Video interviews with Dr Leon Chaitow
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New article on Fibromyalgia Pain and Breathing in Massage & Bodywork Journal
I have compiled a new article for a special – Fibromyalgia-focused issue of the January/February 2017 issue of MASSAGE & BODYWORK. Entitled “How Breath Can Impact Your Client’s Fibromyalgia Pain,” here is a brief sample:
Dr Mercola interviews Dr Chaitow about Candida
If you're not optimally healthy, could candida be at fault? In this interview, British osteopath and naturopath, Dr....
Muscle energy techniques for joints – shoulder as an example
In this post I have gathered a few reminders about Muscle Energy Technique (MET), when applied to joint restrictions in general, and the shoulder joint in particular... In doing so I have leaned heavily on 'words of wisdom' from pioneer osteopaths...... ....Also in...
THE MMR Vaccine saga – 2014/2015 updates from Huffington Post …. and Presidential hopefuls
18th Century Gilray vaccination cartoon The saga that is the debate around 'can MMR vaccination cause autism' rages on..... New information was revealed late in 2014 in a Huffington Post Blog: Merck Has Some Explaining To Do Over Its MMR Vaccine Claims...
The Value of Breathing Retraining for Better Posture, Balance & Less Pain and Dyskinesis
Leaving aside the profound effects of breathing pattern disorders on emotion and general health - individuals with poor posture (Lewit 1980), scapular dyskinesis (Clifton-Smith 2011), low back pain (Roussel et al 2007), neck pain (Kapreli et al 2009) and TMJ pain...
Fascia workshop, London March 7/8 2015
CPDO Practical weekend Workshop: FASCIA-RELATED PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION: RESEARCH TO PRACTICE Presenter: Leon Chaitow ND DO Date: March 7/8 CIty: London Venue: Whittington Education Centre, Whittington Hospital, Gordon Close, (off Highgate Hill) London N19...
Remembering the Connection: Respiratory Alkalosis and your Patient’s Symptom Catalogue
It's well over 100 years since Bohr first described Respiratory Alkalosis - and I am constantly amazed at how few practitioners/therapists - of all professions - are aware of the clinical importance of this inevitable side-effect of the widespread habit of...
Can we describe what we do? CONTINUED
In 2013 I wrote an editorial for JBMT which I edit on the topic of the 'dosage' of applied manual therapies - entitled - "CAN WE DESCRIBE WHAT WE DO" On September 28 2014 I posted the following on my facebook page: "This is a gem from yesterday's...
Rediscovering better posture – a foot-related personal saga
I have always been slightly hypermobile - a genetic 'double-jointed' state. However this not been a problem - except in relation to my feet - where sagging arches (hyperpronation) periodically made themselves felt - both locally and at a distance! Approximately 15...
What happens when fascia stops sliding….?
What is the role of loose connective tissue in chronic neck pain? An article published in 2014 offers food for thought: Ultrasonography in myofascial neck pain: randomized clinical trial for diagnosis and follow-up. Antonio Stecco et al Surg. Radiol. Anat. 36:243-253...
CORFU REFLECTIONS
Corfu: January 2015: Reflections Note: This post is only peripherally related to manual therapy, osteopathy etc....but contains (via links to older posts) stories of mystery, nostalgia, intrigue and magic Reflecting on yesterday's post on 'hopping in the park' to...
Hopping towards elasticity….the potential for the therapeutic use of the childhood game of hopscotch
January 13, Corfu, Greece, Spring is here....and 'spring' is the theme of this post - not the seasonal variety, but rather the 'hopping on one leg' approach to movement.... (however for those interested in the other sort of spring, one of the photographs shows early...
Breath holding and breathing pattern assessment/rehabilitation issues
I've been working at updating my Power`Point slide presentation for a course I'm teaching in Barcelona in late February..and came across some fascinating variations on the topic of breath holding times (BHT) - something that is used both in assessment, and for...
FASCIAL DYSFUNCTION: a new book that offers insights to manual assessment and management
This book provides all therapists with a clear guide to what the fascia is, how it goes wrong, and how to treat disorders that involve the fascia. The book is in two parts. It builds on a background of what is now known or currently hypothesised about fascial...