I don’t expect you’ve thought much about your armpits before? We don’t even often think of them as a muscular area that can be tense. But it’s like a junction – linking arms and back, arms and shoulders. Tense armpits adds to tension in the neck. Ungripping in the armpit can cause a lovely releasing […]
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The lower back and abs are an area of the body most of us quite conscious of. You probably ‘talk’ to your body a lot here: with cues like ‘brace to protect your lower back’, and ‘engage your core’. But if you are tense all the time that can wind your pain up. You need
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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
I’m sure you’ve heard all the following about posture: But your personal experience might feel like your posture is what causes your pain. Are you just one of the few for whom posture is significant, or might there be more to this story? Me as an example: I worked hard at having a good posture
This is a thought on cycling, but actually it is a useful one that could apply to almost anything.There are lots of sources of info on setting your bike up ergonomically e.g. here This is a good starting point to let you use your body in the best way. But it’s not the whole story. In the
I have talked in previous blogs about taking care of yourself when you have pain by taking regular movement and rest breaks. However, we don’t always have this choice. And sometimes a situation has developed where doing something for only a short duration triggers the pain. You still have to get on and finish. What
