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...
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Thoughts
Articles, musings and helpful tips.
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...
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...
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...
What Has 2 Thumbs And A Propensity To Overuse Them?
Me! In most of my YouTube video tutorials, I lean pretty heavily on my thumbs. And I get a fair amount of commentary about it. Ranging...
Getting A Grip On Letting Go
We like to group ourselves together, don’t we? I mean, yes, we like to put things into categories and organize the crap out of anything...
Competition & Cooperation: The Lower Leg
We live in a competitive world. There is just no getting around it. The push to be prettier, fitter, better dressed, driving the coolest...
The Rotator Cuff Fan Club
Starting off with a clear sense of anatomy is rule number one. Let’s take the rotator cuff, for example. Let’s say you’ve got a client...
The Hand: A Users Guide
In school we are taught to use all the parts of our hands. The thumbs, the fingers, the palm, the knuckles - use them all and save...
"Feelization"
Feelization. It’s the word everyone is talking about. Except not really. Because I just made it up. But think about it for a second. Have...
The Case For Consistency
There are about as many categories of soft tissue dysfunctions that we might see in our careers as there are types of nut butters in the...
Buddha’s Six Pack
There are two things I try to remember when it comes to working with breath. Awareness And Contradiction. The Awareness. There is this...
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