The Future of Research in the Feldenkrais Method

Abstract

This article reflects on the nature of research into the Feldenkrais Method, from the perspective of a Physical Therapist. The FM has enormous potential for helping people with movement difficulties ranging from musculoskeletal pain to neurological disability to geriatric deterioration; all of which are also of concern to the medical profession. I would like to see much of FM technique and philosophy adopted by medical professionals, even though with the adoption will come some adaptation. I suppose the nature of future FM research depends on what we want the future of the FM itself to look like. Do we stay pure and focused, separate and distinct from folks with whom we have common cause? Or do we want the FM to have a prominent place in the everyday practice of medicine and fitness?