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GENERAL Aging Athletic Training Back Pain Breathing Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Equine Concerns Ergonomics Fibromyalgia Fitness and Health Hamstrings, Tight Headaches Health Care Crisis, the HIV/AIDS, exercise benefits Knee Problems

Injuries Pain Relief Pilates Psoas Muscles Sciatica Shingles Somatic Education Stress Management Stretching Traction Unequal Leg Length Words from Clients and Purchasers of Programs Weight Training Whiplash Injuries Workplace Injuries

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GENERAL	What Happens in a Hanna Somatics Session? Are You Humptey Dumptey?" the universal human condition (PDF) "Correct Diagnosis and Treatment" - Realistic Expectations "Somatic Education is Easy to Understand" (PDF) "Using Your Brain to End Pain" - Presentation, "Head-to-Toe 9" Conference for Educators, 2005 (audio - MP3 format)
Aging	"Maturing Well Instead of Aging Poorly" | (PDF) "How Injuries Accelerate Aging"
Athletic Training	"Somatic Education as a Way to End Pain, Become More Agile and Reduce Accidental Injuries" "Secrets of Strong Legs and Agility" (PDF) Words on Fitness Walking (PDF)
Back Pain	New Answers to Old Questions about Back Injuries and Back Pain "Understanding and Healing Lifting Injuries" (PDF) "Understanding and Overcoming Back Pain" "What Your Can Do about Your Own Back Pain" "Understanding Typical Terms Applied to Back Pain"
Breathing	Better Breathing
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome	see Workplace Injuries, below (click link at left)
Equine Concerns	"Are You Making Your Horse Lame?"
Ergonomics	"Addressing the Human Factor in Ergonomic Solutions"
Fibromyalgia	"Fibromyalgia: One Class Participant's Success Story" a letter from a participant, diagnosed with fibromyalgia, in a Hanna Somatic Education class
Fitness and Health	"The Movement Movement" Movement is life. How movement awakens the body's self-correcting health mechanisms. A pep-talk for intelligent people who only need a reason and some encouragement.
Hamstrings, Tight injuries knee problems	"Free Your Hamstrings, Improve Your Performance -- and Save Your Knees!"
Headaches	"Headache Relief by New Somatic Techniques"
Health-Care Crisis, the	"Care, Cure, and Self Sufficiency" the one and only answer for the "health-care crisis"
HIV/AIDS, unexpected benefits	"A Somatic Approach to Living with HIV/AIDS" How Destination Discovery, a Wellness Vacation® company program, incorporated Hanna Somatic Education and yoga to improve the wellness levels of HIV+ people.
Injuries	"Completing your Recovery from an Injury" about healing the pain of long-term, post-injury or post-surgical conditions -- new information "How Soon to Work with an Injury" knowing the difference between pain and injury; when to start somatic education to bring relief
Knee Problems	See hamstrings, tight.
Pain Relief	"Pain Relief Through Movement Education" "Understanding Pain Management" What Happens When You Ignore Pain (PDF) "Sensory-Motor Amnesia: One Explanation for Idiopathic Pain" Pain Medication - A Mixed Blessing (PDF)
Pilates	"The Differences in Pilates’ and Alexander’s Approaches to Self- Improvement - Part I"
Psoas Muscles	"Questions and Answers about Psoas Muscle Function and Dysfunction" "The Psoas Muscles and Abdominal Exercises for Back Pain"
Sciatica	"A Sciatica Remedy" | PDF
Shingles	"Help for Shingles" (PDF)
Somatic Education	"New Paradigm Healing: Somatic Education" "Why I Like the Somatic Exercises"
Stress Management	"Stress Relief" "An Expanded View of the Three Reflexes of Stress"
Stretching	"When Stretching Doesn't Work -- Beyond Stretching"
Traction Therapy	"The Case Against Traction as a Clinical Modality" | PDF preliminary clinical study on the uses of traction (PDF)
Unequal Leg Length	"Unequal Leg Length"
Words from Clients	a letter from Janette, who had disc trouble "Learning about Somatics is far and away the best investment I have ever made in my personal health care." "I know it may sound strange, but the results that I have gotten by doing these exercises have changed my life." from a purchaser of The Guidebook of Somatic Transformational Exercises
Weight Training	"About Weight Training"
Whiplash Injuries	"Recovery from Whiplash Injuries"
Workplace Injuries	"Avoiding Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and Other 'terminal' Diseases" "Understanding and Healing Lifting Injuries" (PDF)
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