Hi Students, Many of you have taken a class from me through Cross Country Education and have been curious about the reference material I use. Attached is a list of all articles & books that I use in these courses, hopefully your practice can benefit from them! Ken DiPersio
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Hi Students, Take a look at this recent article I found on the effects of mindful attention to specific areas of the spine through fMRI studies. Let me know what you think! Keyvan Kashkouli Nejad, Motoaki Sugiura, Benjamin Thyreau, et al., “Spinal fMRI of Interoceptive Attention/Awareness in Experts and Novices,” Neural […]
Hi Students, For the next 6-8 weeks, I will be posting peer reviewed articles on the blog that I’m hoping will be helpful to your practice. Below is the first of several to come! Be Well, Ken DiPersio
5 Things You Need to Know About Your Shoulders The shoulders are very complex joints that normally work efficiently to support your neck and head and a full range of arm movement. Beyond the usual focus on muscles and bone, there is much to consider when you have a shoulder […]
After 24 years of practice I am still amazed at our body’s ability to focus on symptoms while ignoring the original cause of the problem. When life events overwhelm us, we tend to bury the problem and go on around it. Under stress, your body can react with inflammation, compensating […]
CST Level 4 is, in some ways, hard to define. Each class takes on a life of its own, endeavoring to meet the needs of all that attend. 14 students ranging from MD, RN, LMT, OT and supportive non licensed people attended. It truly amazes me in what can occur […]
First expressed by Buckminster Fuller in the early 1960’s, Tensegrity could be described as continuous tension supported by local compression. An example of tensegrity is a geodesic dome. Comparatively small amounts of materials are needed to support a large structure. Tensegrity can be described as the architecture that guides the […]
Dear Ken, I returned from Bloomington, I am excited to apply and share the new knowledge. When I learned that the workshop was being held in St. Paul, MN in June my massage trade partner and I registered for the session. I look forward to refreshing the knowledge that can’t […]
Hi Ken, I enjoyed your class last Friday. I started to work on a new client today who was in a very bad car accident were he was hit on the driver’s door braking his left shoulder, ribs and hip. He is not able to lay on a massage table. […]
I can tell you that this evening, after processing the therapy from this weekend, I notice my thoughts and my brain feel more centered and aligned. I am seeing and hearing things more clearly (and more “centrally”), and I’m experiencing warmth and “calm” in my fingertips (usually a location of […]