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]
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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]
Interviewing
Time For Your Interview! Plus an address change. As of this month, I’m working out of a new place at The Oleon House (theoleonhouse.com), located at 161 W 22nd Street, just east of 7th Avenue on the third floor. The Oleon House is an elite center for wellness, fitness and self-care that includes a private… [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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