Leon Chaitow
thoughts on the common cold…and blog issues
This map shows locations of last 100 visitors to the blog (18 December 2008) Back in February I wrote a short blog posting about the use of cold, wet socks inself-treatment of some of the symptoms of a head cold - the stuffy congestion that makes life so miserable...
A backward look from Corfu … to LA and the Bodhi Tree… and what flowed from that…
BELOW: The Bodhi Tree ABOVE: Craig Liebenson with a rehab. client COVERS: The one on the left hasn't changes in 25 years! The Muscle Energy cover is the latest incarnation (2007) of this book (3rd edition), a subject that I first discussed in detail in Soft Tissue...
Manual Therapy Choices: A General Approach to Parkinson’s Disease
Originally published in Massage Today December, 2008, Vol. 08, Issue 12 In treating dysfunction, it is normal for most therapists to use a variety of modalities and methods including myofascial release, muscle-energy techniques, positional-release techniques and many...
Biomechanics, malalignment and adaptation
These illustrations show variations on the theme of 'crossed syndromes' wheremuscle groups alternately short/tighten, or are inhibited/lengthen, withnegative effects on functionality The central figure above shows a lower crossed syndrome with weak abdominals and...
A virtual conference on pelvic pain + how I mistook Greece for Morocco …. and fell in love
This last Saturday late afternoon I found myself sitting in Corfu Greece, chatting to around 8500 individuals scattered around the globe.This not what I normally do on Saturday afternoons in Corfu, but this was different.I had gladly agreed to join an initiative...
Swallowing Statins (……..and the side effects)
Atoravastatin, the most prescribed statinFirstly, to anyone frustrated by the lack of new postings on my blog - I apologise. It's been a busy time, and the blog was neglected.STATINS....You will have read the promotional hype that this 'wonderdrug' is no longer...
Corfu – scandal, intrigue and conspiracies in paradise
Daunt's...the finest independent bookshop in London & Marylebone High StreetThe yachtLord Mandy....Corfu harbour - Venetian Fortress in backgroundAs regular readers to this spasmodically updated blog will know, I live most of the year in Corfu.How I ever got to that...
Tenuous connections: Terry-Thomas – Subud and gold-plated Bentley’s
(Above) Stage pass from gala benefit show to rescue T-T (1989)(Left) Book cover of the new Terry-Thomas biography (Right) J.G. Bennett (1973) the man who brought Subud to the West. I've just started reading the new biography of the life of Terry-Thomas - one of the...
My first book – 1974 – "Osteopathy: Head-to-toe Health through manipulation"
The 2 photographs (from the DVD in Muscle Energy Techniques 3rd edition, 2006, Churchill Livingstone) show osteopathic soft tissue techniques (for release of psoas tightness, and for stretching of quadratus lumborum)......while the old drawing is an illustration of...
Obama-vs-McCain: an unbelievable script!
If this presidential election was a film-script it would be rejected for containing too many unbelievable elements.The characters are over-the-top, and the background scenario's too complexly fantastic to be true.Consider the major players:Aging semi-articulate,...
Bizarre Bazaar: the ‘health show’ phenomenon
These images are a selection taken from Google's Image site - using the key words "Festival of Body, mind & spirit"..... they were among the least odd!Have you been to a "natural living" or ‘health’ show lately?This posting might irritate some readers, and anger...
Michael Phelps’ Diet – recipe for disaster
Like many people I've watched in amazement as Michael Phelps has smashed world record after world record at the Olympics.At the time of writing he's added 7 Gold medals to his haul of 6 collected in Athens 4 years ago..... with one more to come this weekend...