Kinesiotaping strained obliques and lower ribs
This video shows two options to tape a strained upper oblique muscle and the lower ribcage area.
Strengthening is a key component of pain relief. This blog section focuses on ways to make the body feel great through pain-relieving exercises. There are also resources from other professionals to help relieve physical pain.
This video shows two options to tape a strained upper oblique muscle and the lower ribcage area.
We have many opportunities to strengthen our core muscles, including the love handles along the side of our trunk, while we are playing with our kids. I realized as I was sitting sideways that this was a great time to … Read More
Whenever I play with my kids, I want to get down on the floor as much as possible. This gives all of us the opportunity to stretch our body such as in this picture. Today, see how many different ways … Read More
I came across an awesome discovery when my husband left some cardboard boxes we needed to recycle outside in the rain. What I discovered is that they are a lot easier to flatten when they are wet! Not something I’ll … Read More
My husband and I took on the task of putting in a set of monkey bars for our daughter. This required a lot of Thinking, thinking, thinking to make sure it was just right. Note leaning against the slide to … Read More
This is not how you should ever bend to clean anything!!!!! I recently had quite the experience scrubbing my shower after letting my kids paint the bathtub with a water-soluble paint I mistakenly thought was washable paint. I had to … Read More
I have so enjoyed experiencing the Kundalini yoga focused on letting go of fear and infiltrating our body with love. Sound familiar? This is the core concept of myofascial release, the Voyage to HEAL, A Course In Miracles, and the … Read More
The piriformis is located in your gluteal region below several muscles. The sciatic nerve can lay below, between, or above the piriformis. Hence, if the piriformis is tight or inflamed, you may get sciatica type symptoms of numbness and pain … Read More
Last week on the Voyage to HEAL we focused on the feet. At a previous yoga class taught by our yoga and pilates instructor, Michele Gangwer, she showed us a wonderful dynamic foot stretch. I of course made a video … Read More
Throughout the first 4 weeks of the Voyage to HEAL we have been focusing on awareness with an emphasis on being present.ย Starting your day by being present slows the world down and things tend to fall into place. Being aware … Read More
So think of the immense domino effect every decision you make has on the universe. To me, this helps to explain why things happen in the world both good and bad. When someone or something dies, something else lives and … Read More
For those of you who have Alan Cohen A Course in Miracles made easy if you read anything in this book the absolute most thought-provoking chapters for me are chapters 4 and 5. Chapter 4 talks about our frequent projection … Read More
I was given the opportunity to apply this idea that everything has equal value. Often times we need to remind ourselves that we are just as equally as important as everyone else. I was asked to do a presentation at … Read More
I am realizing that some days are a lot lot lot harder than others to implement the teachings of a course of Miracles. The thought is running through my mind as why it feels so much easier to get angry … Read More
Thank you Mary Beth for sharing this quote with us at the MFR Stretching class today. It was perfect for the class,.
Lesson 13 says a meaningless World engenders fear. You are to close your eyes and say to yourself that I am looking at a meaningless world and then open your eyes and look around at all the things in the … Read More
The next two chapters are continuing with the process of clearing your mind so it really is blank. It is further challenging us to not classify objects or people or anything into categories but to see everything with new eyes … Read More
You could say that I am a day behind in my lessons are actually two but according to these lessons there is no concept of time. Lesson 7 & 8 both deal with seeing the past. Your thoughts or people … Read More
Today’s exercise coincides with the previous five Lessons bringing more light to the reality of what makes us upset or happy. And lesson 6 when we get upset we say that we are upset because I see something that is … Read More
Today’s exercise challenges is to say, “I am never upset for the reason I think”. So if something is bothering you, you would say “I am not angry at ______ for the reason I think.” I find this to be … Read More