I recently read Veronique Greenwood’s article, The Problematic, Newfangled Hack That Is the Human Leg and I ardently disagree with her thesis: If you were to design a leg for a bipedal …
All vertebrate limbs have certain basic design and function elements in common: —a highly mobile proximal joint that exchanges energy with the trunk of the body via some intermediate articular surface geared …
I receive questions every week asking me how to manage everything from leg cramps to sleep paralysis. The big stuff takes most of my attention, but sometimes it’s nice to take …
You don’t overeat because you’re weak. You don’t watch TV because you’re lazy. You don’t avoid exercise because you’re unfit. And you don’t fall short of your New Year’s resolutions because …
“Help me.” Have you ever thought about how much courage it takes for a person in chronic pain to say that? They asked for help back when their pain was a …
Every joint has a range of motion it’s structurally capable of producing. Let’s imagine that as a spectrum: Moving along that line from the left to the right means the joint is …
You have permission to be comfortable. If that seems like a weird thing to get from a stranger on the internet, know that, whether you realize it or not, you let strangers deny you …
“Be fully in this moment.” “Live in the present.” “Now is all you have.” I mean… yeah, I guess. It’s decent advice, and it’s been repeated by everyone from Tolstoy to Oprah, …
Personal trainers are like romantic comedies: there are loads of them out there, new ones are made all the time, and most of them are terrible. Nobody understands this better than good …
I had a very interesting experience at the Northwest Yoga Conference last weekend that I’d like to share with you. I led two events. The first, Pain-Free Yoga, was a joy; people showed up …
We get a lot of questions about what exactly we do here at Reembody; it’s a little hard to explain because we’re a completely new, truly novel movement modality. We’re not …
You’ve got a great butt. It’s a work of art and a marvel of engineering all rolled into one, and I worry that you’re not giving it the credit it deserves. Take …