I hear this a lot in my bodywork practice.  Clients who tell me their neck “cracks” or “pops” or feels“crunchy” are often worried about it and wonder if maybe it’s a sign of some serious underlying problem.

The reason I chose, in mid-life, to adopt bodywork as a profession is not an uncommon one.  I’d had some back pain problems that just kept getting worse and didn’t seem to be responding to anything I could get from doctors and other health professionals.  I went from therapist to therapist then one day I booked a session with a Rolfer and I was sold.  Not only did he help me with my problem but the experience of working with him turned me on to a whole new way of feeling my body.

I've decided to start this blog because I'm always getting asked by my clients and others about how their bodies work.  Most of us have only the vaguest notion of our anatomy and physiology so I'll try and do my bit here to share what I know. 

Now, I'm a massage and Bowen therapist, not a brain surgeon so what I write about is pretty basic stuff like what happens when you tear a muscle or why a sprained ankle on one side of your body can lead to lower back pain on the other side.
 
I'm happy to publish comments on my blog entries and I welcome suggestions for new topics. But please accept that I can't enter into correspondence about individual problems: I'm not qualified to make diagnoses and I don't think a blog is the right place to be offering specific health advice.