Generally, William Garner Sutherland is regarded as the father of cranial osteopathy. Most of today’s craniosacral approaches are built on his work. Other noted osteopaths and chiropractors at that time also explored craniosacral approaches. These include names widely recognized in the field today. Cottam, DeJarnette, and Weaver are among them. However, Sutherland is largely regarded as […]
Ms. Fancy Goes to Alaska We were taking a trip to Alaska. My new bride has booked a cruise with many excursions to the great outdoors. That means we have to find clothes that will be both sensible and cute as we hike, boat, whale watch, ice climb, and all that sort of Alaska stuff.
Saturday before last, I had a new client come in. He was referred by a friend of his father who is an old client of mine and very active athlete of about 50. This new client is a baseball pitcher who is a junior in high school and being scouted by the colleges. He was told that
My client, who seems to have recovered from ALS, came in today. Here’s the original post about him, if you missed it. He was telling me how his doctor at Emory made the news last night. Here’s the article. The video has a pretty graphic shot of the cervical spinal cord (with a cool look
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Invest in making your body self-correcting and the dividends will pay off for years. Here is an example: Arnold (not his real name) started seeing me in his mid 50s. He is a tall, soft-spoken investment counselor. When he first came in, he had a low back problem that really bothered him. His neck bothered
I was working with Burt (not his real name) yesterday morning and told him about my blog. He asked me to write about him. So, here’s the story. Burt was diagnosed with ALS by Emory and The Mayo Clinic. He and his wife came in to see me last October. They had big stacks of
Integrative bodywork is more than ferreting out trigger points, balancing pelvises and smoothing out the tissues. It focuses on finding the governing problems and addressing them first. When I was growing up, we lived on a farm with 6 kids. My father’s brother, Gene, would say, “Y’all could tear up an anvil bare-footed.” Pop quoted
