Part Two of Review of Geoffrey Bove Workshop on Pain, Nociception and Nerves

This is part two of my review of the workshop on Pain, Nociception and Nerves with Geoffrey Bove. Here is a link to the first part. In this part I will discuss what we learned about inflammation, fascia and trigger points.

nerve mechanics, pain reductionTodd HargroveJuly 16, 2013 Comments

Review of Geoffrey Bove Workshop on Pain, Nociception and Nerves: Part One

This weekend I had the pleasure of attending a workshop hosted by Geoffrey Bove on “Pain, Nociception and Nerves.” Geoff has forgotten more about these topics than most people will ever know, because he has conducted a great deal of the original research which contributes to our knowledge about these issues, particularly as it relates to manual therapy.

nerve mechanics, pain reductionTodd HargroveJuly 1, 2013 Comments

Hamstring Strain and Adverse Neural Tension

nerve mechanics, pain reductionTodd HargroveJanuary 26, 2012pain, Sciatic nerve Comments

Reader Q & A: Thanksgiving Edition

Happy Thanksgiving! I am thankful for my readers, especially the ones who have provided me some some good questions that I can paste together with my answers to create a blog post.

Questions include: why does it hurt here; why doesn't it hurt here; why is my hamstring stiff; and should I use resistance on sports movements?

(By the way, if you want to ask a question and get it answered in a future post, contact me here.)

nerve mechanics, pain reduction, Q & ATodd HargroveNovember 22, 2011Feldenkrais Method, pain Comments

Ideomotion Part 2: Corrective Movements

In a previous post I introduced the concept of ideomotion, which is a non voluntary movement prompted by mental activity. In this post I’ll discuss Barrett Dorko’s interesting theory that ideomotion may play a role in reducing and preventing some common sources of chronic pain. Here is my (hopefully accurate) interpretation of Dorko’s theory in a nutshell....