How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain
You can listen to Sarah's podcast on this topic here: How the Action Response Leads to Back Pain How and Why We Develop the Natural Curves in Our Spine In the first few months of life we are entirely...
View ArticleHow the Withdrawal Response Leads to Rounded Posture
You can listen to Sarah's podcast on this topic here: How the Withdrawal Response Leads to Rounded Posture What is the Withdrawal Response? You're walking down the street and hear gunshots behind you....
View ArticleThe Flexor Reflex and One-Sided Pain
The Flexor Reflex and One-Sided Pain The Flexor Reflex and Injury Recovery Imagine that you've slipped on your icy front steps and sprained your ankle. On top of the fact that you don't have an...
View ArticleHow Personality Affects Posture
How Personality Affects Posture We like to blame our posture on our genetics, on job stress, or on long hours spent at the computer-but did you know that our posture can be largely determined by our...
View ArticleCore Strength: How to get optimal strength, stability and flexibility in your...
How to get optimal strength, stability, and flexibility in your core What does core strength really mean, and why is it so important? The most common misconception about core strength is that it means...
View Article10 Shocking Ways That Your Posture Affects Your Health
10 Shocking Ways That Your Posture Affects Your Health Our posture—the way we sit and stand—is rarely genetic or out of our control. It's simply the result of chronic muscle tension pulling our...
View ArticleFix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation
Fix Forward Head Posture with Pandiculation Forward head posture is becoming an epidemic due to constant use of smartphones and computers. When we look downward over and over, the muscles in the front...
View ArticleHow to Even out the Imbalances in Your Body
How to Even out the Imbalances in Your Body Scroll down to watch this video on Youtube We all have imbalances in the patterns of muscle tension between our right and left sides; that's because of how...
View ArticleHow Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and Pain
How Your Sleeping Position Affects Your Posture, Proprioception, and PainAside from where you work, the place where you probably spend the most time is your bed. If you suffer from any type of...
View ArticleHow to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration
How to Prevent and Alleviate Spinal Degeneration Spinal degeneration refers to any breakdown or structural change in our spinal discs and vertebrae. The degeneration is virtually always the result of...
View ArticleHow Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve
How Muscles Contract in Scoliosis C Curve Learn how chronic, involuntary muscle contraction pulls the spine into a C curve, and how muscles on the opposite side of the spine contract to stabilize...
View ArticleThe Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction
The Cause of Idiopathic Scoliosis: Involuntary Muscle Contraction Scoliosis is regarded as mysterious and incurable by many people in the medical community. While some scoliosis cases are caused by...
View ArticleHow to Retrain Your Proprioception and Posture
How to Retrain Your Proprioception and Posture As our nervous system learns to keep certain muscles tight—in response to repetitive activities, stress, injuries, and athletic training—we lose full...
View ArticleHow to Resolve Upper Crossed Syndrome with Clinical Somatics Exercises
How to Resolve Upper Crossed Syndrome with Clinical Somatics Exercises In this article I'll explain what upper crossed syndrome is and the muscular patterns involved. At the end of the article, I...
View ArticleFull-Body Patterns of Tension That Involve the Iliopsoas
Full-Body Patterns of Tension That Involve the Iliopsoas As I mentioned in my first article about the iliopsoas, it's important to understand that chronic tension in a single muscle is never the sole...
View ArticleQ&A 6: Why is it so important to practice Standing Awareness?
Q&A Video #6: Why is it so important to practice Standing Awareness? Transcript of video: Hi guys! Today I'm answering a question that a lot of new students wonder about, which is: Why is it so...
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