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Science

An icy way to induce healing?

Yesterday my best friend Kara and I experienced Whole Body Cryotherapy (WBC). A friend of mine told me about this and said I had to try it and tell...

Science

Adventures in dissection

My dream of completing the 6-day dissection with a group of MELT Instructors and the amazing Gil Hedley came true this year. Some 15ish years ago ...

Science

Back to basics

I wrote this as I was heading to a weeklong hands-on human dissection workshop in San Francisco under the tutelage of one my mentors, Gil Hedley, a...

Science

Endometriosis: A misunderstood ailment

When it comes to self-care, women, far more than men, seek treatments outside of medical care. Over the past two decades, I can attest to this from...

Science

Are you paying attention to your breathing?

Breathing disorders affect people in different ways. For some it causes mental distress, fear, anxiety, and even a loss of self-confidence. For oth...

Science

Recapping the fascia summit in Germany

Last month I spent five days in Germany. Now, I’m full up of information, research, science, and applications of fascia. I was in German heaven. My...

Science

3 Nets of Connection

It goes without saying, the human form is abundantly complex. So much that the use of metaphors and simple life stories are frequently the only way...

MELT News

One Giant Step for MELT

I have great news. The IRB (Institutional Review Board) approved the very first MELT Low Back Pain Away Study. In the upcoming months NJIT (New Jer...

nutrition

Your mind affects your gut and what you can do about it

Have you ever had a gut feeling or butterflies in your belly when you were in love? Have you ever gotten so frustrated or upset that your stomach w...

Science

How we perceive and sense things around us matters so much

Recently a student of mine asked me about interoception versus proprioception. Well, this is complicated because there’s another word, exteroceptio...

MELT Stories

My fascination with vibration

Since I was a kid, I’ve felt vibrations in things when I touch them. My dad told me I was weird and not to tell people about it. My mother took me ...

Hips & Pelvis

Is Rotation of the Sacrum Causing Your Pelvic Pain?

What is SI dysfunction? Learn how you can find yourself out of pain and feeling better after a very quick fix that can be learned in just a few min...