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 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, 2026
Why a Feldenkrais balance study looks almost too good, and what is worth keeping
A new randomized trial found the Feldenkrais Method improved balance and fear of falling more than conventional drills, and its small size asks for caution.
Jul 24, 2026
How much walking is enough for back pain
A 2026 analysis pooled 13 trials to put a number on walking for chronic back pain. The surprising part is how modest that number turned out to be.
Jul 23, 2026
When hypermobility hides behind a Chiari diagnosis
A July 2026 study of 354 patients found that when Chiari runs in families, three times as many people also have unusually flexible joints. Often, no one has named it.
Jul 22, 2026
The chair slump and back pain: a sit bones experiment
A July 2026 pressure map study of 68 older adults found the more the pelvis rolled backward at rest, the more likely chronic low back pain. A short lesson to feel where you sit.
Jul 22, 2026
Unstable training's edge was confidence, not strength
A July 2026 meta-analysis compared resistance training on unstable surfaces with the same work on solid ground in older adults. Strength matched. Confidence did not.
Jul 21, 2026Ready to start moving better?
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