by Lucy Dunleavy | 24/04/19 | Health, Massage, Posture
Your psoas muscles are the most vital in your body. Whatever you do, you use your psoas muscles. They connect your torso to your legs, and affect your posture. So whether you are walking, dancing, climbing, biking, or simply sitting down, your psoas is involved. The...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 04/01/18 | Health, Massage, Posture
Stretching feels good, animals do it all the time. But sometimes it hurts to stretch, sometimes its hard to move out of a particular posture, which can make us think twice about stretching in the first place. So what actually happens when we stretch? What is the...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 24/04/13 | Health, Massage
Our bones all float in a giant web of soft tissue called myofascia. None of them touch each other, they are suspended individually within this structure of tension and compression, without which, our bones would clatter to the floor. This tension allows for movement...
by Lucy Dunleavy | 07/12/12 | Health, Massage
Our bodies are filled with a lattice shaped substance called fascia, which looks like a giant 3D cobweb. It surrounds all organs, muscles, nerves, everything. It travels as one solid fabric, in lines running from head to toes. As a result, if affected at one end of...