Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

When I was young, my mother always told my sister and I, “stand up straight,” or “keep your back upright when you are walking!” Growing up, keeping our backs straight was standard protocol in my household. When I used to walk…

On Wednesday, we de-mystified the pectineus. Today we continue our adventures in self-discovery with some tune-ups. Let’s go on a little adventure, and shine a light and enter the frontal plane of your body through the anterior of your thigh. Journey…

I have a story not unlike many of us yoga practitioners and athletes. We all have a story. I survived two very serious auto accidents within two years of each other. Long story—short; beside multiple, head, chest, and knee injuries, I had fractured…

You know the feeling of having your omega-3 capsule stick to the walls of your esophagus and lodge there until you drink more water or eat a piece of breath to shove it down? An object’s progress from mouth to stomach…

Everybody Eats: my suggested title for the prequel of the bestselling children’s book Everybody Poops. While it may not have the excitement and allure of a fascinating tale of elimination, it would be an equally compelling story of the process of…

Now that you’ve read Wednesday’s post and found this superpower muscle, how do you strengthen her so that she can support your shoulder? The serratus anterior is featured and awakened in the following Yoga Tune Up® poses: Side Plank, Dolphin Supinate,…

You’re in the restroom before a big job interview. You remember reading this blog and you decide to do Megaplank on the wall. You feel your serratus anterior responding, but you also begin to feel your anxiety decreasing and your sense…

Let’s look at two words that are often used interchangeably but mean different things: proprioception and kinesthesia. According to the American Heritage Science Dictionary, proprioception is “The unconscious perception of movement and spatial orientation arising from stimuli within the body.” In…

In my last post, I identified and located the quadratus lomborum (QL) and psoas major muscles, discussed why and how we can develop shortened or imbalanced psoas and practiced a few movements that can assist in countering its shortened length. Years ago,…