AcuPoint Release™ Technique

Keeping Your Neck Pain Free By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ Chronic neck pain plagues hundreds of thousands of people in our society. Through my education and experience in working with clients in chronic pain from conditions and injuries and with my own chronic pain issues over the past 20 years, I continue to find the need to empower individuals with tools to be good stewards of their own pain management to be critical. The following is from the American Academy of Pain Medicine. "Pain affects more Americans than diabetes, heart disease and cancer combined. The chart below depicts the number of chronic pain sufferers compared to other major health conditions."  facts on pain Condition Number of Sufferers Source Chronic Pain 100 million Americans Institute of Medicine of The National Academies ( 2 ) Diabetes 25.8 million Americans (diagnosed and estimated undiagnosed) American D

Point Release™ Technique in the Hospital Setting By Ashley Redford MA, HHE, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP   It brings me great joy to live in a body that is fifteen years older and no longer limited  by moment-to-moment pain. There is nothing like being in a hospital for an extended time and being in pain. Many hospitals do not provide adequate pain management, costs for pain management can be astronomical, the beds are not long-term friendly, and the staff are not always available to assist you when it is needed. The Traditional Chinese Medical benefits of PRT with pain symptoms are an excellent option for patients who are hospitalized. I have applied PRT to clients in wheelchairs as well, but sensory recognition and muscular control are key components to PRT when practicing solo. Assisted applications can also be used in a hospital setting, but I am going to focus on solo application for now. One story is about an 80-something man who had been admitted with pneumonia. H

Enjoy this short trailer of my students and I practicing PRT.

By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP  ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ As I continue to work with clients and students on reducing pain symptoms, correcting postural discrepancies and conditioning the body, I am seeing more and more people, who have never worked with me, using a ball on their body for pain relief. Some are using a lacrosse ball, a racquetball ball, a baseball, a golf ball, balls with nubs and balls with spikes. I am also seeing more classes using one or two balls to "tune up" the body or the roll out the body. In researching the use of various tools for the Point Release™ Technique, I found that hard balls are not as effective as the slight give of the tennis ball. People who are not skilled with using a harder object on the muscles, tendons or ligaments can end up bruising the tissue or the skeletal structure, depending upon the thinness of one's body. Using a ball on the body is a great way to rel

By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP  ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ I have the world's best clients and students. They have been a constant inspiration in my practice and in developing strategies to assist injury prevention, pain management, stress management, and joyful aging. Recently one of my gems let me know that when she retires she planned on being more serious about starting a corrective exercise and wellness program. Why now? "I think I need to consider how strong I am going to need to be physically to take care of my husband in the coming years." That led me to considering the exercises I will be creating for her to fulfill this goal. While focusing on aging well or being able to play a sport or engage in a particular hobby are excellent goals, I couldn't help but be inspired by this clients' heart for her husband and forethought about her future.   So why am I writing about this here? Because I

Joint Openers Trailer By  Ashley Osier MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP  ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~ I have been teaching my StretchFit™ Method, Therapeutic Stretching, and Point Release™ Technique classes at White Magnolia Tai Chi School for almost three years now. I thoroughly enjoy my small classes where I can spend more individual attention with my students, most, of which, I have seen for therapeutic bodywork and corrective exercise. I originally put together a video of one of the classes I taught for the students of that class and as a means to further my attempts to learn how to operate IMovie on my Mac. It is still a work in progress, but I am thrilled to have received a positive response to the trailer I made for the Joint Openers Routine I teach every Friday and would love to share it with you. The Joint Openers Routine is just a segment of the class I teach from 10:15-11:45am.  Though micro-stretching and fitness are not widely