Dynamic movement has been shown through a multitude of various research studies to be the best form of activity for awakening, strengthening, and elongating the myofascial complex of tissues. The Yoga Tune Up® pose Half Happy Baby is a great mini…
The piriformis is a strap of pear-shaped muscle running across your backside deep to the much larger (and more celebrated) gluteus maximus. It is small but mighty especially when it is unhappy. Poor piriformis is often plagued with tightness or overuse/overstrain…
Below, for your viewing pleasure, and the freedom of unwrapping tightness in all three portions of the trapezius muscle, without an untidy extraction of one necessary four-chambered, blood-filled organ, is a video of Reverse Crucifix. It is one of my favorites…
As mentioned in my previous article, YTU Sidewinder exercise is unbelieveably great for the QL. This pose laterally extends and flexes the spine, broadens the ribcage, and awakens the whole torso. Sidewinder strengthens the obliques and the quadratus lomborum and releases…
On Wednesday I discussed the danger of the psoas major getting tight and weak due to a predominance of sagittal plane movement and long periods of sitting in our modern way of life. You may remember that I recommended some awesome…
My junior year of college I injured the soft tissue of my lower back. It was a very common lower back injury, twisting while the spine was loaded. In this case, I was attempting to push over a trashcan filled with…
Did you know that after your body is injured, it does everything in its power to not only protect the injury, but to also forget it? Without you even being aware, your body begins to tighten the surrounding tissues, forming a…
Are you proud of your posture? Or do you feel a bit slumpy? Did your mom tell you to sit up straight? Does she still cajole you? I’m on your mom’s side! Most people do not pay enough attention to their daily…
The Quadratus Lumborum, aka QL, is considered by some sources to be the deepest muscle of the low back, while other sources label it the deepest muscle of the abdomen. Whichever point of view you take, fatigue and soreness in this…
The quadratus lumborum, aka QL, is one of the deepest muscles of the posterior trunk, and forms part of the posterior abdominal wall. It attaches to the posterior iliac crest (the back of your pelvis) and inserts at lumbar vertebrae 1-4…
