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Posture and Body Awareness
A selection of Dr. Lavine's articles on posture and body awareness...
Moving well — It’s more than your latest fitness program
A patient shares her thoughts about prioritizing "moving well" over any particular fitness program.
Make it easy on yourself: let your chiropractor do the work.
There’s a certain situation I encounter time and again in my practice. Patients come to me hoping for relief from ...
Proprioception forms your “self”
Inner signals from your joints, muscles and fascia establishes your sense of your body, its position ad movement. This forms the basis of our sense of self.
All I really need to know I learned in dance class: Chapt. 4
The plié is a foundational dance exercise to train the lower body for proper movement patterning.
All I really need to know I learned in dance class: Chapt. 3
Dancers do a lot of training in a turned out position. The important part isn't the position but the muscles that control thigh rotation.
All I really need to know I learned in dance class: Chapt. 2
Because the socket of the shoulder blade angles slightly forward, the movements that are least stressful for the arm are those that are angled slightly forward.
All I really need to know I learned in dance class: Chapt. 1
The principles that guide my practice originated in my experience as a dance student. These include the idea of activating your feet as you walk and jump.
Why “squeeze your glutes” isn’t specific enough
There are four different muscle groups in the gluteal region, and differentiating between them is important for good posture.
Action posture versus passive posture
Posture is important to health. There's no single posture that's always appropriate, but familiarize yourself with "action posture" so you can use it as needed.
This snake isn’t the only thing that moves its spine to get around
Snakes move their spine beautifully. But they're no the only creatures who move their spine to get around.
Your muscles are sense organs too
Muscles are sensory organs too. The feedback from muscles is used to control movement, and it's a crucial part of how we express ourselves in the world.
Flexibility – it may not be what you think
Flexibility - the ability to move through a wide range - is not the opposite of stiffness. Learn to build flexibility without sacrificing stiffness.
Tight hamstrings are not your problem – and neither is a tight IT band
Stiffness sounds like a bad thing; elasticity sounds like a good thing. But they're not opposites. Learn how to develop muscles that are both stiff and elastic.
A dancer’s world view and new trends in neuroscience
As a young person my life was upended and redirected when I first took dance classes.
It wasn’t merely because ...
