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Feldenkrais Method™ and Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Moving with Ease: Feldenkrais Method Classes for People with Osteoarthritis

Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volume 2013, 12 pages

Robert Webb, Luis Eduardo Cofré Lizama, and Mary P. Galea

https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ecam/2013/479142

Objective. To investigate the effects of Feldenkrais Method classes on gait, balance, function, and pain in people with osteoarthritis. ... sample of 15 community-dwelling adults with osteoarthritis (mean age 67 years) attending Feldenkrais Method classes. Intervention. Series of Feldenkrais Method classes, two classes/week for 30 weeks. ... Results. Participants improved on the 4SST and on some gait parameters. They also reported a greater ease of movement. Conclusions. ... The lessons led to improvements in performance of the four square step test and changes in gait.

Feldenkrais classes and benefits for Physical Performance and Osteoarthritis

Feldenkrais-Core Integration Methodin Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Pilot Study

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Italy

JSM Arthritis, September 2016

Susanna Maddali Bongi, Guya Piemonte, Monica Landi

Note: Ankylosing spondylitis is a type of arthritis that affects the spine. Ankylosing spondylitis symptoms include pain and stiffness from the neck down to the lower back. The spine's bones (vertebrae) fuse together, resulting in a rigid spine.

https://www.jscimedcentral.com/Arthritis/arthritis-1-1015.pdf

It is widely accepted that rehabilitation combined with pharmacological approach could improve pain, spinal mobility and functional status in ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Feldenkrais-Core Integration (FCI) method is a mind body therapy based on low impact exercises focusing on better body organization, postural re-education and balance improvement. ... Our results showed improvements in pain, fatigue, global health status, ... lumbar lateral flexion and cervical range of motion (cervical forward flexion, extension, lateral flexion and rotation) at the end of the study compared to the baseline. Greater improvements in percentage are found in pain, fatigue, self perceived health status, functionality and tenderness on enthesial sites. No dropouts were registered.

Ankylosing spondylitis with improvements in pain and fatigue. Reduce pain and improve movement with mindfulness, yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, mindful movement online ATM classes in Feldenkrais Toronto, Durham Region, Clarington. Treat whiplash, stiffness for pain free range of motion. Manage arthritic joint and back pain, fibromyalgia, knee and hip replacement, improve balance, vision, mobility with osteoporosis, arthritis or neurological disorders. Sue Seto offers gentle, easy ATM classes to improve recovery from injury, scoliosis or surgery, walking better, fall prevention. Online Feldenkrais Method classes and workshops reduce pain, improve balance and mobility. Free class recordings. Manage and treat stroke symptoms, neurological movement disorders, depression, reduce anxiety and eating disorders. Better movement in ankles, feet and shoulder pain for driving. Better performance in sports, arts, theatre, dance, music. Good posture, walking, hiking, tennis, golf, gardening, skiing.

The Feldenkrais Method: Stress-Free Exercise for People With Arthritis
by David Zemach-Bersin & Mark Hirschfield, Feldenkrais Institute of New York

Published in Arthritis Self-Management Magazine, Jan/Feb 2013

http://feldenkraisinstitute.com/images/uploads/ASM_JF13_Feldenkrais.pdf

The Feldenkrais Method is a sophisticated form of sensory-motor education, which interacts with the brain in a special way to improve the comfort and function of the body. It may be of special interest to people with arthritis because it is so different from other forms of exercise. While conventional exercise typically involves the repetition of strenuous movements, the Feldenkrais Method takes a very different approach. Feldenkrais exercises involve no stretching or straining and require only minimal muscular effort. They use slow, easy-to-do movements that are designed to engage the brain’s ability to change in response to stimulus (its neuroplasticity) to improve the body’s underlying neuromuscular and skeletal organization.

Slow, easy-movements designed to engage the brain’s ability to change. Reduce chronic pain and headaches with Feldenkrais Method movement classes, workshops, mindfulness, yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, martial arts, judo, somatic education. Feldenkrais Toronto, Durham Region, Clarington. Online free classes and recordings. Walk better, move smoothly, effectively, play tennis and golf. Reduce pain and improve movement naturally at home online, fast, easily and gently. Improve mobility from arthritis, osteoporosis, scoliosis, joint pain, joint replacement, fibromyalgia, poor posture, injuries, surgery. Feel better, reduce back pain, improve vision, hip pain and knee pain. Freeing neck and shoulders for whiplash, pain free range of motion, stiffness. Manage and treat stroke symptoms, neurological movement disorders, depression, reduce anxiety and eating disorders. Somatic movement exercises to retrain nervous system, enhancing a person’s self-body image. Better movement in ankles and feet.

Mayo Clinic Bones For Life(R) and Osteoporosis Interview

Interview with Carol Montgomery, MSPT, GCFP, STMI, by Mary Jurisson, MD and Feldenkrais Practitioner
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Mayo Clinic Osteoporosis and Bones for Life® program, March 2015

http://coachsomatics.com/mayo-clinic-bones-for-lifer-and-osteoporosis-interview/

The Bones for Life® program was created by Ruthy Alon and is based on Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais’ approach to somatic education. Most somatic education programs explore developmental movements and access the power and plasticity of the brain in order to improve human function through self-awareness in movement. Somatic education attempts to de-program habitual fixations that follow chronic and acute injury or illness, counter-productive movements due to faulty posture, and poor joint alignment. Reconnecting individuals to their natural capacity for feeling, thought, and action, the Bones for Life® program improves movement coordination and the collaborative functions of the skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems.

Bones for Life program is based on somatic education. Online slow, gentle classes. Feldenkrais neuro movements rewire brain to reduce chronic pain, back pain, knee and hip joint replacement, improves balance, pelvic floor and prevent falls, neurological disorders and improve movement, fibromyalgia, walking, hiking. ATM and private classes help swimming, dancing, musicians. Feldenkrais Toronto, Durham Region, Clarington. Reduce pain, improve movement, balance and mobility for fall prevention. Classes and workshops improve mobility, reduce neck and shoulder pain with free class recordings. Manage and treat stroke symptoms, neurological movement disorders, depression, reduce anxiety and eating disorders. Somatic movement exercises retrain nervous system, enhancing a person’s self-body image. Reducing curves in the back caused by scoliosis, Osteoporosis, arthritis, injury. Feldenkrais Method corrects bad posture. Feel better. Treat whiplash, stiffness for pain free range of motion.

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity, 2009

Freda Vrantsidis, Keith D. Hill, Kirsten Moore, Robert Webb, Susan Hunt, and Leslie Dowson

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/b66525_5102b7bf7f9d44a6a6b9793aab67cd12.pdf

Same article with trial data found in a different location:

Effectiveness and acceptability of Feldenkrais in improving balance related outcomes for older people: a randomised trial.

Journal of Aging and Physical Activity

Freda Vrantsidis, Keith D. Hill, Kirsten Moore, Robert Webb, Susan Hunt, and Leslie Dowson

http://www.humankinetics.com/acucustom/sitename/Documents/DocumentItem/16027.pdf

The Getting Grounded Gracefully© program, based on the Awareness Through Movement lessons of the Feldenkrais method, was designed to improve balance and function in older people. Fifty-five participants (mean age 75, 85% women) were randomized to an intervention (twice-weekly group classes over 8 wk) or a control group (continued with their usual activity) after being assessed at baseline and then reassessed 8 wk later. Significant improvement was identified for the intervention group relative to the control group ... High class attendance (88%) and survey feedback indicate that the program was viewed positively by participants and might therefore be acceptable to other older people.

Getting Grounded Gracefully to improve balance. Reduce chronic pain and headaches with Feldenkrais Method movement classes, workshops, mindfulness, yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, martial arts, judo, somatic education. Feldenkrais Toronto, Durham Region, Clarington. Online free classes and recordings. Walk better, move smoothly, effectively, play tennis and golf. Reduce pain and improve movement naturally at home online, fast, easily and gently. Improve mobility from arthritis, osteoporosis, scoliosis, joint pain, joint replacement, fibromyalgia, poor posture, injuries, surgery. Feel better, reduce back pain, improve vision, hip pain and knee pain. Freeing neck and shoulders for whiplash, pain free range of motion, stiffness. Manage and treat stroke symptoms, neurological movement disorders, depression, reduce anxiety and eating disorders. Somatic movement exercises to retrain nervous system, enhancing a person’s self-body image. Better movement in ankles, feet and shoulder pain.

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