| How we work, Posts, TX - Cranial / Head
Seriously cool session today. Client turned up for a routine check over. Nothing really going on, a few niggles, maybe some aches around the neck. After some basic testing we found the right TVA, front and rear pelvic floor, neck extensors and left pectorals off line. Understandably with these results the breathing was also dysfunctional,…
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| Latest News, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Client presented in clinic with left sided back pain and a mid lumbar lean to the right. It came on after running, and hasn’t gone away since. As we know foot dynamics cue the rest of the body, so it wasn’t a great surprise we tracked things down to the right ankle. See that beautiful…
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Weight, weigh in’s, trackers, meetings and weight loss programmes – it’s a heavy weight issue which is bound to ruffle some feathers …. but I can’t believe in this day and age so many of us are weighing ourselves, either at home or part of some programme, and using this single figure to extrapolate how…
Continue Reading | How we work, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
Understanding what the main driver for your dysfunction or pain is of paramount importance when you come to clinic. After all we both want it resolved as quickly and easily as possible. I had a client attend clinic last week who had upped their walking distance. They presented with discomfort in the hips and abdomen….
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It’s always fun working on fitness instructors, this time, a Pilates Instructor. She’s been struggling with the roll down for a while now. Using MMT (Manual Muscle Testing) the thoracic extensor muscles all tested strong, so no problems there, what else could it be 🤔 But wait ‘strong’ doesn’t mean functional. The superficial thoracic extensors…
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If you’ve had a pregnancy, it’s always worth getting checked for any dysfunction in your Breathing / movement control. It’s all too easy to reinforce compensation patterns with daily movements, which can eventually result in aches, pains or restrictions. Resolving the compensations means you can breath more easily, having more energy for the things you…
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| Posts, TX - Pelvic Floor, TX - Scars, TX - Spinal, Torso, Breathing
The number of women delivering babies via cesarean section has nearly doubled worldwide since 2000 to almost 21%, and is set to continue increasing over the coming decade, with nearly a third (29%) of all births likely to take place by caesarean section by 2030, up significantly from the 10% considered medically necessary. Part of…
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| Client Cases, TX - Hips, Legs and Feet, TX - Pelvic Floor, TX - Scars
7 weeks post partum, and still some residual discomfort around the pubic synthesis either in a deep squat or coming out of a squat unassisted. After balancing the left and right hemispheres of the pelvis, we looked at a small collection of scars on the face. One spot was hypertonic, the others hypotonic. Once normalised…
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Continue Reading Have you twisted your ankle? Ankle sprains and twists are so easy to do, but can take a long time to recover from. The neurological compensations our body’s put in place to ensure we can remain or regain mobility as quickly as possible are incredible. However when these patterns don’t resolve themselves they can cause…
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