The Oxford Languages dictionary defines trauma as "emotional shock following a stressful event or a physical injury, which may be associated with physical shock and sometimes leads to long-term neurosis."
Living in pain is traumatic.
Sometimes we experience trauma that's related to what we call an...
WHY BELLY COMPRESSION WITH LONGER EXHALES?
There's so many good reasons to exhale longer and there's so many reasons to touch your belly, that really, each could be it's own post.
But given all the brouhaha in my boy's tummy lately, post-appendix rupture, we are pulling out all the stops for a dai...
1. What is spondylolisthesis?
Spondylolisthesis refers to slippage (usually forward) of a vertebra relative to the vertebra below it. The Greek root spondylo means spine, and listhesis means to slip or slide.
2. What is “Spondy” and how is it different from Spondylolisthesis?
It’s the same thing:...
Photo: Art by Christos Barbalis
Do-at-home, no-equipment-needed, non-invasive therapeutic skills are indispensable for effectively managing stress, anxiety, exercise burnout, pain and more.
The following three self-care skills and accompanying practices will help you understand and tra
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This is a reprint, with permission, written by Phil Greenfield on his Facebook page. If we all approached our injuries in this manner, the outcomes would be very different.
You can keep up with Phil on his Facebook page by clicking here.
MY (GOOD) BAD BACK
There’s nothing so instructional for som...
A herniated disc occurs when the outer portion of a spinal disc breaks down and the inner portion leaks out. The inner portion of the disc that extrudes can then irritate or compress nearby nerves, causing radiating pain.
Thank you to www.spine-health.com for this video simulation of a disc herniat...
I'm excited to be back at YogaWorks teaching Yoga Tune Up® for Self-Care classes.
Join me Tuesdays and Thursdays from 2:15 to 3:30 at YogaWorks Soho
It's 75 minutes! We've been kevetching about the 60 minute format for quite some time so I hope you can come enjoy our new 75 minute tune u
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Lumbar fusion surgeries have increased 62.3%* since 2015.
Why? There are no checks and balances in the medical industry. This spinal fusion scam involves blatant workers comp fraud, $25k kickbacks to unscrupulous surgeons to perform fusions and counterfeit hardware that’s made in a regular
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RETRAIN BACK PAIN® SELF-ASSESSMENT
Smart self-inquiry is key for identifying why your back hurts. The following questions may serve to identify helpful behavior modifications and possible treatment options.
1. Does the pain change in intensity?
Belly breathing is great, but only sometimes. Over time there are some negative repercussions from always breathing in to your belly.
Belly breathing is great, but only sometimes. Over time there are some negative repercussion
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AXIAL LOADING
a.k.a. “The Farmers Carry”
👉🏼 Loading the spine means adding weight to the head or shoulders
👉🏼Carrying weight this way loads the shoulders, which then load the spine
👉🏼It teaches your postural muscles how to resist collapsing, thereby fortifying your supporting back and co
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Side Planks are quite popular as a core exercise. Often we see them done dynamically, where you’re body is in a straight line and the hip drops to the floor and back up to the side plank.
However this lateral flexion and extension may exacerbate lateral facet shear if the person performing
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