Category - Manual and Movement Therapies

Explores touch therapy, movement education via Sprike App, collagen and Vitamin C’s role, vision optimization, reflex integration, fascia significance, body reading, and natural arm positioning to enhance physical health and movement​​.

Book Recommendations

I recommend these books to anyone interested in extending their touch therapy skills. The conceptual framework underpinning these books, and my study of gait dynamics, supports my continuing development as a therapist.

Treat Your Own (X)

It is common for clients to ask me for recommendations for home exercises. In addition to specific stretches or other exercises, I often recommend this book series authored by Robin McKenzie: These books are both specific to a recovery profile...

Psoas: Function from Structure

The Psoas muscle group is a key attribute of our stance and gait dynamics. It is embedded deeply within our lower torso, and consequently more challenging for many of my clients to cultivate a relationship with. It is common for me to attempt...

Rubbing Points

This is a little web app I built 20 years ago to reference the Frank Chapman DO Neurolymphatic Rubbing Points. These points should be rubbed vigorously for 10-30 seconds. The idea with the app was to build something for the phone that could be...

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Electrical stimulation of the vagus nerve, a treatment known as vagus nerve stimulation (VNS), has garnered significant attention for its potential benefits in managing conditions like PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) and enhancing calm...

Sprike – A Gait Training App

Our bodies are perpetually under the influence of acceleration due to gravity, and we maneuver by altering how this acceleration acts on our mass. By examining the acceleration data, especially the rate at which acceleration changes—known as...

The Structural Interface Between the...

INTRODUCTION Side View of Sternum Our arms compressionally connect to the rest of our bodies at the joint between our Clavicle and Sternum (not at the shoulders). The Sternum is an assemblage of three bones, the topmost called the Manubrium...

Vagus Nerve Manual Therapy Intervention

This video is an overview of addressing Occipital/Atlano compression, which tightly correlates with the Vagus Nerve function. It is a review of a session I did with a client for their reference. Additionally, the Vagus Nerve traverses the neck...

Crystalline Nature of Fascia

Fascia, the connective tissue matrix that permeates the human body, exhibits a complex, crystalline nature that has significant implications for manual therapy and bodywork. This crystalline structure is integral to understanding the...

The Foot: Functional Roles from Structure

When we think of feet we usually consider them as an integrated whole – the foot, which we put in a shoe. However, this is misleading as there are multiple functions within the foot, that are perhaps underutilized when wearing footwear...