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Yoga Detour : Integrated Upper Body

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Cecily Milne is the mind behind yoga detour, movement education that encourages the yoga population to go beyond ‘nailing poses’.  She immediately reminded me of Marlo Fisken – a “pole person” who’s actual draw is that she is a brilliant… Read more ›

Apr 12, 2019
Christine
elbows, midback, neck, pelvis, Physical, pushups, rotation, scapula, shoulder, spine, technique, workshop

Spinal Fluidity – Influence of Scapula and Load

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Movement expression is dependent on on our tadpole-like head and spine to drive and disperse motion.  Any sticking points have a reverberatory effect on the actions of the limbs.  After a decade of undoing the rigidity trained through athletics and… Read more ›

Mar 07, 2018
Christine
control, coordination, core, extension, flexion, midback, mobility, neck, Physical, rotation, scapula, spine, stability, technique, tension

Biceps, Rotation, and Pulling

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When I got my first chin up, I felt superhuman.  Finally hitting that relative strength benchmark felt like a magic trick I was somehow involved in.  Even more mystifying, though, is that I had absolutely nothing on a pronated grip… Read more ›

Feb 04, 2018
Christine
bicep, control, coordination, elbows, forearm, grips, hangs, motor control, motor learning, neck, pain, Physical, problem solving, pulls, pullups, rotation, scapula, shoulder, technique

Neck Extension and Lateral Flexion

Digastricus

Plagued by forward head posture and phone-down eyes, the act of tilting the head back can become unnerving.  Used to being underutilized, the cervical spine has to be coaxed into believing extension can be a position of comfort.  The shoulders,… Read more ›

Sep 22, 2017 2 Comments
Christine
extension, mobility, motor learning, neck, pain, Physical, shoulder, technique, tension

Sliding

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Sliding is one of the most fun ways to get from here to there.  True to form, it’s also a sneaky little way to grasp an underlying understanding of movement.   F=ma (force equals mass times acceleration) is explained in… Read more ›

Sep 04, 2016
Christine
control, coordination, joints, mobility, motor learning, movement, neck, Physical, stability, technique, tension

Mobilizing the Neck and Spine (part 2)

Neck-Pain

Like so many explorations, I have a personal connection with neck issues.  I got crunched once quite solidly in a rugby ruck and felt a terrifying lightening bolt go through my body.  My neck hasn’t been the same since.  Then,… Read more ›

Dec 11, 2015 6 Comments
Christine
frc, movement, neck, Physical

Relaxing the Neck (part 1)

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The reason so many have so much trouble with the neck is that it’s asked to do everything.  It holds up our head, pulls together upper back posture, leads almost every movement, and serves as the base for almost all sensory input… Read more ›

Nov 08, 2015
Christine
neck, Physical

The Neck

The first thing we should consider when thinking about the neck is that it acts as it’s own mini spine.  It is most mobile at the top, and least mobile or most stable at the bottom. c1 (top) – c7… Read more ›

Sep 25, 2014
Christine
neck, Physical

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