Trying to decide on a title for this blog has been difficult. Hopefully when all is revealed the somewhat disjointed...
Chaitow’s Chat: Blog & News
Is a patient’s posture relevant to their symptoms ….or is that concept out of date?
In a recent facebook discussion/thread, in response to a question, I described a potential sequence that might...
“A Critical Evaluation of Quintner et al: Missing the Point ” – OPEN ACCESS
The Trigger Point Debate - continued. OPEN ACCESS has been granted by Elsevier to the Dommerholt/Gerwin paper...
Pulsed Muscle Energy Technique: Ruddy Revisited
It's been several months since the last blog-post, due to immersion in writing and editing tasks.I'm currently working on notes for an eventual updating/revision of Muscle Energy Techniques (3rd edition)....abbreviated to MET.A 4th edition will eventually emerge, in...
Isometric Contractions in Pain Management
These notes summarise some of the many ways in which isometric contractions can be used in clinical practice Isometric contractions and trigger points.• Trigger points appear to be self-perpetuating, unless treated correctly.• Whatever method is used to deactivate a...
Chronic Pelvic Pain (CPP)
In the next few months nearly 3 years of focused effort will come to fruition, with the publication of this book (by Elsevier/ChurchillLivingstone) - coedited by Dr Ruth Lovegrove and myself, with input from around 20 experts including:Rodney Anderson, Andrew...
The explosion of fascia research
This posting is a modified version of an article I have written for a British cranial osteopathic publication. Because I am actively involved in the organizational aspects of next year's Fascia Research Congress in Vancouver I have had only a limited amount of time to...
Does HVLA manipulation ‘break’ adhesions in Z joints?
High Velocity, Low Amplitude (HVLA) spinal manipulation is sometimes dramatically effective in relieving back pain - but not always.HVLA has been used in physical therapy, chiropractic and osteopathy for round 150 years - and before that by bone-setters (and village...
Stone-age posture and diet : A facebook discussion
I am relatively new to FaceBook but am finding aspects of the interactions on the site fascinating and educational. Today I posted the following: “I came across this picture of a neanderthal guy on BBC's news site. It discussed new evidence that these people ate...
The Greatvine project – offering advice at a distance…and the problems of offering advice at a distance
A couple of years ago I was contacted and asked to become an 'expert' on a new website project - Greatvine.comThe idea was simple but innovative.Greatvine was recruiting a wide range of 'experts' in a plethora of areas of interest.Each expert would have a dedicated...
The Vitamin D Scandal
This post is almost entirely pasted from the latest newsletter from the Vitamin D Council It is in response to frank distortions of the truth by a quasi-U.S. Governmental agency - the Food & Nutrition Board, acting on behalf of the Institute of Medicine. Please read...
..a brief preliminary report on the 7th World Low Back and Pelvic Pain Congress
Moshe and Siegfried sorting out pain and other problemsMyself, examining Gary Cooper's hand-prints.....This is preliminary -It is not definitive -I am teaching (Positional Release Techniques) all day today, in a post-congress workshop, and then fly back to the UK,...
Better bladder control and less back pain, through better breathing!
The 'cylinder' that houses the abdominal and pelvic organs has a top (diaphragm) and a bottom (pelvic floor) as well as (ideally) strong abdominal and spinal/trunk muscles at the front, sides and back, that together create stability for the spine and limbs.Imbalance...
Pelvic pain, fascial treatment methods… and now migraine….the fruits of Summer 2010
Photo of garden looking toward fruit trees and grapevinesCover of the 3rd edition of Modern NMTA long and fruitful (in every sense) summer in Corfu is slowly coming towards it's cyclical end.Today, there was a slight touch of autumn in the air, and figs from the tree,...
Trigger points and Pilates: the most downloaded topics
These images are from the paper by Shah & Gilliams which is in the 'Most Cited" list, below. They show a schematic diagram of a trigger point and the dialysis instrument which is used to analyse the environmental mileu of these entities. I have been browsing through a...