The wonderfully frustrating thing about running is that it reveals your body’s weaknesses quickly, due to the repetitive stress it places on the body. Any issues with form are compounded and rear their heads as injuries fast! I recently spent a…
Friday, September 11th, 2015
Try these levator scapula muscle pain treatment techniques to address the tension and asymmetry that can manifest from daily stressors or your instrument of choice as a musician. In my last post, I discussed the common causes of issues with the…
Wednesday, September 9th, 2015
If you take a look at most musicians in the heat of performance, you’ll probably notice elevated shoulders, either asymmetrically or simultaneously. Sometimes, it appears in an expressive moment of passion, especially with pianists, guitarists, and wind players. Other times, it’s…
Friday, September 4th, 2015
On Wednesday, I talked about how we can be free from chronic discomfort caused by bad postural habits. Posture is not static, it’s always moving, adjusting, shifting. Given that the body is also constantly renewing itself, we are gifted countless opportunities…
Wednesday, September 2nd, 2015
Did you know that your taste buds renew themselves every 10 days, lungs every 2-3 weeks, skin every 2-4 weeks, liver every 5 years, bones every 7 years, and heart every 20 years (so long high school heartbreak!)? Isn’t that fascinating?…
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Meet Alexandra Ellis, a member of our teaching team who leads weekly Yoga Tune Up® and Mobility for Performance classes in Los Angeles and YTU trainings nationwide. How did you discover Yoga Tune Up® and why did you decide to become…
Friday, August 28th, 2015
Welcome back! In part 1 of this blog, I talked about the peroneus longus/fibularis longus, but there’s another player involved. It is the peroneus brevis. From The Core Walking website: “Both peroneus brevis and peroneus longus are plantar flexors — they…
Wednesday, August 26th, 2015
You put your big toe in, you put your big toe out, you put your big toe in and you shake it all —OUCH. It hurt to scrunch (flex) my big toe on the right foot. It hurt to move the…
Friday, August 21st, 2015
On Wednesday, I wrote about my initial sacroiliac joint injury and the general mechanisms for common issues with SI joint issues. After my injury, the next step was to seek out a manual therapist who released the tissues surrounding my right…
Wednesday, September 16th, 2015