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Motor Progression: Rotation Prone from Chair to Arc Barrel
By Leslie Braverman |
Put motor learning theory into practice. April's Therapeutic Pilates segments highlight the three phases of motor learning and ...
Motor Progression: Stability in the Hips
By Leslie Braverman |
Let's take a look at the hips. Melanie Byford-Young shows how to stabilize the hips in closed chain ...
Hip Centering: Posture and Alignment
By Leslie Braverman |
Hip pain is a common complaint among clients and it helps if you can begin to identify posture ...
Hip Centering: Squish the Goo
By Leslie Braverman |
Remember to squish the goo when it comes to preventing Anterior Femoral Head Syndrome. In this second episode, ...
Shoulder Centering: Scapular Isolation & Squish the Goo
By Leslie Braverman |
Squish the Goo again. This time it's all about finding center for your humeral head.
Restore Stability of the Neck: Neck Extensors
By Leslie Braverman |
Just in the neck of time. The last clip in our February series takes a closer look at ...
Restore Stability of the Neck Overview
By Leslie Braverman |
Hold you head up with confidence. Melanie Byford-Young chats about the stabilizers of the neck and how we ...
Restore Stability of the Neck: Tongue Placement
By Leslie Braverman |
It may be surprising that tongue placement can be a contributor to unnecessary neck tension. Today's session addresses ...
Finding Neutral for Hip Retroversion
By Leslie Braverman |
Posture often reflects the repetitious activities we spend hours doing. Today's session takes a look at hips in ...
Restore Upward Shoulder Rotation: Salute with Springs
By Leslie Braverman |
Guiding proper mechanics through scapular movement continues on today's session. Take a look at the use of salute ...
Restore Stability of the Neck: SCM
By Leslie Braverman |
Today Melanie focuses on the roles of the SCM and gives tips for helping your clients feel these ...
Restore Upward Shoulder Rotation: Springs and Mini Stability Ball
By Leslie Braverman |
What's in a shoulder shrug? Melanie Byford-Young takes a look at the shoulder and how to build up ...
Internal Oblique Assessment in Single Leg Stretch
By Leslie Braverman |
Zoom in on the internal oblique. Melanie takes us through Single Leg Stretch and an assessment of this ...
The Big Toe in Gait
By Leslie Braverman |
Sixty degrees of big toe extension is necessary for optimal gait propulsion when walking forward. When this amount ...
Finding a Neutral Position with Hip Anteversion
By dan |
Neutral or not? Respect those hip joints. Hip anteversion, a structural anomaly of the femur and hip socket, ...
Help Your Client Find Their Neutral Spine
By dan |
Did somebody say neutral spine? Ideal neutral for a client is defined as the position with the ...
Texting Thumb
By Leslie Braverman |
Thumbs down. Thumbs up. Texting is a repetitive motion that causes tension and strain throughout the armline, shoulder, ...
How Pilates Has Changed My Life
By dan |
I started coming to Pacific NW Pilates in January of 2007 on the advice of my doctor. The ...
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