tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-161521342026-03-31T08:10:07.496+01:00Myofascial release, bodywork, movement, opening up, life and work and work and life and change, growth...annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-87212097340103325532008-02-17T12:18:00.003+00:002008-02-17T12:29:15.805+00:00

It's been a long while, but we've finally done it. By April RSI Clinics will be a fully fledged company in its own right - RSI Clinics Ltd - with clinics in Brighton, East Sussex and London Harley Street. We are specialising in treating repetitive strain injury, hand and wrist pain, typing pain, texter's thumb, that sort of thing. Myofascial release and trigger point therapy are extremely

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1147003241370284642006-05-07T12:56:00.000+01:002006-05-07T13:22:13.186+01:00

I've been reading a lot of Melissa Scott's work. Science fiction. Very, very good stuff, intellectually challenging. She has a running scenario in Dreamships in which starship pilots take control of their ship by means of some kind of communication device wired directly into them, under the skin. By means of this they key in to a responding device in the ship and 'feel' that ship, and by

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1139749606784727392006-02-12T12:54:00.000+00:002006-02-12T13:14:26.586+00:00

The Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies is putting on this Masterclass / conference on Understanding Trauma and Adaptation: Managing the neural, myofascial and psychological issues. Intriguing speakers, most of whom I have either read, trained with, or wished I could train with, a couple entirely new to me. I'll be there. Come and play?

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1136651615743492322006-01-07T16:26:00.000+00:002006-01-07T16:33:35.783+00:00

This is a tale (true) about how I started feeling into the phenomenon of rebounding. The year is 1981, the location is Brighton on the south coast of the UK; we are in the reception area of the Lotte Berk studio in seedy Preston Street, an exercise studio for the pursuit of the perfect shape through an excruciatingly difficult (and now almost defunct) exercise method. I was the studio owner,

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1136638920564096832006-01-07T12:39:00.000+00:002006-01-07T16:35:54.776+00:00

This a going to be a bit technical and possibly odd. It may explain some of the 'Virgin rebounder' post, though.Rebounding: variously known throughout the bodywork world as shaking, rocking, rocking and rolling, rhythm work and probably by many more terms, probably as many as there are marketing managers :) Some people teach it as a strategy in itself, whole bodywork modalities have been

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1135617030173003312005-12-26T16:56:00.000+00:002005-12-26T17:10:30.183+00:00

I was thrown off a specific training provider's MFR discussion group recently for failing to subscribe to 'true' myofascial release. The throwing off was conducted by the list administrator accusing me (on the list and with great gusto) of leading people astray and presenting myself as something I was not. Not true, as visitors to my site would find out, but no right of reply for me. I was

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1134401623934265202005-12-12T15:30:00.000+00:002005-12-12T15:36:09.670+00:00

There is another good article out there on the Freeze response. Jonathan Tripodi writes clearly on this subject here The Freeze Response. His training courses in MFR come very highly recommended.

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1132326235038371922005-11-18T14:59:00.000+00:002005-11-18T15:03:55.046+00:00

Click here for an article by John F Barnes of Myofascial Release Treatment Centres. Flight/Fight/Freeze

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1132246796438178522005-11-17T16:57:00.000+00:002005-11-17T16:59:56.450+00:00

Unwind the self every day. Without fail. Really without fail. All unwinding is 'correct', you can never do it 'wrong'. Or fail. neither can I. Hurrah.

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1129895930053964892005-10-21T12:34:00.000+01:002005-10-21T12:58:50.060+01:00

Would this be a real blog without some real- life experiences to spill? Certainly not. Last night's MFR session - mine - is worth blogging about.Started off in a very civilised fashion, I just knew I wanted unwinding, so sat on the side of the table in the usual way. Went into unwinding immediately, drifting half in and half out of full consciousness. Ended up, don't know how (that's the

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1128695605891982882005-10-07T15:17:00.000+01:002005-10-07T15:33:25.896+01:00

Oh my word, strange things are happening. Over at Jing Massage one of the new, new tutors who is in the process of being extensively trained by Rachel and Meg is back home at the other end of the country and reporting unwinding happening under her hands. She has *not* (yet?) done our MFR foundation course! Myofascial release gets plenty of mention in the advanced massage courses... maybe this

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1127907905548512312005-09-28T12:16:00.000+01:002005-09-28T12:45:05.556+01:00

I’ve just taught Foundation Myofascial Release module 1 with my colleague Rachel Fairweather in Brighton, UK. We had 18 students – our limit, as when they are working on each other the teacher / student ratio is then 1 : 4.5, small enough for us to be able to give real assistance, feedback and individual attention. The thing that struck us first of all, after the first morning even, was that

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1127134404164728412005-09-19T13:50:00.000+01:002005-09-19T13:53:24.170+01:00

Am going to try to render comments impermeable to comment spam. I know this has driven other bloggers mad, so if it doesn't work, comments will be disabled completely.

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1126958156227435272005-09-17T12:40:00.000+01:002005-09-17T13:06:51.666+01:00

The following is from a piece I wrote recently for my other blog Alternative Knitting, where the full article can be read, including the bloggish chat which I've cut here.I have some theories regarding clear and used space, rooted in observations I have made over the last couple or three or four and a bit decadesSpace tells one masses about the people who inhabit it. Here are some things I have

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1126450104525364482005-09-11T15:39:00.000+01:002005-09-11T16:04:04.933+01:00

This whole concept, that work and life should be in balance, as if they are bound to be separate, or even opposite, is fundamentally wrong, flawed from the inside out.Rather, if my work is what I love to do, or be, something I am passionate about, something that resounds with the core of my being, then that is life.If work is anything but that, as it has been from time to time for me, then how to

annehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13906486251305068751noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16152134.post-1125597522208996402005-09-01T20:00:00.000+01:002005-09-11T15:54:52.500+01:00

Myofascial Release is a form of advanced bodywork which is unparalleled in its ability to release muscle (myo-) and fascia, the membrane which surrounds all muscle fibres and other structures in the body. MFR is both a science and an art, requiring detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology, refined palpation skills and sensitivity to respond to what is going on in the body at any one time, '

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