Feldenkrais NYC

Feldenkrais NYC Movement for Pain Relief, Recovery, and Your Optimal Health. Attentive practice. Profound changes. New skills and abilities.

Physical Therapy & Feldenkrais NYC is a participating member of The Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network. You are welcome to work with us online, individually, in group classes, and by joining our online courses through our learning platform. We are looking forward to working together!

08/28/2026

Look what i got in mail today. A nice looking warm-up suit. Six weeks to go!
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08/25/2026

When you hold your foot, something has to close the distance between your hand and your foot. If the chest can fold and the back ribs can open, the distance closes from above. Your hand simply arrives.

If the chest stays one solid block, the arm makes up the difference. And the arm is strong. It tows the leg in ā€” and the knee, the nearest joint to that pull, is where the squeeze lands. Usually on the inside.

The knee isnā€™t the problem. Itā€™s where the bill comes due.Your knee has been paying for a stiff chest. Give the chest somewhere to go, and the knee stops being asked to.

šŸ‘‰ Knees that pinch, catch, or complain? My free guide, Stop Angry Knees, shows you where to start ā€” link in bio.

Onward & upward,
Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFP
Physical Therapy & FeldenkraisĀ® NYC

08/22/2026

The next two days for me will be recording the new program for people with back pain. I canā€™t wait for you to experience it!
I think it will be a game changer for many of you who struggle with lower back and sciatica.

08/22/2026

Happy work anniversary Marion & Wallace. Thank you for all the years together on our mission to make a better world. Deep meaningful relationship make us happy. Who would you like to give a shout out to in your lifeā€™s corner?

People are sometimes puzzled in our studio.They come to improve their walking, their standing, their balance ā€” and the f...
08/15/2026

People are sometimes puzzled in our studio.

They come to improve their walking, their standing, their balance ā€” and the first thing we ask is that they lie down on the floor.

Hereā€™s the secret.

Standing, your nervous system is never off duty.

A good share of it is spent on one full-time job: not falling. And it will not loosen a single habit while that job is at stake.

The bracing you carry ā€” the tight shoulders, the held breath, the guarded back ā€” is your system doing loyal work.

Lying down, the job is done. The floor holds you. Nothing needs guarding.

And a nervous system relieved of guard duty becomes curious.

It can afford to try a new way of turning. Of reaching. Of breathing. Movements it would never risk while managing your balance.

Then the wonderful part: what you discover on the floor doesnā€™t stay there. It rises with you ā€” into your standing, your walking, the way you meet your stairs.

Thatā€™s why the deepest changes so often begin in the least impressive position.

Safety isnā€™t a break from the learning.

Itā€™s the doorway.

šŸ‘‰ Want to feel what a nervous system at ease can learn? Join my free masterclass, Beyond Exercises ā€” link in the comments.

Onward & upward, Marek Wyszynski, PT, GCFP Physical Therapy & FeldenkraisĀ® NYC Ā· Member, Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network

08/14/2026

Twenty-five years ago I tore the medial meniscus in this knee.

I learned to protect it. Hold it. Stiffen it. Stop the gapping, stop the twist.

I got very good at protecting it.

That protection may now be the thing wearing it down.

Hereā€™s the idea Iā€™m working with ā€” and I want to be clear that itā€™s mine, not something anyone has proven in a trial.

A torn meniscus is threatened by rotation and by the joint opening on the inside. So the body learns the opposite: bow the leg slightly, close the inside down, hold it there. Itā€™s an intelligent solution. It worked for me for two decades.

But arthritis isnā€™t threatened by rotation. Itā€™s driven by sustained compression on one side of the joint.

And the inside of the knee is already the crowded corner. About 60% of the load travels through it in standing and walking ā€” closer to 70% in early stance. Between the thigh bone and the shin bone, arthritis shows up there five to ten times more often than on the outside. So the pattern that shut the inside down to save the meniscus may be pressing that same corner, every step, for years.

The strategy that saved the knee at 40 may be quietly costing it at 65.

Iā€™m not alarmed by this. Iā€™m interested in it.

Because if itā€™s true, the useful direction isnā€™t stronger and it isnā€™t looser. Itā€™s space ā€” letting the two joint surfaces meet parallel instead of wedged. Thatā€™s learnable. Itā€™s what I teach. šŸ‘‰ If your knees have been grumbling, start with my free guide: Stop Angry Knees ā€” gentle, evidence-based ways to calm them. Link in bio.

08/13/2026

Cross your legs the way you always do.

Thatā€™s it. The inside of your knee just closed like a book.

Between the thigh bone and the shin bone, arthritis shows up on the inside ā€” the medial compartment ā€” five to ten times more often than on the outside.

That isnā€™t bad luck. About 60% of the load already travels through that side when you stand and walk. In early stance itā€™s closer to 70%. Anything that tips the knee further inward closes it further.

And this is the part that stays with me: in a six-year study of people with medial knee arthritis, what predicted whose joint space narrowed wasnā€™t age, and it wasnā€™t the baseline x-ray. It was how much load their walking sent to the inside.

The direction of the load predicted the deterioration.

So the useful direction isnā€™t stronger. It isnā€™t looser. Itā€™s space.

Gapping ā€” organizing the leg so the two joint surfaces meet parallel instead of wedged.

Thatā€™s not a reason for alarm. Itā€™s a reason for attention.

Three things to notice today:
* how you cross your legs ā€” and for how long
* where your weight sits in your foot when you stand
* which way the knee drifts in your movement practice

Precision isnā€™t fussiness here ā€” itā€™s the whole thing.

šŸ‘‰ If your knees have been grumbling, start with my free guide: Stop Angry Knees ā€” [download link in first comment]

ļæ½Hussain SM, et al. The compartmental distribution of knee osteoarthritis ā€” a systematic review and meta-analysis. Osteoarthritis and Cartilage. 2021.

ļæ½Miyazaki T, Wada M, Kawahara H, Sato M, Baba H, Shimada S. Dynamic load at baseline can predict radiographic disease progression in medial compartment knee osteoarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2002;61(7):617ā€“622.

08/10/2026

Joan Jett announced sheā€™s canceling her last shows of the year to heal a fractured vertebra.

And the only bad part about this newsā€¦ is this. šŸ„

(Donā€™t worry. Iā€™m keeping my day job.)

Now the part I actually mean ā€” sheā€™s doing it exactly right.

Bone knits. Most vertebral fractures mend in eight to twelve weeks ā€” but only when you give them the time. Canceling a tour isnā€™t giving up. Itā€™s what recovery looks like when you fully intend to play loud again.

Rest isnā€™t quitting. Rest is strategy.

Rock and roll is being patient this year. My drumming, unfortunately, is year-round.

šŸ‘‰ Follow along for more gentle, evidence-based ways to keep moving ā€” and the occasional drum solo nobody asked for.

Onward & upward,ā€ØMarek Wyszynski, PT, GCFPā€ØPhysical Therapy & FeldenkraisĀ® NYC Ā· Member, Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network

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08/09/2026

Itā€™s eleven at night. Iā€™ve been in this chair since morning.

Today I recorded modules one through four of something Iā€™ve been carrying in my head for about thirty-five years ā€” a complete path out of back pain and sciatica.

Not exercises to grind through. The actual learning. What to stop doing. What to notice. The small steps that change how a back behaves.

Over ninety pages scripted. Four modules done, eight to go.

I lost count of how many times I said ā€œletā€™s start that againā€ today.šŸ˜…

Thereā€™s a hard stop on this. In October Iā€™m in Tibilisi, Georgia for the World Championship, and that month belongs to fencing. So all twelve modules have to be finished before October first.

No extensions. Thatā€™s why Iā€™m in this chair on a Saturday.

Iā€™ll bring you in here as I go ā€” the good takes and the bad ones.

šŸ‘‰ Want to know when it opens? Comment BACK below and Iā€™ll put you on the early list.

Onward & upward,ā€ØMarek Wyszynski, PT, GCFPā€ØPhysical Therapy & FeldenkraisĀ® NYC Ā· Member, Hospital for Special Surgery Rehabilitation Network

08/08/2026

Stiff neck? Difficulty turning? It's time to retrain your spine without a single stretch. This simple technique teaches your brain to regain range of motion, no matter your age. Discover how separating head and eye movements unlocks flexibility.

šŸ‘‰ Iā€™m teaching my next FREE masterclass soon ā€” Beyond Exercises: a gentler, smarter path out of spine. Save your seat ā€” link in bio.


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