Year: 2008

Russian monument to the humble enema – believe it or not?

Hydrotherapy is a major aspect of naturopathic medicine, and the news this week that a Russian spa (Mashuk Akva-Term Sanatorium, in the town of Zheleznovodsk, Russian Caucasus Mountains region) had unveiled a monument to the enema ("bronze monument of three cherubs...

Fascia Congress 2009 – early notice

Informational flyer for the 2009 CongressPhotos (by Robert Schleip) show:Myself with Peter Huijing PhD and Peter Hollander PhD, who are scientific director and administrative directors, respectively, of the 2nd International Fascia Congress.The main auditorium at the...

Pleomorphism – a truly revolutionary concept

Images are of the great French microbiologist and rival of Pasteur, Antoine Bechamp; the 'microscope' developed by Rife and a slide of the ‘CD form’ of B. licheniformis which superficially appears to be a fungus, but under the scanning electron microscope is seen to...

The Essence of Palpation: How Do You Feel?

Originally published in Massage Today June, 2008, Vol. 08, Issue 06 Palpation lies at the heart of much that we do in manual medicine and bodywork in general, and massage in particular. But how accurate and reliable is it? What we do therapeutically commonly is...

Halcyon days

Postings on the blog will be periodic - not daily.I hope to use this venue to share ideas, making it a more spontaneous opportunity to communicate than is possible on my website www.leonchaitow.com, where I have details of my books, interviews, articles etc.If you...

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