Category: Postural Distortion
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Holistic Strategies for Menopause Musculoskeletal Syndrome
Navigating health changes can be challenging. I personally struggled to get the right support for my symptoms, only to find out later that they were normal. Dr. Vonda Wright’s groundbreaking research highlights that musculoskeletal changes during various life stages are a natural part of aging, not something to silently endure. This is a game changer…
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Joint position influences how you recruit muscles and produce force
Structure Dictates Function and Position Matters! Sound familiar? Structural balance therapy helps restore the pelvic floor for optimal recruitment. Great video and explanation POSITION MATTERS… PERFORMANCE AND THE PELVIC FLOOR
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5 easy ways to prevent back pain and improve your posture
Do you need to be worried about back pain? When you are young and your joints are strong, poor posture usually doesn’t cause pain or limit mobility. As you get older, however, if poor posture goes uncorrected, you begin to feel the effects on your joints. It will become more difficult to sit for long periods or…
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Why proper breathing is smart
I mean, it’s just breathing right? It’s so much more than that. What should be happening when your breathing right: Your throat neck and traps should be minimally or not involved in breathing. We want breathing to come from trunk, not your face. If you are using accessory muscles to breathe, they’re not being used…
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Be mindful of how your body feels and here is why
Good posture is essential for preventing back and neck pain, but it’s not always easy to tell if you’re keeping everything in alignment. Be mindful of how your body feels, here is a quick and easy way.
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Posture and chronic low back tension, soreness and pain
Is this statement true for you? My back is killing me and nothing I do helps. Proper bio-mechanics demand a lot of things, one of which is a person’s ability to maintain proper muscular length-tension relationships. As is the case with any joint, a postural abnormality and pain can develop when a muscle is tight while…
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Headaches, teeth grinding, The hip-jaw connection
It’s a sign of the times we live in. If you have ever experienced jaw pain or popping, teeth grinding, ringing ears, chronic headaches, and other issues. You may have already suspected these can be related to muscle tension and mis-alignment in the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). How chronic stress is a factor: Stress has a role…
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Pregnancy and low back pain
What can I do about low back pain during pregnancy? First, let me reassure you that your are not alone, 48-90 % of all women will complain of low back pain during pregnancy. The reason is as your baby grows there are normal hormonal changes that cause the ligaments that support the pelvis and low back to stretch. The postural changes tend to put…
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