by Chris Corrales | Apr 3, 2026 | Articles, Back Surgery, Body Mechanics/Self-Help
Watch the Mark Higgins – Back Pain, Avoided Surgery, Got His Life Back Video Testimonial Conventional and alternative medicine are so self‑absorbed that they often stop seeing the human being in pain and focus only on the “pain problem” as a billing code. That is...
by Chris Corrales | Apr 3, 2026 | Body Mechanics/Self-Help, Lower Back Pain
There was a session early in my career that changed the way I work with chronic pain. I was working with a client who just wasn’t “getting it.” He was showing up, he was trying, but nothing was really changing. I felt frustrated—not with him, but with myself. In that...
by Chris Corrales | Feb 20, 2026 | Blog, Body Mechanics/Self-Help, Bodytalk Therapy, Bodywork, Chris
I used to look at pain as my enemy—like it was something to fight through, medicate against, cut out, or fix. But my perspective changed when I made myself the experiment. As a practitioner I wasn’t understanding the science intellectually so I had to see if I could...
by Chris Corrales | Feb 11, 2026 | Blog, Body Mechanics/Self-Help, Bodywork, Bodywork Massage for Swimmers, Chris
People often ask, What are the key differences between Deep Tissue Massage and Structural Integration? That’s a great and technical question. It shows me that the person is thinking and really wants to learn what makes what they’ve read or learned about...
by Chris Corrales | Dec 18, 2025 | Body Mechanics/Self-Help
I’m not going to sugarcoat it: the way we treat back pain in America (and globally) isn’t always aligned with the science. It’s not about perfection, but a serious update is overdue. Think of the Flexner Report in 1910 – we need a similar wake-up...
by Chris Corrales | Oct 24, 2025 | Blog, Body Mechanics/Self-Help, Bodytalk Therapy, MedicinEvolution
The Unspoken Question in the Quiet Hours In the quiet hours, when the world recedes and the mind settles, a question often emerges. It may manifest as a subtle disquiet, a feeling that something essential is missing despite outward appearances of wellness. We...
