From Tight Hips to Happy Spine: Your Essential Movement Library
Struggling with tight hips and hard-to-reach tension? The Half Frog stretch is one of those moves you don’t realize you need until you feel the incredible difference. Learn why this simple position is a game-changer for hip mobility and pelvic floor support.
The Hidden Squat Culprit: Are Your Calves Holding You Back?
In the last video, (Regain Flexibility and Strength With a Pain-Free Squat), we looked at how a full squat can help you maintain and regain strength and flexibility in your hips, knees, and ankles. But when it comes to actually doing a full squat, most of us are not getting the maximum benefit from this […]
Dramatically Improve Your Strap Stretch With a Few Simple Moves
The Strap Stretch is a popular stretch found in Pilates studios, yoga studios, and physical therapy offices across the globe. It’s an exercise to stretch and create length down the back of the leg and it can be very effective. That said, if you practice this exercise the same way every time you do it, […]
Do You Really Need to Do This Stretch 50 Times a Day?
When recommending home exercises for clients, I’m often asked, “How often should I do this?” If it’s an exercise, like a calf stretch that I know makes such a massive difference when practiced regularly, sometimes I reply with “forty or fifty times a day.” Sounds extreme, I know. But, here’s the thing, your body adapts […]
The Flamingo Stretch for Chronic Sitters and Heeled-Shoe Wearers
We’ve talked a lot about how frequent daily sitting over time shortens the muscles and soft tissue on the front of your hips and we’ve demonstrated an effective stretch to help with shortened, painful hip flexors. We’ve also talked about how the lifted heels in shoes can shorten your calves; even the smallest heel in a […]
The Double Calf Stretch
Today’s video takes the recent Calf Stretch and Hamstring Assessment videos and combines them into a single ultra-effective exercise for the back line of your body. Your muscles and soft tissue respond to the position you spend most of your time in by shortening and/or lengthening. This is one of the reasons it’s so important […]
