Tricks for Surviving an 18-inch Airline Seat After a year of being cooped-up, I dream about travel to faraway places, meeting new people and soaking up exotic colors, … Read more
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Give it up for the clavicle, the beautiful S-shaped bone that mirrors the ribcage and allows for a large range of motion upper thoracic motion. Melanie Byford-Young focuses on the … Read more
PNWP Owner Melanie Byford-Young brings the Merrithew™Fascial Movement Foundation Course, Level 1 to Pacific NW Pilates. Designed especially for fitness, medical and therapy professionals, the course is informed by the … Read more
In this episode, learn how to safely stabilize the shoulder and keep hyperextension of the shoulder and elbow from occurring. Create a series that progresses a client towards active movement … Read more
In the last five years non-traditional approaches to hip replacements are becoming mainstream and tailored more to each client’s condition. Master STOTT PILATES Instructor Trainer, Melanie Byford-Young explains why it’s … Read more
Like never before, couples at PNWP are doing Pilates together. Online and in the studio, PNWP instructors are teaching more semi-private classes and seeing more couples during virtual group sessions … Read more
“Getting fit” is always one of my top New Year’s resolutions. Each year I decide what it will take to reach my goal—exercise four days a week, cut out … Read more
So imagine a silvery-white material flexible and sturdy in equal measure—a substance the surrounds and penetrates every muscle, coats every bone, covers every organ and envelops every nerve. Fascia keeps … Read more