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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| C3,C4,C5 | 1/25/2012 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Five years ago I had severe pain on the left side of my neck and arm that lasted for about ten days. ... A: Max, The first thing I would check is the state of your neck muscles. Tight muscles cause ... | ||
| Low Back Pain MRI Results | 1/24/2012 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I would like your ideas on if this new MRI result is just worsening from the original problem or if ... A: Kym, These results are moderate, compared to some I have seen. re: "disc desiccation" and "disc ... | ||
| Severe neck pain | 1/23/2012 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I have severe neck and head pain and have exhausted all the invasive treatments (traction, physical ... A: Janet. Sorry to hear of your distressing condition. Yes, I can help. Those are all symptoms of ... | ||
| pinched nerve in neck | 1/14/2012 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I have a pinched nerve in my neck that burns all the time. The pain runs down my neck into my ... A: Eric, I know the sensation. There is a permanent solution: retrain your control of the muscles in ... | ||
| annular tear at L4-5 level and disc bulge. | 11/5/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: 2 years ago I slipped on icy stairs and went flying down 25 steps on my butt and lower back. I ... A: Victoria. All painful accidents cause the same kind of response, a cringing or tightening of ... | ||
| LOWER BACK PAIN | 11/4/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Hello I fell on some steps I feel like i might have twisted or pulled something And i already ... A: Carolyn, All painful accidents cause the same kind of response, a cringing or tightening of muscles ... | ||
| Mystery Thoracic Spine Pain | 11/2/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: A year and 5 months ago, a drunk driver hit me on my driver's side. For 6 long months, I saw a ... A: Terry, It's not that nothing showed up on your MRI; it's that the radiologist doesn't know how to ... | ||
| foot problem when driving | 9/29/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Sir Since having a herniated disk L5 about 5 years ago I have had problems with my foot when ... A: Albert. Nerve damage need not be the case for the foot symptom you describe; nerve compression is ... | ||
| Back injury | 9/16/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: 7 months ago i hurt my back playing baseball. I was having severe back spasms and could hardly walk. ... A: This could be a lot of things. You may have a mild disc bulge causing pain referral into the ... | ||
| lower back pain | 9/15/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: sir i m having pain in my lower back from past 4-5 months. i consulted the doctor and he requested ... A: In simple terms, the discs in your lower back have pushed out into the area of the spine where the ... | ||
| bulging disc L4/5 | 8/24/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I am a 24 year old female in great health. No smoking, rarely drinking, and relatively a healthy ... A: Jol. The time span to heal from this condition is about two weeks -- using the approach I ... | ||
| memory loss | 8/23/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I am a 40 year old female. I was in a car crash and ejected from the car. I had damage of the c2,c3, ... A: Puzzles and wordfinds use only the verbal mind, which depends upon memory and the entire ... | ||
| memory loss | 8/23/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I am a 40 year old female. I was in a car crash and ejected from the car. I had damage of the c2,c3, ... A: Araylia, Vision is tied in with the musculature of the neck, which coordinate with the muscles of ... | ||
| spinal pain | 8/22/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: sir, i'm 21 yrs. old. about 2 yrs. before i lift my friend up whose weight is about 75 kgs and i was ... A: Manish. It's not a case of disc slip; it's a case of muscle spasm in your back. Please see the ... | ||
| Back Pain and Numbness | 8/21/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: As of yesterday, I have had a numbness/tingling feeling in my spine.. It is mostly in my lower back, ... A: Rachel, Stabbing pain in the back from movement usually comes from back muscles in spasm. You need ... | ||
| neck, upper back and shoulder injury | 8/19/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Please help. Looking for answers. Doctors don't know what to do here. A friend was hurt on the ... A: Judi. The answer to your question, "What would make the muscles remain in spasm?" is Trauma Reflex. ... | ||
| Sciatic Nerve | 8/18/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I'm a 57 yr old male in good shape. I've had sciatic nerve pain going from my rightside from my ... A: Roger. Basic suggestion: See my entry on the condition. Two common forms of sciatica exist, and ... | ||
| L3-5 and loss of bladder control | 8/16/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Aug. 16 2011 I'm a 40 yr old female. I took a hard fall down my steps landing on my bottom down 3 ... A: Elizabeth. RE: "My G.P. said I may have a pinched nerve causing my loss of control, the bone and ... | ||
| L5/S1 | 8/15/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: whats the best way to treat a persistent right sided sciatica L5 S1 distribution. they said that I ... A: Surgery is appropriate only when a disc is ruptured. Otherwise, it's "ill advised". Most sciatica ... | ||
| Lower back pain | 8/13/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: gold, I'm Danny. I'm a 16 year old male with a problem. In the middle of the night when I went to ... A: Danny, Most cases of back pain come from tight, fatigued, sore back muscles -- often from long-term ... | ||
| Back pain | 8/11/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I just had a MRI on my LSpine. The report writes Intervertebral discs - Degenerative disc disease ... A: Saha, "Degenerative Disc Disease" isn't a disease, despite the name. It's the consequence of very ... | ||
| Brain scarring and chronic pain | 8/10/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Can scarring on the brain cause chronic head, neck and back pain or cause misfiring in the brain ... A: Christine. I don't think so. A brain injury generally causes paralysis or loss of sensory ... | ||
| neck | 8/8/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: ive had c4-c5-c6 fused. i recently had a ct scan done and here are the results. c5 partialcollapse ... A: Ann. Despite what orthopedists and neurologists say, vertebrae don't just "collapse"; they are ... | ||
| degenerative disc disease, herniated and buldging discs | 7/7/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: My husband, who is 31, was diagnosed with having bulging and herniated discs,and degenerative disc ... A: Jennifer. My offering is better than medication. First a few words. The bulging discs and ... | ||
| Lumbar disc problems | 7/6/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: In 2009 I was a victim in a car accident and had problems that at were first diagnosed as muscle ... A: Jim. First thing: while disc problems and stenosis might seem to outrank muscular contractions as ... | ||
| Back Pain | 7/5/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Over a year ago I had a back surgery for a blown out disk in my lower back. While the doctor was ... A: Michael, To answer your closing question first, yes, I do have a suggestion: Please read my ... | ||
| Recent Back Injury | 7/2/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help me make heads or tails of my current situation. I got my CT scan ... A: Jessica, The reason reflexes have gone and you have pins and needles is that reflexes and sensation ... | ||
| head and neck pain | 6/30/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: 69 yr female. had cracked vertabrae 30 or so yrs ago. Fell 4 yrs ago. no breaks at that time. Took ... A: Donna, In answer to your question, in a word, yes. Even injuries long ago prime the body to ... | ||
| muscle strain? | 6/29/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I made the mistake (at least I think so) of going to a chiropractor last summer. When I got there I ... A: Tori. For convenience, I have interleaved my answers within your~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It sounded ... | ||
| Recent Back Injury | 6/28/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I was wondering if you could help me make heads or tails of my current situation. I got my CT scan ... A: Jessica. The distilled essence of this report is that you have tight back muscles, which cause disc ... | ||
| Balance disorder | 6/26/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: Mr. Gold, Thank you for your time in responding to this forum. I am a 53 years old male. In December ... A: Steve, I could hardly have said it better, myself. What you have described is called "cervicogenic ... | ||
| Back injury | 6/13/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: A year ago I fell 10 ft and landed on my lower back, fracturing my L3 vertebrae. I wore a brace for ... A: Hard to say what is going on if all your imaging studies are normal. It almost sounds like you have ... | ||
| Back problem - Cauda equina syndrome? | 6/12/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: I have had ongoing back pain for the last 4 years - this was first put down to the fact I was born ... A: I think there is high likelihood that you have a herniated or bulging disc in your lumbar spine. As ... | ||
| Cervical: Neck Pain | 5/26/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: I am 58 years old, working as Attache in the High Commission of India, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.I was ... A: Pawan. Avoid surgery. It misses the point. Your neck muscles are highly contracted, causing ... | ||
| neck pops and cracks | 4/26/2011 | Lawrence Gold |
| Q: In 2001 I had a cervical fusion on C6 & C7. Last winter 9 years later in 2010, I fell outside in the ... A: Jill. The missing piece in understanding such injuries is the muscular contractions that ensue. ... | ||
| construction job cuasing pain | 4/8/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: Hello i thought i was in pretty good shape i workout 6 days a week but i recently started working ... A: Sounds like you might be suffering from a lumbar disc problem, and disc bulges or herniations can ... | ||
| upper back pain | 4/7/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: I was rough housing with my older brother a few weeks ago (we are both in our older 20's) and he ... A: Sounds like it could be a rib injury. The area where the rib meets the spine is called the ... | ||
| Cervical rib - Yoga? | 4/6/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: I have been diagnosed with cervical rib and I have been living with it for many years. I get pain ... A: Sounds like you have what is known as thoracic outlet syndrome. The cervical rib and surrounding ... | ||
| wedge fracture | 4/5/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: as a result of this i received two slightly crushed vertabrae called wedge fractures.the thing is im ... A: Yes, absolutely. Keep in mind that wedge fractures can be very painful, and you may need to have a ... | ||
| Broken neck and numbness in arms | 4/4/2011 | Dr. John H. Park, D.C., C.S.C.S. |
| Q: I broke my c1 c2 vertebrae about three months ago and the doctor said it was healed about a week ... A: Numbness is an indication of nerve irritation. It is quite possible that one of the nerve roots in ... | ||
Back and Neck Injury
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Lawrence Gold
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Expertise
Questions concerning: back pain exercises back muscle pain back muscle spasms degenerative disc disease disc bulge dizziness groin pain groin pull lifting injuries lower back pain lower back exercises sciatica whiplash injuries Hanna Somatics headaches iliopsoas bursitis iliopsoas muscle iliopsoas syndrome iliopsoas stretch movement limitations psoas stretch psoas muscle pain psoas stretch psoas major psoas muscle somatics somatic exercises somatic education TMJ Dysfunction / TMD
Experience
In practice since 1990. Two years on staff at a hospital Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.
Organizations belong to
Association for Hanna Somatic Educators, Association of Bodywork and Massage Professionals, Association for Humanistic Psychology
Publications
Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, American Journal of Pain Management, Somatics: Magazine-Journal of the Mind-Body Arts and Sciences. More complete listing at somatics.com/gold.htm
Education/Credentials
Certifications: Hanna Somatic Education, the Dr. Ida P. Rolf method of Structural Integration (partial list)
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