Hi Diane!
Looking forward to the whole project.
"Neurotonics" - what a great name and concept.
The term was used as the title for a book in the 19th century meaning "the Art of Strengthening the Nerves, containing Remarks on the influence of the Nerves upon the Health of Body and Mind, and the means of Cure for Nervousness, Debility, Melancholy, and all Chronic Diseases".
As you can see - what Diane and I are trying to do here is not that different. ;-)
But - we base our writings on a scientific basis whereas others still grope around in the dark and try to find explanations based on mystical forces.
There is only one drawback to the whole endeavour - scientific illiteracy.
To be able to discuss scientific studies you have to learn some of the language and some of the concepts scientists use. There is simply no way around that.
And from what I hear, read, and see a lot of people are not willing to put up that effort.
Trust me - it's well worth it!
Back to the name: "Strengthening the Nerves" - that definitely works for me!
1) if you learn about Neuroscience you also learn something about your brain and yourself. And since learning re-wires your brain you are strengthening and building new synaptic connections.
2) Educating people in chronic pain about what pain is, what it means and how to deal with it also "strengthens the nerves" because you reduce fear and give meaning and controllability to the whole experience.
So lets start working out! ;-)
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Monday, December 10, 2007
A new PT team blog
This is my first attempt at PT blog "community-building"; there are going to be bumps probably, but I think the effort will be worthwhile.
Some introductions:
My name is Diane Jacobs - I am Dermoneuromodulator from HumanAntiGravitySuit. I've been a PT all my life, and have a small private practice in Vancouver.
Matthias Weinberger in Germany will be co-author/administrator here. His blog is called, aptly enough, The Neurotopian.
We would like to invite other PTs interested in treating from a nervous system/pain point of view to join us here as guests, eventually.
The name:
We chose the name "Neurotonics" because it suggests improvement of neural function. As PTs, we've each independently figured out that this is what our work is really all about. Both of us have given up putting structure first, as our profession tends to do, and are more interested in helping people inhabit their bodies better (i.e., with less pain). We've learned how to put the horse in front of the cart.
Yes, we still help peoples' bodies feel better to inhabit (we won't lay aside physicality any time soon) but I think it's safe to say we have learned not just how to "fix carts", but also the current best ways to "train a horse", how to put the horse in front of the cart for efficient pulling, teach people how to treat their horse better, to steer the horse, motivate it to pull the cart, and so on...
Matthias, over to you.
Some introductions:
My name is Diane Jacobs - I am Dermoneuromodulator from HumanAntiGravitySuit. I've been a PT all my life, and have a small private practice in Vancouver.
Matthias Weinberger in Germany will be co-author/administrator here. His blog is called, aptly enough, The Neurotopian.
We would like to invite other PTs interested in treating from a nervous system/pain point of view to join us here as guests, eventually.
The name:
We chose the name "Neurotonics" because it suggests improvement of neural function. As PTs, we've each independently figured out that this is what our work is really all about. Both of us have given up putting structure first, as our profession tends to do, and are more interested in helping people inhabit their bodies better (i.e., with less pain). We've learned how to put the horse in front of the cart.
Yes, we still help peoples' bodies feel better to inhabit (we won't lay aside physicality any time soon) but I think it's safe to say we have learned not just how to "fix carts", but also the current best ways to "train a horse", how to put the horse in front of the cart for efficient pulling, teach people how to treat their horse better, to steer the horse, motivate it to pull the cart, and so on...
Matthias, over to you.
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