Reason # 3 - Physical rehabilitation that does more harm than help. Usually when we feel pain in our back, more often than not, it is the muscle(s) that scream out to us. The muscles feel tight, sore, tender and many times, all of the above. The muscles gets [...]
The foundations of human movement development, meaning how our movement started from day 1, is the purest form of human learning that exists. When we can approach new tasks, projects, actions, tough and risky situations, with the principles that build the foundations of early childhood movement development...you can't go [...]
When I teach my introductory workshops it can often come as a major shock when I tell the story of "How I Got Better" after my accidents and surgeries back in 2000-2001. I was sore, tight, and constantly tearing muscles even with all the great exercise rehabilitation and stretching [...]
Do you remember the slogan, "Help, I've fallen and I can't get up"? It was from a commercial advertising an alert system you could wear, or have in your home, that would alert a response team (marketed to the elderly) to come to your aid in case of a [...]
Are you someone who doesn't want to spend multiple hours a week going to various fitness and group classes to improve your flexibility, strength, balance and self-awareness? This was me 12 years ago. I was rehabbing a nasty knee injury and was spending close to 2 hours everyday [...]
When we are doing dynamic activities, such as skiing, we want our big muscle groups to be on-line in such a way that they get active when the time is appropriate, and then inhibited when they are no longer needed. The key words for optimal sports performance are Adaptability and Resiliency. Not [...]
Imagine you need to re-learn how to walk. There could be a multitude of reasons why someone might need to do this: recovering from a broken leg, a sprained ankle, paralysis, stroke, spinal injury, shock, back pain....the list could go on and on. Then, there is this thing that [...]
When you experience physical pain, ignore it and say something like, "I'll take care of that later", you are doing a HUGE disservice to your precious body. When body movement is inefficient and painful, energy levels get zapped, joints suffer, entire body systems break down, healing is hindered and the aging [...]
Function. Melts. Form. I LOVE - like so love - those three words in that order. The order is important! It’s a title from a chapter in a book called, How Buildings Learn, by Stewart Brand. When I read it I couldn't let that concept go. What this means is that [...]
Balance is insidious. We are always seeking balance whether you know it or not. By balance, I don't mean "life balance." I mean "living in a vertical plane and on two feet" kind of balance. Even when we are laying down, our inner ear and other very important body [...]
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