Most injuries, and balance problems, happen in the areas between the major weight segments of the spine — atlanto-occipital, cervico-thoracic, lumbosacral. An additional joint that’s sometimes overlooked is the sacroiliac joint, situated between the low back and the hips, on the back of the pelvis. When you have low back pain there, it’s often the S/I… [Read more]
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The Other Rotator Cuff: The Hip and Shoulder
Understanding the rotator cuff is crucial to shoulder treatment and health, and it’s a more complex story than the one we’ve been taught in Western anatomy. The hip has a rotator cuff as well, which isn’t defined as such. But it makes sense if we remember that before we evolved into two-legged beings, our hips… [Read more]
Lifting the Chest for greater breathing, function, and confidence
Help To Lift The Chest (and a chance to prove me wrong!) 😉 I’ve been a student and teacher of anatomy since the 80s. But it wasn’t until about fifteen years ago that I really got it: the chest is nothing but the shoulder girdle and the ribcage. And the top of the ribcage is… [Read more]
Healing a Wave
I recently broke a rib. Unless there is damage to the lungs or heart, there is no treatment for a broken rib besides waiting – or so I’ve always told my clients. (Killing pain may be helpful, but remember, it’s not a treatment.) I told my friend Paula Macali, bodyworker and Meditation/Qi Gong teacher extraordinaire,… [Read more]
Fitness For What?
You know you should strengthen. And stretch. Duh. But remember two things: The type of stretch and strength needed is different for each person. There’s a third dimension of fitness that’s more important than the first two. Competing at the recent World Championship, I learned the hard way that you need a very particular kind… [Read more]
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