Ankle mobility, especially dorsiflexion (bringing your toes up towards your head), is very important at all scales of movement practice. At one end, restricted dorsiflexion means that you’ll have …
Last week I was in a residence with dancers and musicians, and one of our warm-ups was a collection of proposition by many of us. There I made us …
The previous posts about breathing were all about the abdomen, but obviously there is more than that to breathing! Today we will tackle some of what happens in the …
Many people come to see their massage therapist with pain or stiffness in their upper back, neck and shoulders, so today I want to present an image to help with …
In previous posts I talked about how the placement of your ankle matters, and how you want your heel to point in a diagonal towards your back, rather than …
Of the issues that people come to see me with, two dominate by a long shot: neck and shoulder pain, and lower back pain or stiffness. In many cases, …
London is an intense city, and lots of us Londoners suffer from stress-related headaches. In this post I’ll present a few ways to help prevent them, and some mild …
Our hands are our most precious tools. Whether you throw javelins for a living or work at a desk, you use your hands every day for hours, and you …
This weekend I was teaching blues dancing, and in one of the classes, some students started to experience pain in their lower back. This resulted from a combination of …