back pain Archives - Somatic Movement Center https://somaticmovementcenter.com/category/back-pain/ Discover the secret to living pain-free. Fri, 29 May 2026 12:45:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 How to Reverse Ankylosing Spondylitis Naturally https://somaticmovementcenter.com/ankylosing-spondylitis/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 14:44:10 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=17834 How to Reverse Ankylosing Spondylitis Naturally In this article, I discuss: What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? What Causes Ankylosing Spondylitis? Typical Treatments for Ankylosing Spondylitis Is Ankylosing Spondylitis Autoimmune or Autoinflammatory? Norman Cousins' Recovery from AS Using Stress Reduction and Vitamin C Supplementation And how the following natural methods of healing can reverse Ankylosing Spondylitis: Movement [...]

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]]> The Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction https://somaticmovementcenter.com/idiopathic-scoliosis/ Wed, 04 Aug 2021 14:21:44 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=12076 The Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction Scoliosis is regarded as mysterious and incurable by many people in the medical community. While some scoliosis cases are caused by congenital structural abnormalities or neurological or muscular diseases, the vast majority—around 85%—are of unknown cause. The fact is, the bones in our body do not [...]

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]]> How Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve https://somaticmovementcenter.com/muscle-contraction-in-scoliosis-c-curve/ Fri, 20 Nov 2020 16:05:52 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=13146 How Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve Learn how chronic, involuntary muscle contraction pulls the spine into a C curve, and how muscles on the opposite side of the spine contract to stabilize posture. Click here to watch this video in Spanish. Click here to watch this video in French. [...]

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]]> How to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration https://somaticmovementcenter.com/spinal-degeneration/ Wed, 12 Aug 2020 20:56:11 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=12367 How to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration Spinal degeneration refers to any breakdown or structural change in our spinal discs and vertebrae. The degeneration is virtually always the result of our chronic muscle tension, posture, and how we move and use our body on a regular basis. Spinal degeneration can occur at any age, [...]

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]]> How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and Pain https://somaticmovementcenter.com/sleeping-position/ Wed, 19 Feb 2020 16:13:15 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=13597 How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and PainAside from where you work, the place where you probably spend the most time is your bed. If you suffer from any type of musculoskeletal pain or tension, especially in your neck, shoulders, back, or hips, you should consider how your sleeping position might be contributing [...]

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]]> The Causes of SI Joint Pain and Dysfunction https://somaticmovementcenter.com/si-joint-pain-dysfunction/ Sun, 28 Jul 2019 15:24:42 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=12414 The Causes of SI Joint Pain and Dysfunction The sacroiliac joints are at the true center of our skeleton, so they bear the brunt of any imbalance or sudden force that occurs in our body. In this post we'll discuss the most common causes of sacroiliac joint pain and dysfunction: imbalanced posture and movement, [...]

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]]> Fix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation https://somaticmovementcenter.com/forward-head-posture/ Sun, 05 May 2019 15:56:18 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=11837 Fix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation Forward head posture is becoming an epidemic due to constant use of smartphones and computers. When we look downward over and over, the muscles in the front of our neck, our chest, and our abdomen become chronically contracted—and they keep us stuck in forward head posture all the [...]

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]]> How to Relieve Mechanical Back Pain with Clinical Somatics https://somaticmovementcenter.com/mechanical-back-pain/ Tue, 14 Aug 2018 18:26:10 +0000 https://somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=10048 How to Relieve Mechanical Back Pain with Clinical Somatics What is mechanical back pain? If you're suffering from back pain, you're not alone--between 50% and 80% of Americans will suffer from back pain at some point in their lives.1 It's estimated that 97% of cases of back pain are mechanical in nature,2 meaning that [...]

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]]> How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain https://somaticmovementcenter.com/how-the-action-response-leads-to-back-pain/ Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:10:28 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6790 You can listen to Sarah's podcast on this topic here: How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain How and Why We Develop the Natural Curves in Our Spine In the first few months of life we are entirely helpless, unable to crawl or even sit up by ourselves. We have spent [...]

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]]> Video: Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain https://somaticmovementcenter.com/somatics-exercise-for-back-pain/ Tue, 05 Jan 2016 18:52:33 +0000 http://www.somaticmovementcenter.com/?p=6667 Learn the Most Effective Somatics Exercise for Back Pain Most back pain is caused by chronically tight muscles. As we age and build up learned muscular patterns, our back muscles get increasingly tight. Most of this muscular contraction is involuntary, so we can't easily release it. Chronically tight back muscles are sore [...]

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