ADHESIONS AND BEYOND : with Isabel Spradlin
This important (and dear-to-my-heart) topic came up in our Recover Q&A tonight and I wanted to post some links about it. I adore these pain management resources from OPG and use them myself. The second link, the Escape Fire movie (link to youtube) has a story thread through it about the VA’s multi-faceted approach to … Continue reading …
Today we’re diving a bit deeper into the stomach, intestines, and the ileocecal valve. So often “random” symptoms of nausea, weakness or pain are really the result of very common and very “fixable” malfunctions in the gut. In short, our digestive tracts have numerous valves that keep intestinal material moving in the correct direction. That way, you … Continue reading …
For some reason this always cracks me up (and not always in the funny way, sometimes it’s in the Lady Macbeth wrenching of the hands way). I think I’ve just been working with adhesions for so long it’s hard for me to understand the idea of using drugs or surgery to break up what is … Continue reading …
Cheese-whiz. So many of my posts are so MEANINGFUL. And possibly helpful. Ugh. Are you getting tired of meaningfulness? Sick of helpfulness? Want a bit of levity? A bit of frivolity? Me too. How about this . . . I have some seriously smart-ass clients and students. Not all of them, but a good number … Continue reading …
Poor little knees. Their pain is so often misunderstood. It must be hard to be them. Did you know that a huge amount of knee pain (at least the knee pain that wanders its way into my practice over and over again) is directly caused by existing problems in the quadriceps muscles or in the … Continue reading …
A lot of people come to me with the assumption that the work I do hurts. They have most often had experiences with other LMTs who use a tremendous amount of force and have therefore braced themselves for the session with me. I won’t lie. The truth is, resolving injury is not usually a totally … Continue reading …
That’s right, I’m talking to you. The weather’s warmer, the pasty legs are starting to peek out, and we’re all feeling frisky. As you go through the process of moving into your spring and summer workouts, keep a close eye on your injuries. And think about injury in a broader way than rolling your ankle … Continue reading …
Having strong “core” muscles is a powerful thing. It is certainly one of the best things we can do to prevent and combat many different kinds of back pain, as well as promote rockin’ posture! Amazingly (for something so important), core strength is pretty easy to gain and maintain. Even just ten crunches and 5-10 … Continue reading …