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Reversing an arthritic spine, degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis? (How to decompress your spine.)

October 18, 2013

What are these things? Spinal stenosis, degenerative joint disease, spinal arthritis? – Degenerative joint disease / spine arthritis Degenerative joint means just how it sounds: The joint is breaking down. However, not all of the joint is breaking down. Let’s simplify what a joint is made of. 1) Some hard stuff 2) Some soft stuff. […]

Correcting a swayback posture by…changing how you sleep?

September 24, 2013

The first one of these is An example of how important your sleep positioning can be. In that I cover the similarities between a lateral pelvic tilt and how one sleeps. Next up, the similarities between sleep positioning and a swayback posture. First up, going over a swayback posture. I’ll use some pictures from Kendall’s […]

That Chi running study…

June 26, 2013

On a recent post someone left this comment: “People need to relearn how to walk. Chi Walking and Chi Running does just that. You’ve gotta look into it!” Because I’ve received four comments, not counting ones I’ve deleted, telling me to check out Chi running, I replied: Dear Chi / Wholistic running people, If any of you […]

Issues with foam rolling

May 20, 2013

Foam rolling is one of those polarizing topics. To some it’s another coming of Christ; others swear it doesn’t do anything. Hell, some say it’s detrimental. These argumenters will go into all the physiology, what happens during massage, what scar tissue is, etc. and try to make an argument from that angle. This has confused […]

How to be a good client / An update on Jeremy

March 18, 2013

I went back and forth between quoting and screen shotting emails from Jeremy. The quotes are easier to read but the pictures help solidify a testimonial. Click any of the pictures to enlarge. In early February I wrote a post Example of a postural assessment. This will make more sense with that as your preface. Because […]

Proper form for the Bird Dog exercise

February 27, 2013

When I first have someone perform an exercise I’d say something like 80% do it sub par, 5% do it well, and 15% make me say “Holy hell stop moving now.” For the Bird Dog, it’s more like 100% need to stop moving now. I just never see people do this well without extensive instruction. […]

Example of a postural assessment

February 6, 2013

For an update on Jeremy click here. A couple notes before getting into this: Along with my in-person clientele I also help people out online. With the latter I have to rely more on pictures and videos. I thought going through a person’s standing photos (assessing posture and alignment) illustrating what I look for would […]

Your couch – An unexpected source of lower back pain?

January 28, 2013

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I mentioned in my list of injuries how I’ve hurt my lower back quite a few times. For the most part it doesn’t bother me, as long I take care of it. Like most people, I need to look out for things like twisting too much or leaning over improperly. If I avoid these things I’m […]