Your Body Is Not A Mess

Your Body Is Not a Mess  Part One: How Pain Science Informed the Way I Talk About My Body   I’m writing the next couple blog posts to share my ongoing journey with changing my own “self talk” regarding my body. We’ll call this Part One – How I Learned Read more…

Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention

Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Osteoporosis has been on my mind lately. I’m curious about the way patients are informed about what they shouldn’t do once diagnosed. Here are some things I’ve heard from students/clients: “never flex your spine again”  “never twist again” “cat/cow is not safe for your spine” “if you Read more…

Big Toe Love

Big Toe Love The Back Story A friend and I met to talk about her foot and the visit to her podiatrist. She had been previously diagnosed with bone spurs at the place where the big toe meets the foot, the MTPJ, or metatarsophalangeal joint. Many of us experience or Read more…

10,000 Steps

10,000 Steps Have you ever wondered where the  “walk 10,000 steps a day” prescription originated from? This prescription did not come from research or as medical advice. It originated in the mid 1960’s from Japanese marketers trying to sell a pedometer called the “manpo-kei”, which translates roughly in English to Read more…