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Laura Welch
- Feb 22
- 5 min
The Content You Consume.
There has been a strong theme circling around me lately so of course I felt compelled to share. It caught my attention a few weeks ago...
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Laura Welch
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Looking for change? Target your environment.
We are humans, yes. We are sophisticated in many ways compared to our ancestors and fellow animals. We are equipped with an...
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Laura Welch
- Oct 21, 2022
- 3 min
Fear and pain
Have you ever had these thoughts when you experience pain? Jumping to conclusions: "I will never be able to do (activity of choice)...
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Laura Welch
- Oct 13, 2022
- 2 min
Where is your tongue?
Your tongue is in your mouth...duh. But where does it rest? Is it on the floor or on the roof of your mouth? Why do we care? If we had...
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Laura Welch
- Oct 6, 2022
- 4 min
What is the best form of exercise?
The best form of exercise...this is a topic that comes up frequently in the office. Do you know what I always say? The best form of...
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Laura Welch
- Sep 27, 2022
- 4 min
This probably isn't related, but...
I hear this all the time; someone shares a story from their past that they feel may not be important, but worth mentioning. The funny...
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Laura Welch
- May 14, 2022
- 1 min
Grass
I cut the grass this morning; a quick sneak between bouts of rain. Our yard is so small that it only takes a weed whacker to take care...
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Laura Welch
- Feb 7, 2022
- 2 min
What's the Deal with Craniosacral Therapy?
Craniosacral Therapy (CST) was one of those mystical things I had only loosely heard about. What I had heard weren't necessarily good...
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Laura Welch
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
It's All Connected...What Does That Mean?!
I often joke in the clinic about how us practitioners say, "It's all connected," when we want to give the short answer to describe...
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Laura Welch
- Dec 29, 2021
- 3 min
Knowing What You Need
Getting to know yourself is a lifelong journey of one discovery after the next, lessons forever unfolding. There may even be times you...
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Laura Welch
- Nov 29, 2021
- 5 min
The Diaphragm: The Ultimate Multitasker
If you've ever found yourself lying down in a yoga class, you may have been challenged to place one hand on your heart and one on your...
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Laura Welch
- Nov 11, 2021
- 4 min
Woop, there it is.
Pain. It's a complicated thing. Thank goodness, a lot of research goes into figuring out pain. What is it? Where does it come from? ...
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Laura Welch
- Sep 16, 2021
- 4 min
What's the swell on inflammation?
Chronic inflammation has been getting a lot of blame for a whole gambit of problems. The list includes conditions related to cardiac,...
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Laura Welch
- Aug 1, 2021
- 5 min
Shine a Light on your Mind to Move Forward: Learned helplessness, rumination, and catastrophizing
Wow, this is some heavy stuff. It's a great "chicken or the egg" paradox. Which came first? Did the injury/pain jump start some tough...
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Laura Welch
- Jul 10, 2021
- 3 min
Why Posture Matters: Efficiency and Body Language
Many years ago, I found myself at a weekly puppy training class that involved multiple dog owners with their wacky canines wrestling to...
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Laura Welch
- Jun 27, 2021
- 5 min
Mind/Body Connection is Real
We hear this all the time, right? Get your head in the game. Mind over matter. Your body listens to your thoughts. "Whether you think...
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Laura Welch
- Jun 13, 2021
- 3 min
Lessons from the Bee
Today, a bee buzzed defiantly in the upstairs of my house and it wasn't the friendly bumble bee I would actually embrace. This was the...
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Laura Welch
- Apr 13, 2021
- 1 min
New article!
New article by yours truly in Miles and Minutes. Check it out! https://d368g9lw5ileu7.cloudfront.net/uploads/partnerWebsites/partnerWebs...
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Laura Welch
- Mar 8, 2021
- 1 min
March donation: Central VA COVID Response Fund
With the help of participates that registered for my Zoom lecture entitled "Ouch?! Ahhh", we donated $325 to Central VA COVID Response...
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- Mar 2
- 2 min
All We Need Is...Oxytocin
The impending birth experience is on the horizon for me and true to my nature, I dove right in to learn as much as possible. I have read...
- Feb 22
- 5 min
The Content You Consume.
There has been a strong theme circling around me lately so of course I felt compelled to share. It caught my attention a few weeks ago...
- Jan 10
- 3 min
Looking for change? Target your environment.
We are humans, yes. We are sophisticated in many ways compared to our ancestors and fellow animals. We are equipped with an...
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