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Expert: Lawrence Gold - 8/31/2009


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my back and leg muscles are always tight, so tight that i'm constantly tearing my muscles, no matter how much i stretch. i tried meditation ,hypnosis but nothing works. i hurt my knee while i was doing streching exercises. have you ever heard of this.

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Jaime,

Yes, I've heard of it.

Despite popular opinion, stretching is an inefficient way to free tight muscles and sometimes worsens the muscular tension.

I've written a piece on stretching, which answers many questions and provides a new alternative that consistently works better than stretching.

see

http://www.somatics.com/stretch.htm

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Experience

In practice since 1990. Two years on staff at a hospital Wellness and Rehabilitation Center.

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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