by Dr Monica Gauci | Feb 4, 2017 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation
Yes myth… the myth is that iliopsoas is functionally one entity. Iliacus and psoas and two individual, unique and independent muscles that share the same insertion on our thigh bone. Their important origins are totally unrelated. Akin to partners sharing the same...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Jan 21, 2017 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Audio/Video
Tune into Monica’s new YouTube channel ‘Heal Yourself’. This is a video to compliment her blog article on ‘Saving Your Neck’ and is an easy postural correction to apply both on and off the mat! It shows you how to down-regulate the SCM...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 27, 2016 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation
I encounter many students who tell me they are nursing an old disc injury, which in some cases occurred ten or more years ago. Whether your back pain is recent, long-standing or reoccurring, spinal stabilisation is an important factor that needs to be addressed for...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Dec 27, 2016 | Audio/Video
Here is a new video with Monica that is part of her series “Healing Yourself”. A related article fully explaining its role in healing low back pain will be posted...
by Dr Monica Gauci | Nov 25, 2016 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation, Asana, Audio/Video
The most common shoulder problem I encounter in yogis is one that is often overlooked even by professional musculoskeletal therapists. It is the displacement of the tendon of the long head of the biceps brachii muscle from its bicipital groove. This usually causes...