The movement of body fluids is essential to the maintenance of health – a key principle of osteopathy. Your immune system vessels don't have a pump so they rely on muscular contraction and changes in pressure to move lymphatic fluid. Regular and frequent whole body movement keeps those fluids flowing freely. My colleague, restorative exercise specialist Petra ...
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Your Health History — It’s All Relevant
Do I really need to fill out all those questions on the health history form? I'm just here for my... It happens frequently. I look at a new client’s health history form to see large sections with no checkmarks or answers. When I still used paper, I would see either N/A or a line drawn through the section asking about previous injuries, accidents or ...
Is Your Body “Under Pressure”?
I got hooked on Katy Bowman’s “Katy Says” blog back in 2011 after reading her posts on alignment and pressure-based problems - diastasis recti, pelvic organ prolapse, varicose veins, hernias, constipation, high blood pressure and more. I've been explaining these concepts to clients for many years, so was excited to see someone else sharing my views and passion ...