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....
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...
What causes chronic pelvic pain?
The summary below is taken from chapter one of my coauthored book (with Dr Ruth Lovegrove): Chronic Pelvic Pain & Dysfunction. This information highlights the complexity of CPP - and the multiple background possibilities that feed into both its onset, and its...
Personal Historical Ruminations
Boris Chaitow ND DO DC Some biographical notes - along with a few philosophical (and practical) thoughts - are to be found via these links: http://www.bcom.ac.uk/alumni/bcom-alumni-president http://www.bcom.ac.uk/alumni/leon-chaitow-biog These...
Brief report: Hysteresis study shows counterstrain produces more rapid change in dysfunctional tissue than other modalities
In a manual medicine context, hysteresis is the rate at which connective tissue responds to the loading and unloading of a compressive (deforming) force. More specifically it is defined as the difference in viscoelastic behavior (energy loss) (Chila...
Did you know that Cognitive Behavioural Therapy is based on ancient Greek philosophy?
I read a wonderful article in today's London's Daily Telegraph Click on blue text to read it yourself..... Seneca Epictetus The idea that stoicism - and the philosophers who inspired...
Fascial function, Cancer, and the Naked Mole Rat
Fascia and its relation to cancer is receiving increased attention. A recent article preview published in Nature (in the form of a letter) describes animal studies, that suggest potential fascia-related lines of inquiry for humans. This is based on the extreme...
Fascia’s function: Classical osteopathic perspectives and current research compared
Fascia's function: Classical osteopathic perspectives and current research compared In the Fascia Science and Clinical Applications section of the July issue of The Journal of Bodywork & Movement Therapies (JBMT), a review by Findley & Shalwala describes and...
How “Osteopathic Self-Treatment” became “Maintaining Body-Balance, Flexibility and Stability”
In 1990 I compiled a book of self-treatment approaches deriving from osteopathy...and with very little originality, called it "Osteopathic Self-Treatment" (Thorsons, Wellingborough) The idea was to explain simple manual self-treatment methods, to be...
The scandalous tale of a society osteopath, political intrigue in the ’60s, and now a new musical by Andrew Lloyd-Webber
THE SCANDAL BREAKS KEELER BY WARD CHRISTINE KEELERWARD I had been in practice as an osteopath for just 3 years when the Profumo scandal broke in 1963. The convoluted relationships between girls of easy virtue (Christine...
Mike Reinold’s summary of the “Breathing Pattern Disorder” workshop in Boston (24 April 2013)
Mike Reinold has one of the best (the very best) physical/manual therapy related educational blogs, anywhere. Mike attended my recent one day workshop on Breathing Pattern Disorders (BPD) in Boston - organised by Katie Adams and Stewart Wild (see photo) of 360NMT....