Feldenkrais method and movement education – An alternate therapy in musculoskeletal rehabilitation

The Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education

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2015 J Verrel, E Almagor, F Schumann Changes in neural resting state activity in primary and higher-order motor areas induced by a short sensorimotor intervention based on the Feldenkrais Method Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 28 April 2015 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2015.00232 This article is part of a series on: Neural mechanisms underlying “movement-based” embodied contemplative practi...

Attentional Focus in Motor Learning, the Feldenkrais Method, and Mindful Movement.

The present paper discusses attentional focus in motor learning and performance from the point of view of mindful movement practices, taking as a starting point the Feldenkrais method. It is argued that earlier criticism of the Feldenkrais method (and thereby implicitly of mindful movement practices more generally) because of allegedly inappropriate attentional focus turns out to be unfounded i...

Feldenkrais Movement Lessons Improve Older Adults’ Awareness, Comfort, and Function

This prospective controlled intervention study assessed Feldenkrais Moving Forward movement lessons for older adults. Participants (N = 87 returning from original sample of 124; median age = 76 years) were assigned to movement (n = 51) or waitlist control (n = 36) groups. The movement groups took twelve 60-min lessons across either 6 or 12 weeks, to compare lesson density. Pretests and posttest...

Dimensions of Rehabilitation in Treatment and Education

The Iranian Rehabilitation Journal has published many articles related to  different dimensions of treatment and psycho-education. As a reference we will review some articles which already published in this Journal. Dadkhah and his colleagues evaluated an individually family-based Dohsa exercise programme of balance in the aged people and its effect on self confidence for performing common...