Today Melanie focuses on the roles of the SCM and gives tips for helping your clients feel these muscles at work as well as offering movement and fitness instructors advice … Read more

What’s in a shoulder shrug? Melanie Byford-Young takes a look at the shoulder and how to build up strength from low load to endurance to restore upward scapular rotation.

Zoom in on the internal oblique. Melanie takes us through Single Leg Stretch and an assessment of this muscle at work.

Sixty degrees of big toe extension is necessary for optimal gait propulsion when walking forward. When this amount of extension is not happening properly, the excess rotation can be sent … Read more

Neutral or not? Respect those hip joints. Hip anteversion, a structural anomaly of the femur and hip socket, can contribute to obvious differentiations in hip, leg, knee, and feet movement. … Read more

 Did somebody say neutral spine? Ideal neutral for a client is defined as the position with the least tension or imbalance in the system. Melanie shows how you can … Read more

Thumbs down. Thumbs up. Texting is a repetitive motion that causes tension and strain throughout the armline, shoulder, and up into the neck. Here’s a tip on using varieties of … Read more