Freeing the Ribs
November 29, 2022
Treating Kinetic Chain Kinks Recent manual and movement therapy blogs tout the importance of thoracic spine (t-spine) mobility as if it were a new discovery.
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Treating Neck Cricks and Immobilization Arthritis
November 22, 2022
https://vimeo.com/212625130From the Motion Is Lotion courseResearchers do not know if impaired muscle function is the primary cause of joint dysfunction, or if the reverse holds
When the Funny Bone Ain’t Funny
November 14, 2022
Mobilizing the Ulnar Nerve The ulnar is the most exposed of all nerves and ranks second only to the median nerve (carpal tunnel syndrome) as
Stomach-Sleeper’s Headache
November 8, 2022
The obliquus capitis inferior (OCI) muscles may be the most underappreciated of all the suboccipitals. Arising from the spinous process of C2 (axis) and inserting on the transverse process of C1 (atlas), their primary function is head-on-neck rotation…
Is Balance the Key to Ideal Posture?
November 1, 2022
Homolateral gait, righting reflexes, and neck strain Image 1. Cross-crawling helps organize the child’s central nervous system. Before an infant learns to crawl, he moves
Joint Play the Mennell Way
October 25, 2022
Everything designed to move has a built-in factor of “play” to promote efficient functional movement. For example, an automobile piston and cylinder, a wheel on an axle, and even a simple hinge all have calculated play between their moving parts to allow efficiency of movement. Why not in a human joint?…
Adductors, Pudendal Nerve and Pelvic Floor Pain
October 18, 2022
Pelvic floor muscles such as levator ani, coccygeus and obturator internus attach to the front, back and sides of the pelvis and sacrum and form the bottom of the core. These muscles must be able to contract to maintain continence, and to relax allowing for urination and bowel movements, and in women, sexual intercourse.
Don’t Blame the Rotator Cuff
October 11, 2022
The term Arthro (joint) Kinetic (motion) Reflex was coined by University of Pittsburg researchers to describe how sensory input from joint movement reflexively activates or inhibits muscles – and no other place in the body is this concept more applicable than in the joints and connective tissues of the shoulder girdle.
Coccydynia and Pelvic Floor Spasm
October 4, 2022
Working with a sensitized nervous system Image 1. Sidebent coccyx and pelvic floor Researchers are uncertain why some people with coccyx dysfunction are symptomatic and
Bodywork is Like Chewing on a Stick
September 13, 2022
Bodywork as an outlet for Psychological Stress Nearly a century ago, Hans Selye began his pioneering research into the human stress response by providing convincing
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