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Published in Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau, Beyond Menopause, 2023
Carolyn Torkelson, Catherine Marienau
The Feldenkrais Method is named after its originator, Dr. Moshé Feldenkrais (1904–1984), who drew from several sources, including the Alexander Technique, martial arts, psychology, and biomechanics. This method uses two formats: group work for movement sequences and individual work for manipulation. The Feldenkrais Method involves a process of organic learning, movement, and sensing to free you from habitual patterns and allow for new patterns of thinking, moving, and feeling to emerge. Posture, coordination, and flexibility are improved through reprogramming your neuromuscular system to sense more accurately and be more aware of muscular effort.
A Sampling of CAM Therapies and Philosophies
Published in Lillian R. Brazin, The Guide to Complementary and Alternative Medicine on the Internet, 2020
The Web site of the Oregon-based guild provides information on finding Feldenkrais practitioners, training information, and general information about the Feldenkrais Method. The full name is the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education. This site discusses two variations: Functional Integration and Awareness Through Movement. Some hospitals offer Feldenkrais sessions (for a fee) to the public.Feldenkrais Resources<http://www.feldenkrais-resources.com>
Alternative and Complementary Treatments
Published in Harold G. Koenig, Chronic Pain, 2013
The Feldenkrais method is considered by its practitioners to be useful for a variety of chronic pains, including headache, joint disorders, and neck, shoulder, and back pain. It may also help those with chronic neuromuscular disorders, such as multiple sclerosis or cerebral palsy, and may benefit those who have suffered from a stroke. The technique may help to improve balance, coordination, and mobility. The method has two components. One is called functional integration and consists of hands-on sessions by a practitioner who uses touch to help improve physical movement patterns. While the person is sitting, standing, or reclining, the practitioner will manipulate his or her muscles and joints, as done by others who perform similar types of bodywork. Feldenkrais manipulations, however, are all carried out within the usual range of motion and without pain or the forceful bending of joints.
The effects of a relaxation program featuring aquatic therapy and autogenic training among people with cervical dystonia (a pilot study)
Published in Physiotherapy Theory and Practice, 2020
Ana Isabel Useros-Olmo, David Martínez-Pernía, David Huepe
Similar to this relaxation program (WT and AT) study, physical therapy disciplines have implemented other mind-body approaches for motor rehabilitation such as: yoga (Saper et al, 2014); Tai Chi (Tousignant et al, 2013); Qigong (Liu et al, 2012); experiential neurorehabilitation (Martínez-Pernía and Ceric, 2011; Martínez-Pernía et al, 2016); Feldenkrais Method (Hillier and Worley, 2015); and the Alexander Technique (Cacciatore et al, 2011). Although all of these approaches have important methodological differences from one another, they all seek to enhance body awareness in clinical intervention (Mehling, DiBlasi, and Hecht, 2015). This goal has been described as a key mechanism for providing health benefits (Hölzel et al, 2011; Mehling et al, 2009). Body awareness has been defined as “the subjective, phenomenological aspect of proprioception and interoception that enters conscious awareness” (Mehling et al, 2011) or the ability to recognize subtle body cues (Baas et al, 2004). Given these assumptions and bearing in mind that the patients in this study were instructed to focus on their internal bodily sensations, we presume that the experimental group increased their body awareness, which might be the key mechanism for improving health. In accordance with the work developed by Payne, Levine, and Crane-Godreau (2015), the therapeutic effect of this intervention is the activation of the core response network, which comprises the: autonomic nervous system; limbic system (Heimer and Van Hoesen, 2006); emotional motor system (Holstege, Bandlerz, and Saper, 1996); and the reticular arousal system (Krout, Belzer, and Loewy, 2002; Strominger, Demarest, and Laemle, 2012). The activation of these regions through the perception of internal bodily sensations allows muscle tone changes, emotional state modulation and cognitive activity modification (Norman, Berntson, and Cacioppo, 2014).