Posture, Body Awareness, Exercise and Rehab

Movement is central to life and health.
Your movement is infinitely adaptable. The brain does a wonderful job of creating the perfect pattern of muscle activation to respond to any situation.
Your brain devises brilliant movement schema:
- using just the right amount of twisting strength to wring out a sponge
- exerting utmost accuracy when threading a needle
- unleashing joyous freedom when cutting loose on the dance floor
- stabilizing the left leg strongly when you kick a soccer ball with the right, or
- delicately pressing with your lips to share a kiss.
The quality of your movement matters. And movement quality begins with body awareness, breath, and proper postural support.
These elements of movement are more fundamental than fitness.
You can’t just superimpose exercise from the outside. With a poor pattern of movement, exercise can lead to muscle strain or joint degeneration. That’s the risk of following along with an exercise video. Instead, you have to build in body awareness, develop proper support for posture, and learn to switch off unnecessary muscle activation.
That’s the path I take with you in our work together.
Then, building on an internalized understanding of good posture and pattern of body use, you’ll also learn the specific rehab exercises that will most quickly help you heal from an injury and restore full function. And I’ll make sure you’re doing them correctly.
Posture & Body Awareness

A dancer’s world view and new trends in neuroscience

How to get out of a chair

Fluid movement fosters creativity

The plié – best rehab exercise for the knees and much more

Get rid of your chair and sit like a child

The most common postural flaw & how to fix it!

Walk on cobblestones to improve your balance and blood pressure

Stretching your IT Band doesn’t help much – but here’s an alternative

This exercise is way better than the bridge

How to meditate

I asked one of the world’s experts on the chair

Today’s health tip: breathe out!
Exercise & Rehab

Quick finish in the half marathon: If you do the work, you get the results!

Intermediate-level rotator cuff exercises

Beyond 10,000 steps: more evidence that exercise intensity counts

Five supplements with potential benefits for endurance athletes

Nutrition & hydration after an event or a rigorous training day

Nutrition and hydration strategies for race day

Carb loading? Strategic nutrient intake leading up to race day

Stronger together: The science behind the Happy Trails Running Club

I couldn’t take the heat

Baby steps: how I shaved 15 seconds per mile off my running speed

Ice versus heat
