasks, projects, actions, tough and risky situations, with the principles that build the foundations of early childhood movement development...you can't go wrong. [...]
When I teach my introductory workshops it can often come as a major shock when I tell the story of "How I Got Better" after my accidents and surgeries back in 2000-2001. I was sore, tight, and constantly tearing muscles even with all the great exercise rehabilitation and stretching routines. [...]
Do you remember the slogan, "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up"? It was from a commercial advertising an alert system you could wear, or have in your home, that would alert a response team (marketed to the elderly) to come to your aid in case of a [...]
Click here to re-tweet "Feldenkrais: Sheryl Field speaks about the late Moshe Feldenkrais' classic lecture: "To correct is incorrect" Why we don't "Correct" or try to "Fix" people in Feldenkrais Sessions. "(we) offer the person the time. Real, ON-LINE Time.......so the sensations can register and integrate with where they are [...]
Click here to re-tweet Achy Back and Knees? Why getting more flexibility and "smartness" in those ankles will help ease the ache (trust me on this one!) If anyone knows about achy knees it's me. Most chronic aches and pains, especially in the knees and lower back, are a result [...]
Click here to re-tweet What exactly IS lower back love anyways? (& why the picture of the bullfigher) Humans have this unique quality called bipedalism. We are upright creatures and we move ourselves from point A to point B on tiny little bases called feet. This means that we have [...]
My story goes something like this In 2001, my kneecap spontaneously broke in half while I was walking down a flight of stairs. Yep, you read right. And 'Ouch' is right too! It was a complication from an ACL (anterior cruciate knee ligament) surgery, and, it was without a doubt the [...]
