Therapists, doctors or healers are not technicians who are able to fix a body that is separate from the beliefs, thoughts and habits of the soul that inhabits them.
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In order to understand what is ‘right’ or ‘correct’ movement, the best place to start would be to look at the joints themselves. The surface of the joint tells us how it is designed to move and which planes of movement it is able to access.
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Have you tried every treatment for your chronic pain and nothing has worked?
Admit it, you hoped that you could pay someone to fix you and all the years of pain would melt away after an hour’s treatment.
Change doesn’t happen overnight - we need to get down to the coal face and make those shifts, show up for ourselves and commit to doing the work to see the results.
‘Should I get rid of my insoles?’ is a common question I get asked and, to save you the trouble of reading this, my answer is, ‘it depends’. Not very helpful, I know, I prefer to encourage clients think critically and make their own informed decisions. In a culture where we’ve been brought up to defer to authority it can be hard to form our own opinions and stick to them.
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There’s an underlying theme that I notice the more I study and it’s that however much it may look like things stay the same, they really don’t. In the same way that water erodes rock, so forces gradually shape us. We may find ourselves falling back on tired-old pronouncements but if we take the time to trace things back we can see that it is often our actions (or inactions) that have contributed to where we find ourselves in this moment.
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An interesting study was published this month which has shed light on the process of joint tissue repair and regeneration in humans which mirrors the ability of zebrafish and salamander to regrow limbs. Our current understanding is that human cartilage cannot regenerate itself, or at least, only to a very limited degree and is why repetitive joint injuries often lead to the breakdown of cartilage and eventually, osteoarthritis.
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The definitive list of all the barefoot and minimal shoes that can be bought or shipped to the UK.
I was really impressed by the level of diversity and choice out there and was pleased to see so many companies who make handmade shoes have added the choice of Vibram soles, making it easier than ever to find the perfect style that suits you.
The problem with our currently accepted model of acute stress response is that hormones such as cortisol require hours to alter physiological responses which seems inconsistent with the need for an immediate response to danger.
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I’ve been following my hunch about critical thinking recently and how it can impact every area of our lives. We all think we are more rational and logical than we are, and our beliefs, choices and decisions are made for us and not by us more than we’d care to admit.
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Interoception is the awareness of internal body sensations and provides us with information about how our body is feeling on the inside and is the way we self-regulate to ensure that we look after ourselves, allowing us to sense things like pain, hunger or thirst and take appropriate action based on these signals.
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Perception can determine reality so, although there are certain factors (such as age or gender) that can make us more vulnerable to victim selection, we can stack the deck in our favour by adopting confident body language. As Jerry Sternin said, ‘it’s easier to act your way into a new way of thinking, than think your way into a new way of acting.’
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Flexibility isn’t about using physical force to lengthen muscles, it’s about communication; reassuring our nervous system that a particular range of motion is safe to move into.
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