Sensory Motor Amnesia

Sensory Motor Amnesia (SMA) is a term used to describe a loss of control, feelings or sensations around certain muscles. It’s as if we no longer remember how a certain...

by Edward Barrera

Chronic Pain

Pandiculation

[Update] The Tipping Point

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 deal when they...

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...

by Carol Zakula

Somatics Exercises

From Cattywampus to Somatic Mastery

What causes us to tilt or walk with a hitch in certain ways? How do we get out of it? Traumas, falls and accidents can leave you whomp sided, although you will do the best...

How to use the brain and nervous system to our advantage

When trauma happens, our brain and nervous system naturally takes our body into a reflexive protective pattern. It doesn’t have to take much, a simple fall or repeated falls...

by Edward Barrera