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A new systematic review, “Dance for Chronic Pain Conditions,” proves that dance reduces pain and improves the experience of it. A series of local events now bring this study to life.
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Loolwa Khazzoom
KHAZZOOM Healing Arts
khazzoom@khazzoom.com
916-546-8238
Dancing with Pain® founder Loolwa Khazzoom collaborates with scientist Benjamin Hickman MPT and pain management specialist Martin Rossman MD, on the power of dance for pain relief, and kicks off Dancing with Pain® workshops locally.
Kitsap County, WA – Over 100 million Americans suffer from unresolved pain. That statistic used to include Loolwa Khazzoom, who was alternately bedridden, housebound, and wheelchair-bound, from the mid 1990s to the mid 2000s, following a hit-and-run, head-on car collision. Then in 2004, she intuitively discovered that by reconceptualizing dance, she could use it to heal herself. Through daily practice of her innovative dance method, she became able to to bike up to 30 miles at a shot, pain-free.
Drawing from this experience, she trademarked Dancing with Pain®, with a set of innovative principles and practices customized for people living with and healing from chronic pain, and began teaching it at venues throughout California and New York. Based on before/after questionnaires from and conversations with students, Khazzoom discovered that the method had a 96% rate of efficacy in reducing or eliminating pain and increasing mobility. One student even canceled hip surgery, after she was suddenly pain-free following a Dancing with Pain® class, and instead began dancing regularly. Find out about the science behind the method in this article.
Over the years, Dancing with Pain® was featured in top media, including The New York Times, ABC News, and Fox News. After a decade-plus hiatus from teaching this method, Khazzoom is back at it, with workshops scheduled througout Western Washington, and more on the way. These workshops come on the heels of a new systematic review verifying that, yes, dance does heal pain, as Khazzoom herself discovered, nearly 20 years ago. Through her company, KHAZZOOM Healing Arts, Khazzoom is collaborating with the lead scientist of that study and a leading pain management specialist, for an online event discussing the science, biomechanics, and practice of dance for pain relief, “Don’t Fight Your Pain. Dance with It!“
Endorsement Excerpts
Loolwa is not only a dancer and self-healer, but a clear, inspiring, and effective teacher who gives you many practical pain relief tools…and who teaches you her way of healing from pain in a way that lets you make it your own. – Martin Rossman MD
Pay attention to Loolwa Khazzoom…Music and dance became her path to healing, along with a robust program of organic foods, botanicals, and nutrients…We can all learn from Loolwa Khazzoom.” – Dwight McKee MD
[Loolwa Khazzoom] reminds us that healing forces originate from within, not only from without. In a world enchanted with high-tech approaches to health and wellness, this is a message we desperately need to remember. – Larry Dossey MD
About Loolwa Khazzoom
Loolwa Khazzoom is the founder of the Dancing with Pain® method for healing chronic pain, which has been featured in The NY Times, ABC News, Fox News, and other top media outlets. After a decade of debilitating chronic pain – leaving Khazzoom alternately bedridden, housebound or wheelchair bound, Khazzoom discovered that by reconceptualizing dance, she could use it to heal herself. Ultimately, she was able to bike up to 30 miles at a shot, pain-free, and she now leads a predominantly pain-free life. She is passionate about teaching others how to heal themselves from chronic pain through dance, and how to optimize other areas of their inner and outer environments, to facilitate whole-Being wellness. To this end, she is the author of numerous books, including Natural Pain Relief: A Self-Care Guide – with a foreword by pain management specialist Martin Rossman MD. .