by Gregor Maehle | Oct 29, 2021 | Anatomy/Rehabilitation
A must-do prep for Upward Facing Dog and an effective and vital corrective for a hyper-kyphosis (hunchback) posture. Usually when we perform Upward Facing Dog, we tend to take the backbend where it comes easily – in our low back. This exercise will teach you...
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...
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,...
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,...
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...
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...
