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Experience in the area
In practice since 1990. Two years on staff at a hospital Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.
Publications
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, American Journal of Pain Management, Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Mind-Body Arts and Sciences. More complete listing at somatics.com/gold.htm
Education/Credentials
Certifications: Hanna Somatic Education, the Dr. Ida P. Rolf method of Structural Integration (partial list)
What do you like about this subject?
the broad applicability and effectiveness of the methods of somatic training
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
Attain broad recognition of the field of somatic education as an answer for chronic non-malignant, musculo-skeletal pain and stress-related disorders, such as headache.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
When someone has muscular or joint pain, there is a high likelihood that muscular tensions are involved that cause pain, muscular tensions that restrict freedom of movement, muscular tensions that can be brought under voluntary control and let go.
To improve voluntary control allows a person to cease holding that tension, effortlessly, and to remain free of pain as you were when you wereSomething controversial or provocative about this subject
Perhaps as much as 50% of chronic pain comes from muscular tension. After about four seconds of strong contraction, muscles begin to burn. That burn, along with joint compression and nerve impingement (pinch) causes the pain. Since the brain controls muscular tension, such tensions can be alleviated by retraining the brain for better control of the muscular system.
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Recent Answers from Lawrence Gold
2012-01-23 body pain:
Armond, Sounds like nervous tension. A good course of somatic exercises will help. Two options: Calmly Energizing: Somatic Breathing Training to Reduce Stress http://somatics.com/page7-Calmly_Energizing
2012-01-19 Thoracic Bursitis:
Hi, Lana, The problem with MRIs isn't that it doesn't show thing, but that radiologists aren't trained to recognize muscular contractions. They look for damage and degeneration. Muscular contractions
2012-01-19 Back Pain:
Hi, H. Muscles in contraction. The spreading soreness is a sure indication. Fused vertebrae are almost never the problem. Your photos show the left spinal muscles in greater contraction than the
2011-12-29 Myofascial Trigger points:
Hi, Richard, Trigger points disappear when you free muscles from habitual contraction patterns -- meaning re-condition your control of the muscles. Somatic exercises are sufficient. (However, it is
2011-11-04 Shoulder pain:
Hello, James. Injuries cause protective muscular contractions as a reflexive reaction ("Trauma Reflex"). Your chest injury, combined with your workouts, have triggered contractions at the fronts
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