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 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, 2026
Back pain and exercise: what a new review says to ask
A July 2026 JAMA review calls exercise of any type first line for chronic low back pain, with no single kind proven best. Three questions for your next visit.
Jul 20, 2026
Why gentle practice is what your body keeps
A July 2026 trial found that pain during practice cut how much of a new movement people still had a day later. Comfortable practice is what settles overnight.
Jul 19, 2026
What walking speed keeps telling us about aging
Fast walking in the 80s is tied to much lower cognitive risk. It is the latest in years of research showing gait speed reflects the whole body.
Jul 18, 2026
Which kinds of movement keep you independent?
A large UK study followed older adults for eight years and asked which kinds of exercise, and how often, best protect the tasks of daily life.
Jul 17, 2026
The back that feels stiff is the back that moves in fewer positions
A 2025 daily life study of 312 people found chronic back pain patients adopt significantly fewer distinct lumbar postures across the day than pain free controls.
Jul 17, 2026
The stiffness you feel is not the stiffness we can measure
A 2025 knee osteoarthritis study measured muscle stiffness with shear wave elastography and found it did not correlate with the tightness patients reported feeling.
Jul 17, 2026
The perimenopause question a third of women can't answer
A new study of 7,640 US women finds a third are unsure of their stage. The biggest driver isn't missing information. It's not knowing what a symptom means.
Jul 16, 2026Ready to start moving better?
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