My two year and a half year old daughter Abby started “soccer” class a few months ago. Here are some observations from the class, from the perspective of a father who is interested in movement health. 1. Kids like open green space The class take place on an indoor soccer field. The surface is green,… Continue Reading
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Upcoming Class: Hip Power and Mobility
The pelvis is the largest bony mass in the body and all the strongest muscles attach to it: the glutes, the abs, the hamstrings, the quads, the back muscles. It is also in the center of the body, and therefore critically involved in all the the basic movements: walking, running, squatting, throwing, kicking. So good… Continue Reading
The Incredible Visual Skills of Cristiano Ronaldo
I have previously written about the importance of visual processing for athletic performance. I just came across a video demonstrating the unbelievable (I mean that literally) visual skills of a world class athlete, via the excellent Axon Sports blog. In the video, sports scientists test the visual processing of Christiano Ronaldo, one of the worlds… Continue Reading
Barefoot Running, Squatting Like a Baby, and Pygmy Feet
I just came across a very interesting article on the tree climbing ability of pygmies and the extreme ankle flexibility that allows them to do it. I know, this is something you have always wondered about. I think it sheds some light on a couple of common debates relating to the impact of the modern… Continue Reading
Interview with Rafe Kelley from Parkour Visions
Recently I had the pleasure of meeting Rafe Kelley, who owns and operates a parkour gym here in Seattle called Parkour Visions. Rafe is a very knowledgeable movement geek, so we had a great time chatting. (He’s also a real movement stud, see video below for evidence.) He shared so much interesting information that I… Continue Reading
Highlights of 2012
This year I published 53 posts and received more than 330,000 page views. That’s about twice as many as last year. Here are some of the highlights. 1. How Does Kinseotape Work? This post got more page views than any other, thanks primarily to the burning desire of many googling Olympics fans to know why… Continue Reading
Some Readers Comment on the Benefits of Learning About Pain
Recently I have received some great comments from readers which illustrate a very important point: pain education can help reduce threat, pain and disability. This is particularly true when it serves to alleviate threats created by well meaning health care providers who ascribe too much importance to some alleged structural pathology as the cause of… Continue Reading
“Can You Feel that Knot?” Not!
I get this question all the time in my practice as Rolfer. It usually prompts me to start trying to correct some misconceptions. Here’s why. 1. Thinking about knots might increase threat First and foremost, there is good reason to believe that the way we think about the state of our body can affect our… Continue Reading
Review of Paul Hodges talk on Motor Control, Part One
This is part one of my review* of Paul Hodges’ talk at the conference on pain and motor control that he did with Lorimer Moseley in Portland in October 2012. You can read my review of Lorimer’s talk here. Professor Transversus Abdominis Hodges is a professor of physiotherapy and neuroscience at the University of Queensland… Continue Reading
Awesome Slow Motion Cheetah Video
Want to see some incredible high definition super slow motion video of a cheetah running after a chew toy? With some great African music in the background? No blood, no killing, just cuteness and awesomeness? I thought so. Check it out: [ylwm_vimeo]53914149[/ylwm_vimeo] How gorgeous. Thanks to reader Dave Fletcher for pointing this out. There… Continue Reading