The fundamental distinction between animals and all living beings is movement. Animals emerged out of living beings becoming able to make distinctions in their surroundings, give meaning to those distinctions, and move towards or away from what they sensed based on those meanings. The ability to move, sense the surroundings (dominantly...
Author - Brian
I am a Manual Therapist on the roster of complimentary care providers for one of the largest private elementary and high schools in San Francisco. The schools embody an academic tradition that de-emphasizes fact memorization before the permanent teeth emerge and integrates movement as an essential quality of child development. Additionally, as...
The biomechanics of using keyboards and mice for extended periods can compromise the vigor of the body systems engaged in this activity. These body systems include fingers, wrists, elbows, shoulders, neck, and head. In my view, the tension required to stabilize the hand over a keyboard key, or to accurately position the cursor, is the primary...
Solfeggio frequencies are ancient tones known for their healing properties. The sound files accessible in the links here are 30 minute .wav files of the listed Solfeggio frequencies, blended with either the foundation or Master Tone. They are pure Sine Waves. The Schumann Frequencies are offset to a 7.8 hz beat, which is the Schumann Resonance...
This 8 minute video offers an excellent overview of infant postural and dynamic reflexes, and how these reflexes underly more complex motor and cognitive functions. However, some of the statements made in the video about the influence of specific reflexes, are hypothetical, and continue to be an active area of research and discussion.
For Manual Therapists conceptualizing bone is something of a challenge. Classical anatomy presents bone as a static, mineralized structure that treats loads as compressional, somewhat like a stack of bricks. The dynamic and self-healing properties of bone are not obvious, especially its pliable qualities. However, bone is by volume 33...
Babies (DVD):Culture has a profound influence on the developmental trajectory of infants. Although somewhat obvious, it is highly educational to observe how settings and attitudes define the opportunities for growing children. The documentary “Babies” (2010) follows the first year of life of four infants across the spectrum of...
While the Chinese model of energy balancing pays attention to the flow of energy through the meridians, the broader body of energy medicine pays equal or greater attention to the vibrational qualities of energy, its resonance or dissonance in relation to other energy segments. When viewed two dimensionally this quality of synchronization of...
Over the last 30 years it has come to be accepted that very small children have abstract, structured, coherent, causal representations of the world around them - representations that are similar to scientific theories. They use those representations to make wide ranging predictions. This may be an innate capacity which infants and small children...
When we get out of the shower or bath, usually the next thing to do is dry ourselves. Seeing as we are going to dry ourselves anyway, it is an excellent opportunity to do a little Lymphatic Massage. The idea is to dry yourself in the direction of the area above and to the right of the heart. So you dry up the arms and legs both front and back, and...