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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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...