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Thoracic spine extension exercises over foam roller
Check out this brief video on how to stretch your thoracic spine over a foam roller at home. Fred Samorodin,RPT http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQ_RvGB3TFU
Visceral Manipulation-How important is it for you?
Low back spinal dysfunction may be more effectively and efficiently resolved with the addition of Visceral Manipulation (Wetzler).
Holistic Voice Box Therapy by Dr. Lieberman, D.O.
The voice doctor Note: [Fred Samorodin has had the opportunity to briefly study with Dr. Jacob Lieberman, D.O. and uses the insights gathered from Dr. Lieberman's work to work directly with freeing the larynx (voice box) with hands-on techniques that may help individuals find their "voice" physically and/or emotionally. Such work may take time and [...]
Osteopathic Treatment and Orthodontics (Braces)
The Connection Physical Therapists trained and experienced in the use of osteopathic manual therapy understand the importance of orthodontic dentistry as a means of improving jaw and tooth alignment and as an important factor in people’s health. Many dentists recognize the importance of craniosacral or craniomandibular osteopathic treatment as an integral part of assisting the [...]
How to Live a Healthy and Joyful Life
Greetings! David Riklan, Founder of SelfGrowth.com, has sent along this article that matches my health and wellness philosophy perfectly. Use thiis wisdom well! Fred Samorodin, RPT How to Live a Healthy and Joyful Life – By Dr. Kelly Sennholz I was asked to write a list of my favorite health habits.Below is the list I created to assist [...]
CV-4 Self-help Device for the Craniosacral System
THE DEVICE You have the option of purchasing a specially-designed device called the “CV-4 Still-Point Inducer” (See physical therapist for details) or obtaining two equally-sized sponge rubber balls to create a CV-4 Self-help Device for home use. You may wish to use two racquet balls or two sponge rubber balls such as the red, white [...]
Using Magnetic Products For Maximum Benefit
Congratulations on your decision to use one of the most widely accepted technologies around the world and just now making its presence known in the United States and Canada. All our magnetic products are sold as consumer products and as a result we make no medical claims for them. They have been used by hundreds [...]
Full Body Fascial Facilitation
Full body fascial facilitation is a treatment method which treats the whole body as a delicate, inter-related series of mechanisms like the intermeshed wheels in a finely tuned watch. Fascia, which is the framework of the body, forms the envelopes or pouches for all of the body’s vital organs. The muscles, liver, heart, and brain [...]
Understanding and Treating Chronic Fatigue and Fibromyalgia (Part 2)
In order to assist in understanding modern naturopathic holistic health care, I propose to use as models in this series a number of health problems such as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, also known as Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (CFS/M.E.) as well as the widespread muscle pain problem currently defined as fibromyalgia, or Fibromyalgia Syndrome (FMS). In this article [...]
Jaw and Voice Health
In the course of a lifetime the jaw and throat muscles will have contracted many times more than the heart will have beat. The first connection our brain has with the outside world through the jaw – we cry – we suckle. With such a long-term and close connection with the brain, jaw disorders can [...]