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…
Last Thursday I took an excellent online zoom yoga class from my friend and colleague, Christina Sell. Christina and I share common tendencies and similarities in our teaching. Christina is also very different from me, too, which is great because I already practice by myself and guide myself on a Read more…
Bending Your Own Aging Curve – What to do About Age Related Muscle Loss Part 2: FAST AND SLOW TWITCH MUSCLE FIBERS A brief review of Part One “What to do About Age Related Muscle Loss” https://mewithlauriebb.com/bending-your-own-aging-curve-what-to-do-about-age-related-muscle-loss-part-one/ I wrote about sarcopenia, the term for age related muscle loss 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 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.
\ Link to Part one of the Series:https://mewithlauriebb.com/plantar-fasciitis-part-one/ Part 2 describes what the plantar fascia does during the gait cycle.I’ve tried to keep it simple, but sadly that’s not necessarily my forte, and this part of understanding plantar fascia function can be a little dense. Why is it important? What Read more…
Squatting is a full body movement, allowing us to function in the world around us. Without the ability to squat, it becomes difficult and/or impossible to lower ourselves towards the earth, to sit, to toilet, and to get back up again.
Squatting is a motor skill. Motor skills involve precise movement of muscles with an intent to perform a specific act. The precise movements for squatting are developed through a series of movement components we begin practicing in infancy.
Teaching yoga and movement classes gives us the perfect opportunity to explore the components that actually combine to make a squat.
The psoas is often blamed for hip tightness, low back pain, and more. The psoas is misunderstood. Read this post to learn a few interesting tidbits about your psoas and what it actually does.
My Husband got a Cramp…. My husband got a calf cramp while riding his fancy pants new bike up a steep trail the other day. Scientifically speaking, muscle cramps are sudden, involuntary and painful contractions of muscular tissue. He made the mistake of telling me about it while we were Read more…