Ever feel like your body, brain or mind is close to the tipping point when it comes to pain? Small injuries or minor physical setbacks might not seem like a big

Move Like an Animal

Discover How 3 Simple Steps can Rid Stiffness & Pain – Move Like an Animal (Update)

Feeling good is your natural birthright. Yet as we age our share of aches, bumps, dings, stiff feelings and various types of pain can add up depending upon our circumstances and

by Edward Barrera

Pain

Recovery

[Case Study] A Mover and Shaker on Pain and Recovery

My name is Carol. I’ve always been a mover and a shaker, and lucky to have actively moved through more than six decades without any chronic stiffness or pain. Well, okay…there is

by Carol Zakula

Brain Fitness

Home Based Exercise Program

Movement

Somatics Exercises

Move Like an Animal is Now Out of the Cage

Many years ago I saw a squirrel fall out of a tree and like humpty dumpty put herself back together again. This extraordinary act happened during the course of my training

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Soccer

Wall of Fame

I didn't exactly make the Hall of Fame, yet I managed somehow to survive the nearly 20 years of fibromyalgia (chronic pain) and make the Wall of Fame at the

Exercise Programs – Exercise vs. Movement

Exercise Programs The word exercise often connotes sweat and hard work. Movement on the other hand is about changing a position. So many people in the gym are exercising and are still

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Somatics Exercises

Upcoming Blog Talk Radio Interview

Next Tuesday, February 7 at 8am (pst) I'll be appearing on Susan Rich Talks, Blog Talk Radio Show, Rich and Gluten Free. While I'm a big fan of a gluten free

by Edward Barrera

Brain Fitness

Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia “It” sucks…

13 years or 39 years later depending on your viewpoint, I finally have the cap. Fibromyalgia, FM for short, is a chronic pain condition, disease, syndrome or something which doesn't exist,

by Edward Barrera

Fibromyalgia

Health and Fitness

Pandiculating like a pooch or squirrel

Crashed yesterday while skiing... it was very Bode Miller-esque. Going for speed while having too much fun at age 50. Our daughter, who was in the lodge, wondered who that

by Edward Barrera

Fibromyalgia

Are you a 10%-er? Men with Fibromyalgia

Of the 5 million people diagnosed with fibromyalgia, intense chronic pain, 90% are women. This neurochemical dis-ease affects the very people whose pain receptors are higher than others while at the

by Edward Barrera