If I had a dollar for every person who told me during their past medical history interview that they have “flat feet”, I’d have a small nest egg in the bank. Most of the time when I do my examination, however, I see nothing of the sort. Especially nowadays when shoe manufacturers have capitalized on […]
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Many of you who practice with me regularly know that I have a cranky right shoulder. Several years ago, I was working on a fellow physical therapist who is around 6’2” and roughly 250 lbs. His back was bothering him so I wanted to help him out. It had been a long morning of treating
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~ Marcel Proust Lara’s quote this week references looking at the world through new eyes and it made me think of how disorienting the world is if something messes with our vision! For example…vertigo. If you’ve never had it, lucky you! If you have, you are fully aware of how your vision can be affected
I always feel a little sick to my stomach when one of my kids texts me from their various sporting activities and it says, “Mom, I hurt my (fill in the blank)”. In my profession, I have seen some crazy injuries over the years and unfortunately, I am a worry wart by nature. Bad combo!
Hip flexor strains are common injuries in fitness and athletics. Often caused by overuse, they can quickly sideline you and be quite painful if left untreated! In the early stages of the injury, we don’t want to aggravate the issue. With both a strain and a tendinopathy, there is a tearing of either the muscle
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It’s not uncommon for some people who practice yoga regularly to develop wrist pain, especially if they have spent the majority of their life working at a desk. Decreased range of motion, strength, and flexibility of the wrists combined with an increase in the demand placed upon these delicate joints through regular weight bearing in
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We happen to be in the midst of covering Pre- and Postnatal populations in our LYT Yoga Level 2 teacher training, which has me thinking of a whole other form of labor itself…the labor and delivery of babies! Having had three children of my own, I’ve been lucky enough to experience relatively uneventful labors. And
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A question that comes up a lot both on the Redefining Yoga Q & A Podcast and in our LYT Yoga Teacher Training is should a person practice yoga during their period? There are those who would say a woman should never practice during menstruation. Eye roll. Then there are those who say you shouldn’t
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You’ve heard us say it—and you may have even purchased our shirts in the LYT store. Posture F*cking Matters. Now I’m not sure how you could be a LYT lover and not have heard of the Triple S, but just in case, I’m going to break it down for you. 🙂 Triple S is a
Today we’re going to talk about SWEAT. Ewww, gross, right? NO! We love to sweat in LYT! Have you ever wondered why we sweat? What is the science behind perspiration? To put it simply, sweating is our body’s natural air conditioning unit. When our body temperature rises from exercise, heat, stress, or even hormone changes, we sweat
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