Hello, michelson Philanthropies!
Friend, I am so happy you are here and giving yourself some time for self-care.
I am honored that your group entrusted me to teach you some self-care moves to add to your arsenal, to keep you in good health.
At the bottom of the page, I invite you to reach out with any questions, concerns, and feedback.
Love, and good health,
Christine
Let's eliminate tech neck
Daily life entails a lot of sitting–at your desk, in a car, on a sofa, a lot of head slumping–over a keyboard, looking down at your phone (that do-everything device we’re so attached to), or hunched over many other activities put in front of us. This posture, the haunting forward head slump, becomes perpetuated in our bodies, not just by our daily activities but by our musculoskeletal adaptations.
We may find ourselves with necks that are locked short in the front, chest tightness, shoulders slumping and rounding forward. This tightness in the front of the body ends up with many of us feeling pain in the slackening muscles and tissue in the back of neck, upper and lower back regions of the body, as the tissue resists the tugging from the front of the body.
This is where we intervene with the exercises below, to eliminate tech neck….
let's pause, please
Take this moment to breathe in
Close your eyes, and be present in your breath. Inhale refreshing air. With each exhale, visualize stress, tension or worry exiting your body and space. Give yourself at least three mindful breaths.
Did you Know?
That the connective tissue/fascial “layer” of the body houses over 70% of your nervous system. The exercises and moves shown in the videos below work to elicit fluid fill in that layer, or “insterstitium” (as some scientists are calling it–as an organ), to help the nervous system work more efficiently–alleviating pain and improving neural messaging throughout the body.
January 2023
express hand treatment
Start and end this hand treatment with a grip assessment and reassessment. Notice how each finger presses into the large soft ball and if you have differences in perceived grip strength, between left and right hands. After you finish your hand treatment, do a reassessment to see if you made changes.
Refer to position points here- double hand and foot PPP
- Can be done daily
- Relieves pain and tension in hands, arms, shoulders and neck
forearm treatment
You can assess and reassess with a grip assessment like you do in the express hand treatment, above, or do a neck turn assess and reassess, paying attention to whether you hear crackling or popping sounds in your head, and if you have more freedom of movement turning to one side than the other. Reassess after the forearm treatment to see if you make changes.
- Precede this with the express hand treatment
- Repeat this move on both forearms
- Can relieve symptoms of carpal tunnel syndrome
- Good for neck or shoulder tension
express foot treatment
This is a demo of the foot treatment. This is great warmup before going out for a walk, run, bike ride, or hike.
Refer to position points here- double hand and foot PPP
- Can be done daily
- Great for relieving foot pain
- Helps reduce inflammation in feet and legs
- Relieves achy feet
- Reduces prevalence of leg cramps