All you need is a pair of shoes…or not. Anyone who knows me knows that I’m a walker. I’m doing my best to take after my mother; she’s 82 years old and still trekking, and traveling. All she’s ever done for “exercise” in her life is walk – every day, rain or shine, 7 days [...]
Archive for February, 2011
Smooth Out Your Gait and Improve Your Walking
Posted in Health, Movement, Muscle pain conditions, Posture, walking on February 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Labral Tears – Surgery or Not?
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Hip pain, Pandiculation, Somatic Exercises, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, pandiculation, Somatic Exercises on February 15, 2011 | 18 Comments »
In my last post I wrote about my perspective as a Hanna Somatic Educator regarding chronic hip pain and what is counterproductive, and what works. Strengthening painful hip muscles can cause further pain or injury. Learning to relax the muscles and the pattern of contraction the muscles are stuck in can provide long lasting pain [...]
How Do You Reverse Hip Pain?
Posted in Hip pain, Somatic Exercises, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, Somatic Exercises on February 6, 2011 | 9 Comments »
Strengthening hip muscles doesn’t always relieve hip joint pain. In my last post about hip pain and labral tears I questioned the commonly held belief that strengthening the muscles of the hip will somehow relieve generic hip pain whether you’ve had an injury (like a labral tear). Here’s a recap: Labral tears are generally the [...]
Hip Exercises for an Injury? You Might Be Strengthening Your Pain.
Posted in Hanna Somatic Education, Hip pain, Somatic Exercises, tagged Hanna Somatic Education, hip pain, Somatic Exercises on February 1, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Here’s something I haven’t told many of my clients: I have two labral tears in my right hip – the result of years of compensation from injuries. A labrum is the cartilage that surround the ball and socket joint in either the shoulder or the hip. It provides stability. Labral tears are more common than [...]
