Category Archives: motor control

When It Becomes Sensory

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In my athlete days, which ended about 15 years ago, the goal was to NOT feel and just complete the tasks put to paper.  It was something I was given or sought out — “more” was agreed upon by all… Read more ›

Christine
awareness, brain, control, coordination, developmental, environment, identity, learning, load, Mental, mobility, motor control, observe, pain, pelvic floor, perspective, Physical, physical education, pressure, problem solving, relationships, school system, spine, stability, technique, tension

A Different Way to Use, Train, & Treat the Knee (Part 2)

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In part 1, I suggested that using the knee as gas instead of brakes could help free up the knee for motion and elicit the hips and ankle-foot as stabilizers.  For folks with chronic pain, however, their nervous system likely… Read more ›

Christine
acl, ankles, compression, coordination, feet, hamstrings, heel, hips, learning, load, motor control, motor learning, movement, pain, pelvis, posture, pressure, problem solving, technique, tension, tibia, toes

All the Taboos in One Post

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  This feature photo shows an unstaged photo of the top drawer of my filing cabinet in my locker room office.  Note the bounty of certain items (that aren’t snacks).  Shorts, pads, some extra underwear — all tell tale signs… Read more ›

Christine
Adarian Barr, anxiety, assessment, awareness, bladder, compression, down leg, jump, motor control, pees, pelvic floor, pelvis, pressure, problem solving, relax, stability, technique, tension, up leg, xiphoid

Architecture of a Body-Centric PE Lesson (Part 2)

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To recap Part One:  Create a sense of intrigue  Provide multiple points of entry  Establish pockets of safety  Ask instead of assume  This sh*t’s hard (which is why so few do it) After the weight shift lesson , three of… Read more ›

Christine
anxiety, assessment, awareness, beginning, coaching, community, concepts, confidence, connection, control, cooperation, coordination, crawls, creativity, fingers, handstand, joints, learning, locomotion, Mental, motivation, motor control, motor learning, observe, perspective, physical education, planning, problem solving, school system, shoulder, teaching, technique, tempo, wrists

Calming an Irritation (Fixing a Foot-Hip)

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This post serves as a follow up to: A Path Towards Harm.  Otherwise titled: The things I did wrong when I didn’t pay attention or have compassionate patience.   The tag to this blog used to read, “fix yourself.”  But… Read more ›

Christine
abduction, ankles, arches, assessment, awareness, balance, compression, concepts, connection, control, coordination, core, dorsiflexion, elbows, feet, glutes, hamstrings, heal, hips, joints, knees, learning, mobility, motor control, motor learning, movement, Nicole Uno, pain, pelvis, perspective, posture, problem solving, relax, ribs, rotation, scapula, shins, shoulder, squat, stability, technique, tension, toes

Pain: Solutions Based on Self-Study

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This hurts.   The most common reaction is to stop using it or doing that.  It’s even the advice of many medical professionals.  Rest, it is assumed, is a cure all.  But what happens when this magic pill doesn’t work?  When… Read more ›

Christine
anxiety, assessment, awareness, back pain, confidence, control, coordination, environment, feet, gravity, knees, learning, Mental, mobility, motor control, pain, perspective, posture, problem solving, relax, rotation, technique, tension

Exploration & Safety (Part Two)

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The following is part two of my course notes and findings from Stress, Movement, and Pain.   As practitioners seeking to help bio-psycho-social organisms, we have to be able to read, analyze, and gather information from all three dimensions.  The… Read more ›

Christine
anxiety, assessment, awareness, brain, CNS, confidence, cooperation, coordination, depression, environment, Feldenkrais, heal, hips, Mental, motivation, motor control, motor learning, movement, pain, pelvis, perspective, problem solving, self-acceptance, technique, tension, workshop

Rotational Organization

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The following is a glimpse into the mind of Nicole Uno (IG @unotraining).   Rotational Organization allows for the simultaneous existence between contract and relax.  Thoroughly simplified, consider two gears.  There is an impetus of force and a corresponding area… Read more ›

Christine
concepts, control, coordination, extension, flexion, joints, mobility, motor control, motor learning, movement, Nicole Uno, perspective, problem solving, pullups, pushups, rotation, technique, tension

The World of Fighting Monkey (part 2)

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Engaging with your work demands a certain degree of ownership.  There must be a benefit to the challenge presented, beyond just a hard-to-apply confidence.  A task can serve as a test of will, a test of adaptability, and/or a test… Read more ›

Christine
brain, concepts, conditioning, control, coordination, creativity, fighting monkey, goals, joints, Mental, mobility, motor control, motor learning, movement, perspective, physical education, play, problem solving, stability, technique, tension, workshop

The World of Fighting Monkey (part 1)

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Doing without knowing.  Playing, creating, learning.  Adjusting and adapting.  Describing Fighting Monkey is an act in organizing verbs.  Everything overlaps and intertwines and is a wonder.  The only certainty you are left with is that you have experienced something good… Read more ›

Christine
awareness, balance, beginning, coaching, concepts, conditioning, confidence, control, cooperation, coordination, core, creativity, developmental, dynamic, environment, feet, fighting monkey, grips, knees, Mental, mobility, motor control, motor learning, movement, perspective, Physical, play, problem solving, relax, rotation, stability, technique, tension, workshop