The Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction

By |August 4th, 2021|back pain, Clinical Somatic Education, posture, scoliosis, specific conditions|

The Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction Scoliosis is regarded as mysterious and incurable by many people in the medical community. While some scoliosis cases are caused by congenital structural abnormalities or neurological or muscular diseases, the vast majority—around 85%—are of unknown cause. The fact is, the bones in our body do not [...]

How to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration

By |August 12th, 2020|aging, back pain, degenerative disc disease, osteoarthritis, posture, sciatica, scoliosis, specific conditions, spinal degeneration|

How to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration Spinal degeneration refers to any breakdown or structural change in our spinal discs and vertebrae. The degeneration is virtually always the result of our chronic muscle tension, posture, and how we move and use our body on a regular basis. Spinal degeneration can occur at any age, [...]

How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and Pain

By |February 19th, 2020|back pain, forward head posture, neck pain, posture, sleep|

How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and PainAside from where you work, the place where you probably spend the most time is your bed. If you suffer from any type of musculoskeletal pain or tension, especially in your neck, shoulders, back, or hips, you should consider how your sleeping position might be contributing [...]

The Causes of SI Joint Pain and Dysfunction

By |July 28th, 2019|back pain, SI joint pain and dysfunction, specific conditions|

The Causes of SI Joint Pain and Dysfunction The sacroiliac joints are at the true center of our skeleton, so they bear the brunt of any imbalance or sudden force that occurs in our body. In this post we'll discuss the most common causes of sacroiliac joint pain and dysfunction: imbalanced posture and movement, [...]

Fix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation

By |May 5th, 2019|back pain, Clinical Somatic Education, forward head posture, headache, posture, specific conditions, temporomandibular joint disorders|

Fix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation Forward head posture is becoming an epidemic due to constant use of smartphones and computers. When we look downward over and over, the muscles in the front of our neck, our chest, and our abdomen become chronically contracted—and they keep us stuck in forward head posture all the [...]

How to Relieve Mechanical Back Pain with Clinical Somatics

By |August 14th, 2018|back pain, Clinical Somatic Education, pain & pain relief, specific conditions|

How to Relieve Mechanical Back Pain with Clinical Somatics What is mechanical back pain? If you're suffering from back pain, you're not alone--between 50% and 80% of Americans will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives.1 It's estimated that 97% of cases of back pain are mechanical in nature,2 meaning that [...]

How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain

By |January 22nd, 2016|back pain, Clinical Somatic Education, posture|

How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain How and Why We Develop the Natural Curves in Our Spine In the first few months of life we are entirely helpless, unable to crawl or even sit up by ourselves. We have spent nine months curled up in the fetal position and have yet to gain [...]

Video: Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain

By |January 5th, 2016|back pain, Clinical Somatic Education, Clinical Somatics exercises, videos & graphics|

Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain Most back pain is caused by chronically tight muscles. As we age and build up learned muscular patterns, our back muscles get increasingly tight. Most of this muscular contraction is involuntary, so we can't easily release it. Chronically tight back muscles are sore [...]

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