Body Talk
- BODY TALK Postural influences on visceral and somatic function By Leon Chaitow, ND, DO (In Massage Examples of how structural and functional features strongly influence each other. We all know that poor posture is damaging to our physical structures, but are we as aware of the wider implications of postural distress on the total economy of the body.
- BODY TALK: Coming into our bodies: The somatic approach to life coaching & bodywork “Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be free now.” This is the starting point for somatic work – to move beyond the machinations of mind and to become fully present in the now, says Julia Griss.
- BODY TALK: Footwear flops that affect posture By Erika Kruger Summer is here and so are patients arriving at the massage practice wearing the all-time popular plakkies. People’s views on this form of footwear flip-flops between near veneration by wearers while health professionals blame it a host of podiatric probl
- BODY TALK: Hammertoes: Flip-flops make for gripping stuff When you wear flip-flops, you scrunch your toes to keep the flip-flop on your foot. It is this gripping action that leads to the following signs and symptoms of hammertoes.
- BODY TALK: Home care rehabilitation exercises for snapping hip syndrome Home care rehabilitation exercises for snapping hip syndrome
- BODY TALK: Plantar fasciitis Wearing flip-flops may cause plantar fasciitis
- BODY TALK: Snapping hip syndrome By Erika Kruger Snapping hip syndrome (SHS) is characterized by an audible snap or click in or around the hip while walking, getting up from a chair, or swinging the leg around.
- BODY TALK: Teens & flip-flops Flip-flops can be particularly hard on young, apparently sturdy teenaged feet.
- Fixated on chiropractic Sonia Bowers studied chiropractic at Durban University of Technology and currently practises in Tokai, Cape Town. Apart from human patients she also treats dogs, horses and the occasional cat. Bobbie Maree asked her a few questions.
- Massaging muscles facilitates recovery after exercise Researchers testing the long-held theory that therapeutic massage can speed recovery after a sports injury have found early scientific evidence of the healing effects of massage. The scientists have determined that immediate cyclic compression of muscles
- Shin splints: Painful all-rounder By Mandy Eagar Shin splints is a layman's term used to describe exercise-related pain in the lower leg. It is a broad term that signifies pain over the anterior tibial area. Massage therapist, Mandy Eagar sheds light on the different types of anterior lower leg pain.