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Back and Neck Injury/Expert Profile
Expertise
Questions concerning: back pain exercises back muscle pain back muscle spasms degenerative disc disease disc bulge dizziness groin pain groin pull lifting injuries lower back pain lower back exercises sciatica whiplash injuries Hanna Somatics headaches iliopsoas bursitis iliopsoas muscle iliopsoas syndrome iliopsoas stretch movement limitations psoas stretch psoas muscle pain psoas stretch psoas major psoas muscle somatics somatic exercises somatic education
Experience in the area
In practice since 1990. Two years on staff at a hospital Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.
Organizations belong to
Association for Hanna Somatic Educators, Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals, Association for Humanistic Psychology
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 still hope to achieve/learn in this field?
More popular understanding of clinical somatic education of an effective option for chronic conditions.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:
People have a universal reaction to injury and stress: we tighten up. That tension, which many medical practitioners miss in their diagnoses, causes muscle fatigue, pain, joint damage, and nerve pain.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject
Perhaps as many as 50% chronic pain, and conditions of misalignment or restricted movement treated by chiropractic, massage, and other methods of therapeutic manipulation have at their root muscular tension and imbalances. The most direct way to clear up such problems is to improve the ability to control the involved muscles, both to exert them and to relax them.
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Recent Reviews from Users
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| Tiffany | 10/18/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you very much! |
| Greg Miller | 10/02/09 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | |
| Eva | 08/27/09 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | |
| miketennesse | 08/24/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | thank you for your time.I had ..... |
| Carolyn | 08/18/09 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Thank you so much, I think not ..... |
Recent Answers from Lawrence Gold
2009-10-17 T-Spine:
Hello, Tiffany. Here's the pivotal sentence in all of that: "There is straightening of teh cervical spine which may represent muscular spasm versus strain" Disc protrusions, radiating pain, and
2009-09-29 Upper back is bothering me constantly:
Hi, Owen, Self-adjusting won't do any damage and you've made some good observations about the relation between your various pains and spinal alignment. The thing is, it isn't about the two vertebrae
2009-09-29 What next?:
Hello, Greg, The keys are the degenerative disc changes and the formation of osteophytes (bone spurs); both indicate very contracted neck muscles with pinches on nerve roots. Surgery is the common
2009-09-11 back pain:
Hello, Mulu, Your description sounds like tight back muscles. A simplified exercise for freeing back muscles exists at: http://www.somatics.com/back_pain.htm That page explains the problem
2009-09-10 neck pain:
Dear Vipul, You have muscle spasms. To free them, you need to re-assert control of the involved muscles through movements that contract them. If you wish, I can make a recommendation of a program
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