Being active is an essential part of creating long-term, lasting health. But what if participating in exercises classes, running, aerobic activities or heavy weight training results in bladder leakage? Is pushing through the discomfort, feelings of embarrassment or total avoidance of the…
Have you ever had intense pain in your lower back after a long day of driving or working at your desk? Perhaps with one side that feels worse than the other? Well, most likely your quadratus lumborum on that side is…
Finding “center”, or the balance, equilibrium and stability in our body that enables us to live and move in a more graceful way, is of paramount importance in our yoga practice, fitness routines, and movement through everyday life. To connect with…
Last month I went to a yoga class which puzzled me, both with sequencing and theory. The second posture of the sequence was full wheel (a deep backbend) followed by handstand and a deep forward fold, all in a cold room…
Remember the show Happy Days (1974-1984)? My favorite character was Arthur Fonzarelli – a super cool, James Dean-esque, handsome guy that all the ladies loved and all the men wanted to be. Fonzi had a famous saying, “Sit on it!” He…
Asthma is a chronic obstructive lung disease affecting twenty five million children and adults in America*. Saying that differently, one in twelve people have asthma*. That’s a lot of people! Individuals with asthma are essentially under attack by the environment around…
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…
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…
To ice, or not to ice? This is a question that is being discussed regularly among many athletic trainers, physical therapists, and other specialists, including Yoga Tune Up® Instructors. When I first heard about this debate my initial (totally uninformed) thought…
