| TX - Neck & Eyes, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
What an awesome day of learning. I shadowed a level 3 Practitioner, with the intention of learning through observation of how she approaches and treats her clients. I ended up co-treating on the last client of the day, and some very cool stuff happened. The lady presented with zero motor control in the anterior and…
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Many people I see are unaware they are breathing through their mouth the majority of the day instead of their nose. For the vast majority of people, breathing through the nose is the most optimal way to breathe. Nose breathing has been shown to increase circulation, reduce anxiety, improve lung health, boost brain function, has…
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| TX - Shoulders, Arms, Wrists & Hands, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Spent the evening watching my first ice hockey match. It’s really quite exciting: high paced, tactical, they even get their handbags out every now and again! I went to see one of my clients play. They came to clinic the other day having taken a puck, full pelt, to the manubrium (top of the sternum,…
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The mermaid stretch is a Pilates stalwart. It’s great for stretching out the intercostals, QL and spinal extensors – I use a modified version for some of the breathing correct work we do when needed. Today I had a Pilates Instructor come in who was having trouble carrying out the right sided mermaid stretch. After…
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Belching – polite in some cultures, but when a returning client came in with uncontrolled belching every time they rotated to the left, severe pain across the whole of their back every time they reached forwards, and suffering from reflux, they were understandably uncomfortable with it all. Using NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT) we were able to…
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QOTD: There are two things people with low back pain shy away from – movement and loading. What are the two things people with low back pain need most? Strength training (loading) and directed mobilisations (movement) in all planes. You see where the problem exists …. its also why I crested the Rehab Lab! Experience…
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Diaphragmatic breathing (slow abdominal breathing) is something you can do anytime and anywhere to instantly stimulate your vagus nerve and lower stress responses associated with “fight-or-flight” mechanisms. Done with a few additional steps it’s also great to improving your core and linking (normalising) your respiratory and pelvic diaphragms = less chance of leakage 😉 Breathe…
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Many people I see are unaware they are breathing through their mouth the majority of the day instead of their nose. For the vast majority of people, breathing through the nose is the most optimal way to breathe. Nose breathing has been shown to increase circulation, reduce anxiety, improve lung health, boost brain function, has…
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I see a fair bit of abdominal (six pack) separation in clinic, hardly surprising given almost two thirds of women suffer from some form of diastasis recti post partum (even if they had a C section). But did you know men can suffer from this as well? There are a number of causes, other than…
Continue Reading | How we work, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Three weeks after being released from hospital for back to back pneumonia infections, a client presents still feeling breathless. There were three keys elements to this treatment: 1. Work on the scarring which had occurred to the lungs / plural lining. 2. Work on the limbic emotional associations linked to hospitalisation. 3. Work on the…
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