Massage Therapy that Rehabilitates
http://www.onlywire.com/r/123951287Thursday, May 16, 2013
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Interview with An Instructor from Byrn Mawr’s Bodylogic Pilates & Fitness Studio
The following is an interview with Emily Smith of Bodylogic Pilates and Fitness Studio on the Main Line in Bryn Mawr to get to know more about her fitness and health background.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/123191211Monday, May 6, 2013
Listening To The Tissues from a Therapeutic Artist
Here is a recent interview with Lara Logan of BodyLogic Pilates, in Bryn Mawr on the MainLine about her physical therapy, massage therapy, bodywork and movement background. Lara Logan entered the physical rehabilitation field in 1999 and began to work in the out-patient physical therapy environment as a licensed clinician in 2001. Prior to her crossover to the allopathic model Lara worked as a dancer and movement educator receiving her Fine Arts Degree in Dance in 1996. She is currently a licensed massage therapist working for BODYWORK MOVEMENT in Bryn Mawr PA.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/123192664Friday, April 26, 2013
Pilates and Exercise for Rehabilitation and Strength
As a chronically distracted person, I have a horrible memory, probably because I am constantly doing things without being aware of what I’m doing, or why I’m doing it. My inattention may also be a partial explanation for my extraordinary history of clumsiness – for example, I fell down a flight of stairs nearly three years ago because I wasn’t paying attention to critical details, like where my feet were going.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/122782412Wednesday, April 24, 2013
STIFF NECK, TIGHT SHOULDERS AND KNEE PAIN - Yoga Therapy
I was reading a Yoga Journal review about Jill Miller’s Kneehab video and decided to go ahead and order it but didn’t give much credence to ordering this. Her Kneehab video is divided into 5 parts that give exercises, poses and moves for people that are just recovering from surgery to seasoned athletes. Not all of the poses will be accessible if you are in a lot of knee pain and the moves are designed to help you progress, stretch and strengthen and you will be able to start doing more of the moves. After doing a few of the segments for about a week, I woke up in the morning and my knees were not on fire. ( I don’t know why but my knee pain was always the worst first thing in the morning)
http://www.onlywire.com/r/122178266Saturday, April 20, 2013
A Main Line Fitness Instructor Interview
Nina Didner, GYROTONIC® and GYROKINESIS® instructor How did you get into Gyrotonic exercises and what made you want to become an instructor?
http://www.onlywire.com/r/122323396Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Helping Your Baby Reduce Stress and Relax
“Under conditions of stress many persons go into labored breathing reminiscent of breathing at birth…in fear or anxiety one of the first functions to be affected is breathing.”- Touching: The Human Significance of the Skin by Ashley Montagu Baby’s response to stress Our body’s natural response is to organize for safety during times of crisis.
http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/04/10/helping-your-baby-reduce-stress-and-relax/Friday, April 5, 2013
How Belly Wrapping Can Help Your Body Find Its Natural Shape Again
Did you know that a 36 foot long piece of unbleached cotton wound tightly around your body can create such a transformation in your shape? How To Get Your Pre-Baby Body Back With Belly Wrapping The belly wrap will help re-align the rectus abdominis muscles by putting them together towards center thus correcting a diastisis.
http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/04/05/how-belly-wrapping-can-help-your-body-find-its-natural-shape-again/Thursday, April 4, 2013
What is Pilates?
What is Pilates?
http://www.onlywire.com/r/121166381Wednesday, April 3, 2013
Carpal tunnel syndrome is burgeoning in lock step with more computer use, texting and touch screens.
It is a repetitive use injury that can effect anyone constantly doing the same things with their hands, that’s why you’ll often see people operating cash registers wearing a wrist splint. Most often suffers experience numbness, even pain in the nerves that run through their hand. Grip strength can also be greatly reduced. The aggravating symptoms are caused by nerve compression at the base of the hand and until it is relieved, pain will continue even to the point of the damage becoming untreatable.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/121245269Shoulder Pain
Often your shoulder injury causes rotator cuff pain because your tendons are inflamed. This can lead to what is known as frozen shoulder pain as the muscles continue to swell and can even causing sleeping problems.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/121245128Running and Sports Injuries
The most common sports injuries are; running knee pain, tennis elbow, shin splints, ankle sprains, hamstring strains and groin strains.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/121245846Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Are There Exercises That I Can Do To Prepare For Childbirth?
Going through labor exerts stress on particular muscles and joints. You can practice some exercises to help your body for the demands of labor. The following exercises can help reduce labor time, decrease the risks of medicalinterventions and quicken your postpartum recovery. 1. Kegel exercises have long been prescribed as a method to strengthen pelvic
http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/03/26/exercises-that-prepare-for-childbirth/Monday, March 25, 2013
How To Handle A Crying Baby
As adults, we don’t often differentiate emotional crying from physical crying because we can have the benefit of words to give voice to our feelings and our needs. Babies don’t have the luxury of language, but they do have a vocabulary of body cues and noises that allow them to express themselves. How Babies Communicate
http://fitness.bellypilates.com/2013/03/25/how-to-handle-a-crying-baby/Saturday, March 23, 2013
Pink Ribbon Program for Breast Cancer Patients - Pre & Post Operative Workouts Enhancing Recovery
Offering strength, self-esteem & quality of life to breast cancer survivors. Exercise may be the last thing you feel like doing after breast cancer surgery. You're probably exhausted, your arm may be painful & swollen, & the adjuvant treatments can make you feel even worse. All you want to do is rest. In the past, that's exactly what doctors recommended. However, recent studies indicate a link between moderate physical exercise & improved quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/120689418Pilates Students
“By focusing on rebuilding my core strength, I have happily returned to my pre-pregnancy form in 12 weeks.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/120689901Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Brain Training Classes – How Exactly To Increase Your Studying Routines and Get Excellent Marks.
What does the term brain training mean for you? Working harder? How many times maybe you Brain Training – What Happens to the Brain Once We Learn? have heard some one say work smarter, not harder? Are you working more than part-time hours while enrolled as the full time student at your neighborhood College or University? Are you struggling with the tiny time you’ve left to study while working so very hard to make ends meet? Envious of these people that barely study at all yet ACE the mid-term and ultimate? Have you ever considered how they do it, and what you’re doing wrong?
http://www.onlywire.com/r/119791029Brain Training – What Happens to the Mind As We Learn?
With brain training, research indicates that nearby nerves are drawn into this technique if the activity is new, unfamiliar, or the power of the educational demand varies. This difference produces sort of rapid cross-firing that invigorates under-used areas of the mind. After the activity is finished, the borrowed neurons are released back again to other jobs. This quick switching right back and forth results in efficiency results & increased processing speeds for all those tasks and makes learning relevant tasks easier. Head education can be applied by anyone willing to learn something new and is just a strong yet simple way to increase our power to learn faster, easier, & better.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/119792158Friday, March 8, 2013
Pre & Post Operative Workouts Enhancing Recovery
Pink Ribbon Program – Pre & Post Operative Workouts Enhancing Recovery Offering strength, self-esteem & quality of life to breast cancer survivors. Exercise may be the last thing you feel like doing after breast cancer surgery. You’re probably exhausted, your arm may be painful & swollen, & the adjuvant treatments can make you feel even worse. All you want to do is rest. In the past, that’s exactly what doctors recommended. However, recent studies indicate a link between moderate physical exercise & improved quality of life for breast cancer survivors.
http://www.onlywire.com/r/119641148