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Common MSK Findings Related to Lymphatic and Visceral Dysfunction
Vertebral Rotation as Revealed by Static Palpation In manual therapy and osteopathic assessment, subtle segmental rotations are often...

Greg Dea
Apr 112 min read
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Coherence in Therapeutic Practice: What It Is and Why It Matters
In manual and somatic therapies, it’s not just what we do—it’s the state we’re in when we do it. That’s the power of coherence ....

Greg Dea
Apr 71 min read
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Jump Higher, Train Smarter: What 4 Athletes Taught Us About Limiting Factors
In the realm of athletic performance, a one-size-fits-all approach often falls short. My recent four-part series, "Regional...

Greg Dea
Apr 71 min read
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Cultivating Tactile Awareness: The Cranial Pulse Practice
Refining palpatory awareness begins with deep listening—through your hands. The Cranial Pulse Awareness Exercise is a foundational...

Greg Dea
Apr 71 min read
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Flow Changes Function: A New Lens on Manual Therapy
Introduction In manual therapy, some of the most profound shifts happen not with force, but with flow. Subtle cues—an involuntary sigh, a...

Greg Dea
Apr 63 min read
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🔬✨ Ever felt something shift under your hands—but couldn’t explain it?
This few-pager breaks down how touch changes function by influencing fluid flow, fascia, and nervous system state . Backed by research....

Greg Dea
Apr 11 min read
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#HealingHands
The Influence of Far-Infrared Radiation from the Human Hand on Fluid Flow I'm going to show you a video that looks like I'm not doing...

Greg Dea
Mar 243 min read
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Manual therapy at the ankle - prequel
The subtalar joint mobilisation, plus talonavicular joint mobilisation, plus navicula-cuneiform joint mobilisation. In the previous post...

Greg Dea
Jan 141 min read
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Manual therapy at the ankle
Ankle dorsiflexion normative range of motion in an adult is tough to give a value because of the variations in testing method but we do...

Greg Dea
Jan 112 min read
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Performance is a behaviour that can change quickly.
When someone is excellent at performance, but lands like this? Does it matter? I know our minds will begin racing about why this...

Greg Dea
Jan 101 min read
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Unwinding the pattern of patterns
Let me put it to you of some recent (5-year) findings. Ninety plus percent of my clients have an abdominal visceral contributor to their...

Greg Dea
Jan 84 min read
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All New! FMS Academy
39 courses, *80 hours, 6 certifications *CEU credits available for most courses. THE FMS ACADEMY PRICING Save money by accessing FMS's...

Greg Dea
Dec 16, 20241 min read
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Using the SFMA in time-constrained settings
When your clinic time is time-poor, but you've learned the SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment), and you understand it and...

Greg Dea
Dec 12, 20241 min read
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Calf exercise - regressions, lateralisations & progressions
You've got to rehab someone to be more capacious than what they're likely to encounter. This provides a buffer. For example. An older...

Greg Dea
Nov 21, 20241 min read
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**Why the Calf Raise May Not Be the Best Way to Strengthen Your Calf Muscles**
When it comes to strengthening the calf muscles, many people turn to the calf raise exercise. However, biomechanics and physics suggest...

Greg Dea
Nov 21, 20242 min read
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Calf exercise - kill the calf raise
As far as calf exercise goes, the heel raise, or calf raise, deserves less credit. Moving a part of the body is not a strength exercise. ...

Greg Dea
Nov 20, 20241 min read
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There's a scientific best-practice to how to change movement.
In 2018 I published an article at On Target Publications about how to make feedback and cueing work together. The intent was to collect...

Greg Dea
Nov 1, 20241 min read
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Why yoga isn't useful for most athletes
One of my most controversial articles, particularly to those who didn't read it. The article argues that yoga is not ideal for most...

Greg Dea
Oct 27, 20241 min read
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To plank or not to plank?
In an argument, it matters not what people think. It matters only what they can prove. "The plank fails to provide the stimulus for this...

Greg Dea
Oct 26, 20241 min read
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