In my years of teaching Pilates, I have come across clients with knee pain. Knee pain affects both males and females, and they can be as young as in their thirties. One cause of knee pain is meniscus tear. Here is a simple illustration of the knee joint. The knee joint joins the thigh bone to the lower […]
When I first heard the words pec minor a number of years ago, I thought the person was referring to a music key! Turns out “pec minor” is the pectoralis minor muscle, one of the chest muscles. Here is a picture of this muscle – located below the front chest muscle, so it is not […]
CNN posed this question about the 220km Sahara Desert run: “Would you pay thousands of dollars to spend seven days running under the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert, traversing shifting sand dunes and punishing rocky plateaus for more than 220 kilometers, with all your food and kit affixed to your back?” It sounds impossible […]
I have heard from some of my clients they don’t like to do stretches – and usually they are the ones whose muscles are tight. With tight muscles, it can be strenuous to stretch and it takes patience and some persistence having to bear with stretch pain. Why do muscles tighten up? There are a […]
Do you experience a deep tightness or pull in your hips when you do the squat or a second position plie? For some clients they may even experience pain when doing these movements. This dysfunction is known as hip impingement. What may be the cause? It is likely due to lack of hip mobility – […]
How many of us are aware that ankle mobility is crucial to the musculoskeletal health of our body? Until I started Pilates on a regular basis, I didn’t pay much attention to my feet. Most often, this is the case with a lot of people too. Here I will highlight a specific motion of the ankle – […]
I came across this article “10 Shocking Fitness Tips” on the Internet and it has this to say about women: “Ladies, while your workouts may keep you fit and slim, research suggests that women are failing in one key aspect when it comes to exercise – improving strength. In fact, studies suggest that women are […]
Quite a number of female clients I teach have hyperlordosis at the lower back. What is hyperlordosis? Our spine has natural curves and at the lumbar region the curve is known as lordosis. Hyperlordosis is when the curve is exaggerated as shown below: A person with such a lower back would have a standing posture […]
In our daily movements we rarely think or consider whether we have good coordination or not. For some of us, it may only come to light when we dance and find we have 2 left feet! According to Wikipedia “coordination” is “the movement of several limbs or body parts combined in a manner that is […]
CNN posed this question about the 220km Sahara Desert run: “Would you pay thousands of dollars to spend seven days running under the scorching sun of the Sahara Desert, traversing shifting sand dunes and punishing rocky plateaus for more than 220 kilometers, with all your food and kit affixed to your back?” It sounds impossible […]
