Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Ah, it’s almost summer time, and during the warmer months of the year we tend to go barefoot more often. That’s good news for the bones, muscles and tendons in our feet because, being shoeless, they’ll get the chance to spread…

Want to get a grip? Then grab a pair of the most popular kind of minimalist shoes, flip-flops, and put them on your feet. Now walk, and feel the flexors of your ankles and toes grip, literally. Meet your flexor digitorum…

Learn how to relieve tension in your temporalis muscle using Yoga Tune Up® therapy balls.  In this video I show you several self-massage techniques to down regulate and relieve tension and pain! [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/96116370[/vimeo]    Check out another pose video post Learn about the…

Picture the “before” person in an ad for a headache pain reliever: brows furrowed, eyes squinting, fingers massaging temples. The temporalis is one of the major muscles of mastication, as well as a potential source of headaches. Headache pain manifests in…

I recently wrote a blog on the extensor digitorum, the muscle that creates extension for the medial digits in the hands. When this muscle is ignored, it can cause issues in your tissues. Your wrist, hand, and digits can become tight with trigger points,…

Too much extension of your extensor digitorum can lead to trigger points and muscle pain. “The bird bird bird, bird is the word,” is a very bad earworm of a song. However, in Western culture, “the finger” (as in giving someone…

Hey, it’s your buddy “lats” here again, and I’m happy to report I just completed my first video where I have a starring role! Check out this Yoga Tune Up® video called Locust Minivini. Yep, that’s me around minute 4.48. I’m…

Hi! I am your latissimus dorsi muscle, the broadest muscle in your entire back. My Latin name reveals my roots: latissimus meaning broadest, and dorsum meaning back. But, like most of my body builder friends, you can call me “lats” for…

“So how can I get my levator to stop screaming mutiny, and maybe even be the happy worker bee it was meant to be?” you ask. Well, it may partly depend on why it’s tight. If it’s tight because you’ve been…