So, what's a psoas and why does it need to be released? Psoas - pronounced "so-as" - is a deep core muscle that too often gets stuck contracted because of how we move - or don't move - in modern life. It is often the culprit for hip pain and inability to stand up...
Ouch! Aches and pains: just go away! If that’s what you’re feeling, that's what you're thinking, right? After a quick spot treatment, aches and pain can persist, or come back after going away shortly - despite our best efforts at relief! That's when we reach for a...
What is the best preventative medicine? What comes first? What has the biggest impact? What has the greatest return on investment? What makes the biggest difference in our health? Dr. Mike Evans answers these questions in this video about what has the best outcomes as...
Ponce de Leon famously searched for the fountain of youth. Little did he know he was looking for the wrong thing. If we want to restore youth, we must know the effects of aging. Loss of muscle mass, loss of bone density, loss of cognitive function top the list of the...
Look at your two hands. Or your two feet. Or the two sides of your face. Are they the same size and shape? Does that have anything to do with our idea of beauty? It sure does. Most people consider a symmetrical face to be beautiful. In fact, in a study, many ages of...
BOWEN THERAPY by Sanja Tamburic, ND Mind-Body Connection and Pain Most patients and doctors look at the body as a sum of parts, where they aim to fix a particular part, just like a car engine. This mechanistic view that body and mind are separate currently permeates...
Movement is fundamental to our bodies. The body is designed to move smoothly, freely and with fluidity. In addition, we are entitled to move without pain. If we have been in pain, we may have gotten sedentary. However, there are plenty of us not in pain who do...
Your kidneys will not tell you when they are ailing, most often, until it is too late. A colleague tells of a patient that came in with back pain that hurt all the time; it was not better or worse with movement. In addition, his face was puffy which showed that...
Fascia - the web in our body What is fascia? The connective tissue of the body binds every cell to its neighbors and the tissues made up of cells to other tissues, encases and connects organs, muscles, bones, and even connects to the skin and goes inside the cell to...
Bowen with your Pet Buddy A Story Last week I was walking my dog, Unc, and he was walking awfully slowly, almost laboring to take the steps and keep up. I thought "Oh, oh, this is the beginning of the end." I shortened the walk, and waited to see if it was different...
