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Mobilising The Upper Thoracic Spine

Mobilising The Upper Thoracic Spine

by Dr Monica Gauci | Sep 17, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video

Did you know that when you raise one arm above your head, your upper thoracic vertebrae need to rotate and laterally flex?! When you raise both arms they need to extend. And when they can’t the soft tissues in the shoulder joint take the brunt of it. The upper...
RE-EDUCATING THE DEEP SPINAL STABILISING MUSCLES #2

RE-EDUCATING THE DEEP SPINAL STABILISING MUSCLES #2

by Dr Monica Gauci | Aug 21, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video

The second video on re-educating these all important muscles! If you have low-back pain or an old disc injury that has not healed, re-educating the deep spinal stabilising muscles is a large part of the healing process. Your tissues always heal with time, however,...
Releasing the Diaphragm

Releasing the Diaphragm

by Dr Monica Gauci | Aug 3, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video, Pranayama

It is very common for people to have a restricted, tight diaphragm muscle. The reasons it becomes tight and dysfunctional are just as common: stress, pain, anxiety, shock and emotion upsets. And yet the function of this muscle is vitally important for our mental,...
RE-EDUCATING THE DEEP SPINAL STABILISING MUSCLES

RE-EDUCATING THE DEEP SPINAL STABILISING MUSCLES

by Dr Monica Gauci | Jul 14, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video

This exercise is great if you have just injured a disc or have an old disc injury that has not healed. The deep stabilising spinal muscles (especially multifidi) are traumatised with any low back injury. They even begin to waste within 24-hours! To prevent this or to...
Strengthening the Posterior Chain

Strengthening the Posterior Chain

by Dr Monica Gauci | Jun 17, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video

This exercise not only strengthens the muscles that are on the back of our body (the posterior chain of the hamstrings, gluteals and paraspinals), but especially activates and strengthens the deep stabilising muscles along our spine. These muscles are responsible for...
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