Core strength is really about core organization. For any movement to be easy your brain must direct the muscles fibre involved to fire in a certain order and allow the work of the movement to be spread proportionally throughout the entire body. When this happens the action is effortless, and we feel strong. If muscles … Continue reading Synchronizing the Glutes and the Abs for Good Core Organization

Do you have difficulty shoulder checking while driving?   This video about shoulder checking reveals why leaning back while driving restricts movement to look over your shoulder, and how one small change can make shoulder checking easier.  If you want to learn how to turn more easily, this video provides you with a short movement … Continue reading Driving Tips: Shoulder Checking Made Easy December 7, 2016

Effortless movement—what a concept! We see kids climb, run, kibitz and contort in a million different ways. As adults it’s hard to remember a time when we too had that kind of movement available to us. Do you feel you lack strength when running, cycling, skiing or any other activity that requires lower body strength? … Continue reading Effective Core Organization—Using Your Glutes

If I took a poll, in all probability, you would be one of the 80 to 90% of the respondents who says that they are self- conscious of their belly and make an effort to hold it in. We have this idea that to be healthy we need to suck in our abdominal muscles; however, … Continue reading Belly Tension Impedes Your Ability to Move

Fall is here and it’s time to finish outside chores before the cold weather sets in. In my world that includes cleaning out the gutters and washing the outside of the upstairs windows. We have a long extension ladder to do this and although I can climb up fairly easily I decided it was time … Continue reading Climb a Ladder or Climb a Rock Face – Balance is the Key

While I was smugly congratulating myself that I had no pain while my broken wrist was healing, there was another time bomb ticking away in the background. When the cast came off I was beset with an array of indicators that all was not well with my healing; I had the classic symptoms of Reflex … Continue reading Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatments

You probably have a preferred side to sleep on which works well until you have an injured shoulder. When that happens putting pressure on the shoulder causes discomfort and you change your sleeping position to the other side or your back. We are such creatures of habit that changing your position can also mean you don't … Continue reading What’s a Shoulder Well and Why Would You Need One?

How a simple and effective strategy moves clients forward towards complete recovery. You've had a knee injury and it's 80% better but that last 20% of the recovery process alludes you. You could try to find yet more exercises that purport to strengthen and align the knee better. But if you've already gone that route … Continue reading How to Alleviate Discomfort in Your Knee

Have you noticed how your shoulders rise in direct proportion to the number of tasks you have to perform on any given day? Some of my clients tell me by the afternoon on a work day they feel like their neck has disappeared and that their shoulders have migrated up to their ears. When I … Continue reading How to Release Shoulder Tension in Less Than Five Minutes

https://youtu.be/4MZYL8Xdsbs Your brain is always looking for cues from your body position so that it can prepare for what is to come next. In this case, when you lift your heels and place your weight in your toes, you are activating the “runner’s response.” You’re telling your nervous system you’re getting ready to run so … Continue reading Foot Position Determines Body Tension