Your Movement Medicine Cabinet: What Are the Roll Model Balls, and How Do They Work? by [email protected]
Any object you use to knead, compress, stroke, or prod your body without breaking the skin is a stress-transfer medium—a massage tool that attempts to mimic the touch of another human being. Throughout history, people have used objects to rub out…
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2016
Similar to a massage or taking aspirin, moderate therapy ball rolling induces similar relaxing effects. And a great compliment to a regular Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball rolling practice includes strength and stability. I’ve modified my lifestyle and environment with small…
Friday, October 28th, 2016
On Wednesday I spoke about my experience giving birth a second time and some suggestions on how to approach recovery from pregnancy. For my part I have found that the renewed ability to breathe, to feel and to move (not matter…
Wednesday, October 26th, 2016
In my previous blog, Yoga Tune Up® for Mamahood Part 3, I spoke about my last weeks of pregnancy. Well, I am now on the other side and the proud mama to a three-month old little dude. The other side is…
Friday, October 21st, 2016
In part one of this blog you learned some common causes of trigger points in rectus femoris, where the trigger points tend to live, and problems they can cause. Today I will teach you how to tame these trigger points and…
Wednesday, October 19th, 2016
Rectus femoris (RF) is one of the four quadriceps muscles located at the front of the thigh. The other three quadriceps muscles (vastus medialis, vastus lateralis, and vastus intermedius) only cross at the knee, but rectus femoris crosses the hip joint…
Friday, October 14th, 2016
On Wednesday, we explored the first part of the sequence I’ve been using to aide in my recovery from bunion surgery. Today, we continue with some tips for hips, hanging out, and sleeping. Hip, Hip, Hooray! Recline and place an original…
Wednesday, October 12th, 2016
Six weeks, one boot and a crutch equals a loss of symmetry and balance in my body. I was hanging from my pull-up bar this morning, grateful to have the opportunity to let most of my joints literally hang-out for several…
Friday, October 7th, 2016
On Wednesday, I shared the story of my flattened spine, and how it likely got that way. Today, I’ll discuss the journey I have taken to reclaim its curves and learn more about how I’m put together. The human spine consists…
Wednesday, November 9th, 2016