The last back pack adventure of our 2022 season was a special one. It was Jim’s 60th birthday. It was just us (and V). The fall colors were off the hook and weather was in our favor. I got to choose the route. I knew I wanted to choose a route that would challenge my skill set, grow confidence in my own abilities, and do all of this with my life partner. The blue Read more…
Extensorville Part 2 “Extensorville – Part One” https://mewithlauriebb.com/extensorville-part-1/ was full of anatomical information on the extensor system and the concept of co-contraction of the flexor and extensor system. I spoke to the fact that we are born in flexion and our extensor system must be developed once out of the womb. The cervical (neck) and lumbar(lower back) curves are lordotic curves and develop through movement after we are born. We must Read more…
10 Ways You Can Get More Movement into Your Life This Week How many hours a day do you “formally” exercise? In scientific research, formal exercise is often defined something like this – a subcategory of physical activity that is planned or structured movement undertaken to improve one or more aspects of our physical health and condition. “Formal exercise” might be a strength training session with a personal trainer or on your own at Read more…
Extensorville Part 1 Remember Baby J and the development of his extensor system? See blog post here https://mewithlauriebb.com/baby-j-shows-us-how-to-develop-our-extensor-system/ and review the short video of Baby J showing us how it’s done! https://youtube.com/shorts/SDDKckKN17c?feature=share Co-contraction of the Flexor and Extensor System We are born in flexion. We develop the extensor muscle system once outside the womb. You can see Baby J moving his head and neck, his arms, his legs, while on Read more…
Scaling Movement I recently made an Instagram Reel of Skandasana, a side lunge position. In the reel I showed how I can go from standing legs wide apart down into skandasana and back up, but how this may not be accessible to everyone. Here is a link to that video: https://youtube.com/shorts/stmRGU0HBQs?feature=share So I added a prop – a chair that can be used to help, a tempo that might be slower, and a range Read more…
This blog post speaks to the way infants are born in “flexion” and must develop their extensor system so they can eventually sit, crawl, squat, stand, and walk, as well as pick things up from the ground.
Making a decision It’s been an event filled week. Not really the week I expected, actually. I found myself in the process of making quick decisions with real world consequences. I kept coming back to something I recently read on Seth Godin’s blog: “based on new information, I’ve made a new decision.” I’m the kind of gal who can easily get stuck in doing things right. I’ve chased my tail on the “good/bad” Read more…
What a Small Bump in Physical Activity Might Do For You Bending Your Own Aging Curve We all know that physical activity is important for our health, well being, and bending our own aging curve. The bottom line is this —- Sit Less, Move More. The Department of Health and Human Services recommends a weekly dose of at least 150 minutes of moderate aerobic exercise, 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic exercise, or a combination of Read more…
Human movement is a finely tuned dance of muscle contractions and other tissue actions managed by the nervous system to create joint actions that get certain movement tasks accomplished.
As we age, a focus on mobility is essential for continued health in the tissues that support and hold us together as we strive to bend our own aging curves and keep doing all the tasks/actions we need for daily living and exploring our world.
Embracing the wobbles in terms of balance means learning to accept that losing our balance can be a learning opportunity. Our nervous system requires us to lose our balance in order to adjust and adapt. This is neuroplasticity at work…. neurons that fire together wire together. What if we played with our balance and did so with a neutral mindset not worrying about whether it was right or wrong, but just is? We might then have the opportunity to work with both the mental and physical wobbles.