by Tim Harwood | Nov 23, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
The feet are an area that many of us over look, and may try to not think about. However, they are how we interact with the world and move through it so we should at times give them some love. There are 22 bones (!) in the foot itself, and they have 33 joints! The...
by Tim Harwood | Oct 20, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This is such a classic stretch that many people do, and it can be seen as variation of Pigeon pose from the Yoga traditions, or the Sign of Four from Pilates. It can also be done lying on the ground and I have also shown it as part of my “Meeting...
by Tim Harwood | Oct 20, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This is a variation of the Classic Clamshell and this is meant to help focus the effort into one of the deeper hip stabiliser muscles. This is that is the Gluteus Minimus muscle.  This muscle runs vertically from from the boney point of the Greater Trochanter (which...
by Tim Harwood | Oct 20, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This is quite a classic movement that is meant to help strengthen one of the hip stabilisers that is the Gluteus Medius muscle.  This muscle fans across the side of the pelvis, from the boney point of the Greater Trochanter (which most people will point to when...
by Tim Harwood | Aug 18, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
The side of the body can be an area that has a lot of tight areas. It can be the waist area or the hips and sides of the legs. So this stretch can be used to access all of them: the quadratus lumborum (QL) or the Glute Minimus, the Tensor Fascia Lata (TFL) and into...
by Tim Harwood | Jul 24, 2023 | Exercises, Lower body
This stretch is a way to open out the front of the shin, which can be an area that can be quite tight as many of us hold our ankles at ninety degrees when we’re walking. If you can’t kneel comfortably with the foot out flat in yoga, this might be a useful...
