Use It Or Lose It Stretching/pandiculation is a way to modulate pain. All pain has an inflammatory component. When you have a reaction to pain, you get a contraction of the muscles. This is because they are responding to the injured tissue. When we feel pain, we restrict, tighten and try to stabilize as a [...]
A lower limb injury including knee or shoulder is often associated with a chronic core dysfunction unless it's an impact injury. In the Paul Chek system the core is everything minus the arm and legs, including the organs, respiration brain, eyes and head. My experience is that a dysfunction is a result of poor core [...]
At dance college we had what was called: 'Limbering sessions', these were ballistic type bouncing sessions to improve our flexibility in order to increase leg height, hip openers and turn out, but did this really help, and was it the right thing? Stretching isn't enough, and you will now find out why mobility is the [...]
'You have tight hamstrings, keep going and it will eventually loosen off! This lady has been practicing that's why she has the mobility, you have not been doing enough self practice'. Yoga/Pilates teacher So a few thoughts came up from the teacher saying this, are my hamstrings really short and tight or long and [...]
Whether you are a professional athlete, a weekend warrior, a desk worker, a busy mom or a grandparent. Understanding how foetus development can influence your spine. And being able to regress and then ascend the faulty movement pattern is essential. The Embryo State In an embryo state, the bodies vertebral columns forms around what's called [...]
The body shows mental fear through physical symptoms - a contracted body is living in fear. 'Sometimes the very knowledge we carry becomes an illusion — a story that keeps us feeling separate. In short, what we think we know can be the very thing that keeps us from remembering.' Shiva Sutra (1.2) — Knowledge is bondage [...]
