Is a tense jaw a give away that you’re stressed? Grind your teeth at night? Tension headaches? About 50% of the people I work with report having some significant teeth grinding or jaw pain issues or tension headaches. I’d say about 100% notice that their jaw is an indicator of their general stress levels. It’s […]
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If you’ve got pain, stiffness, or posture issues, your instinct is probably to DO something. Stretch it out, “correct” the position, shrug or wriggle. Moving more is always a good strategy, but often fidgeting and exercising doesn’t do the trick on its own. You need reliable brain-to-body cues that eases tension and calms everything down.
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One of the games I used to play with my ‘special’ – read emotionally unstable – dog, Lani, was the ‘switch up, switch down’ game. I’d play something fun and exciting – tug or a racing about game – then I’d stop. I’d invite her over to sit with me, and wait for her to
A lot of what I teach in lessons is essentially: How to change muscle tension that’s hard to shift; reliably for yourself. How to get a joint or area moving that doesn’t like to move, that’s guarded from pain, past or present. What you are doing in these cases is teaching your nervous system. That
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
The end of winter is in sight, but this is often the toughest bit to get through.We can’t change the fact that it’s going to be cold and grey, but we can influence how we respond to it, so that we get through to Spring with ease. Make sure we spend time outside anyway There
