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Kalidurga

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2. That is amazing.

Reply to snagglepuss (Original post)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 09:03 PM

Jan 2013

So, could they make that part of physical therapy at some point? Have a therapist prepare patients who aren't quite ready for physical therapy get ready for it by guided imagination exercises?

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The scientific power of thought. Muscles can be built simply by imagination. No joke. [View all] snagglepuss Jan 2013 OP

So does this help explain why prayer or healing tends to work for those who are spiritual believers? Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #1

That is a great question. Perhaps it depends on whether the prayers are focused snagglepuss Jan 2013 #3

On the positive outcome... 2naSalit Jan 2013 #9

Hmm tama Jan 2013 #7

That is amazing. Kalidurga Jan 2013 #2

I'd like to see these studies he claims to prove this Incitatus Jan 2013 #4

It's been well known for long time tama Jan 2013 #5

As Williams James said, one learns to ice skate in summer, and to enough Jan 2013 #6

That explains why skaters and skiers visualize their routines and the turns on the downhill etc. Auntie Bush Jan 2013 #8