Welcome back! In part 1 of this blog, I talked about the peroneus longus/fibularis longus, but there’s another player involved. It is the peroneus brevis. From The Core Walking website: “Both peroneus brevis and peroneus longus are plantar flexors — they…
You put your big toe in, you put your big toe out, you put your big toe in and you shake it all —OUCH. It hurt to scrunch (flex) my big toe on the right foot. It hurt to move the…
In my last article, I alluded to the problems of “positive” heeled shoes and most of the time I practice what I preach, shoeless at home and at work – and often “barefoot” shoes when I’m not. I’ve also been dancing…
Me: “This next position is called ‘bird on a perch.’ Place your arches on the bar and gently wrap your toes over while you reach your heels under.” Student: “Okay…oww, wait, my toes are cramping…” Me: “That’s actually pretty common, shake…
Do you ever have foot pain? Do you want to root deeper to the ground in your yoga practice so your balancing poses can further blossom? Perhaps you simply long for the foot freedom you had as a child? (https://www.madisonavenuemalls.com/) On…
The human foot is a complex structure made up of 26 bones, 33 joints and over a hundred muscles, tendons and ligaments. These architectural wonders provide us with the ability to stand upright, bear weight and negotiate locomotion and balance –…
With 26 bones, 33 joints, and over 100 muscles, tendons, and ligaments, our feet are marvels of engineering. Their relative health and well-being impact us from head to toe, and the data from the thousands of nerve endings on the soles…
On Wednesday I wrote about the benefits of YTU therapy ball self-massage for the running community. This hard-hitting, repetitive, high impact sport can cause muscles to tighten, shorten, form knots, and get just plain cranky. Using Yoga Tune Up® therapy ball…
Are you a runner looking for a more practical solution for your post-run recovery or pre-run warm up? As runners, our bodies are familiar with the high impact, hard hitting, repetitive toll that adding on miles takes, which is why I…
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…
