Bruce I.Kodish Related Sites
Drive Yourself Sane - Information about and excerpts from my wife Susan's and my book, Drive Yourself Sane: Using the Uncommon Sense of General Semantics
Bruce's Weblog - I call it Dare to Inquire. Reflections, Dreams, Articles, Inspirations, Controversies, Poetry, Etc.
Posture-Movement Education
Alexander Technique
American Society for the Alexander Technique - An attractive and user-friendly site. Lots of information on the technique and how to find a qualified teacher in the U.S.
Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique - In England. Longest-standing organization of qualified teachers. Links to affiliated international teachers societies.
Jeff Haas's Alexander Technique Page - More Alexander links to teachers' web pages and some on-line articles.
The Complete Guide to the Alexander Technique - Robert Rickover has indeed put together a very comprehensive site with articles and multiple links of interest.
Pedro de Alcantara - Writer, musician, Alexander Technique teacher. Books, articles and workshops of interest to musicians, Alexander Technique teachers, and laypeople
Ron Dennis, Ed.D. - Veteran teacher, researcher and theoretician of the Alexander Technique.
Some Other Educational Approaches
Body Harmony
Continuum Movement
Feldenkrais Method
Hellerwork
The Mitzvah Technique - An Interesting development from the Alexander Technique
The Posture Page
Structural Integration (Rolfing) -Jeff Linn's articles and links
Sensory Awareness - A profound approach to living taught by Charlotte Selver. Highly recommended.
Somatics - "...the field of study [defined by Dr. Thomas Hanna] dealing with somatic phenomena, i.e., the human being as experienced by himself (or herself) from the inside"
The Trager Institute and The Mid-Atlantic Trager Association
Posture-Movement Therapy
McKenzie Method
The McKenzie Institute - More information on the McKenzie method for back and neck pain sufferers and the therapists who work with them. Directory for finding qualified practitioners of this important method of treatment.
Gerald Browning, P.T., Ph.D. - Dr. Browning provides an excellent overview of the McKenzie approach to mechanical low back pain. Nice illustrations including Quicktime movies will help you get the picture.
Physical Therapy
Barrett Dorko, P.T. - An accomplished writer and poet as well as an innovative and skillful practitioner of physical therapy. I have been reading his work for years. Dorko has pioneered an approach to therapy called Simple Contact that emphasizes both evidence and empathy.
East West Rehab Institute - Physical therapy and continuing education for rehab professionals that integrates East & West, 'Mind' & 'Body'.
RehabEdge - Online physical therapy community
Chiropractic
ChiroWeb - Some useful information from a diverse profession
Chirobase - A skeptical guide to chiropractic history, theories, and current practices
Exercising with "Mindfulness"
Body Mechanics of Tai Chi Chuan- A Yang style short form that I first learned from Master William C.C. Chen.
Dr. Paul Lam provides Tai Chi informationa and instructional videos, DVDs and books.
Dan Lee's Academy of T'ai Chi Ch'uan - My current teacher, Professor Dan Lee and his able group of teaching assistants instruct in the principles and practice of Yang Style Taijiquan originated by Master Yang Chengfu. Highly recommended for those living near the Pasadena area of Southern California.
Qi Gong - Sifu Ken Cohen. A scholar and teacher I respect.
T'ai Chi Chih - Justin Stone's simple and elegant Tai Chi-based exercises
Zhan Zhuang Chi Kung - "Stand Still, Be Fit" with Master Lam Kam Chuen
T'ai Chi Magazine - Information on Tai Chi and Qi Gong videos and books.
Practical Ergonomics
UCLA Ergonomics Page - simple, visual information on back care, office ergonomics, etc.
Ergonomics.org - Robert Rickover's page of links on posture, movement and ergonomics
Wellness
Wellness for Dummies - Donald Ardell's 12-Steps
HealthWorld Online - another useful wellness resource
Louisiana Tech Wellness Homepage - Useful explanations and links from Kathryn D. Hilgenkamp, Ed.D
Wellness Associates - Founded by John W. Travis, M.D. "to enhance the wellbeing of individuals, the health care system, and the society."
Medical Information
Lots of Links - List of relatively accurate and reliable resources supplied by QuackWatch
Health Care Reality Check - Information on alternative and complementary Medicine provided by the Georgia Council Against Health Fraud, Inc.
Osteoarthritis and Glucosamine Resource Center - Osteoarthritis research, glucosamine studies, exercises for osteoarthritis and tips for living well and beating osteoarthritis.
Andrew Weil, M.D. - An "integrative" view
Understanding Pain
American Pain Foundation - Information you can use with many links
Pain.com - "A world of information on pain"
Psychosocial Dimensions
Attitudes and Health - Thomas Blakeslee will show you the importance of your attitude for your well-being
Perceptual Control Theory- A basic element of my approach to human posture and movement. You are not a stimulus-response machine!
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy - "What disturbs people's minds is not events but their judgments on events" --Epictetus, 100 A.D. Albert Ellis, Ph.D. and associates can help you learn how to stubbornly refuse to make yourself miserable about back pain (or anything else for that matter). It's helped me. Highly recommended.
General Semantics
How do you make sense of yourself and the world? How you talk to yourself and others can make a difference. General Semantics can help you learn how to function more like a 'personal scientist' in your everyday life. The Institute of General Semantics and the International Society for General Semantics provide a great deal of information about this important system of creative and critical ('creatical') evaluating. Biology professor Steven Lewis also provides a useful introduction to general semantics and its' applications in health care.
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