I have previously written a series of articles about the study of adverse neural tension and nerve mechanics. If you are not familiar with the idea of adverse neural tension and you want to understand why somethings hurts, you should definitely give these a read. Anyway, I just saw a study (hat tip to Michael…
When you work on your movement or physical function, are you trying to learn how to move better, or are you just exercising and placing a healthy form of stress on the body? Maybe you are doing both at the same time, or maybe you are focused on only one of these elements. Either way,…
Here are some AMAZING pictures from a new study of masters level athletes. The top pic is a cross section of the thigh of a 40 year old triathlete. The bottom is a triathlete at 70. The middle is a sedentary 74 year old man. Notice any differences? I bet these legs look a LOT…
How does a baby’s brain develop? Do you plop them in front of some Baby Einstein DVD’s with a Mozart soundtrack? Hell no. The brain is designed for movement, and movement is what wires it up. To grow a child’s brain, give them a safe place to play. Here’s an amazing video of Charles-Edward, a…
I have written previously about interesting links between posture and mood. Several studies show that altering your posture in one way or another can have measurable effects on your hormone levels and behavior. For example, sitting in a relaxed expansive posture can make you more likely to make a risky bet, and sitting in a…
A primary fitness goal for many people is to “tone” their muscles. This is a confusing word that is associated with some very large misconceptions about the way muscle responds to exercise. I am hardly the first to point out this problem, but it is so ubiquitous that I thought I should do my fair…
I noticed something in my own training recently that I wanted to share, because it illustrates an interesting way that training can make you perform and feel better. One day last summer at the playground with my five year old, I was watching kids effortlessly land jumps off various structures. I decided that landing a…
I will be teaching five weeks of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement (“ATM”) classes in Seattle starting January 31, 2012. Please contact me if you are interested in attending so I can save some space. Here are the details: What The classes are designed to improve coordination of the spine and ribs. In that regard, each…
Here’s a review of some highlights from the last year of blogging at Better Movement. Some stats About a year ago, Better Movement averaged about 4,500 page views per month. It looks like the year will end with an average of about 16,000 page views per month. There are now more than 1,000 subscribers of…
I just came across another video of my new movement hero, Marquis Scott, aka Nonstop, of the dancing group Remote Kontrol. This will drop your jaw a little if you haven’t seen this guy before. Simply unbelievable. I posted another video of the same guy here.
