Orthopedic Psychology: Mindfulness in Motion

Kate S. O'Shea MA first introduced the term Orthopedic Psychology in Finding Your Balance: Caring for Mind, Body and Soul in Times of Discomfort, Instability and Surgery, the original release of her book, now entitled Healing Hip Joint and Knee Pain, published by North Atlantic Books.

In many discussions of integrative health, body is seen as the vehicle for the mind and heart to interface with our physical environment. Orthopedic Psychology specifically explores how the quality of orthopedic health and comfort affects the sense of self. For example, leg strength and stability often influences one's sense of confidence and ability to move through the world. Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain, is a broad and very personal discussion of how the dynamic interdependent processes of thought, emotion and the moving body can be brought into greater awareness and used for health, comfort and well-being.

You are invited to learn about your skeletal support system - or inner architecture - and how it facilitates your day-to-day activities. This provides you with specific tools for accessing your body's innate intelligence and strengths.

Your are also encouraged to take time to honor your emotional experience: Understanding and respecting the emotional impact of your physical challenges supports your physical improvement. This balanced approach has proved to enhance recovery by supporting true self-care and the feeling of being at home in your body, more and more.

Read the book introducing Orthopedic Psychology, Healing Hip, Joint, and Knee Pain, a self-care manual praised by patients, doctors, and adjunct health care professionals.