| TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
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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Feedback from a virtual session – post covid infection 👍 Experience the difference – A refreshingly different approach to pain and dysfunction, so you can breathe better, move better, to live better.
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Another great result from a virtual session Experience the difference – A refreshingly different approach to pain and dysfunction, so you can breathe better, move better, to live better.
Continue Reading | TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
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…
Continue Reading | TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
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…
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Experience the difference – A refreshingly different approach to pain and dysfunction, so you can breathe better, move better, to live better.
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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| Reminders, TX - Cranial / Head
There’s a whole protocol we use in clinic for concussions – cranial work and spinal breathing are just a part of it. Something as seemingly harmless as standing up under a cupboard door, or whiplash should still be considered to have caused a traumatic brain injury (tbi) until proven otherwise (yes, even if A&E have…
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| TX - Low Back Pain, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
The human body is complex. There is also a beautiful simplicity to it at the same time. Scar tissue often mirrors this complex / simple beauty. This week I had the honour of treating a double spinal surgery site. Both scars had their overactive regions (pink), each paired with shared under active regions (blue). The…
Continue Reading Why is it often necessary to work on scars? Whether caused by injury, surgery, or burns, scars can often feel like a disfigurement and be uncomfortably tight, itchy or painful. Scars can be more noticeable if they protrude or are depressed compared to the surrounding skin, they lack orientation, pull on other structures or differ…
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