Leon Chaitow
Breathing Patterns, Connective Tissue, and Soft-Shelled Eggs
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Interview with Leon Chaitow
Why did you choose to become an osteopath? A number of family members – uncles and cousins were osteopaths or chiropractors, and I became interested after having several excellent experiences when treated by them as a teenager, following falls and sporting injuries....
Fibromyalgia Treatment Guide
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Soft tissue manipulation: diagnostic and therapeutic potential
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Report: Effective Treatments for Fibromyalgia
Author’s Note: Because examination of a particular method is included in this review, it should not be taken as a recommendation for its use. This discussion is an exercise in reporting what is being claimed in what appear to be responsible publications, by a wide...
Biodynamic and Biomechanical cranial approaches compared
Same action, different interpretation of effect An example of something unconnected to cranial work may help in understanding how identical (apparently) actions in cranial manipulation might be interpreted quite differently. A Western trained manual therapist or...
Cranial Manipulation: Theory & Practice E-book Download
Cranial Manipulation: Theory & Practice by Leon Chaitow is now out of print, and the electronic version is being made exclusively available for preview and download through this website. Five chapters, the front matter, appendices, and exercises for practitioners...
Books for everyone
Positional Release Self Care for Soreness and Other Pains
Originally published here. If your patients are anything like mine, they will report to you that there is commonly a degree of discomfort, soreness or stiffness a day or so following manual treatment no matter how gentle or appropriate that treatment might have been....
Research: Sport, Pelvic Pain and Associated Symptoms
Originally published in Massage Today July, 2010, Vol. 10, Issue 07 There is abundant research linking pelvic pain, and associated urinary tract symptoms, with various sporting activities. The studies reported on in this brief review are offered as a caution -...
New Evidence of Breathing and Body/Mind Balance
Originally published in Massage Today February, 2010, Vol. 10, Issue 02 A few years back (2002), I co-authored a book on breathing: Multidisciplinary Approaches to Breathing Pattern Disorders. My co-authors (a physical therapist and a psychologist specializing in pain...
