AboutLawrence Gold 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
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)
Question Today while shopping I suddenly noticed a clicking sound and slight grinding feeling at the base of my skull with head rotation. It doesn't hurt at all and I have no numbess/tingling associated with it. I did go out last night and had a few beers. Today my head doesn't feel quite right, but I am thinking its from the hangover and not the clicking. Do you think that this is something serious or just misalignment of the vertebrae or tightness of muscles. I am not sore at all.
Answer Hello, Kelly,
Clicking and a grinding feeling in the neck indicate moderately tight neck muscles causing some grinding between vertebrae.
This is something best resolved early. If it doesn't self-resolve, there is a possibility down the line of long-term neck problems.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
To resolve the problem involves training your control of your neck and head movements so the muscles relax to the normal range of tension. The process is called somatic education.
list of practitioners: somatics.com/practitioners.htm
There are also self-help programs: somatics.com/page7.htm
