Quick Starts for Movement

Diaphragmatic Breathing with Dr. Lizzie – Learn to engage your deep core and use this in all movements for a strong core and happy spine.

“12 Minutes to End Chronic Pain” – As good as it sounds! This short standing sequence uses static work to train basics of breathing and engagement in posterior chain.

Books, Teachers, Programs

GMB Fitness – I love GMB for so many reasons. The deal with the reality that each body is different, teach movements that babies learn and we need to re-learn, and use prosodic voice and pacing that allows you to develop proprioception during instruction. Their webiste and youtube offer a TON of free videos and resources, and teaches cool locomotive movements like Bear Crawl and Crab Walk that actually strengthen your body WHILE training your fascia to hold an open and flexible tone. Their elements program covers the basics, but they offer so much more. If you’re ready for different results, check them out.

Moves by Madeline App – With diaphragmatic and pelvic floor breathing, beginners workouts, and good instruction for bracing and alignment, Moves is great for keeping you motivated, and seeing results.

Pain Free Performance and Dr. John Rusin – Focusing on breath, bracing, and properly creating tension, Dr. Rusin’s work is some of my favorite to practice. I have actually been using 5-minute stretch and strengthening routine nearly identical to what Dr. Rusin recommends for the last 15 years, even since I became a massage therapist!

Foundation Training and Dr. Eric Goodman – The anchoring and engagement techniques taught by Dr. Eric Goodman are a staple in my household when something feels off, specifically his classic “12 Minutes to End Chronic Pain” routine. Dr. Goodman, as a physical therapist, set out to design a movement system that specifically offsets the negative effects of modern lifestyles by re-engaging, aligning, and building strength in the posterior chain. Excellent detail in instruction.

Nutritious Movement and Katy Bowman – Since reading her biomechanist’s take on the crucial role of movement in overall health in ‘Move your DNA’, I’ve been encouraged to take stock of how subtle adjustments in our habits and alignments can feed a lifestyle that feels good. She emphasizes that it’s not just moving more but HOW we move, with neutrality and stability in the joints, with attention to our posture in rest and relaxation, that creates strength in not just the musculoskeletal but all systems of the body. Her Nutritious Movement website is a treasure trove of information about fixing gait, posture, sitting habits, eyegazing habits and more.

Local Practitioners – Winston-Salem, NC

Hearthroot Wellness – Thomas and Marianna Millary’s nutrition and lifestyle support has been a total game changer in my personal health, teaching me about truly stabilizing my body’s rhythms with food, movement and rest, rather than patching everything together randomly. Their holistic lens combines Traditional Chinese Medicine with a focus on your particular terrain. When you’re ready. to move past biomedical paradigm, reach out.

Acupuncture with Dr. Fang Mu– Dr. Mu has been doing acupuncture for 45 years and worked in hopsitals in China. It’s by far the most powerful acupuncture I’ve ever had. Highly recommend.

Angela Page, DPT – Dr. Page provides an outstanding quality of care from her private practice. I have regained strength and fucntion of a post-surgical knee and the whole left leg under her skilled and thorough care.

Lori Baydush, MSPT – For pelvic floor concerns, sacral and coccyx alignment, strengthening, myofascial release, Lori Baydush and her colleague at Novant Pelvic Floor Rehab offer excellent services.