Movement Pulse
Research and news across back pain, fibromyalgia, hypermobility, posture, sleep, and the Feldenkrais Method, with practitioner's notes from Chava Sorani, GCFP.
Why walking feels heavier at 70 than at 40 is not weaker calves, it is quiet gripping
A recent gait study across 107 adults ages 26 to 86 reveals a change in ankle coordination most people never notice, and points to attention as the intervention.
Aug 19, 2026
The back exercises helped more when older women learned to feel them, not just do them
A small randomized trial gave one group core stability exercises, and another the same exercises plus Feldenkrais awareness lessons. The second group ended up moving with noticeably less fear.
Aug 19, 2026
Fear of moving is linked to thinner bones, but the study cannot tell us which came first
A new cross sectional study found that fear of movement was common in people with osteoporosis and tracked with lower bone density. It cannot say which drives which, and that gap is the whole point.
Aug 19, 2026
Why the balance exercise that works in a class may not be the one that works at home
A new analysis pooled 423 trials and nearly 34,000 older adults to compare 19 ways of training balance. The ranking changed depending on which kind of balance was being measured.
Aug 16, 2026
The more trials pile up on strength training for fibromyalgia, the smaller the effect
A new review pooled 14 trials and 871 women. The benefit is real, and it is a fraction of what the first Cochrane review reported in 2013.
Aug 12, 2026
Self guided pain therapy beat seeing a therapist, and the gap is smaller than it sounds
A trial of 764 adults found the self guided version came out ahead on every measure it tracked. The most useful number in it is not the headline one.
Aug 11, 2026
Your scan says severe spinal stenosis. It did not predict who improved with exercise
A new analysis of 1,806 people in an exercise based rehabilitation program found the same magnitude of improvement whether the imaging graded their stenosis mild, moderate, or severe.
Aug 10, 2026
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.
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