You’ve probably heard that a solution to “computer neck” or “phone neck” is to tuck your chin. It’s taught regularly as a back of the neck stretch by physical therapists and chiropractors. However, it often gets so strongly encouraged that some people end up constantly having their chin tucked which causes a huge number of problems.
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Did you know…
There is a direct connection between your hands and your vision! Check this out - stare ahead and make tight fists with your hands, then relax your hands. Your peripheral vision is wider when your hands are relaxed.
Your collarbones can move in 6 different directions! Forward, back, up, down, and they can twist up and down too. They’re a big reason why your arms can do all the cool things they can do.
The bones and muscles of your feet create a tripod shape in standing and walking! Three points make the deepest contact for stability -the center of your heel, the ball of your foot by your 4th toe, and the ball of your foot between your 1st and 2nd toe.
Your dominant hand is the dominance we talk about most, but there are others! You also have a dominant foot, a dominant eye, and a dominant lung.
There’s a common misconception that ribs move like an accordion, but they actually move more like bucket handles! They each attach to your sternum in front and your spine in back, the way the ends of a handle are attached to a bucket, and they flip up when you inhale and down when you exhale.
Feel free to share your favorite body fun fact in the comments below!
A Dip into the Depths of Craniosacral
I had the pleasure of spending last weekend in a long-awaited Craniosacral (CST) continuing education workshop, put off for many months by the pandemic, and I got to learn some incredible tools that I’m very excited to bring into my practice. The work we did over the weekend was deeply profound, and left me reflecting on a few other deep places this work has taken me in just the past few months. I thought I’d share some of them here.
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