The Integrated Body

30/08/2022

Remedial massage can relieve the pain and stiffness of osteoarthritis, and improve physical function, including activities of daily living.

11/07/2022

I'm pleased to announce that I am practising 3 days a week at the newly opened Luna Clinic in Maclean. I will be offering Remedial Massage and Rolfing Structural Integration on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Please call me on 0425 289 969 to book an appointment. Happy to answer any questions you have.

09/06/2020

From 2013 - the year of a haiku a day:
“Approach the tissue
Slowly, gently, with intent
Sink through the layers.”

16/05/2020

You've got to love Scrubs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdrrgVVi-9U&fbclid=IwAR0mTNjSg7OVD2slHNxD7J5N_AJcZhVu9QFKKnvHd9ZYwECdfQwCmzZaKBQ

A clip from 'My Cabbage' (s05e12) in which Dr. Kelso shows the Janitor how quickly disease can spread within the hospital.

08/05/2020

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzKvIYwqQkE&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR1mrAOpzr03Bk-kstiYJTrqugvt7W8CF6aqW-y7yKCrN-iju9IQjFo8r0Y

What Doctors Are Learning From Autopsy Findings of Coronavirus (COVID-19) Patients Once the SARS-CoV-2 virus is deeply embedded in the body, it begins to cau...

27/04/2020

"Physiotherapists often default to biomechanical explanations for pain due to a lack of confidence in managing and treating psychosocial influences - but perhaps these biomechanical explanations for pain actually validate an individuals experience."
Or perhaps continuing in the comfortable construct you were trained in is a lot easier than trying to work in an evolving paradigm - which in itself may be just another construct, perhaps.

23/03/2020

If you don't think this is serious, think again:

21/03/2020

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10158674994859903&set=g.15414711439&type=1&theater&ifg=1

27/03/2019

A little fuel for the fire in the barefoot running debate, and more than a little food for thought:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_rDFa6kZfI

Vivobarefoot is shedding light on a ‘shoe-shaped’ public health scandal. This feet-first short documentary, made in collaboration with Fable Films, is set to...

27/11/2018

re-posted from Somatic Intelligence Pty Ltd:

This gives those who of us who do interventions with the body some pause for thought about effect and randomness:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/science/crumple-paper-math.htm

27/11/2018

re-posted from my other page:
https://www.facebook.com/Somatic-Intelligence-Pty-Ltd-118286488371418/

Facilitating the body's innate wisdom via disseminating information on balance, interoception, prop

02/05/2018

Just re-read this and thought it might help answer a few of the questions I've fielded lately:
https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/07/fashion/07rolfing.html

10/11/2017

A large number of studies about adolescents with idiopathic scoliosis focus on health-related quality of life (HRQOL). However, only a few articles aim at evaluating the personality of these patients. Therefore, the purpose of the present research is to assess the personality traits of adolescents w...

24/10/2017

For those at the workshop last Sunday and anyone else with a further interest on interoception and proprioception in bodywork and massage, I have posted some links on interoception on my other page - Somatic Intelligence Pty Ltd - that might be worth perusing:
https://www.facebook.com/Somatic-Intelligence-Pty-Ltd-118286488371418/

Facilitating the body's innate wisdom via disseminating information on balance, interoception, prop

08/09/2017

From the AMT page: