Talk:Somatic

message: This would be excellent page to use to summarize the relationship between different somatic practices. There are many contemporary systems beyond Feldenkrais and Alexander. It would be good to sort-of summarize things here. 
Hans Joseph Solbrig 21:23, 26 August 2005 (UTC)
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message: Would it be relevant to add the usage from D&D? ("Somatic component to a spell", meaning any physical or bodily motions which are performed.) -- 65.60.222.179 19:38, 8 November 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It really would, as it's a related but distinctive usage.  I have no idea where to find good sources for this, though.  --166.249.131.132 (talk) 03:46, 17 August 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No, this is simply an example of "somatic" meaning "of or pertaining to the body." It's not a different meaning. --Karinpower (talk) 06:05, 10 November 2014 (UTC)
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message: As a paramedic student, I'd like to see "Somatic Pain" (sharp pain) be refrenced in this article.—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 74.225.184.20  (talk) 10:26, 30 September 2006 UTC
:I'm not an expert in pain medicine by any means, but my understanding is that "Somatic Pain" does not specifically mean "sharp pain", but rather pain associated with a specific localized body part, whether sharp, aching, or throbbing. It is contrasted with "Visceral Pain". Given that the meaning of Somatic in "Somatic pain" is simply "pertaining to the body", which this article already states, I'm not sure that this article itself needs revision. However, it sounds like it may be useful to have an article entitled Somatic pain if anyone has the expertise to do so, and if the term is actually notable in medicine. Derek Balsam(talk) 00:47, 24 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I was just reading an article on neuropathic pain containing the statement "Nociceptive pain can be somatic or visceral in nature."  I came here to this web page to better understand this distinction, as my working def. of visceral is "soft tissues of the body", primarily abdominal organs.  Does somatic in this context mean "all the other parts of the body not including the viscera"?  Or have these labels been applied to the pain distinction itself and lost the original body referent?  I don't think we need an entire article on somatic pain, that could well be incorporated here.  I added the section title above.  MaxEnt 22:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Somatic pain

message: This page now hosts a half-dozen competing definitions, overlapping to various degrees. The significantly differing medical and biological usages are most common, but the dance-related ones are clearly WP:Notable as well. http://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&q=somatic+dance&btnG=&as_sdt=1%2C22&as_sdtp= Can we clear things up?
: Done. Fgnievinski (talk) 16:05, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  Thanks! If I wanted to make a "Somatic (dance)" or "Somatic technique" page, would I change the "Somatic" page to "Somatic (disambiguation)" with links to (in biology (with a sublist)) and (in dance)? FourViolas (talk) 16:19, 3 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text:  I think it'd be better to leave the disambiguation at Somatic not "Somatic (disambiguation)". The dance part can go into its article provided it's more than a single paragraph. Thanks. PS: I'll have this talk page moved back to Talk:Somatic. Fgnievinski (talk) 16:29, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

text: Awesome, thanks for clarifying! I'm not sure which of those two directions would be best, so I'm going to leave it alone for now. I will mention that the page "Somatics" is not to my liking; I have proposed it be rewritten to cover the field of "somatic education," a broader topic with plenty of history to it. If that happens, that could affect how this page links to it.--Karinpower (talk) 06:02, 11 November 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: As Karinpower knows, I have completely rewritten Somatics. I've adjusted somatic to reflect my changes. Somatics now includes a broad look at mind-body integration in medicine, traditional spirituality, and dance, all supported (including the adjective "somatic") by the best sources I could find. FourViolas (talk) 13:12, 15 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Proposal of Disambiguation Page