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Master The Fundamentals: Pelvic Tilt *low difficulty abdominals breathing hip knees low back neck pain relief posture Mar 28, 2023

Your ability to control a pelvic tilt will inform how you stand, sit, walk, climb stairs, and even sleep. The pelvis is the connection between the spine and the legs and as such, its position will determine how well you can engage the muscles in your thighs, hips, and trunk. When you lose the...

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3 Ways To Open Your Chest And Shoulders *low difficulty neck posture shoulder Mar 21, 2023

Rounded shoulders are a common postural issue more prevalent today than ever. Long periods of sitting and scrolling on the phone keep us in forward positions for long periods of time and our body starts to adapt to them. This type of postural stiffness can cause shoulder pain, neck pain, and even...

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Less Neck Pain In 2-Minutes *low difficulty neck posture Mar 14, 2023

We all spend a lot of time sitting. Be it on a couch or at a desk over a computer screen this position causes your head to migrate forward in front of your shoulders. When that happens you are forced to look up using only the upper neck while the lower neck bends forward in the opposite...

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Re-Align Your Spine *low difficulty hip low back posture Sep 20, 2022

Your posture plays a large role in how you use your muscles and how much strain you put through your joints. It is common for the shoulders and the hips to become offset from one another in what is known as a lateral shift. This shift happens slowly over time and most people do not even realize...

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Quick Posture Check-In *low difficulty neck posture Aug 30, 2022

The posture you adopt has a significant impact on how you move and how you use your body. It determines what muscles and joints become stiff, or loose, and what muscles become active or inactive or even overactive (persistent knots or spasms). 

In this video, I demonstrate a quick and simple...

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Spinal Rhythm: Connecting The Head And The Pelvis *low difficulty low back neck posture Jul 07, 2022

Your spine connects your head to your pelvis. If your spine is free and flexible, a movement from your head should create a movement in your pelvis like a wave moving through the water. We often hold stiffness in our spine because of muscle tension, joint degeneration, or habit, that prevents...

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11 Ways To Sit *low difficulty daily function low back posture Feb 10, 2022

When it comes to sitting, we actually have a lot of options for positions and postures. However, we tend to gravitate to the same position all the time due to our habits and preferences. This will strain the same areas all the time and can lead to pain or joint breakdown. You may not give a lot...

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The Neck, Shoulder, Chest, Low Back, and Hips Stretch *medium difficulty low back neck posture shoulder Dec 02, 2021

Explore this movement series to retrain your spine to twist, your chest to open, your neck to rotate, and your hips to expand. In normal daily activities, we turn our head and chest on a fixed lower body. In this movement improvement session, you will turn in the opposite manner twisting your...

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Un-Round Your Upper Back *medium difficulty posture shoulder Oct 14, 2021

Undo all of those hours of sitting with this movement improvement session. If you feel like you are a little rounded in the upper back, or your shoulders sit a little forward, or your head hangs in front of your shoulders, then you need to try this video. You will explore how easily your...

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Is there really such a thing as good posture? article posture Oct 14, 2021

As a practicing physical therapist for over 20 years, I can’t look at someone and not notice their posture. It would be like trying to look at these words and not read them. I will involuntarily begin to analyze how they carry themselves and consider the reasons their body has adopted that...

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Regain Your Height Part 2: Stand Taller From Your Hips *low difficulty daily function hip posture Aug 20, 2021

In our last session, we explored standing taller by changing the position of your spine. Today we will build on that by examining how you use your hips when you are standing. Most people who lose height from the hips have no idea that it is happening.

In this session, we will perform a diagnostic...

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Regain Your Height Part 1: Elongating the spine *low difficulty daily function low back posture Aug 13, 2021

Do you feel like you're stooping forward a little more than you used to? Has your doctor told you you've "lost" a few inches? Well, you are not alone. Postural changes are a normal part of the aging process, but you can do something about it.

Join me in this session and explore a  movement...

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Powerful Posture - Learn to Sit Brilliantly *low difficulty daily function posture Jul 07, 2021

Sit up straight!!! How many times have you heard this or perhaps even said it to someone else who was all slouched over? Today we will learn to let go of the idea of straight "perfect" posture and learn to sit up strong.

Understanding how to utilize your skeleton for postural support is the key...

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