Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls Unwind Upper Back Tension
The levator scapulae is often bogged down and stuck to the muscles surrounding it – posterior scalene and trapezius in particular. Rolling out these areas will unstick adhered tissues from each other...
View ArticleKeep Your Hips Healthy With A Happy Piriformis
Back in 1999/early 2000, shooting, burning pains down my left leg were diagnosed as piriformis syndrome. That was ultimately a good thing, first of all because it wasn’t sciatica, and second because it...
View ArticleBuilding a Coregeous EmbodyMap, Part 2
In my last post, we brought the slip and slide back to the abdominal layers using the Coregeous Ball in order to give the diaphragm a chance to release from the front. Now let’s talk to the back. Try...
View ArticleHelp! It Hurts To Hug!
There’s tightness in my upper back. Maybe it’s masculine energy stuck on the right side. Or maybe it’s feminine energy stuck on the left side. There’s a tightness or tension between my shoulder...
View ArticleHow YTU Therapy Balls Rolled Off My Mat And Into My Life
YTU balls illuminate our body blind spots. Body blind spots are places in our bodies we are not aware of. We all have blind spots, and if not found they can be the source of pain and injury. They are...
View ArticleGet Real With Your Infraspinatus and YTU Therapy Balls
The infraspinatus is nestled in the infraspinous fossa of the scapula and attaches the greater tubercle of the humerus. With muscle fibers running horizontally, infraspinatus works with teres minor in...
View ArticleRoll Out Your Pectineus with YTU Therapy Balls
I call this the ‘PPP’: Pectineus Pucker on a Pedestal! Lie on your side with one Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball on a block (or book). The ball is level with the crotch area. The pectineus is a groin muscle...
View ArticleAvoiding Migraine Triggers Won’t Make Them Disappear
On Wednesday, Lillee Chandra began a discussion on triggering migraine headaches with self-massage. Next up, Todd Lavictoire considers the pain avoidance issue when dealing with triggers: When...
View ArticleStop Migraines Before They Start With YTU Therapy Balls
This morning I woke up and saw a crescent shaped prism right before my eyes. When I closed them, it was still there. This has happened to me only once before and the prism grew until I couldn’t see –...
View ArticleSOS: Save Your Body From Rib Thrusting
In my work and my personal practice, I am on a mission to end #RibThrusting one body at the time. In my previous post you read about the spinal misery this common postural havoc creates and how you can...
View ArticleSoothing Stress with Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls
Since my first roll on Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls, I knew I ‘kneaded’ it. My soft tissues were rock solid from years of poor posture and a lack of awareness. The only time I had decent posture was...
View ArticleMake Therapy Ball Rolling A Daily Practice
My daily Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Ball routine always includes a roll out for the upper back. My day involves driving in the car, teaching, and sitting (or standing) at my desk. All activities are in...
View ArticleTake Care of Tight Gastrocs With An Alpha Therapy Ball
The gastrocnemius has two short heads that extend halfway down the leg where they taper into the calcaneal tendon. The gastrocs give your lower legs their characteristic teardrop shapeliness. The...
View ArticleTry This Yoga Tune Up® Stretch For Your Forearm And Wrist
How do I take care of my flexor digitorum superficialis? So glad you asked! I use this stretch and the Therapy Balls for self-massage with my teams: From table top, spin the shoulder into external...
View ArticleTake Care Of Deep Neck Muscles With Yoga Tune Up®
In addition to the trigger point massage I described in my last post, add to your self-care by using your Yoga Tune Up® Therapy Balls on your mastoid process to massage the origin of the digastric....
View ArticleReverse Tension with the Reverse Crucifix
Untangle and decompress the highly overcharged upper back and shoulders with Yoga Tune Up®’s Reverse Crucifix pose featured in the video clip below. This pose takes care of stretching and releasing...
View ArticleGet Some Levity For Your Levator Scapula
“So how can I get my levator to stop screaming mutiny, and maybe even be the happy worker bee it was meant to be?” you ask. Well, it may partly depend on why it’s tight. If it’s tight because you’ve...
View ArticleTrapezius Trigger Point Tamer
In our tech-ready, chair-heavy modern world, the neck and upper back are a tension dumping ground for the majority of people. However, one of the most common areas of complaint lives directly under the...
View ArticleTry This Yoga Tune Up® Pose For A Healthy Infraspinatus
On Wednesday I wrote about the perils of shoulder impingement and how an imbalanced infraspinatus can’t hold the humerus in a healthy position. Now, let’s paint a happier picture! Imagine that you have...
View ArticleTemper Down the Temporalis
In my article on Wednesday, I described the temporalis muscle and how daily activities, such as talking and chewing can create tension for the jaw and temple. An easy way to discover if your temporalis...
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