Movement Shiatsu
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Movement Shiatsu was developed by Bill Palmer during the 1980s as a specialist approach for dealing with difficult chronic conditions and developmental problems through Shiatsu
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In a typical session, normal Shiatsu
is alternated with exercises and experiments, which help the client to feel their own strengths and weaknesses and to sense directly the effect that the bodywork is having on them. This makes Movement Shiatsu more interactive than the other approaches and, in some cases, it takes the form of the client being taught a remedial exercise system. Many clients use this approach as a path of self development rather than a therapy for a particular ailment.
Bill Palmer's published research into child development claims that the primitive actions through which infants learn to move and coordinate their body develop along the lines of the Six Divisions, which are traditional combinations of upper body and lower body meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine
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This forms the theoretical basis of Movement Shiatsu. The exercises and experiments which are prescribed for the client are derived from the developmental movements of infants and, although there is no published evidence for this, practitioners of Movement Shiatsu have observed that these exercises help clients become aware of and strengthen chronic weak points in their posture, musculature and movement.
There is no scientific evidence proving that shiatsu can treat any disease.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is Japanese for "finger pressure;" it is a type of alternative medicine consisting of finger and palm pressure, stretches, and other massage techniques. There is no scientific evidence proving that shiatsu can treat any disease, but shiatsu practitioners promote it as a way to help people...
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In a typical session, normal Shiatsu
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is Japanese for "finger pressure;" it is a type of alternative medicine consisting of finger and palm pressure, stretches, and other massage techniques. There is no scientific evidence proving that shiatsu can treat any disease, but shiatsu practitioners promote it as a way to help people...
is alternated with exercises and experiments, which help the client to feel their own strengths and weaknesses and to sense directly the effect that the bodywork is having on them. This makes Movement Shiatsu more interactive than the other approaches and, in some cases, it takes the form of the client being taught a remedial exercise system. Many clients use this approach as a path of self development rather than a therapy for a particular ailment.
Bill Palmer's published research into child development claims that the primitive actions through which infants learn to move and coordinate their body develop along the lines of the Six Divisions, which are traditional combinations of upper body and lower body meridians in Traditional Chinese Medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese Medicine refers to a broad range of medicine practices sharing common theoretical concepts which have been developed in China and are based on a tradition of more than 2,000 years, including various forms of herbal medicine, acupuncture, massage , exercise , and dietary therapy...
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This forms the theoretical basis of Movement Shiatsu. The exercises and experiments which are prescribed for the client are derived from the developmental movements of infants and, although there is no published evidence for this, practitioners of Movement Shiatsu have observed that these exercises help clients become aware of and strengthen chronic weak points in their posture, musculature and movement.
There is no scientific evidence proving that shiatsu can treat any disease.