Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold – William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming” (1919) It’s that instant before falling out of tree pose – we’ve all been there, teetering on one foot, perhaps hopping around, negotiating with gravity — and…

In my previous post, I talk about my desire to strengthen my core as a way to bring stability to my back. The instability in my lumbar spine was caused by a handful of years of consistent spine cracking for relief.…

For a handful of years in my late 20’s and early 30’s I was addicted to cracking my spine. Several times each day I would strongly twist my body to the right and try to crack and pop as many vertebrae…

Wednesday’s blog covered a brief history of how aerobic fitness has dominated public health and general Fitness Guidelines, leading to the question:  Why has our public health information been rather silent regarding human biomechanics and “structural health” maintenance? The answer seems…

We are built to move. The human body is a miraculous mechanical structure of levers, pulleys, winches and tethers designed to harness the power of energy into movement. Unfortunately, we barely need to move to survive in our modern environment, so…

In part one of this blog, you will find some information on the nuts and bolts of your feet.  Today, you get to learn how to massage your feet every day with Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls.  See the video below. …

In the words of Dr. Kelly Starrett, physical therapist and author of Supple Leopard and  Ready to Run:  “In yoga, it’s called tadasana.  In life, it’s called standing.” At the base of your whole glorious self, your tadasana self, your standing…

On Wednesday, I wrote about the importance of spinal articulation and why we need to break out of doing only the movements our bodies are already good at. The WAVE is one of my favorite spine exercises for doing just that.…

How many hours a day do you spend in your car’s bucket seats? Slouching on the couch? Slumping at your kitchen counter’s bar stools? Hunched in front of the computer? If you’re like most people living life, it’s quite a few.…