The ability to control and manipulate the pressures inside your body allow you to work against the external forces associated with gravity and those created by the demands of the task at hand in any daily or athletic movement. The better we are at pressure control, the better we tend to move. Asymmetrical and unilateral […]
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Video Call Highlights
A few former Padawan’s, now colleagues, and I got together this past weekend to catch up and refine The Model. The range of topics covered a case study as well as discussing movement from the most micro of structure to the macro of movement. Fun stuff. Here’s a few nuggets.
Why Joints Don’t Squeak
I’ve been fascinated with water since reading Gerald Pollack’s The Fourth Phase of Water. It’s properties answer a lot of questions in regard to how our body behaves from the cellular level on up to complex movements. We had a discussion in the purple room about some of these properties and how it influences synovial […]
Contingencies… What to do when things don’t go as planned
I can assure you with relative confidence that today will not go as planned. Someone will interrupt your productive time. You’ll get distracted from your task at hand. Your work will take longer than expected. Someone else will be using the piece of equipment that you need at the gym. You’ll forget your prepacked lunch. […]
Take the Next Logical Step
A client came into the purple room yesterday a little disappointed. It went something like this. Bill: What’s your status? Client: I was doing great. I’ve been waking up without pain. My back and hip were doing so well, I decide to play some basketball. I was able to play pretty hard and felt good […]