Articles

We are a society of instant gratification; feeling good (now) at any cost. It is no surprise that the desire for instant relief of our chronic pain is a symptom of that paradigm. We have become a nation dependent on pharmaceutical drugs. Like any shortcut, however, there are myriad hidden costs.
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Hellerwork Structural Integration: Uncovering Change That Lasts
by Ivan Duben

Personal growth does not always mean changing from the inside out. The transformational approach of Hellerwork begins from the outside in and can offer powerful results.
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How to Make a Human House A Home With Hellerwork
by Tucker Sharp

While taking a new route to work the other day, I noticed a new housing development going up in my neighborhood. The sign in front of the development project read "56 new quality homes coming soon. Models available for viewing." I thought, "Those are not homes yet; they are merely well-built structures." No one is living in them.
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Hypertonic Fascia
by John C. Lowe, M.A., D.C.

Chiropractic’s myofascial pioneer, Dr. Raymond Nimmo wrote, in 1984, “Trigger points have become the glamour girl getting all the attention, while hypermyotonia, which spawns them, is ignored. Many chiropractors are victims of the illusion that clearing a patient of trigger points is all that needs to be done. But if you do not release the hypertonic muscles which produce them, they will redevelop.”
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The connective tissue and myofascial systems
by James L. Oschman, Ph.D.

The connective tissue is a continuous fabric extending throughout the animal body, even into the innermost parts of each cell. All of the great systems of the body—the circulation, the nervous system, the musculo-skeletal system, the digestive tract, the various organs—all are ensheathed in connective tissue. It is an organ of form, relationship, support, communication, and movement.
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