The Psoas muscle group is a key attribute of our stance and gait dynamics. It is embedded deeply within our lower torso, and consequently more challenging for many of my clients to cultivate a relationship with. It is common for me to attempt...
Category - Manual and Movement Therapies
Explores touch therapy, movement education via Sprike App, collagen and Vitamin C’s role, vision optimization, reflex integration, fascia significance, body reading, and natural arm positioning to enhance physical health and movement.
This is a little web app I built 20 years ago to reference the Frank Chapman DO Neurolymphatic Rubbing Points. These points should be rubbed vigorously for 10-30 seconds. The idea with the app was to build something for the phone that could be...
Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, a treatment known as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), has garnered significant attention for its potential benefits in managing conditions like PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and enhancing calm...
Our bodies are perpetually under the influence of acceleration due to gravity, and we maneuver by altering how this acceleration acts on our mass. By examining the acceleration data, especially the rate at which acceleration changes—known as...
INTRODUCTION Side View of Sternum Our arms compressionally connect to the rest of our bodies at the joint between our Clavicle and Sternum (not at the shoulders). The Sternum is an assemblage of three bones, the topmost called the Manubrium...
This video is an overview of addressing Occipital/Atlano compression, which tightly correlates with the Vagus Nerve function. It is a review of a session I did with a client for their reference. Additionally, the Vagus Nerve traverses the neck...
Fascia, the connective tissue matrix that permeates the human body, exhibits a complex, crystalline nature that has significant implications for manual therapy and bodywork. This crystalline structure is integral to understanding the...
When we think of feet we usually consider them as an integrated whole – the foot, which we put in a shoe. However, this is misleading as there are multiple functions within the foot, that are perhaps underutilized when wearing footwear...
Description of Types of Pain We have more words to describe pain than an Eskimo does for snow. Describing pain accurately is essential in manual therapy, as it helps in identifying potential physiological pathologies. Here’s a list of...
Thixotropy, tensegrity, fibroblast mechanotransduction, manual therapy, and gait mechanics, when examined collectively, reveal a complex web of interrelated biomechanical processes crucial for understanding therapeutic practices and their...