There's not a day that goes by in my physio practice when the word inflammation doesn't echo off the walls. We feel it flare with every injury, and we worry, but it's actually working to heal our tissues. Sometimes it binds us up a little too effectively, and that old injury remains slightly stiff forever after. (Manual therapy is great for this!) We feel inflammation more when we're cold or sick, even more during menopause, and more still when a joint is so worn out it just won't heal. Most...

There are two things my own body has taught me: Stability, flexibility, and strength are almost everything. Mal-alignment can be the...