I was doing a session on a radiologist and couldn’t resist asking him about the many wondrous things he’d seen through MRI’s, etc. I asked him, of everything he’d seen, what had he found most fascinating?
Read MoreIf you will take your left leg up, placing the ankle on your knee and look at the bottom of your foot, there is a number 7 in the sole of your foot, looking back at you!
When, about six million years ago, our ancestors descended from the trees, more and more distinctness began to grow between the structure and roles of the feet and hands.
The primary issue for therapists working with the feet is a fairly simple one. Most therapists do not know the intrinsic muscles of the foot.
Once one has clarity about the muscles that are there, the work becomes quite straightforward. Exploring successively each layer of the foot,; doing some cross-fiber and direct palpation, assessing tension is the first step; and then melting with a “soft tissue fulcrum” where called for. This will have a dramatic impact on the foot and, because the energy upwells from the kidney meridian’s “bubbling spring”, this work affects the whole self.
Read MoreThe lower legs lead to the thicker muscles and tendons of the thighs. Here our roots become our trunks. And like the lower legs, the thighs call for understanding, compassion, and nurturing. Ever notice how children running around seem to gain energy from running? Unfortunately, as we age, often the sheer joy of running, leaping, spinning around, escapes us, much to the detriment of our legs and our whole body and spirit.
Read More1. It gives us forward propulsion – think of the rear of horse or lion or a great sprinter. With gluteus maximus, the FORCE will be with you!
2. It is, in many cases, a wonderful, captivating shape! This should not be controversial to say!
Read MoreOne of the hardest muscles to visualize is the adductor magnus. It originates along the bottom of the pubic and ischial ramus of the pevlis as far back as the ischial tuberosity. The adductor magnus has perhaps the widest expanse of insertion of all the muscles of the body.
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