Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

[Shoulder Tune Up Part 2] If you sit at a computer regularly, the muscles of the upper back and neck can get very tight holding the weight of your neck and head all day. For every inch your head comes forward…

[Shoulder Tune Up Part 1] You know that spot at the top of your shoulder that is constantly filled with tension and in KNEAD of a massage? The trapezius is large muscle of the upper back that runs from the base…

Picture this: Sheila is a devoted yoga practitioner and likes to stay fit by lifting weights and playing sports when she isn’t sitting in front of her computer or driving her son to and from school.  She continually complains of pain…

Do your clients complain they have pain in their hands and wrists while in downward dog, plank, performing a chaturanga and any position where they are bearing weight on their hands with the wrists in extension? We have many muscles in…

On Wednesday I spoke about some of the modifications you can make to accommodate your growing belly, and mentioned foregoing certain yoga poses to help prevent diastasis recti prevention. Experts say that you don’t develop DR as a result of pregnancy.…

In Part 1 of my blog post about mammahood, I spoke about the importance of good posture and shared tips to facilitate the breath using the Coregeous® ball. In part deux of this three-part series, I’m now well past the first…

In my last post I talked about the role of the vagus nerve in reducing systemic inflammation and introduced the idea that abdominal massage might be a powerful tool for the many people suffering from autoimmune disorders. In this post, I…

There is new hope for those of us with autoimmune diseases trying to improve our health naturally – and it isn’t child’s play, although it sure looks like it is. A new, natural treatment option for reducing inflammation comes in the…

In honor of Spring and all of its novelties, I am sharing two Yoga Tune Up® techniques that literally wash away the remnants of bad-habits from your tissues and allow for the surrounding structures to blossom into their fullness. For now,…