A short article written for an osteopathic audience to encourage an awareness of the importance of core function in health.  This was a promotional piece to help raise awareness about an evening presentation hosted by Primal Lifestyle (formerly the CHEK Clinic) with Professor Emeritus Serge Gracovetsky, world-renowned back pain specialist.   Published in Osteopathy Today, September 2003.  To read this article please click here.

 

A provocative article questioning whether osteopathic principles may ultimately become osteopathy's biggest dysfunction.  Published in Osteopathy Today. To read this article click here.

 

 

An article co-written with Andrew Jackson , CHEK IV, Physiotherapist, in August 2003 describes some basic conditioning principles for soccer players.  Published in The CHEK Report. To read this article, please click here.

 

 

A 2 part article written by Matt Wallden in 2004 on core function for ptonthenet was described as "The most comprehensive review of core function to date", and received accolades from many quarters.  This was a response to Mel Siff's article called "Transversus Abdominis Revisited" in which Siff critiqued the trend for core exercises.  Several independent reviewers commented that this article "politely annihilated Siff's argument".  For the full article please visit www.ptonthenet.com. To read "Excerpt from The Core" article, please click here.

 

 

A short article to provide some practical tips for functional exercise for mums or mums-to-be.  Published in the National Childbirth Trust's magazine.  To read this article please click here.

 

 

This short article was written in June 2003 by Christopher Wallden on the topic of becoming a father, and what might be on the cards.  Published in the National Childbirth Trust's magazine.  To read this article please click here.

 

 

A short article on the use of cranial osteopathy for childhood health from September 2002.  Published in the National Childbirth Trust's magazine.  To read this article please click here.

 

 

An article written for the  Osteopathic Sports Care Association in September 2002,  explaining the CHEK Approach and how it may be of use to the Osteopath in optimising their performance as a therapist.  To read this article please click here.

 

 

An article from September 2003, published in The Osteopath, discussing the important work of Professor Serge Gracovetsky in understanding spinal function.  To read this article please click here.

 

 

Based on the reality that back care specialsts such as Osteopaths, Physiotherapists and Chiropractors have a higher incidence of back injury per capita than the general public, this article is a call to action for these so-called specialists to take an active interest in their own health.  Published in Osteopathy Today in February 2003.  Please click here to read this article.

 

 

This article, produced for the first even CHEK Report, explained the technicalities of how a food which irritates the digestive system can shut down the very muscles that stabilize the back.  Could food be causing your back pain?  Click here to find out!

 

 

This short 5-part article commissioned by the Times newspaper provides some simple illustrations as to why knee pain is on the increase in the general population.  To learn more, click here.

 

 

An article published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies based on some of the research conducted as a part of Matt Wallden's MSc thesis.  To read this article, please click here.

 

 

Simply, it really doesn't matter how good your program is, if you don't do it!  This article, published in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, helps to outline an understanding and some useful tools to help anybody to make the changes they want to in their life.  Please click here to learn more.

 

 

A review written of the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies considering some of the controversies and the clinical applicability of the neutral spine principle.  Please click here to read this article.