Anatomy does not Equal Reality. Here’s What That Means For You. Communicating with clients and colleagues is at the heart of every bodyworker’s business. But the scientific anatomy that most of us learned in training isn’t enough to understand and describe our work. You need more and you deserve better! I’ve been an enthusiastic anatomy teacher […]
Step by Step: Self-Care for Plantar Fasciitis and Achilles Tendonitis
Plantar fasciitis and Achilles tendonitis are different effects of the same problems, involving a chain of tissue from your thigh to your toes. This string of structures works as a unit. A problem anywhere in the chain slacks or pulls on everything else. The most stressed or most vulnerable part is the one that will […]
Everybody: On Your Feet!
George Russell, D.C. Everybody: On Your Feet! How can we be “quick on our feet” – and ready to turn on a dime – without experiencing ourselves as unstable or “tipsy”?Conversely, how can we maintain a solid foundation without feeling that we have “feet of clay”? You: “Dr. Russell, now you’ve gone too far! Surely […]
The Spirit of Anatomy
It’s easy to think of contemporary scientific anatomy as the “real” anatomy. We have been acting on the assumption that medical/scientific understandings of the human are equivalent to reality, although we know very well that such a belief is not entirely true. What’s true is that there are many anatomies, and each of them describes […]