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,...
THE PARADOX OF THE INTERCOSTALS
You might be familiar with the Ship of Theseus. But do you know about the Paradox of the Intercostals? They both involve planks. And they...
An Unexpected Perspective of the Serratus Anterior
When I moved to Southern California over 20 years ago, it was not my first choice. But I followed a boy, who later became my husband, and...
THE ROTATOR CUFF AND PIE THROWING
The rotator cuff muscles should be added to the history books among all the other famous foursomes. But that doesn’t mean those rotator...