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Alive and Kicking
Paperback
Medical ReferenceGeneral Alternative HealthSelf-Help
Publisher Price: $26.99
ISBN13: 9780473746407
Publisher: Sue Adstrum
Published: May 23 2025
Pages: 150
Weight: 0.59
Height: 0.32 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
What if everything you thought you knew about the body... was only part of the story?
Alive and Kicking invites you to reimagine the human body-not as a machine made of parts, but as a living, sensing, intelligent matrix. In this deeply engaging and thought-provoking book, integrative clinical anatomist Sue Adstrum challenges conventional views of anatomy, physiotherapy, and healthcare, blending science, somatics, and fascia research to offer a more connected, compassionate path to wellness.
Drawing on decades of clinical practice, academic research, and bodywork, Sue introduces the fascial system-a vital but often overlooked tissue network that impacts how we move, heal, and feel. Along the way, she weaves in insights from energy medicine, mind-body awareness, and preventive self-care, offering readers practical ways to reclaim agency in an overstretched system.
Whether you're a curious reader, wellness practitioner, or simply someone seeking a more empowering way to care for your body, Alive and Kicking offers a whole-person perspective-scientific, soulful, and fascia-aware.
Warm, wise, and accessible, this book is a call to rethink the body-and reclaim your health-from the inside out.
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