Comments for jennifer.lou http://blog.jenniferlou.com blog Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:34:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Comment on Mid Tibial Stress Fracture: Getting Relief by jen http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20101118/mid-tibial-stress-fracture/comment-page-1/#comment-1248 jen Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:34:19 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=941#comment-1248 Thanks for your thoughts Pam! My AT instructor has indeed taught me things that are not just a quick fix and provide longer lasting value. And both Rolfing and AT have provided experiences of brief relief (and tools to create longer lasting relief). For some reason my experience with Rolfing seems more productive and progressive. Perhaps it's more an indication of the relationship I have with each instructor and the value I feel I'm deriving from each. Unfortunately my experience with AT has been that it's something that is done to me and Rolfing as an educational process to undo habits (or learn new ones). But regardless your comments have given me much food for thought. Thanks for taking the time to comment! Thanks for your thoughts Pam! My AT instructor has indeed taught me things that are not just a quick fix and provide longer lasting value. And both Rolfing and AT have provided experiences of brief relief (and tools to create longer lasting relief). For some reason my experience with Rolfing seems more productive and progressive. Perhaps it’s more an indication of the relationship I have with each instructor and the value I feel I’m deriving from each. Unfortunately my experience with AT has been that it’s something that is done to me and Rolfing as an educational process to undo habits (or learn new ones). But regardless your comments have given me much food for thought. Thanks for taking the time to comment!

]]> Comment on Mid Tibial Stress Fracture: Getting Relief by Pamela Slavsky http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20101118/mid-tibial-stress-fracture/comment-page-1/#comment-1236 Pamela Slavsky Sat, 20 Nov 2010 18:28:13 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=941#comment-1236 Glad to hear you are healing from your stress fracture and learning from the experience! You offer lots of good advice. I'd like to reflect on your comparison of Rolfing vs. the Alexander Technique (disclosure: I'm a newly minted Alexander Technique teacher. One of the most fundamental features of the Alexander Technique is focussing on using mind and body as a whole. So it is surprising that you were not given that understanding. It is interesting that you see it as the quick fix in the comparison. The point of AT is for you to learn how to consciously use your body in a healthy way. That takes some time and some commitment, hence no promise of a cure in X number of sessions (though many teachers seem to agree that you can experience improvement in 10-30 lessons). You might even say it is the antithesis of the quick fix. You even comment that the relief from Rolfing is short lived. I have little experience with Rolfing and absolutely nothing against it. From the little I know it sounds like it could help one's body to adapt to healthy changes in use, and the two might be hugely effective to do at the same time. But I feel it's important to appreciate the difference in that Rolfing is a therapy someone does to you, and Alexander Technique is an educational process by which you learn to undo habits that lead to pain and injury and to consciously take responsibility for how you use your body. Good luck and thanks for the opportunity to comment. Pamela Slavsky AmSAT Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique Glad to hear you are healing from your stress fracture and learning from the experience! You offer lots of good advice.

I’d like to reflect on your comparison of Rolfing vs. the Alexander Technique (disclosure: I’m a newly minted Alexander Technique teacher. One of the most fundamental features of the Alexander Technique is focussing on using mind and body as a whole. So it is surprising that you were not given that understanding. It is interesting that you see it as the quick fix in the comparison. The point of AT is for you to learn how to consciously use your body in a healthy way. That takes some time and some commitment, hence no promise of a cure in X number of sessions (though many teachers seem to agree that you can experience improvement in 10-30 lessons). You might even say it is the antithesis of the quick fix. You even comment that the relief from Rolfing is short lived. I have little experience with Rolfing and absolutely nothing against it. From the little I know it sounds like it could help one’s body to adapt to healthy changes in use, and the two might be hugely effective to do at the same time. But I feel it’s important to appreciate the difference in that Rolfing is a therapy someone does to you, and Alexander Technique is an educational process by which you learn to undo habits that lead to pain and injury and to consciously take responsibility for how you use your body.

Good luck and thanks for the opportunity to comment.

Pamela Slavsky
AmSAT Certified Teacher of the Alexander Technique

]]> Comment on Mid Tibial Stress Fracture: Getting Relief by Knee Rest Pillow http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20101118/mid-tibial-stress-fracture/comment-page-1/#comment-1227 Knee Rest Pillow Fri, 19 Nov 2010 14:20:47 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=941#comment-1227 [...] Mid Tibial Stress Fracture: Getting Relief – jennifer.lou Sleep with a pillow under your knees – My right knee has been inflamed for months, so this helps when I'm sleeping at night. That's about everything that has worked well for me. Hope this helps! Background & Diagnosis . About a year ago, I started to notice that the muscles/tendons behind my right knee would get sore, or were in pain. I ignored it because it usually recovered during the rest of the week. Eventually the right knee became inflamed and uncomfortable . [...] [...] Mid Tibial Stress Fracture: Getting Relief – jennifer.lou Sleep with a pillow under your knees – My right knee has been inflamed for months, so this helps when I'm sleeping at night. That's about everything that has worked well for me. Hope this helps! Background & Diagnosis . About a year ago, I started to notice that the muscles/tendons behind my right knee would get sore, or were in pain. I ignored it because it usually recovered during the rest of the week. Eventually the right knee became inflamed and uncomfortable . [...]

]]> Comment on What Do You Want? by Brittny http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20101112/what-want/comment-page-1/#comment-1176 Brittny Sat, 13 Nov 2010 19:29:44 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=934#comment-1176 I like reading pretty much everything you write about. In particular, I like reading about what you've been learning (your summaries are great!). I also like learning the details your lifestyle and how you manage your time and what you spend your time working on. I read somewhere that it matters not so much what a person writes (be it fiction, poetry, essays), but whether the reader learns something about the writer -- that's what people tend to what to know about. They want to discover something from the life of the writer that might illuminate a truth or idea in the reader's own life. I like reading pretty much everything you write about. In particular, I like reading about what you’ve been learning (your summaries are great!). I also like learning the details your lifestyle and how you manage your time and what you spend your time working on. I read somewhere that it matters not so much what a person writes (be it fiction, poetry, essays), but whether the reader learns something about the writer — that’s what people tend to what to know about. They want to discover something from the life of the writer that might illuminate a truth or idea in the reader’s own life.

]]> Comment on Reader 09.03.10 by Daniel Howard http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20100903/reader-09-03-10/comment-page-1/#comment-749 Daniel Howard Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:54:39 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=919#comment-749 I like this idea that friendship can be a form of solitude. I also like the idea that solitude is not the same as loneliness. -d I like this idea that friendship can be a form of solitude. I also like the idea that solitude is not the same as loneliness.

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]]> Comment on If the iPhone and Android were women… by Agustín Amenabar http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20100701/iphone-and-android/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Agustín Amenabar Mon, 05 Jul 2010 04:54:56 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=886#comment-591 Great Post! Blackberry does her thing perfectly, and once you learn to play with her (SDK) she can get all kinky and creative. But still want an Android girl, but to get one with the right hardware is no easy feat outside the US. Great Post!
Blackberry does her thing perfectly, and once you learn to play with her (SDK) she can get all kinky and creative. But still want an Android girl, but to get one with the right hardware is no easy feat outside the US.

]]> Comment on If the iPhone and Android were women… by Scott Loganbill http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20100701/iphone-and-android/comment-page-1/#comment-585 Scott Loganbill Fri, 02 Jul 2010 16:10:29 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=886#comment-585 I don't think I want to know who the iPad is. I don’t think I want to know who the iPad is.

]]> Comment on If the iPhone and Android were women… by b1-66er http://blog.jenniferlou.com/20100701/iphone-and-android/comment-page-1/#comment-583 b1-66er Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:09:28 +0000 http://blog.jenniferlou.com/?p=886#comment-583 you wouldn't believe who passed this URL to me to read ... let me just say, you're making the right impression in all the right places. nice piece. you wouldn’t believe who passed this URL to me to read … let me just say, you’re making the right impression in all the right places.

nice piece.

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