Does your body make noises during movement? Each of these snap, crackles and pops has their own name and sometimes-common causes. “Crepitus” is used as a general term for body noise (including flatulence and rattling lungs) – but when the term…
Friday, March 6th, 2015
Do your hips snap? They shouldn’t. Allow me to begin by apologizing to every yoga student to whom I’ve ever said “if it makes a snapping sound and it doesn’t hurt, it’s probably okay”. That was early in my teaching career.…
Wednesday, March 4th, 2015
Do your joints make noises, such as snap crackle and pop? Before you can become a joint whisperer, you must get clear about some basic joint anatomy. So, first things first: A joint is the place where two or more bones…
Friday, February 27th, 2015
As I talked about in my previous blog, C-section births are a major surgery, and for most women there is very little guidance on recovery other than to ‘walk’. Two and half years after my own C-section delivery, I still had…
Wednesday, February 25th, 2015
One third out of all deliveries in the United States is a C-section*. Whether it is planned or emergency, C-sections account for a great deal of births, and while the health risks from C-sections have gone down significantly, it is still…
Monday, February 23rd, 2015
When you have correct posture, your body efficiently resists gravity in the least stressful way on your physiological and structural systems. Posture is typically thought of as a static and statue-like position. How boring! In truth, posture is dynamic in nature,…
Friday, February 20th, 2015
About 2 years ago, I was experiencing a lot of shoulder pain and was diagnosed with biceps tendonitis, which is a fancy way of describing inflammation of the biceps tendon. This was most likely caused by instability in my rotator cuff…
Wednesday, February 18th, 2015
Do you want to soar through the air on a flying trapeze? Or maybe you have a slightly smaller ambition like being able to carry your groceries home without feeling agonizing pain or irritation in your shoulders? Whether performing daredevil stunts…
Friday, February 13th, 2015
In my previous articles this week, I discussed how the fascial connections of the layers of the body help to make connections, but may also be attributing to pain, and not in the spot where you think. The lower back is…
Wednesday, March 11th, 2015