With the announcement today that we will be at level 4 in the next 48 hours, we are moving forward with our plan to support clients online and to temporarily close the studio.
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With the COVID19 situation evolving every day, we are preparing ourselves and clients for online support and individualised home programs - whether we end up temporarily closing or not.
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Snippets from a handstand workshop that Mish (AKA #NinjaMish or @misshellblazer) took over the weekend! Awesome to see everybody walking away with hand balancing gains.
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Sleep, exercise, nutrition, relationships, meaningful activity, play. An imbalance of any of these can impact the others. So as we talk about food, we're really talking about wellness as a whole.
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The scapula is essentially a floating piece that relies on the proper functioning of your muscles to be stable. If there are any weaknesses or imbalances then the scapula can become unstable and lose function.
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Decrease neck tension and improve posture with ONI Massage Therapist Kirill Volkov as he teaches you how to self massage with yoga blocks.
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Quick desk stretches to help with back tension, aches, and pains. ONI Massage Therapist Kirill shows us 3 exercises you can do at work to help with posture and keep those tension levels down and stay mobile!
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While it is important to have strength, the truth is we don’t spend the majority of our time in a perfect deadlift or squat position. We’re humans and as such, our daily lives can involve rounded backs, twisting, and other movements that aren’t often trained in the gym setting.
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Developed from obstacle course training, Parkour is a movement discipline where the aim is to get from one point to another, without assistive equipment. It often involves complex environments and efficient ways to navigate through it.
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For this Pigeon Flow, we are working lengthened ranges of the glutes on the stabilising side and stretching the hip flexors on the lifted side.
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Almost everyone at some point feels like they have pain in their muscles that needs to be “stretched out", but is that the most effective method for resolving the pain? Some experts say yes and some experts say no.
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Coordinating your body’s balance is interesting because it’s not like you are consciously making micro adjustments to your muscle activity to turn on each and every individual muscle involved in keeping you balanced. You simply don’t have the time.
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Sarah is one of our February 2019 case studies. Alec Morrison is working with Sarah to help with her knee valgus issues. The case study ran between 25 February to 1 April 2019.
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Timing is everything. To move with speed doesn’t just require your muscles to contract quickly, but to contract in coordination with each other as well. Kinetic linking is when one movement transfers to the next in order to summate forces.
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Having stability in the foot means that everything up the chain is set up for stability as well. The feet link your body to the ground and because all of your structures are linked together, any dysfunction at your feet can impact the rest of your body greatly.
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It’s not enough being able to deadlift with a stable core. To be fully functional with our bodies we have to push into the boundaries of what we are capable of.
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It was nice to see our general upper body and core strength carry over into this climbing sport, but the hands and forearms were definitely feeling pumped!
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Changes to your posture are gradual and will take time. Being diligent and spending a little bit of time everyday improving your muscle imbalances will go a long way for you to hold a better posture.
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Functional movement involves many planes of movement and multiple joints moving simultaneously throughout. The core must be able to stabilise the spine during these movements in order to transfer forces effectively and to protect you from injury and pain.
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Flexibility and mobility in the adductor (inner thigh) muscles are essential for sports like martial arts or dancing, where open hips are necessary to performing skills like kicking.
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