Archive for December 2015
Unilateral weight-bearing palpation and the Year of the Shoulder
First, I’ll follow up on my last post, from September: yes, it turns out to be much easier to teach A/P shoulder assessment UNILATERALLY, as noted there. But there’s more…as of December, I’m now teaching a similar unilateral strategy in the entire lower body. What’s the general procedure? One hand above the relevant joint, one…
Read MoreCalling for movement…me?
Ida Rolf, when describing her method, said something like "Put it where you want it, and call for movement.") However, I'm not inclined to ask clients to move while I'm manipulating them. I tend to vote more for precision of work, and that makes it more comfortable for me to remove the variable of client…
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