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View ArticleI Broke My Arm
Some images may be unpleasant, there is no blood or actual broken skin, but there is bruising. THE INJURY On Jan. 16 I fell on some hidden snow covered ice and landed hard on my arm. As I lay there in...
View ArticleElbow Rehab – and some thoughts on pain
It’s been 4 weeks since the fall that ended in a radial head fracture. It’s frustrating having limitations to movement, when you are used to moving. One of the most frustrating things is having to put...
View ArticleAsymmetries
Asymmetries – do you got ’em? Do you need to fix ’em? If so, how? The answer to the first question is yes. You are born asymmetrical, your organs are not centered, you have one foot bigger than the...
View ArticleSequim Training Long Weekend
I just spent a long weekend at the Nutritious Movement™ Center Northwest – NMCNW with Katy Bowman and my colleagues. We’ll be teaching at the upcoming “RES weeks” – which are the culminating week after...
View ArticleA-Sailing We Will Go
Restorative Exercise for Sailors I recently went sailing on my husband’s boat and realized two things; I get seasick and sailing is hard. I’ve given my husband a fair share of ribbing for taking on a...
View ArticleBroken Ankle! (or Here We Go Again)
So most of you know by now, on July 19 during a MovNat class, I took a wrong step and ended up breaking my tibia in two places, and fibula in one (called a tri-malleolar fracture) and dislocated my...
View ArticleMy Relationship with Pain
Remember that saying “No pain, no gain?” that was touted in the heyday of the fitness gym where it was suggested if your workouts didn’t result in pain, you weren’t trying hard enough and wouldn’t...
View ArticleWeird and Unusual Cast Facts
There are few things I recall from wearing a cast 17 years ago when I broke a small bone in the Left foot. The thing that remained with me the most was how wearing a walking boot made my hips unlevel...
View ArticleCar Seat Makeover
I have just wrapped up my 7th Move Your DNA workshop, having taught over 80 people exercises in the book by author (and my teacher) Katy Bowman. Many of those people came to Alignment REScue from far...
View ArticleA Moving Movement Experience in Italy
This is an interview I recorded during a meeting with client Lynn Wilsher, a local RMT, who took 3 weeks holiday and went to Italy to pick olives! When she returned to the studio and I asked her how...
View ArticlePatella Release
“I was watching an older youtube vid with Katy describing how she works with the knee alignment – the idea of a patella that can be engaged and disengaged proving the knee is not locked out, I...
View ArticleAlignment – Good or Bad?
I recently read this blog. In this article the author uses the terms “alignment” and “position” interchangeably, but when she gives an example of alignment, it’s more aptly describing “form” – as in a...
View Article5 Tips to Better Hiking
I went for my first difficult hike after breaking my ankle in July ’18. And I noticed some interesting things that I might never have known had I not had this injury. I think it’s worth a blog post,...
View ArticleFoot Exercise Library
I’ve got a LOT of videos of foot exercises in various places, and I thought I’d make it easy for you to find the exercise you are looking for and put them all in one spot. Scroll down to find a brief...
View ArticleHelp! My Hamstrings are Tight!
Lots of people are under the impression that their hamstrings are too tight, like a pair of pants that shrunk in the wash. These muscles run down the back of the thighs from the pelvis to below the...
View ArticlePOWER+Challenge for Movement Teachers
I was recently the guest speaker, along with RES colleague Katy Lush (Chicago) on Core Academy run by Core to Coeur- host of my online teaching studio. The topic of conversation was Creative and...
View ArticleMy Relationship with Pain
Remember that saying “No pain, no gain?” that was touted in the heyday of the fitness gym where it was suggested if your workouts didn’t result in pain, you weren’t trying hard enough and wouldn’t...
View ArticleWeird and Unusual Cast Facts
There are few things I recall from wearing a cast 17 years ago when I broke a small bone in the Left foot. The thing that remained with me the most was how wearing a walking boot made my hips unlevel...
View ArticleCar Seat Makeover
I have just wrapped up my 7th Move Your DNA workshop, having taught over 80 people exercises in the book by author (and my teacher) Katy Bowman. Many of those people came to Alignment REScue from far...
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