Ab Prep Modifications for Downward Rotated Shoulders
Keep those shoulders in a beautiful position with today’s tip. Melanie Byford-Young shows how to modify ab prep for downwardly rotated shoulders using a mini stability ball.
Unlocking the Forearm
Supinated or pronated? Today Melanie Byford-Young talks about the importance of supination and pronation in the forearm and how this can be a clue to unlocking the … Read more
Challenge Your Client’s Mobility and Reintegrate Ankle Control
Today’s session features the Mini Stability Ball™ and how to challenge you or your client’s mobility and ankle control.
Cueing for Clients: Glute Activation
Toss out the bad eggs. Miscommunicated imagery and cues can lead clients to worse pain patterns and problems. Melanie reminds all movement professionals and therapists to use … Read more
Motor Progression: Leg Extensions on Arc Barrel
Progress your clients through the phases of cognitive, associative, and automatic motor learning theory. Our focus today is on a progression series of leg extensions using the … Read more
What Can We Learn: Ab Prep
Assess and then cue. When working with clients, assessment exercises can reveal insightful information on muscle recruitment and movement tendencies. This month, Melanie takes the time to … Read more
Big Toe Assessment in Single Leg Stretch
Diving toes, beware. It takes a smart and trained eye to catch unhealthy movement patterns, which can either begin proximally or distally in the body. Melanie’s assessment … Read more
Motor Progression: Rotation Prone from Chair to Arc Barrel
Put motor learning theory into practice. April’s Therapeutic Pilates segments highlight the three phases of motor learning and how to identify and progress clients to better movement … Read more
Motor Progression: Stability in the Hips
Let’s take a look at the hips. Melanie Byford-Young shows how to stabilize the hips in closed chain and open chain exercises taking into consideration the three … Read more
Flip Flop Foot Tip: Summer Footwear Patterns
Summer footwear tells no lies and gives clues to consistent movement tendencies. Fling off your flops and take a tip from your bare feet in this episode … Read more
Flip Flop Foot Tip: Summer Footwear Programming
Tease your clients toes with summer programming that counter-balances the habits of open-toed footwear. Melanie Byford-Young gives tips for strengthening the foot, ankle, and toes in this … Read more
Hip Centering: Posture and Alignment
Hip pain is a common complaint among clients and it helps if you can begin to identify posture and alignment issues that may be contributing to pain. … Read more