Stretching Doesn’t Work (the Way You Think It Does)
Does stretching make you more flexible? I know the obvious answer to this question, based on what we’ve all been told about the merits of
Author: Brooke Thomas
Because Brooke Thomas grew up with a variety of physical and neurological challengesrelated to a birth injury that she had, and primarily because she's been about 98% percent pain free for the last sixteen years since she discovered the resources she needed to rehabilitate her body, Brooke is a wee bit of a zealot when it comes to letting people know they can get better and live happily in their bodies.
Brooke has been in the field professionally for nearly thirteen years as a Rolfing practitioner, and more recently as a Yoga Tune Up teacher and Corrective Exercise Specialist. She is also the founder of Liberated Body, a website dedicated to liberating bodies from chronic pain, mobility issues, and subpar performance.
Posts from this author
Help for Your Shortie Hamstrings
My hamstrings and I have had a long and troubled relationship. While we’re pretty happily enamored with one another these days, it wasn’t always so sunny.
“The Roll Model” (Book Review)
Jill Miller is the creator of Yoga Tune Up, a fitness therapy that combines conscious corrective exercise with precise self-myofascial release using therapy balls. In
Fixing the Flip Side of Grip Strength Issues: Tight Extensors
This is part two to last month’s post on Un-Clawing Your Paw and Other Impediments to Grip Strength. I’m back with another video from my
Un-Clawing Your Paw and Other Impediments to Grip Strength
Grip strength is an issue that can plague many an athlete, and Breaking Muscle has covered how to regain strength in your grip when the
To Clench or Not to Clench (Your Butt), That Is the Question
People are frequently given the cue to intentionally and constantly contract their butts to find better core support or stability.1 That said, let’s first talk
Review: “Exploring Functional Movement” Featuring Gray Cook and Erwan Le Corre
As a Rolfing practitioner (a form of manual therapy), I sometimes feel like the cardiac surgeon who wishes she could instead become a nutritionist and
Mobility’s Dark Side: Why Being Super Bendy Isn’t All That
Flexibility, or should I say “bendy-ness” is glorified, when in fact the goal should be balance. As in, appropriately mobile, but not hypermobile. For those
Why Fascia Matters: Excerpt From My New eBook
A couple of months ago I wrote a shortie primer on fascia here, The Top 5 Ways Fascia Matters to Athletes, and I was delightfully
The Neglected Training Mojo: Breath
Our breath is our primary nutrition. We can go without food for somewhere in the range of twenty to forty days, and we can go
The Top 5 Ways Fascia Matters to Athletes
You may be noticing the word “fascia” (aka connective tissue) is a hot topic right now in all body related fields. But before we get
Yoga Tune Up Therapy Balls vs. Lacrosse Balls vs. Foam Rollers
As a Yoga Tune Up teacher and Rolfing practitioner I spend a lot of my work life getting people to roll around on balls. Yoga
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