Tue, 17 May 2016
In this episode I am talking with John Sharkey who is a Clinical Anatomist, Exercise Physiologist, and European Neuromuscular Therapist. He has developed the worlds only Masters Degree in Neuromuscular Therapy which is Accredited by the University of Chester, he is on the editorial board for the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, the International Journal of Osteopathy, and the International Journal of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork.. He is also a member of the Olympic Councils medical Team and a founding member of the B.I.G, otherwise known as the Biotensegrity Interest Group). He has also authored several books including the 3rd edition of The Concise Book of Muscles which we talk about in the interview. John and I are talking here in great depth about the old paradigm of anatomy and biomechanics and what the new paradigm holds. This is critical stuff here. We are on the brink of a new understanding of the living human body and it’s time to look at the old models, look at where they come from, and to look at why they are outdated. So if you’re interested in living tissue vs. cadavers, biotensegrity vs. biomechanics, continuity of form vs. origin insertion, and how individual human anatomy is and what that changes about our often dogmatic approaches to the body this episode is for you.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP55_John_Sharkey.mp3
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Tue, 3 May 2016
Dr. Eyal Lederman joins me to talk in particular about his paper titled “A process approach in manual and physical therapies: beyond the structural model" and his controversial view that the structural model is outdated and needs to be replaced. We discuss what he sees it replaced with and how patients are treated at his clinic, and what the benefits are to people when we expand beyond structural explanations for things.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP54_Eyal_Lederman_2.mp3
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Tue, 19 April 2016
Bo Forbes is a clinical psychologist, yoga teacher, and Integrative Yoga Therapist. We’re following up on the last two episodes which are pretty interoception based- first with Will Johnson and then with Norm Farb. A central guiding theme of Bo’s work is with interoception, and she has put together the Interoception Tribal Council which is bringing together researchers, primarily neuroscientists, who are looking at interoception and its effect on the whole person’s health both physically and mentally. In this conversation we talk about some of the amazing research that is coming out these days, but we also talk about her own experience putting her interoceptive abilities to the test when she underwent hip surgery this year- which was her 4th hip surgery in 8 years. It’s a really beautiful story of living one’s practice.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP53_Bo_Forbes.mp3
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Tue, 29 March 2016
Neuroscientist Norm Farb's research focuses on the intersection between present moment awareness and well-being. Today we are discussing one of his papers, Interoception, Contemplative Practice, and Health. What are the benefits and risks of honing one's ability to feel what's going on in their body? And what do we appraise that input to mean based on our perceptions of the world?
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP52_Norm_Farb.mp3
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Tue, 15 March 2016
Wil Johnson is the founder of the Institute for Embodiment Training. In today’s conversation we dove into what Dr. Rolf’s original concept of “The Line” was, and discuss its implications for both finding delicious support in our bodies and also for its ability to evoke our evolutionary potential.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_S3_EP51_Will_Johnson.mp3
Category:health: holistic fitness and movement, alternative medicine -- posted at: 5:00am EDT |
Tue, 1 March 2016
Dr. Steve Gangemi, aka The Sock Doc, has ruffled more than a few feathers with his proclamations that stretching is for Bozos... these days he's tempered his statement to "stop mindless stretching". He joins me in this conversation to talk about what stretching even is, what flexibility is really a reflection of (hint: it's not your stretching regimen), why we might feel the need to stretch, and more.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP50_Steve_Gangemi.mp3
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Tue, 9 February 2016
Dr. Helene Langevin of Harvard Medical School, Brigham and Women's Hospital, University of Vermont College of Medicine, and The Osher Center for Integrative Medicine talks about her research on acupuncture, stretching, connective tissue, cancer, inflammation resolution, and the bridges between all of those subjects.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_S3S1_EP49_Helene_Langevin.mp3
Category:health: holistic fitness and movement, alternative medicine -- posted at: 5:00am EDT |
Tue, 6 October 2015
I give my take on the 7th Biotensegrity Interest Group, the 1st Biotensegrity Summit, and the 4th Fascia Research Congress all of which recently took place in Reston, Virginia.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP48_BIG_and_FRC.mp3
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Tue, 8 September 2015
James Earls, author of Born to Walk, takes a very whole system approach to understanding walking.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP47_James_Earls.mp3
Category:health: holistic fitness and movement, alternative medicine -- posted at: 5:00am EDT |
Tue, 18 August 2015
Dr. Dan Keown, who is both a Western medical doctor and a Chinese medicine doctor joins me for a conversation about his book The Spark in the Machine.
Direct download: FINAL_LBP_EP46_Dan_Keown.mp3
Category:health: holistic fitness and movement, alternative medicine -- posted at: 5:00am EDT |