In this episode of the Barbell Rehab Podcast, we sit down with Leonard Van Gelder to discuss manual therapy. We chat about the evolution of manual therapy, the benefits of touch, and processes of change. We also discuss how manual therapy can be an option to get folks "unstuck" with pain and movement problems, and consider it from an emergent and contextual perspective.

We also talk about fascia, social grooming, Dermoneuromodulating from Diane Jacobs, and the role of the skin with interoception. Leonard also introduces the Human Rehabilitation Framework his team has developed. We finish by considering how to handle competing clinician narratives around manual therapy.

You can learn more about Leonard and his team's work at https://contextualhealth.org/.

We hope you enjoy this episode!

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