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Have you read that article, "The Myth of Core Training"?
Thanks for stopping by. I'm not sure I have read that one. The research in my post is mostly from a great article by Eyal Lederman called the Myth of Core Stability.
Hi, Todd. Nice post. You'd probably appreciate one of my articles on this topic:
Thanks. Nice website, I will start checking it out.
I'm always interested in, and enlightenedy by, your postings… even when I think I disagree. As you say, it certainly seems to make sense, from an observational point of view, that, e.g., tight hip flexors and weak glutes from excessive sitting would cause pelvic anterior tilt, leading to low back pain. In my own case, mild back pain from walking uphill stopped completely not long after I switched to a stand-up desk.
Is there something special about the back such that structural imbalances are not the cause of pain, when in other parts of the body they obviously are (e.g. bursitis from internally rotated shoulders)?
I'll definitely look into those studies you mentioned.
Thanks for the comments, appreciated as always. I agree its hard to believe structural issues don't seem to matter much in the studies. Once I learned a little more about pain science it made a little more sense. I will discuss it in the next post, but the basic idea is that pain is an output from the brain, not an input from the body to the brain. The brain has quite a bit of discretion in deciding when you will feel pain, and its outputs in this regard are very individual and idiosyncratic and depend on many factors aside from the condition of the body, such as emotions, past experiences, future needs, etc. And that applies to the shoulder just as much as the back.
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I look forward to the next post!
While all of this fascinates me, I can't help thinking of how much the brain-centered approach you explicate reminds me of when I was kid. My Dad–a tough guy from the old country (Germany)–used to dismiss my minor injuries and pains by saying "Eh… it's all in your head." That was fine, until I actually fractured my ankle!
Maybe its because I have lots of friends who are natural bodybuilders, and because I do powerlifting myself, that I appreciate the incredible role that the mind plays in the mind-muscle connection. But at the same time I see that bones, ligaments, tendons, fascia, and muscle have a palpable size, integrity and, well, structure, that the brain can't simply change at will. But there's definitely a lot more to all this that we need to think about!
Thanks for making us think and wonder.
Its true, pain is all in your head, but not in the sense that it isn't real. Pain is real. And yes, the body is important too, you will never lift a lot without a strong structure.
Fascinating. I have pain in my lower back, but only when I run a lot. I also have pain between the shoulders and in the neck. So I've started my quest to find out why this is.
I've been to chiropractors and physical therapists and they either have no idea what to do or say that I should strengthen and stretch certain muscles. I've not really bought the strengthening/stretch theory so I've continued exploring new therapists that might have other ideas. Right now I've met a therapist that practices the Feldenkrais method. I've decided to give it a serious try. Do you know much about Feldenkrais? What do you think about it? Atleast it seems to be more about the nervous system than about strengthening and stretching.
I'm definately looking forward to your next post.
Sorry to hear about the pain. I am a big fan of feldenkrais and in my second year of training to be a practitioner. I have several other posts which discuss the Feldenkrais method. My take is that FM aims directly at the nervous system and therefore has a better chance of hitting the target than stretch and strengthen regimes, which aim at the mesoderm. Good luck!
Todd , you make some excellent points…If you go to a physical therapist with back pain and a midsection that is any less impressive than an Olympic gymnast, it is a mortal certainty you will be told to strengthen your core.
Brilliant! However every 'fitness' magazine seems to have a man lifting up his tee shirt to expose such an abdominal wall…bizarre
I am a UK physio therapist with the emphasis on the latter ….I have been communicating with Eyal Lederman for many years. His work , articles and books are excellent but they are like much of this stuff counter cultural. Biomechanics is simplistic , it makes sense to most people, both in the general public and in much of medicine but as Paul has written -its usually wrong!
You might be interested in Sandra Blakeslees very readable book on body mapping which is the missing link for explaining a lot of therapeutic input in my opinion.
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Thanks for the comments. I am a big fan of Lederman. I have one of his books and have read several of his articles. He's not only a good thinker but a good communicator as well. Thanks for the ref to the Blakeslee book, I've read it, its a very good one. In case anyone is interested, the following post discusses some of the ideas in that book: http://toddhargrove.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/proprioception-the-3-d-map-of-the-body/
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Todd – looking forward to your next post because I have a central bulge at L4-L5 and get shooting pain down my legs. I am getting a cortisone shot in a few days. Things have been getting better, but it can, at times, be debilitating.
Sorry to hear about the pain. My next post is up. I hope you find it useful.
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GREAT post! I was going to ask you if Feldenkrais "jived" with this ectoderm approach. But then just read all the comments and got my answer
In all my years of going to seminars, workshops, accupuncture school, etc etc….I was most impressed with Feldenkrais. One of my very high level martial arts teacher who was from Israel, introduced a bunch of us to some basics. It was eye opening.
Again great post.
Thanks Marc,
Yes, I think Feldenkrais is the essence of the ectodermal approach. Great stuff.
[…] who do not. But that is not what the preponderance of the studies find. As summarized in a previous blog post, the weight of the evidence is that people with bad posture are not more likely to have pain than […]
[…] gets scarred and stiff. As I stated in an earlier post, it is very possible and even likely that these structural problems will not result in pain, but this will depend on the brain's ability to start sensing and moving the altered body parts […]
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"Leg length inequality seems to have no effect on back pain unless it is more than 200 mm (the average leg length difference is 5.2 mm). "
200 mm represents nearly 8 inches. Could this be a error perhaps?
wow, well, as a person with ehlers danlos syndrome, i can say that absolutely core strength and posture effect my pain levels! ask anyone suffering from a rsi/upper cross syndrome if their posture is important! this is where studies imho are quite worthless.
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Tod I totally agree with your article above and the debunking of some of the mainstream myths about pain but can you give me your thoughts on chronic pain associated with chronic tendinosis. Is this pain "all in the head" or is there a "physical" basis?
Curiouser and curiouser.
Thanks Tod, I almost totally agree with Paul. Tendionosis and the associated muscle strain are extremely under-recognised and yet one of the most common pathologys on the planet. If they are diagnosed, they are often completely mistreated and mismanaged and the problem continues. Whats going on?
"Core training" was initially developed as a muscle activation/reeducation program intended for people with low back pain due to segmental spinal injury and joint instability. Research has found local stabilizer muscle inhibition due to joint injury – this happens to be true with all the joints of the body. Excessive joint movement/translation is a common finding in people with joint pain/degeneration, poor movement control and decreased proprioception. Local joint stabilization via muscle reactivation and cognitive movement reeducation is the bigger picture of a comprehensive spinal rehab program. Core training through the fitness field has become something different. There are many reasons why someone may have back pain. The application of any intervention is only successful if the treatment meets the injury/symptom etc. My complaint is that studies are about numbers and statistics and not about individuals.
MRI studies in the low back show fatty deposits and atrophy in the lumbar multifidi. To correct the long standing atrophy observed in the lumbar multifidus, patients must engage in strengthening exercises targeting the lumbar extensors. And should begin incorporating an isometric "pause" into these exercises. This model has been shown to correct the multifidus atrophy seen in the experimental population.
Hi Todd ! Great article ! I am a PT, but also suffering of back pain…. You are right saying that MRI abnormalities are not predictives of back pain and I share totally your opinion about core training. Some rugby players have back pain and some fragile women that never did any strenght exercises in their life haven't, so it is not in the pure strenght. In my case my first back pain acute episode were when doing some flexion in the early morning, lifting something heavy after swimming during 1H30, or straighten after bending with a twisted movement, or even lifting something after stretching. In all this episode there is the same pattern : a bending twisting movement when ligaments and muscles are too relaxed due to an extended position.
The problem is when we reject strenght, core or MRI abnormalities, what is left to explain why people hurt themselves and suffer while others don't? Motor recrutment pattern? But here again if it is the case sportmen should have less back pain because their recrutment pattern is supposed to be better than the average person…
Let me know your opinion about that !
The more realistic information I find regarding back sufferers is that we are beyond human aid. While drug addicts celebrate birthdays and receive chips for no longer stealing, lying, cheating and thieving others for medications that don't belong to them the rest of us are just told to "suffer". I have a severe curvature of the spine and strengthening my core would simulate muscles of a hulk. It's not a reality. Every bit does help, but there's not much more I can do with eight bulging discs and the pain is still pervasive. Don't be confused. I'm in pain right now. No one should suffer this much.
Posture, 1 paragraph: The picture you draw here is the picture of statically holding the body in contrast to what Feldenkrais recommends which is actor instead of posture. Acture = fluid, dynamic.
I like this post. Checking out the meso-, and ectoderm soon.
Great post Todd. As a Rolfer down in Austin, TX I am constantly looking for ways to get better at our craft and your posts always incite my imagination. Thanks!
I enjoyed reading your posts, they are a great resource. I am in health care myself, in a pain related field so many concepts are very familiar.
I am experiencing a very difficult and puzzling situation personally. Formerly a college track athlete, I have always been very active and fit. Some back pain 2 yrs ago prompted an xray – it read spondylolisthesis L5-S1, of unstable type. I continued to feel occasional flairups of back pain but overall remained quite active and functional. Last year was a very trying year for me emotionally, and I think my CNS experienced a serious shake-up. Concurrently, in Dec 12 I began to have a severe flair-up of my back with pain and numbness down both legs (MRI – bulging disk at that level, consistent with my symptoms), as a result I am able to do very little (but still working through pain) and nothing so far has helped. Massage, chiro, PT, core-work, mental stuff – slight, brief or no improvement at all. My surgeon (smart, conservative and a friend) says I need a discectomy and a fusion to get better. I am slightly hesitant to do it, still hoping my body or mind will take over, and finally make it go away. Or there some non-medical, magical way. But nothing has helped and my level of disability is high. I am 40, too young to spend rest of my life like this. One puzzling feature of this situation is the fact that I sustained a very nasty physical problem right after a year of very bad emotional issues…. What is your opinion?
Thanks a lot.
Your article completely destroyed my plans for core exercises.
Problem he is it is simple deconstruction for the sake of it.
There is no constructive alternative. The same brush that classic medicine uses to tar complimentary for being pseudoscientific clap-trap is now used by complimentary medicine to tar other complimentary medicine view points or even itself.
To problem with this article is the following:
To say that a posture that is more arched in a teenager than an aesthetic norm causes no problems is almost moot.
The body will develop itself to a degree of equilibrium and can take many variations to reach it. You cannot compare the mechanics from a purely aesthetic point of view.
Although the arch may be increased in one teenager is only looking at one aspect, it is failing to see if that same teenager has also developed other physical aspects to makes this posture an advantage, or at the least be compensated for this change.
In a nutshell.
Bad posture is RELATIVE to the person, not an norm defined by aesthetics.
So take the same high arched person and ask them to decrease it, may cause back pain in the same way increasing the arch of those with an aesthetically pleasing one have will also cause pain.
So the conclusion reached is not always the one expected.
A more constructive approach is to look at how the body failing to adapt to its environment within the development of its genetic norm is better. Looking AT the person, rather than trying to fit people into mechanical norms of a population is a problem of classical medicine.
As example, do we all REALLY need to be 120/80 in blood pressure?
Really? Whtever age, sex, height?
Obviously it cannot be, this number is the best compromise in the same way brisbane is the best capital of Australia.
So learning to understand the person from THEIR perspective and compensation in a contextual approach is better, allow us to develop methods to treat that.
But this of course is a lot harder to use classic scientific method as it makes it all terribly subjective. Which ultimately is the problem, people ARE subjective..
Anyhow, my two cents
Can you cite the studies or link that you were referring to?
"…In one study, researchers looked at the posture of teenagers and then tracked who developed back pain in adulthood….Another study looked at increases in low back curve and pelvic angle due to pregnancy…"
This article might have been interesting if we had any idea of the validity of the research quoted. As a research scientist with 40 years of experience and many published articles, I know that the majority of research is either statistically invalid (two few random subjects), or uses flawed methodology (or both). This is one of the major reasons research results contradict each other frequently, and why people become frustrated with conflicting advice.
I have to say it looks like the pendulum has swung a little too far in the other direction. There is some truth to what you are saying and I know you are trying to make a point by attacking some held beliefs (with some specious arguments) but if you're going to do that come correct with sources. Thanks for throwing stones, it's important to questions our beliefs.
From reading the abstracts of the studies you cited regarding poor posture being unrelated to pain:
1) An epidemiologic study of the relationship between postural asymmetry in the teen years and subsequent back and neck pain – This study seems to be examining the hypothesis that poor posture in teen years may be predictive of subsequent back pain, and it shows that it is not. But that does not prove poor posture is not in some way correlated to back pain.
2) An analysis of posture and back pain in the first and third trimesters of pregnancy – I don't think a sample size of 12 pregnant women is really a large enough sample size to generalize off to population at large. There are a lot of "confounding factors" going on during pregnancy! Are there other studies that would be more applicable to the population at large?
3) Spinal curves and health: a systematic critical review of the epidemiological literature dealing with associations between sagittal spinal curves and health – The abstract says: "The included studies were generally of low methodological quality." The conclusion seems to simply state that given the poor studies at this point, there isn't evidence to say that they're related, but the studies have been of low quality and better studies may change the conclusion. From the conclusion: "Evidence from epidemiological studies does not support an association between sagittal spinal curves and health including spinal pain (the claim you're making). Further research of better methodological quality may affect this conclusion, and causal effects cannot be determined in a systematic review."
That said, I don't think exact spinal curvature angles will ever be shown to be a reliable predictor of back pain (individual variance in tolerance would be too confounding). The example I think of is that two very fit and strong olympic lifters may be able to c+j 200KG with no problem/no pain/no issues but their lower back curvatures will not necessarily be the same.
4) Tightness of hamstring- and psoas major muscles. A prospective study of back pain in young men during their military service – I don't think you could ever blame one (or two) muscles for all cases of back pain. This seems like they're certainly barking up the wrong tree and kudos for sharing this.
I think in the end back pain has too many possible causes and individual human beings have too many complex intraorganism interactions to chalk up nondescript "back pain" to just one or two culprits with any generalizable reliability.
I'm a fairly firm believer that posture can be one of the factors in back pain episodes — meaning that there is a right way to use the spine when sitting, standing, and moving. I find it hard to believe otherwise but am definitely interested in knowing what holes can be punched in my belief. Would you say that how you position your spine doesn't matter in a 300 lb. deadlift? Or a 600 lb. deadlift?
Forgot to check back for a response!
Is the meta analysis you're talking about the one referenced above that said the studies examined were all of low methodological quality? If we have two people bad at arithmetic tell us that 2+2=5, is conclusion more valid if they have another 38 people tell us the same? I don't think it makes sense to use the conclusions of a large quantity of questionable data to conclude much of anything. The most I think you can confidently conclude is that it is not THE issue all the time. From my clinical experience, that's definitely true.
I don't see deadlifting and activities of daily life being so different. There are simply scaled versions of functional activities that provide a varying degree of challenge depending on the individual. A frail, 97 year old woman with low bone density and zero hip strength&mobility will respond to picking up a 10 lb. bag of groceries much differently than a 22 year old wide receiver — even if both do it with poor form/posture.
I think static posture is just one test of function. If you can't achieve remotely neutral spinal/hip/shoulder position when simply standing around, every other activity from that position or from a more complex one is likely to be done poorly. I think that dovetails quite neatly with your second question about whether people simply scale back their activities. How many times do we hear "I used to [run, hike, wrestle, do jiu jitsu, rock climb, bike, etc], but I'm just too old* for that now."
*old turning out to mean "my [back, knee, hip, shins, feet, shoulders, etc.] bother me for days or weeks every time I try.
I am a structural integration massage therapist who is a big fan of Lorimer Moseley's work (ie: don't believe pain is solely in the tissue) And also believe that structure alone is not a predictor of pain, but I get fantastic results with my clients by treating their pain as a functional/structural/inflammatory issue.
I don't spend time or believe it is necessary to "change" what I see as postural deficits, but I do find that these are wonderful predictors of where we will find chronically inflamed trigger points and upon treating those trigger points (ie:increasing blood flow and releasing hypertonicity) most clients experience not only reduced pain, but both subjectively and objectively the type of spontaneous erect posture (without any coaching) that is often discussed as the ideal.
I have written comments in online forums before and encountered much skepticism (which I appreciate) of the theory that functional/movement imbalances are irritating to chronically inflamed myofacsial trigger points, and thus informing peoples experience of pain, and yet over and over again I am getting incredible results (with low back pain very near 100% of clients report significant reduction in pain in their first one hour session, though more certainly within three or four sessions roughly two to three days apart).
My clients often remark that they have been treating with chiropractic, massage, physical therapy (though most often in a non-coordinated manner) with little result and want to know 1) why I was able when others were not to contact the points which felt familiar to their experience of the pain, and 2) why none of the other treatments had been successful.
I am adamant that this is not some "special touch" that only I possess or am capable of performing. I was taught these protocols as a part of my training, and yes they are exacting, repeatable protocols, with some variation being inevitable due to body type, sensitivity to pressure etc.
I would love to be working in conjunction with scientists interested in disproving the type of structural/functional/inflammatory theories I have been utilizing in order to get to the bottom of why my anecdotal success rate is so near 100% on the very first try.
Finally, while I realize my statements could seem braggardly I would like to emphasize again that these are repeatable protocols which were passed on to me by mentors, and which I feel could be taught to anyone interested in learning them, and I myself would love to know more about why they are effective even if it means disproving the structural explanation I was given in my education.
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I am working on connecting with researchers regarding this work, but I would postulate that there are better positioned minds/practitioners than me already doing so.
These techniques/protocols come straight from luminaries in the structural integration community such as Vladimir Janda, Ida Rolf and Feldinkrais, and students from their direct lineage, Tom Meyers, Erik Dalton, Art Riggs. All of these people have far greater experience, education and position, and as well I believe, are involved in advancing the research.
As much as I would like to say that it is my unique touch or system of application which is providing these results, these are well publicized philosophies and protocols and I would hardly have any insight to offer except than I am one more practitioner having success providing my clients pain relief with them.
I appreciate your adherence to sticking with what is known in the current research, and believe that most of the above stated luminaries would agree, but I am forced to wonder at how we are all getting such repeatable results across a broad spectrum of clients and practitioners utilizing structural hypotheses if the structural component is indeed not at play.
As someone who prides himself on looking for verifiable scientific evidence in all facets of life, when we find ourselves looking at such large, dynamic, and organic, and social systems, where isolation and double blinding might just be impossible, could there be a system of analysis of the anecdotal evidence which would provide satisfactory evidence for implementation of said hypotheses in the mainstream? Not to say that they would be above scrutiny, again I myself would love to continue the search for the underlying processes, but we could say that they have reached the level of an "almost theory". That they are repeatable enough to accept they are not misguided, but that we just aren't certain yet how they function, similar to quantum mechanics in computing.
I suppose that this is somewhat how things are progressing in the field of bodywork, what with being accepted occasionally by insurance panels, and eking toward mainstream medical interest in our results, but the fact that you and others continue to be skeptical of claims such as in my earlier comment, and that the studies which you sight seem to be so far removed from the way structural work is applied in the field as to seem as though they are unaware of the philosophies of the greatest minds in the field, makes me wonder if we will ever be able to achieve gold standard evidence, and this is in fact the reason why I have chosen to continue my path as a practitioner of embracing structural hypotheses while presenting clearly to my clients that these are not "known" entities.
I have noticed that my name is not posting at the top of my two comments so far. I hope that is not confusing as I did not intend to post anonymously.
Aaron Allen LMT
I am also curious of how you and other practitioners in this forum discuss your treatment strategies with your clients regarding lack of evidence.
I know that I will often qualify statements when asked by explaining that we are not entirely sure how "abc" technique is working, though the results do speak to "xyz" possibilities, but I worry that lay persons will latch on to talking points too much as gospel when they fit their preconceived notions.
I'm sure we have all experienced the client who walks in to our practice and has been informed they "have" such and such a condition because another (many times unqualified) practitioner told them so, and how hard it can be, the fine line between correcting that point of view and instilling yet another misguided belief.
Its obvious that you have chosen to continue as a Feldenkrais practitioner and others their own methodology, but as an open ended question, how do others deal with explaining why we have chosen a particular course of treatment/action, or how a particular result was achieved, or why the work has been effective, when we seem to be in agreement that the jury is still out?
Aaron Allen LMT
I am a Physio, too & since I discovered the Feldenkrais Method & became a practitioner 20 years ago have used it almost excusively because it deals with our habits, which are always at the root of problems.You can have PT, Chiro, massage etc. which all help a little, but you walk out the door straight back into your habits, so treatment doesn't last. The FM gives us many variations of functional movement so we don't always act in our habitual patterns. When the nervous system begins to notice differences, we can change our habits subconsciously & those new movements will last!These small, slow movements can help to release muscles that are working unnecessarily & relieve ischaemic pain. Joint spaces can open up & take pressure off compressed tissues. people can learn how to relieve their own pain & do all their activities joyfully again.The FM empowers us to be our best selves again.
Hi Guys,
you are totally wrong, guys. Of course, it is exactly wrong posture, which is causing back pain. The right exercises will remove any of that problems. The real problem is, that exercise and exercise is not the same. Just strengthening your core will not help you. The body is a complex system and the different parts need to be in balance. That physiotherapists often are not able to help you, does not prove that posture isn't the cause. It just proved that the therapists have not the necessary skills.
Guy, look in the right direction!
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Stained Class. Best Priest album, and one of my favorite metal albums of all time. I personally think it's a bit underrated, and am surprised to see it low in the poll. I don't think any of their other albums have such epic, streamlined songwriting, and I think Halford's voice is at its best on it. Also, I consider SC to be one of the early albums in the development of speed metal (Exciter and White Heat, Red Hot are good examples of this).
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Fulham will be without Mark Schwarzer for at least a month after the goalkeeper sustained a spinal injury during the 2-0 defeat by Swansea in the Barclays Premier League on Saturday.
The Australia international fell awkwardly during the second half at the Liberty Stadium jumping for a high ball alongside Swans striker Leroy Lita.
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Even Attorneys Say that Caseworkers and Child Protection Services Should be held accountable for abuse in Foster Care.
When attorneys agree that CPS must be held accountable for abuse in foster homes, that is a problem. Children are snatched from homes which in most cases there is no abuse- just poverty and lack of education. These children are placed in homes which are worse than the ones they have been snatched from. When these children are abused, CPS is never held accountable. They should be listed at the top of the indicment as co-defendants. They are the reason the child is abused in the first place, if it were not for them snatching children and removing them from the home that child probably would not have been abused. They always have excuses for their actions. They always have excuses for the abuse in the foster care providers home. They must be held accountable.
Holding Foster Care Agencies Responsible for Abuse and Neglect
By Carolyn A. Kubitschek
We have all heard some version of the story.
For half his life, 8-year-old Marcus Smith has had to wear a helmet . . . . to protect his brain, which has only the healed skin of his scalp to protect the right side of his head. . . . When he was four, Marcus was beaten unconscious, his skull smashed like an eggshell, leaving his brain bruised and permanently damaged. . . . This would have been more than enough for city authorities to crash down doors to get the perpetrator, except for one thing: Marcus was a foster child at the time, taken from his mother and entrusted to the care of the city. Bob Port, From Foster Care to Courts, N.Y. DAILY NEWS, Feb. 20, 2001, at 24.
The blows that crushed Marcus's skull were allegedly inflicted by a teenage son of Marcus's foster mother. The foster care agency that oversaw Marcus's care had ignored complaints from the boy's mother and grandmother. Indeed, as the newspaper noted, "even as [Marcus] lay in intensive care with a shattered skull, caseworkers submitted an internal report saying he was in good health." Id.
When the government removes children from parents it claims are abusive, neglectful, or unfit, at a minimum the government must place the children in safer environments than those they left. In many cases, this does not happen. Throughout our country, foster children are placed in homes and institutions where they suffer horrendous abuse and neglect, and sometimes even death, at the hands of their purported protectors. See, e.g., Glenn E. Rice, Former Foster Mother Sentenced to Five Years Probation in Girl's Death, KANSAS CITY STAR, Jan. 24, 2003, at B1; Richard Lezin Jones & Leslie Kaufman, Foster Care Secrecy Magnifies Suffering in New Jersey Cases, N.Y. TIMES, May 4, 2003, at A1.
"I know that there are good foster families out there, OK?" a former foster child said. "But I also know that every foster kid that I have ever talked to, including myself, has been abused in foster homes." Frontline: Failure to Protect—A National Dialogue (PBS television broadcast, Feb. 6, 2003), available at http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fostercare/etc/script2.html#dialogue. In New Jersey, the system has deteriorated to the point that Marsha Robinson Lowry, executive director of Children's Rights, Inc., concluded that "it is now a documented fact that no child is safe today in [the state's] foster care." Patterson, Special Unit of DYFS Is Called Failure, N.J. STAR LEDGER, May 23, 2003.
Our nation's most vulnerable children deserve better. Having been removed from their homes and families—and often from their neighborhoods, friends, schools, and religious institutions—they are helpless and at the mercy of the agencies that are charged with providing substitute care. All too often, foster care agencies fail at their job. Government social workers also habitually fall short. Some children languish for years in abusive situations while the officials charged with protecting them either do not know what is going on or choose to see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, and write no evil in the case file.
Placing foster children in abusive homes is appalling. Failing to protect them, so that the abuse continues, is inexcusable. It is also unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly ruled that people who are in government custody have a constitutional right to safe conditions during confinement and protection from injuries inflicted by others. The Court has extended its ruling to prisoners, suspects in jail awaiting trial, and involuntarily hospitalized mental patients. The Court has not yet decided whether foster children have the same right to protection as prisoners, criminal suspects, and mental patients. However, nine federal judicial circuits have ruled that foster children, who are innocent of any wrongdoing, are at least entitled to the same constitutional protections, in terms of safe conditions of confinement, as convicted felons. See Doe v. N.Y. City Dep't of Soc. Servs., 649 F.2d 134 (2d Cir. 1981); Nicini v. Morra, 212 F.3d 798 (3d Cir. 2000); Hernandez v. Texas Dep't of Protective & Regulatory Servs., 380 F.3d 872 (5th Cir. 2004); Meador v. Cabinet for Human Res., 902 F.2d 474 (6th Cir. 1990); K.H. by Murphy v. Morgan, 914 F.2d 846 (7th Cir. 1990); Norfleet v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs., 989 F.2d 289 (8th Cir. 1993); Miller v. Gammie, 335 F.3d 889 (9th Cir. 2003); Yvonne L. v. N.M. Dep't of Human Servs., 959 F.2d 883 (10th Cir. 1992); Taylor v. Ledbetter, 818 F.2d 791 (11th Cir. 1987). When foster care agencies fail to provide those protections, they may be held liable.
The constitutional rulings have provided some redress for abused foster children. They may sue under 42 U.S.C. section 1983 to obtain compensation from the agencies that have wronged them. Importantly, the Constitution, as the supreme law of the land, trumps all state statutes and case law that might give full or partial sovereign immunity to government agencies or employees, or that might impose procedural prerequisites on children asserting claims against state or local governments. However, the law falls far short of providing a remedy for comprehensive damages for all abused foster children. Numerous hurdles remain for an abused foster child.
First, in states that provide foster care directly through a statewide program, the government agencies themselves are immune from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment. (Where foster care is provided by counties or other local governments—as in New York, California, and some other states—the Eleventh Amendment does not prohibit lawsuits.) In all states, agency employees and officials may still be sued, however.
Second, in all lawsuits under 42 U.S.C. section 1983, the standard of liability is much higher than the negligence standard of tort law. Foster care agencies, officials, and employees will not be held to account unless their behavior exhibits "deliberate indifference" to a risk of harm to the foster children. Doe v. N.Y. City Dep't of Soc. Servs., 649 F.2d 134. This heightened standard of liability has been exploited by careless foster care agencies to avoid legal consequences of their careless mistakes.
A third problem for abused foster children seeking legal recourse is the issue of proximate cause. As in tort law, defendants are responsible for the consequences of only those injuries that they cause. Foster care agencies and staff do not normally abuse foster children directly. The abuse is usually inflicted by foster parents and family members, or other foster children in the household. The courts have held that foster care agencies will be liable for abuse inflicted by foster parents when the agencies' behavior was a "substantial factor" leading to the abuse. Id. If the chain of causation is found to be too attenuated, however, the agency will escape liability.
Finally, 42 U.S.C. section 1983 contains its own defense. All defendants can potentially claim the defense of qualified immunity and avoid paying damages if their actions or omissions violated a law that was not clearly established at the time, or if their actions or omissions were objectively reasonable, as determined by the judge (not the jury). While agencies themselves cannot claim qualified immunity, their employees can, and the employees have avoided compensating abused foster children by using that defense. See Camp v. Gregory, 67 F.3d 1286 (7th Cir. 1995).
Despite all the hurdles, many abused foster children can and do obtain compensation. Three years after his injury, Marcus has twice undergone surgery on his skull. A permanent plate has replaced his helmet and, except for the large scars on his head, Marcus looks like any other child. He is doing well in his special education class at school. When he turns eighteen, he will begin to receive a monthly annuity out of the $1.25 million settlement of his lawsuit for the abuse he suffered in foster care. That sum in theory replaces the salary that Marcus will unfortunately never be able to earn.
Carolyn A. Kubitschek is a partner in Lansner and Kubitschek in New York City and an adjunct professor at Cardozo Law School. She served as the attorney in Doe v. N.Y. City Department of Social Services.
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My daughter and son were taken eight years ago when I was arrested and bailed out at 1.30amthat night/morn. It was a Friday morn that I was bailed and I called cps starting at 8:30am that same morn.and all day until they returned my call at 4:45pm and said Id have to wait till Monday because it was not enough time (15mins) to do the paperwork to release them and I even had my sons father an hour after I was arrested go to pick them up at my house but he was told by sheriffs office that they did'nt know where he was and it was too late that they were gone and then to check with cps. The law says that a parent has the right to allow another adult to pick children up before cps is to place them in foster care. And the law also states a parent is to have her children released within 72hrs if she is avail. I was yet they kept them over the weekend so they could claim the 72hrs in order to place them.I did the case plan yet they ecnored the evidence and said I failed it. I also got my son back from the Judge 50/50custody and within 24hrs the sheriffs office came to my house almost knocking me down and said that they didnt care what I had from the judge they would take my son if he was with me at all.Thats only the beginning.My daughter is now 17 and they are just now having me legally going to court again requiring us to do things to send her back home.She was nine when they placed her and they got my son a second time the one night In went somewhere and left the family I lived with to bbsit.They said he was abandoned and lift alone even after they verified he was with an adult. Now he has been illegally adopted out to people in Pomona,Calif. saying that it was a special circumstance being that it was a second to kinship adoption.I can quarentee he is not related to these people in any way what so ever. He has been in foster care for five years now and adopted six months after if not sooner that he was taken by cps.I was never allowed any rights in court as to equal protection of the law and never was allowed to speak. When I did I was ecnored.They even banned me from the church my kids were taken to saying It was an unsuprivised visit.The foster parents abused my son everyday and my daughter was a whittness to this and thats how I found out.My daughter was gettiing drunk every day and taking ecstacy and cutting school everyday while she was in foster care and the fosters didnt even know it? Also I sent people to pick my daughter up and they didnt even check to see who she was going with at age nine,ten and eleven. She managed to get herself out of that home and is now in a home that the foster is better but still abusive.They say she is going to be able to come home but keep making new excuses.I think they are just trying to keep her for the benefits until she is 18. She is not drinking and will graduate on time since she has been staying with me for five out of seven days a week and five nights too. The foster mother is single and collects $800.00 a month for her yet I was getting maybe 236.00 in food stamps for both kids when I had them.If they would of given me that much I quarentee I would of had a much better life for them and still they never went without.Cps even said I did not neglect or abuse my children and they knew that by the way my children were and the house was looked at and documented that it was clean and kids had plenty of food and clothing and that the house was well kept. I dont understand how this was possible for them to be taken but I do know it all started with the main sheriff in my town murdering one of my friends I knew since she was five and yet her body has not been found and the sheriff admitted he had a video tape of her the day before she was murdered and yet no one could know that unless they were there.I know from friends cause this is a very small town and they were made to be part of it and he got her pregnant and them made her boyfriend stab and rape her after he did and then made another friend bury her and he doesnt know where she was burried because they dont want to be charged for what he made them do due to their fear of him. He is still an officer of the law but right after he murdered her he became head of murder investigation dept in the same town. I know this sounds crazy but look up Juanita Nelson out of Boulder Creek and you will read the facts as the town knows it.They dont know the truth but I and some friends do but cant do anything about it. I would love to see this man put away for what he did but how do you do that when he works in the sheriffs dept and they do protect him like no other officer because of his number of arrests even when alot of them were set up when he could not find them doing what he thought they were.He even had some of the minors and the girl he murdered hooked on herion and tried to force another friend to sell it for him. The kid lives up my street and will tell you what happened. I dont fear this man but most in this town do so its a realy touchy subject with the locals and I dont know how to handle this.Its such a hard one to prove and I know it sounds far fetched and an excuse for my kids being taken.But I swear on the bible that these things are true.Yes I may have committed a misdomener but I payed for it and some. Why is it legal for the children to pay with the rest of their lives if I didnt even have to go to prison or jail for more than one half of a night.
November 23, 2010 at 5:46 pm
Dear Andrea
I'm sorry about what has happened to you and your children and I already know that the 'crazy truth' is often stranger than the fiction. I'm writing to ask you about Juanita. Her family really need to know where she is buried. Is there is any way you can find out and let them know? I'm in the UK if you can't do it directly.
August 21, 2011 at 7:38 am
Cfsa in wash dc is to much one worker name darlene v richardson remove childen wrongfully she the social that smiles in youre face the social worker from hell family strng collob are a trick to get mother at the meeting to just make court order no heros with cfsa them btchs are wicked.
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20 Jun 2011 09:13 PM
It's been a while since i was on this site, due to a promotion at work and moving into a new house, i notice that only a handful of the ol' timers look to still be using this forum, at one time it was a thriving site. I now am able to get back to using this site like before, with the purpose of trying to pick up the latest tips and hints from all of you.
wake me up early, be good to my dogs and teach my children to pray.
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21 Jun 2011 12:58 PM
I know how it goes when life causes a person to focus on different things, but it is certainly good to have you back posting again Doeslayer. I've read many of your post and have always thought you added a lot to the site.
Again welcome back.
01 Aug 2011 02:45 PM
Alot of the ol'timers left when the site changed and some of the younger crowd being know-it-alls and smart alecs. It used to be a fun place to vist...........not any more.
Wish more of the old crowd would come back........no offense to the new members.I used to be a regular also
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01 Aug 2011 08:34 PM
welcome back. i tend to agree with Tubby, it's just not the same. my name was even changed for some reason, i was gaeleninwoods (i had a heart transplant in 1992 and Gaelen was my donors first name so he goes where i go). i check in periodically to see what's going on. again, welcome back. hello to all.
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03 Aug 2011 04:48 PM
It's been so quiet of late I was wondering if there were any members at all.
Maybe the trouble have moved on to other sites or grown up a little. Either way, hope this site can re-build. Good to see folks posting.
Button Buck
06 Sep 2011 06:44 PM
I agree I miss the old site and have not had time to be on this one lately. Dropped in today and it seems dead around here.
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07 Sep 2011 06:14 AM
the old site was great! all the guys on here had really helped me in my hunting and just every day life. ill never forget this site but i really wish it could be like it was before.
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10 Oct 2011 12:40 AM
I know its been a long time for me too
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back 10 or 11 years ago buckmasters was just an awesome site, loads of people only difference was it didnt have a forum, it was a chat room where you could post pics and have a great ole chat. Then it went to crap with some new format, not even sure how many times they have changed formats, i left for a bit but when i finally returned it was a good place, and i got to see change again for the worse.
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26 Oct 2011 07:21 PM
yeah........it's all about money.I tend to hang on the DU site more.I hated to see the change......lots of great info shared here. Maybe if we try reaching out to some of the people who used to come here alot,we can turn things around.
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq has confirmed the deaths of two of the group's senior leaders, a week after Iraqi and US authorities announced they had been killed, according to a US-based intelligence-monitoring agency.Abu Ayub al-Masri, the head of al-Qaeda in Iraq, and Abu Omar al-Baghdadi, the purported head of the Islamic State of Iraq (ISI), an al-Qaeda affiliate, were reportedly killed in a joint raid by US and Iraqi soldiers on April 18.
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