Movement Pulse
Research and news across back pain, fibromyalgia, hypermobility, posture, sleep, and the Feldenkrais Method, with practitioner's notes from Chava Sorani, GCFP.
The biggest difference between a body in pain and a body without it is not in the tissue
A new pooled analysis in The Journal of Pain lined up five domains across 118 studies. Psychological and sensory measures separated the groups most. Tissue separated them least.
Aug 4, 2026
Why your neck can hurt more when you already have more range and more strength
A study of 555 adults found women with hypermobile joints reported more neck pain, and tested with greater range and greater strength.
Aug 3, 2026
Why more exercise can stop helping your sleep, and what the curve actually shows
Researchers mapped exercise dose against sleep quality and found a peak, not a ladder. Three questions worth bringing to your next appointment.
Aug 2, 2026
The part of you that learns new movement may not be aging the way you think
Two preregistered experiments compared young and older adults on the same reaching task. The age difference turned up somewhere most people would not expect.
Aug 1, 2026
The best exercise for neck pain may matter less than how often you actually do it
A new analysis pooled 51 trials to compare exercise types for neck pain. Mind body work, resistance, flexibility, and coordination training all landed in much the same place.
Jul 31, 2026
The headache, the neck pain, and the low back keep pointing at the same mechanism
A July review finds all three share cortical hyperexcitability and impaired descending inhibition. It is the latest step in a nine year shift in how pain gets classified.
Jul 30, 2026
Does exercise help menopause symptoms? The research keeps changing what it measures
Twelve trials found movement improves quality of life and mood. A thirty year cohort found fitness does not prevent severe hot flashes. Both are true.
Jul 30, 2026
Tai chi walking is the balance trend of the summer. What the research actually shows
Tai chi walking is everywhere this summer. The evidence on balance and falls is encouraging, and it comes from classical tai chi, not the viral version.
Jul 29, 2026
What happens to your balance when you rehearse the movement in your mind first
A new review gathered nineteen studies of older adults practicing movement only in imagination. The results were mixed, but the mechanism is one Feldenkrais has used for decades.
Jul 28, 2026
Why fibromyalgia pain is real even when your scans and blood tests look normal
For years the tests came back normal. A major new review explains why the pain is real, and what to ask your doctor now.
Jul 27, 2026
Why the first swimming trial for back pain is really a story about fear of moving
The first randomized trial of swimming for chronic low back pain compared it to education alone, not to other exercise. That comparison is the real story.
Jul 26, 2026
The movement that builds bone and the movement that keeps you steady are not the same
A review published this week reaffirms that bone responds to how hard you load it. Here is where gentle movement fits, and where it honestly does not.
Jul 25, 2026Ready to start moving better?
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