Mobility and flexibility training are essential parts of a healthy lifestyle. Most people have become sedentary for longer periods of time than they were before. This decrease in movement has lead to increased back pain, neck tension, and shoulder aches because muscles are not being stretched or used regularly. In this blog post we will […]
It’s week 2 of staying home as part of Singapore’s circuit breaker measures. I don’t know about you, but during the first week of staying home, I did feel like my whole life was in topsy turvy. Being someone whose work and life are intertwined, and the daily grind is constant activity, I was suddenly […]
The law of motion states that the force of an object = the object’s mass multiplied by acceleration. In other words, there are two ways to improve a person’s functional force (power, strength, or stability): 1. Add more mass (using weights) or 2. Apply more acceleration to the body See, if they had taught physics […]
I have been searching extensively for courses to improve myself as a teacher since the start of 2019. I know my education doesn’t just affect me. It also affects the progress of my students and also my teaching staff. At our 1st Staff Development this year, I read out testimonials that our clients wrote to […]
The piriformis muscles begins inside the pelvis. The piriformis connects to each side of your sacrum and to the greater trocanter (the bump of bone on the top side of each hip). The piriformis is primarily an external rotator. This means that as the muscle works, it helps to turn the foot and leg outward. […]
Often, lower back pain is the result of other muscles in the body being tight or imbalanced. When your Calves become tight, your body’s centre of mass shifts forward and cause your low back muscles to over-activate. Your low back arch (lumbar lordosis) increase to maintain upright posture when you STAND. This add stress to […]