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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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