MOVE Wellness owner Elaine Economou shares everyday exercises for a strong core and healthy back. Originally published on ClickonDetroit. A while back, I wrote about shifting our perspective of the core beyond the traditional media image of a hard “six-pack.” My hope is that by encouraging people to understand the anatomy of our core, we […]
We are all connected! No really, we are all connected! I know everyone knows that and says that but I cannot tell you the number of times I see someone with an ankle issue that actually started at their pelvis. Or that someone with limited shoulder flexion may actually have a rotation at their tailbone. I am in awe everyday by new connections I see or connections and strategies that bodies use to compensate. Everyone chases the pain, what I mean by that is you try and stretch the pain, put pressure on the pain, strengthen the area of the pain but the pain is a response to a problem somewhere along the system. Do not chase the pain, strengthening what is weak, stretch what is tight.
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