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From hitting the metaphorical wall to finding purpose

December 10, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

Well first let me clarify, that aforementioned wall was actually a car, and I didn’t hit it, it hit me, and hard. In my previous life (my life is now divided into two parts: before the accident, and after the accident), I was a Marketing Manager by day working 50+ hours a week, and a …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Exercise, Fear, Movement, Pain, Pain cycle, Pilates, rehabilitation, Therapeutic Exercise

One of these things is not like the other

December 10, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

If you grew up watching Sesame Street then you know the tune “One of these things is not like the other”. In the case of our movement, there is no one thing that is like any other. Each and every movement in the human body is unique. You take a step, and the next step …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Movement, Pelvis, Pilates, Posture, Shoulders, Sit to Stand, Sitting, Squat, Standing, walking

The Slippery Slope of Pain

December 10, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

Last year, 10 years after my accident, marked the point in my recovery where I have been out of pain longer than I was in pain. It seems silly, but that was a very big deal for me. In my mind, it felt like I could start over from zero. Not like it never happened, …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Body Awareness, Exercise, Fear, Functional Movement, Movement, Pain, Pain cycle, Pilates, recovery, rehabilitation, Therapeutic Exercise

Mind-Body or Mind(minus)Body?

December 9, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

As a child, I learned that one must not speak of politics and religion in polite company. The weather was always a safe choice. The past year has been a challenging time both in the US and around the World, and I am finding myself in unfamiliar territory. I realized early on in my career …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Body Awareness, Brain, Exercise, Mental Health, Mind-body, Movement, Pain, Pilates, Therapeutic Exercise

Stack your Boxes: Strategies for standing and walking

December 8, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

One of the most common physical complaints people share with us is pain in their back and knees when they are standing and walking. We live in a hilly area so there is also the added challenge on their joints when walking up and downhill. This is one of my favorite areas to help people …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Exercise, gait, gait pattern, Joints, Movement, Pain, Pelvis, Pilates, ribs, Spine, Therapeutic Exercise, walking

The Core has Your Back

December 7, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

We have all heard the word ‘Backbone’ used to portray an image of strength or support, like when we hear something described as “the backbone of America”. Of course, when we think about the spine, our actual backbone, we also think of strength and support. This prehistoric-looking bony tower is meant to hold us upright, …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Abdominals, Balance, biomechanics, Body, Bones, core, Exercise, Joints, Movement, Muscle, Pain, Pilates, Spine, Therapeutic Exercise

Body Awareness: The danger of being too aware

December 7, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

Body Awareness is a popular term especially in yoga and Pilates circles, but what does it mean? Some would argue that being “body aware” is having a keen kinesthetic sense of how your body moves and feels in your environment at any point in time. One medical dictionary definition describes Body Awareness as “the felt …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Body Awareness, Exercise, Fear, Movement, Pain, Pilates, Therapeutic Exercise

Where on earth is your body?

December 6, 2021 //  by Holly Wallis

Body Awareness is all the buzz in the world of movement, but what does it actually mean? Some would say that Body Awareness is having a keen understanding of where your body is in space and a sense of how it moves within it, while others might say that it is when you know that …

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Category: UncategorizedTag: Body, Body Awareness, Bones, Hip, Joints, Pain, Spine

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