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 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.
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, 2026Ready to start moving better?
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