by Tim Harwood | Mar 19, 2020 | Exercises
The hip flexors are a group of muscles that bring the knee towards the chest. These are said to get shorter when sitting for any prolonged period. The three main muscles in this group are: Psoas. This is the one that many people have been told about. It connects...
by Tim Harwood | Mar 19, 2020 | Exercises
The hamstings are the name for the group of muscles at the back of the leg. The orginatey (start) on your sitting bones, which is technically called the Ischial Tuberosity, and finish on the back of the shin bone just below the knee joint. It is the connection to...
by Tim Harwood | Oct 30, 2019 | Exercises
This is a bit of a weird stretch to get to muscles that run from behind the ear to the collar bone and the breast bone. These are the ones that form the ‘V’ shape at the front of the neck. These muscles have the lovely name of Sternocleidomastoid (SCM for...
by Tim Harwood | Aug 21, 2019 | Exercises
As I mentioned in the other Jaw Exercises post, called The Scream, an area of the body that can hold a lot of tension is the jaw. This an exercise that sounds a bit nicer than the Scream, and works in a slightly different way to the Scream’s drag. The jaw is...
by Tim Harwood | May 7, 2019 | Exercises
So, an area of the body that can hold a lot of tension is the jaw. It is the only bone that we consciously move that crosses the mid line of the body and has a joint at each end. There are so many descriptions that refer to keeping the mouth closed: “Grin and...
