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of Growth & Renewal
Yoga for Women in all Phases of Life
A Hopeful Future
Healthy Foods
Movement is Life
You are in the Driver’s Seat
Is Anybody Listening
Staying Healthy in Summer
Some Curves You’re Better Off
Without!
Aromatherapy
Rhythms of Life – Rebirthing
Put a Spoon to Good Use!
Cleansing the Body, Mind and Spirit
What is Myofascial Release?
Bone Health - More Than Just Calcium
Another Way to Feel Your Aliveness!
Yoga: Looking at the New Year
Understanding the Lessons of Chronic
Pain
A Look Into Our Mirror…
A Balancing Act - CST Helps our Bodies
Adjust
Become an Exercise “Mutt”
Newsletters
Another
View Spring 2005
Another View Winter 2005
Another View Fall 2004
Another View Summer 2004
Help
Me With My Pain
A Column by Reggie Boehme.
OTR
Loved and Missed by Many
A
Conversation With The Voice Of Pain
(Summer 2004)
Less Pain and More Flexibility
Through Yoga
(Winter 2003)
What is Pain and Can I Do
Anything to Relieve it?
(Sept. 2003)
Breathe Your Pain Away
(Autumn 2003)
•Regrettably,
Regi passed away in 2004. Please take her messages of help to heart•
Music
For Your Soul
Music For
Your Soul evolved out of a need for
an alternative support group. Orlanu’s purpose has always centered
around providing a safe place to do healing work. Historically, this
work has been, at times, quite serious in nature, since it is often
necessary to address many painful challenges.
Full living also requires time to
play, time to give ourselves permission to put aside our “challenges”
and to just enjoy ourselves. What a gift! Music is a natural venue for
feeling our aliveness!
Periodically, Orlanu will be inviting
you to a free music gathering, led by gifted musicians who know and
connect so freely with this purpose. Please join Orlanu and bring your
families.
Love,
Michele and the Orlanu staff
MFYS1
Featuring homespun music and fun times with Lil
Rev
MFYS2
Featuring percussionist extraordinaire Jahmes
Tony Finalyson
MFYS3
Featuring the unique spirit and humor of Barbara
McAfee.
MFYS4
Featuring our own Ragani Buegel.
MFYS5
Featuring Lil Rev for his second
MFYS gathering
MFYS6
Featuring Celia's sensual melodies,
artful playing and uproarious characterizations
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ASK
A THERAPIST
Questions about
health, fitness
and Orlanu's array of services.
We will direct
questions to the appropriate therapist and post questions and their
answers
for everyone to see.
Please email your questions to
.
Q: Is Gua Sha painful?
A: Ragani Buegel, LAc
Gua Sha should not be painful. Some mild discomfort may be experienced
in problem areas where Sha is present. Some individuals with fibromyalgia
may experience more discomfort with Gua Sha. It's common sense; if Gua
Sha ever feels too painful to perform, do not perform it! I usually
use a discomfort rating scale of 0 – 10, with 0 = no pain, and
10 = worst imaginable pain. I generally do not like to go above a 5,
and move off any area that is too sensitive.
Q: I am suffering with increasing severity of tinnitus
(ringing is high pitched). I was once diagnosed with weak chi. I understand
that that may be related to kidney function. Related symptoms include:
my teeth are decalcifying; I have dry eyes; and I have pains horizontally
across my stomach below my rib cage about waist level - usually from
left to right. I do periodic kidney and liver flushes. I eat organic
foods, mostly vegetarian. Please help! What can I do?
A: Michele Rozansky, PT
You are doing wonderful things to improve your digestive system's health.
I'd also recommend evaluating the craniosacral system which literally
houses, nourishes and directs our central nervous system, which in turn
pilots all of our body's physiological systems. Given our lifestyles,
it is very easy to develop restrictions in the soft tissue that surrounds
our nerves and that can impede their function (a possible explanation
for the tinnitus and the difficulty in absorbing calcium).
Also, decalcification can be a metabolic problem that would need to
be addressed more specifically with nutritional analysis. It is unclear
how you were tested for the disorder. That would need to be done on
a 1-on-1 basis for more exact recommendations.
Q: Will I always have Fibromyalgia?
A: Michele Rozansky, PT
Not necessarily, Fibromyalgia can be a multitude of symptoms, muscular
pain, hormonal imbalance, digestive challenges, and sleep disorders.
All physiological systems need to be addressed -- via the immune system
-- and they can be. Nutrition, lifestyle challenges as well as soft
tissue restrictions can easily be addressed with a variety of manual
therapies and exercise.
Q: How may Orlanu’s approach differ from other
clinics?
A: Holly Haebig, OTR/L, CMT
We strive to help patients discover the tools for self-care that work
best for them at any given moment. We want patients to be knowledgeable
about their bodies and understand how and why stretching, strengthening,
relaxation exercises, etc., help in the healing process. Many people
we meet were instructed correctly, but have little understanding as
to why they should be doing these things and it becomes less meaningful
and less empowering, especially long term. People seem to heal when
they are motivated, and knowledge is motivating and empowering.
Q: I have had head aches for the past two years.
Nothing seems to help them. How could craniosacral therapy help when
nothing else has helped me?
A: Anne Becker, OTR/L
The craniosacral system is made up of membranes and cerebrospinal fluid
that go around and attach to the brain and spinal cord. These same membranes
also attach to the bones of the skull, face, mouth, and the sacrum or
tailbone area. If a restriction or tissue tightness occurs anywhere
in this delicate system, it can lead to pain, sensory or motor symptoms
including headaches. Craniosacral therapy is a hands-on gentle approach
used to detect and correct these restrictions. It restores normal tissue
mobility and alleviates pain symptoms.
Q: How can massage therapy help me?
A: Sigrid Londo, CMT
On a physical level massage improves circulation by increasing the blood
flow to your tissues and organs. The gentle stroking movement brings
fresh oxygen and nutrients to the tissue, reducing ischemia – related
pain. Massage also detoxifies the body by hastening the removal of metabolic
waste and strengthens the immune system by stimulating the circulation
of lymphatic fluids. Flexibility and mobility are facilitated by the
softening and lengthening of muscle fibers thereby freeing restrictions
in connective tissue.
Q: What makes yoga therapeutic?
A: Anna Rychner, RN, CYI
Hatha yoga as a physical discipline has many health benefits. It gently
identifies and adjusts muscle imbalance, improves flexibility and encourages
relaxed attention and concentration. The healing effects are the aftermath
of doing the practices consistently over a period of time. Individual
therapeutic yoga sessions offer the benefits of hatha yoga with an extra
element of safety and personalized attention to accommodate special
needs. Recent research has demonstrated that yoga has relieved client’s
pain, including lower back, carpal tunnel syndrome and arthritis. It
has improved their mood and decreased the need for pain medication.
Individualized sessions may supplement your current exercise program
or provide a gentle approach to the physical strengthening and inner
exploration necessary for healing. I recommend individual yoga sessions
rather than a class for those compromised by any physical or emotional
condition.
Q: How does trauma stress relate to breathwork?
A: Cheryl Maes, OTR
Breathwork facilitates relaxation of musculature and soft tissue, increases
circulation and energy, boosts the immune system, and allows for ease
of emotional release for greater clarity
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Related
Links
Supplements and Natural Products
http://www.outpostcoop.com
Outpost
Natural Foods Cooperative operates two supermarkets in Milwaukee and
Wauwatosa, WI.
Holistic Therapies
http://www.boehmeworkshops.com
Boehme Workshops is a clinically based continuing education provider
specializing in Neuro- Developmental Treatment, Myofascial Release,
and Craniosacral Therapy.
http://www.centerforwholeness.com
The Center For Wholeness was founded by Rev. Ron Moor, and offers classes
in healing, spirituality, and wholistic arts.
http://www.myofascialrelease.com
John Barnes, PT, is the President and Director of the Myofascial Release
Treatment Centers and National Myofascial Release Seminars.
http://www.ndta.org
The
Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association offers training in their hands-on
approach which is used in working with central nervous system difficulties.
http://www.upledger.com
The Upledger Institute is a health resource center offering continuing
education, clinical research, therapeutic services.
http://www.apta.org
US National Professional Organization. Site includes current research,
physical therapy news, consumer information, career advice access to
back issues, etc.
http:www.aota.org
Helping people of all ages "Develop Skills for the Job of Living"
A nationally recognized professional association for over 60000 occupational
therapists and occupational therapy assistants.
Miscellaneous
http://www.lifewavesyoga.com
Anna Rychner, RN, CYI, teaches yoga at Orlanu and also offers individual
yoga therapy sessions.
http://www.mtchamber.org
This is the website for the Mequon-Thiensville Chamber of Commerce,
of which we are a member.
http://www.onedrum.net
One Drum is an eclectic multi-cultural ensemble, and Holly Haebig, OTR,
CMT, is one of the musicians.
http://www.raganiworld.com
This website for Ragani Buegel, LAc, includes information about her
Kirtan music, yoga, and acupuncture.
www.RegiBoehme.com
This website memorializes our friend and mentor Regi Boehme. Her life,
her family and her great purpose and love: helping people heal and become
whole. Visit this site, get to know Regi better and purchase cards made
from her art to help support the Neuro-Developmental Treatment Association.
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