Push & Pull Now & Then...
One of the first things we learn as bodyworkers is the idea that muscles have partners. Or perhaps I should say counterparts. A muscle...
THE INFINITE LOOP OF THE OBLIQUES
The internal and external obliques may seem like antagonists to the untrained eye, but look a little closer and you will see an infinite...
THE KNEE: A JALOPY STORY
One would think that the knee, one of anatomy’s most used and abused joints, would have a little better engineering behind it. It...
PUSH AND PULL: TALKING SHOP WITH ABMP
The application of opposing techniques within a short time frame can bring your clients into a deeper awareness of self and a greater...
The Secret Life of Adductors
There are a handful of muscles in the body that are notorious for being difficult to stretch. The abdominals, the iliopsoas, and the...
THE SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR & INFERIOR: THE ANATOMICAL PARENTHESES
Hidden in the shadows, the serratus posterior superior and inferior are, what I like to call, our anatomical parentheses. Subtle,...
THE TERES MAJOR AND MINOR: TELL ME HOW YOU REALLY FEEL
The Teres Major and Teres Minor may share a name, but sharing is not something they do well. In a constant battle for the humerus, they...
UNTANGLING THE GLUTE MAX
The gluteus maximus is just like the rest of us—caught up in how society and the internet tells us we should look, think, and feel....
An Ode (Kind Of) To The Sternum
Although this may not be an “ode” in the way you might have been expecting, it is written with the romanticism of a poet and through the...
THE ATTACHMENT DISORDER OF THE SCALENES
The Scalenes have an attachment disorder. This is a good thing and a bad thing. For a group of muscles to be working so hard,...
