Aleena Kanner

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Of course, genetics play a role in having high or low arches in the feet. 👣

However, the mechanical component contributing to foot arch height is rarely discussed! 🤯

Understanding the relationship between the calcaneus (heel bone) and the talus (the bone that sits atop the heel bone) is crucial.

The position of these bones significantly dictates the arch’s positioning!! 🦶🏽

https://www.aleenakanner.com/post/pri-education-blog-1-let-s-begin-with-asymmetry

Asymmetry!

PRI Education Blog #1 - Let's Begin With Asymmetry Human asymmetry is a positive aspect of our bodies because it facilitates human movement. Without being asymmetrical internally we wouldn't be able to move lymph, and fluid or have pressure control. However, the largest issue we see with human asymmetry is that people do not know how to manage it. W...

https://www.aleenakanner.com/post/find-the-root-when-it-comes-to-healing

Tons of new blogs out!!!!

What does it mean to find the ROOT when it comes to healing? Lately, the people that have been coming to see me are humans who have tried everything to decrease their pain and have made some headway into their journey but are still looking for more answers. I am becoming more of a "last stop shop" for humans looking to feel better, optimize and find the root....

I have been getting constant questions on shoes! 👟 So here you go….. 👞 ⁣
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There are a few reasons that I prefer the PRI shoe list and a more supportive shoe.⁣
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In today’s society, we walk on flat surfaces, including concrete and wooden floors. Our feet have 28 bones that need to move …⁣
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🔹𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐬’ 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐭.⁣
🔹𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬’ 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐬𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞.⁣
🔹𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐞.⁣
🔹𝐇𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝⁣
🔹 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐬𝐡 𝐨𝐟𝐟.⁣
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𝐀𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬. 🔑 ⁣
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Without a 𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫, we have a harder time with our calcaneal guidance, which is how we directly connect to the position of talus.⁣
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Without an 𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭, we have a harder time pronating the foot from a neurological standpoint.⁣
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A proper shoe can speed up a rehab program. I’ve seen it occur and I fully trust the PRI shoe list.

To learn more check out the podcast that I did with Lori on bb!⁣

Last chance!

Doing a live case study tomorrow…on 2️⃣ specific client cases that I worked with in the last few months.

🔹 First case was a human with bilateral knee pain for 10+ years
🔹Second case is chronic neck and foot pain with visible body asymmetry

I helped both of these clients using only posial restoration techniques. Tomorrow, I’ll be going over their history, PRI test results & interventions used!

Link in bio to register!!!

𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝟐𝟎/𝟐𝟎…⁣
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The extraocular muscles are located within the orbit, but our extrinsic and separate from the eyeball itself. They act to control the movement of the eyeball and the eyelid.⁣🥸
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐎𝐌 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 [𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞] 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭.🧠 For example: the right lateral re**us muscle on the left medial re**us muscle muscle contract together to be able to move the eyes to the right.⁣
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What is fascinating from an asymmetry standpoint is that the position of the cranium can influence how well *or not well* the extraocular muscles are working….⁣🤓
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When we have people with large asymmetry in their cranium, we may see more discrepancies (possible astigmatism) in the eye. This I may be a result of the asymmetrical forces in the cranium that are impacting the eyeball! 👁️ ⁣
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𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 :⁣
👀 Try not to look at the floor when you’re walking, running or working out (lifting weights)⁣
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👀 Take 10 to 20 minutes of your day to make sure your eyes look out in the distance. ⁣
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👀 Work on noticing left peripheral vision, this can be done while walking or standing. ⁣
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👀If you think you might have something wrong with your vision, or with your body as it relates to vision….work with a provider! I recommend seeing a neuro-optometrist!
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𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴/ 𝘘𝘶𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴? 👇🏽

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐁𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐑𝐈 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐞 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐜𝐚𝐠𝐞.⁣
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These muscles consist of: triangular sterni, sternocleidomastoid, scalene, pectoralis minor, intercostals and muscles of the pharynx and anterior neck. 🩻⁣
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Certain things we may see when someone presents with this pattern is more concavity in the right chest wall, tightness in the left pec major, & lack of trunk rotation to the right.🤔⁣
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𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐁𝐂 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧, 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐝. 𝐎𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦𝐬 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 🗣️⁣
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By doing this, we decrease the demand on the right diaphragm. The chains of muscles working can let go and the ribcage can be free to move in and out of ER & IR when needed for proper respiration. 👌🏽

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𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦·​𝐦𝐞·​𝐭𝐫𝐲 : 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲⁣ 💥
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Human asymmetry is a 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 aspect of our bodies because it 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, however, overuse of specific muscle patterns may promote dysfunction if left unmanaged!⁣
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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞:⁣
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The 𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐦 which is includes a stronger, larger, and better-supported right leaflet, while the left side is less supported and smaller. This right side has more pull on the entire throax.⁣
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The 𝟑 𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐮𝐧𝐠 on the right compared to the 2 lobes on the left, making us heaver on the right side of our bodies⁣. 🫁
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The 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫 which on average weighs 3lbs also contributing to the overlateralization to the right in our patterns. ⁣
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𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 and 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐥𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 which is a reason many of us have less left peripheral vision and right cortical dominance. ⁣ 👀
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Asymmetry is not an issue, however, our management can be! ⁣😮

[Also, there is way more asymmetry in a human body. I pointed out the ones that could fit well with the image 🤪]

Questions?! Comment below to let me know!👇🏽

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐠𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐰𝐨-𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝, 𝐟𝐚𝐧-𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐥… see image ⬆️! ⁣
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This muscle allows for us to chew, move our jaw forward as well as side to side. 😬*important movements we need to be able to freely access!*⁣
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Not only is it vital for these movements, but it this muscle has the ability to act upon a sphenoid bone and influence it into specific triplanar positions. This 𝐬𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐞 is a butterfly shaped bone that sits behind our eye sockets. 🦋 ⁣
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The sphenoid houses something called….the 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝…! This is in charge of many hormonal reactions in our bodies! It’s arguably the most important gland we have. 👌🏽⁣
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If our sphenoid bone is slightly malpositined, we may not feel our best self. 🫠😵‍💫
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With the help of some techniques we can largely influence the sphenoid bone position using a lateral pterygoid! 💥⁣
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𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐣𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞! 🤩

When I first heard about in 2016, I knew there was something special about it but I knew it was above my level of knowledge at the time.

When took my first PRI course in 2018, I was so beyond confused. I knew for a fact that it was something that was going to change the trajectory of my career, but I also knew that it was going to take me years to even understand the surface.

I’ve been studying PRI for 4 years now. I can confidently say that PRI is the complete study of the neurology of movement. I can say that I understand a bit closer to the *basic surface level* and that I have SO much more to learn.

The last two days I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to watch the inventor of PRI, Ron Hruska, treating patients. Watching Ron’s gift of treating using the methods and science that I have been deeply studying, was more powerful for me than anything I can describe here on Instagram.

The most important thing I am taking away from the last few days, is that you must always remain humble, despite how much you know. Ron is the smartest human I’ve met, yet also one of the most humble.

A huge thanks to .dpt for absolutely everything. From setting this up to teaching me daily to becoming a close friend. I wouldn’t be in this place to have understood half of this information without your guidance. 💛

When I first heard about in 2016, I knew there was something special about it but I knew it was above my level of knowledge at the time.

When took my first PRI course in 2018, I was so beyond confused. I knew for a fact that it was something that was going to change the trajectory of my career, but I also knew that it was going to take me years to even understand the surface.

I’ve been studying PRI for 4 years now. I can confidently say that PRI is the complete study of the neurology of movement. I can say that I understand a bit closer to the *basic surface level* and that I have SO much more to learn.

The last two days I was fortunate to have had the opportunity to watch the inventor of PRI, Ron Hruska, treating patients. Watching Ron’s gift of treating using the methods and science that I have been deeply studying, was more powerful for me than anything I can describe here on Instagram.

The most important thing I am taking away from the last few days, is that you must always remain humble, despite how much you know. Ron is the smartest human I’ve met, yet also one of the most humble.

A huge thanks to .dpt for absolutely everything. From setting this up to teaching me daily to becoming a close friend. I wouldn’t be in this place to have understood half of this information without your guidance. 💛

Many people commented on my story yesterday of my client sitting [image to the left ⬅️]
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You all wrote one of two things.⁣
1. “How would someone be comfortable like that?!”⁣
2. “OMG I DO THAT”⁣
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So, it brought to attention that it should be discussed!⁣
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In order to wrap ones legs around multiple times they most likely have hypermobile joints. By doing this sort of contortion, humans are trying to giving their bodies extra sensory stimulus.⁣
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The image on the right shows an extreme case of excessive internal rotation. Both of these cases are hypermobile bodies that are desperately looking for stability. ⁣
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𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐞 👟 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐫𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐧 & 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞! ✌🏽🎯

But, why is the proximal hamstring region arguably one of the the 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓 important parts of the lower limb ? 🦵🏽 ⁣
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🔑 𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬!! 🔑 ⁣
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The hamstring is a two joint muscle meaning it attaches into the pelvis & the knee. The proximal portion of the hamstring attaches into the ischial tuberosity on the pelvis. [picture above👆🏽]⁣
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Many clinicians focus on the part that attaches into the knee…which, to be honest I don’t worry much about at all! 😏 𝘐𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯!⁣
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Because of this attachment site, it has 𝐥𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐠𝐞 to 𝘗𝘜𝘓𝘓 the pelvis into or out of the movements in the 𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐥 plane. ⁣
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𝐈𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝, 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐱𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬.⁣
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This is called a posterior pelvic tilt and is one of the many basic movements we need to optimally squat, sit, & breathe 🧘🏻‍♀️ !⁣
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[Clinical Sidebar]
The 90-90 is a great technique that allows for proximal hamstrings to be retrained and reposition the pelvis. ✅⁣
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🫢However, one thing I see on Instagram a lot is people placing their feet on a bench/ chair and that is not going to illicit the same results feet on a wall!!😵

Aleena Kanner updated their address.

A client sent me over these images before our assessment last week.

Here were some of my immediate thoughts:
💭 I can see the pattern! 🧠
💭 This images tells me her left hip is in a state of external rotation, abduction and flexion.
💭 Even her pants zipper is even shifted!
💭 We are asymmetrical (regardless of handedness, regardless of what people do) and we can see it/ prove it on x-ray!

This client came to me with anterior left hip pain after sitting cross legged for 6 weeks. Using breathing techniques from to bring awareness to her left leg paired with some lifestyle behavioral modifications, she was able to diminish her discomfort and keep it from coming back.

With education on the patterns of human asymmetry, I’m able to help guide my clients to diminish their pain using a system that aims to treat the root causes & not the symptoms! 🗣🧠🫁🫀👀👅🦷

Thanks for being in my life and best friend for so long. Miss you already Mocha.

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Hoping 2021 can be more like 🌈 & 🦋

Welcoming 2021 in warmly! Grateful for making it through in 2020 with new friendships and learning from the years challenges.

Excited to see what’s in store for 2021! 💕

I want to bring your attention to 𝐇𝐎𝗪 & 𝗪𝐇𝐘 my body compensated on a very heavy clean and jerk!⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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I was asking my asymmetrical human body to perform a heavy bilateral movement.⁣⁣⁣⁣
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Although, I made this lift, these movement compensations can teach us a lot about how the human body works. I see these patterns with my clients daily and without any external load. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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1. Neck ➡️ In the human body, the right chest wall tends to be more compressed. For some humans, the top four ribs on the right chest wall will externally rotate and lift up in order to allow air in. I am one of these humans, as are many athletes. You can see my right sternocleidomastoid working very hard. Because of the position of my rib cage on the right, I’ve compensated to pull air into my right chest wall. Although I am not breathing during this clean and jerk, I am stuck in this position with my ribs/neck. This isn’t ideal and my training now works to expand my right chest wall instead of pulling air in with neck! 🗣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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2. Knee ➡️ Because our human body happens to lateralize to the right, the right adductor tends to become overused. The glute max on the right side tends to be positionally weaker. My right knee is caving in, showing that I am using my stronger adductor to get this weight up.....and not my right glute max which would be a better strategy! 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭, 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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3. Foot ➡️ You can see that my foot is everted. MANY lifters do this when they squat or when they stand up from a lift. Why? The foot usually turns out if it is unable to sense the floor properly..and/or..It could be a pelvis positioning issue also related to a weaker right glute max! For me, as many athletes, it’s both reasons. 🦶🏽 ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣
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So, how do you fix this? 🤔
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⁣𝗪𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬. 𝐔𝐬𝐞 𝐛𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐬 & 𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬!⁣
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Did you learn something new? Let me know! ⬇️🧠

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Taking a break from my usual posts to appreciate the beauty that surrounds us. ✨

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐬𝐤𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬⁣
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Everyone likes to blame the piriformis for everything! It’s not the piriformis’ fault!⁣
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𝗪𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐞.... 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐩𝐭𝐨𝐦. A symptom of malalignment of ones pelvis, thorax, ribs, feet and that list can go on further.⁣
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Symptoms can range from hamstring tightness to nerve pain going down the affected leg or even up the back. 😖⁣
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𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘤𝘤𝘶𝘳? 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘦 𝘥𝘰 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘪𝘵?⁣
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When our hips are tipped 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝗪𝐀𝐑𝐃, our backside is lengthened. If that is our normal daily position and we never do anything to get out of it then we can get stuck and experience long term discomfort. ⁣
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In this forwardly tipped pelvis position, the sciatic nerve as well as the rest of the posterior capsule can become compressed due to faulty positioning. ⁣
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I am a stickler with bending knees and posterior tilting on pretty much everything fitness wise...(my clients are probably reading this and laughing🙆🏻‍♀️🤣)⁣
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When we tuck our butt, round our lower spine, posterior pelvic tilt (however you want to cue it!) we are giving our body more movement variety in the other direction! We need to give the pelvis the capability to tip back while using our abdominals and hamstrings to do so! ⁣
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We need to treat the 𝐑𝐎𝐎𝐓 of every issue, not the symptom. ⁣
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Video on this for the next post?! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 👇🏽

“What’s a 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘎𝘭𝘶𝘤𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘰𝘳? And if you don’t have diabetes why are you wearing it!?”⁣⁣⁣
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I have been learning about my own body using CGM- a continuous glucose monitor. These are known for being a lifesaver to diabetics. It is an incredible device and is now becoming available to humans who want to better their health. ⁣⁣⁣
A CGM is a roadmap towards preventive healthcare - as monitoring our blood sugar can save many people from long term illnesses such as cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. It gives us a sneak peak into our metabolic health. ⁣⁣
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I’ve struggled with insomnia for quite a while. For me personally, I ordered this CGM to learn about my ability to regulate. I have played around with many styles of eating including meal timing and different diets. Recently I had been eating more carnivore and I wanted to know if it was is impacting me⁣.⁣⁣
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Swipe right to see some data! Image 1️⃣ is from the day after thanksgiving - my blood sugar spiked up to 148 ml (which is normal for a high carb/ sugary meal aka pumpkin pie) 🎃🥧 However, it didn’t not go back down to my average until 4 am....take a wild guess who was also wide awake till around 5am ?! 🙋🏻‍♀️ ⁣⁣⁣
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Image 2️⃣ is a day where I just did not sleep the night before and you could see my blood sugar rose up to 145ml in the middle of the day. Your blood sugar affects your sleep and your sleep affects your blood sugar! 🧠 ⁣⁣⁣
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You can see “my normal” on image 3️⃣, so that you have something to compare it to!⁣⁣⁣
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For me, I feel better learning information like this about myself. It makes me feel like I am putting pieces together to understand my body and how it functions. 🧩

What self-exploration have you tried?! 👇🏽💭

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐟𝐮𝐥.⁣⁣⁣
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I am grateful for all of the humans in my life. Including the connections that the internet has brought to keep us together during this wild time. ⁣⁣⁣
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Grateful for the ability to be here on this earth 🌍 doing this thing called life! ⁣⁣⁣
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This year has been a weird one but I am grateful for what I’ve learned and what’s to come! Riding this wave forward in 2020! 🌊 ⁣
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Happy Thanksgiving from Mocha and I! 🐶♥️⁣⁣

I had so many awesome responses to my post yesterday! I shared a video of a wall reference split squat showing difficulty of me keeping my right foot on the wall. I wanted to know what you all thought the reason was that I was not able to keep my foot on the wall. ⁣
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Here is what I think 🧐:⁣
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As a human, our left innominate/pelvis is positioned in a more anterior tilt compared to the right pelvis.⁣
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There are a lot of reasons as to why this occurs, one mega reason being the nature of our brains lateralizing our bodies to the right.👉🏽⁣
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As I do this exercise I need to be able to posteriorly tilt both sides of my pelvis in order to have adequate range of motion at the foot. If I cannot do this on one or either side, we will see a break in the movement pattern. For me, this is my foot not staying glued to the wall.🦶🏽 ⁣
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Because of the left pelvis not being able to tuck and the demands of this exercise, I lose connection with my right heel on the wall. ⁣
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Since the action of a posterior tilt is easier for me on the right side of my pelvis, I have an easier time with my left foot on the wall.⁣
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You may have the same compensation, you may do something different! From what I have learned is that it’s usually stemming from our human patterns! 🧠

Questions/Comments!? Drop them below! ⤵️