by Lisa Godenick | Jul 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
“A movement is correct when it perfectly fits a motor problem just as a key easily opens a lock.” – Nikolai Bernstein If you experience pain and tension as you move through life, it is likely you are recruiting muscles you don’t need to help you get...
by Lisa Godenick | Jun 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
IN A NUTSHELL: Lower back pain is caused by sensory motor amnesia and the way you use your body You can heal your own chronic back pain with YOUR BRAIN The only way to change your lower back pain is by sensing your short muscles and then lengthening them through...
by Lisa Godenick | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Short Summary of Neck/Back Pain and the Red Light Reflex Neck and back pain is caused by tight muscles in the front of the body; it is not caused by having “weak back muscles.” Telling someone to “stand up straight” does not change how their...
by Lisa Godenick | Oct 29, 2018 | Clinical Somatic Education
Overview of Free Your Breathing Habituated stress and chronic tension tighten the muscles of the torso, particularly the abdomen, restricting full breathing. Chest breathing alone does not supply sufficient oxygen for optimal metabolic functioning of your body....
by Lisa Godenick | Oct 21, 2018 | Clinical Somatic Education
Pandiculation is a ground-breaking technique of releasing involuntary muscle contraction. Animals pandiculate multiple times a day and humans naturally do too. Unfortunately, as we age and develop habitual movement patterns, we often inhibit the natural pandicular...