
Activate and reset the shoulders Body and Spine Project Move Better 22
Discover how to reset your shoulder position and relax the upper back and neck with this simple hand movement. Follow this simple arm and hand movement and you will soon see how easy it is to have your shoulders sitting in a better position and the neck tension melting away. You may have often found yourself rolling your shoulders and shifting them back and forth not sure where the shoulder should be - but now you know. For more details we will be updating this blog post soon

Are you sitting to well?
Are you sitting too well? Sometimes your good intentions are actually causing your back and neck to stiffen up. Try this simple fix and start feeling the difference straight away. So what is the most common mistake? Instead of using the natural curves of the back to your advantage - many people start pushing their chest up and out in an attempt to sit tall.
This does not work well.
By flattening the mid spine you are really working the extensor muscles of the mid back

Easy Peasy Glute Squeezy
Today Move Better Mondays episode is all about the bum muscles - the glutes. Lets just say that you have permission to laugh at me for this one - but - try it for yourself. You may be surprised at just how difficult it can be to get the glutes to squeeze. And - if it is difficult for you to do - just practice it until it becomes easy. Your glutes are such important movers of your hips and stabilisers of the pelvis and low back. Poor posture, pain, long periods of sitting and

Muscles that can tighten while sitting - Hip Extensors
Hip extensors are made up of the hamstrings; which are biceps femoris, semimembranosus and semitendinosus, and gluteus maximus. They work together to give your leg backward movement. Assisting muscles are the gluteus medius and adductor magnus. Why are they important? We use these muscles when we stand up from sitting, walking, running, climbing stairs and jumping and we often here AFL players injuring their hamstrings when kicking. They are very important muscles for holding

Motor Control: The Essence of How We Move.
You may or may not have heard of the term “Motor Control”. Usually if you have seen a health professional, you may have heard that you may exhibit good, adequate or poor motor control when performing a task. But what does that mean??? Motor Control is defined as “the process by which humans and animals use their brain/cognition to activate and coordinate the muscles and limbs involved in the performance of a motor skill.” What a mouthful !! But again what does this mean?