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

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...

Never heard of Somatics “That’s Physical Education”

When Larry retired 4 years ago, he developed tightness and stiffness… actually it was going on before that in his lower back. Watch what Larry had to say about doing the...

by Edward Barrera

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 to...

Twist and Shout

Being able to twist the spine around is enough to make some of us shout – some in the agony of pain and the rest of us with joy. Certainly there are yoga poses where you...

Art of Movement

Does Fido understand the art of movement better than us? The Art of Movement Loosens Stiffness Aging seems to come with a price of more stiffness, less mobility and...

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Letting Go

The art of letting go Letting go of tight, restricted, stiff, tense muscles is easier said than done. While the advice to just let go sounds like a good idea, our muscles may...

Better Walking

Better walking by not walking? I remember when I could barely walk 50 feet and my shoulders would sear in pain and my ongoing tight back… well it would simply stiffen more as...

by Edward Barrera

Health and Fitness

Do you pro-prio-cep like a rat?

I’m talking about proprioception. Maybe pro-prio-cep is a lame attempt at talking like our teenagers. How we sense ourselves in the very field of gravity we all live in...

by Edward Barrera

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