Movement is pressure management. This video I shot of our local Tube Man is representative of this thought. He dances by altering his internal pressure. We create internal forces via fluid (air or water) pressure to overcome the forces that are applied against us such as training loads, ground reaction forces, and gravity. If we […]
Professional Mentorship
Student Lesson… How to Prepare to Argue Your Point
It’s okay to disagree. We can all have an opinion or a point of view. As a Padawan, what’s the best way to argue your point or to speak against an idea or concept? Here’s my answer in 90 seconds.
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 […]
Two Strategies to Get Things Done
Lately, I seem to be very busy but not getting as much done as I’d like. We don’t benefit from just being busy. We benefit from getting things done. It is the completion of tasks that make the difference. Seeing as we are three days into the 2nd quarter of 2018, I thought it would […]