Leon Chaitow
Might Trigger Points Sometimes Be Useful?
If a fire alarm goes off should we listen to its’ warning sound and get out of the building? Or should we find a large hammer and silence it because the noise is a real nuisance? I think you know the answer to that hypothetical question, and so the short answer to the...
Is osteopathy (in the UK) losing its’ soul?
ABOVE: Two rib raising techniquesLEFT: Thoracic osteopathic lymphatic pump - hand positionWhen I trained as an osteopath at what is now the British College of Osteopathic MedicineWe were also taught methods and techniques that could be applied in treatment of common...
Let’s Think Zink
I have just been writing a reply to a query, raised on a UK based web-forum for osteopaths, on the topic of the extremely useful, but little known, Zink test – and in doing so it gave me a thought that discussion of this (the test, not the forum!) would be a useful...
Thoughts On The Obesity Epidemic
I returned to Greece (where I spend half the year) yesterday, in a state of some exhaustion after a really busy time teaching in the UK and Europe. On Saturday I lectured for 90 minutes at a one day symposium held at the University of Westminster, London, on the topic...
Thoughts on the physical aspects of emotion
I have been reflecting on the influences of the physical structures of the body, on emotion - i.e. body-mind or somato-psychic connections.The on-line dictionary, mondofacto, defines this as follows:"Relating to the body-mind relationship; the study of the effects of...
Ernst’s latest toxic attack
Clockwise:HVLA manipulationPrince CharlesProf. Edzard ErnstArtichokeDandelionWhen I saw the BBC headline (see below) I asked myself what the best way would be to denounce an unjust attack on Prince Charles, by Professor Edzard Ernst, of Peninsula Medical School,...
Some favourite blogs
Covers of the books by Howard Evans; Tom Myers, and coauthored by Mike Reinold ....and, upper left, Sasha peeking through the ivy in our Corfu garden.As an intermittent blogger - in some months there will be 4, or even 5, postings, and in some months only 1 - I have...
TMD Assessment and Treatment Using NMT and SCS
Originally published in Massage Today February, 2009, Vol. 09, Issue 02 A trawl through recent literature brought up a number of papers where the key topic related to temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD) and pain. Three papers in particular described the...
What’s new?
Above: Myofascial release of the thoracic fascia. Redrawn from Lewit (1996)Above Right: Connective Tissue Zones (after Ebner) [ from Modern Neuromuscular techniques]On the Right: Persephone supervising Sisyphus in the Underworld)This is one of the blissfully quiet...
Has esoteric study any answers for today’s world chaos?
In the somewhat indistinct stage picture Sasha (blue/gray cape) is walking from the left towards the University Chancellor, Floella Benjamin OBE, just right of center, both with arms outstretched.In the other 2 snaps Alkmini, Sasha and I, before our chill!We've just...
2009 – a year for slowing down….just one new book, revisions, editing, articles, courses & conference presentations
The main topics for teaching this coming year are Muscle Energy Techniques and Positional Release Techniques...see details belowI was planning on slowing down this year, but it looks as though 2009 will be pretty busy!On the writing front I will be involved with my...
Use of cold in (self)-treatment of pain & trigger points
Spray and stretch methods - as described in several of my books, including those linked to these books.Click on covers for more information My previous posting looked (in part) at the protection against the common cold - with one example involving cold showers.An...