Much has been made of the detrimental effects of sitting too much. As I see it, when we sit for excessive amounts of time, especially if we sit in a rounded, hunched over posture, certain muscles basically go offline. When this happens, certain other muscles are compelled to step up to give us stability. Specifically, when

This blog post was stimulated by my experiences of having osteopathic students with me during some of my sessions with patients. It is often a bit of a revelation when I speak about what we are trying to do. The language that I use is one of listening to the body, trying to follow the body’s

It is really common in the normal manner of speech to dismissively say that something is “just a placebo.”  What research has shown repeatedly though, is that the placebo effect can be very powerful, causing measurable changes in neurotransmitters, marked decreases in pain, and noteworthy changes in immune system function, to just name a few of the

What is a habit? What is a habit in relationship to chronic pain? We all have habits of how we do things- from how we brush our teeth, to how we towel off after a shower. We have habitual responses to pain, to the people in our lives, to toughts that we have- to virtually everything

It is so easy to get caught up in stress. So many things pull at our attention that it is hard to see our way to just coming to our day in a more calm and relaxed manner. Life can be frenzied and harsh. It is easy to see this reflected in our breathing. An antidote

When I looked at the articles I have written for my office and many of the articles from elsewhere, it is easy to note that many of them are on diet and nutrition. I want to talk about one of the reasons for that here. Very early in my practice, I had a patient that had