Telling yourself to relax is useless. Just as dogs don’t understand English automatically, your body doesn’t know what your instructions to yourself mean, unless you teach them properly. Dogs learn what words mean well, despite us often being fuzzy, imprecise trainers. But it’s amazing how many people will repeat ‘Come here Bella!’ in the park […]
I was talking about pacing the other day to one of my lovely clients- and was struck that it seemed to mean ‘cutting down on the fun stuff’. It seems that the way that pacing presented by some physios/Drs etc can be that way too: “Stop moving in that way that aggravates your pain” “What
If you think of posture as a position, you will hold it. Probably too tightly and tensely. Like the second picture of the woman: standing up straight, sure, but wow it looks like hard work. Understanding how to have better posture starts with this simple shift in thinking: posture isn’t really staying in a static
One of the main things I praise my dog for isn’t sitting obediently, or doing a new trick, but when she shakes off stress. She is an anxious weirdo ( a standard border collie ), and needs help regulating her nervous system and being calm. All the stuff a normal dog might do for itself, she
I was reading a post from a reward based horse trainer the other day (I don’t have a horse, but I love watching happy horses enjoying their training) This trainer wanted to improve her jumping position, but was struggling. It’s all over in a moment, so it’s tricky to make changes! So, she applied her
I deal almost exclusively with people have tried everything for their pain already. People with complex, long standing issues. A lot of them are hypermobile. Sometimes they know they are. Sometimes they have had a physio mention it about a joint or too, but not had any further information. Often they have never considered it
