I’m always a fan of beneficial at-home resources for exercise and daily life. Let me introduce you to the Curble Chair and give you my honest review from a Pilates teacher and functional movement specialist’s perspective for the benefits of using it to help support better seated posture and alleviate back pain
Posture Improvement
Pelvic Placement: Put Your Pelvis Where It Belongs to Improve Posture and Reduce Pain
Why Hips and Pelvic Placement Matter for Healthy Movement and How Pilates Exercises Can Benefit You Are you dealing with annoying chronic aches and pains, or have you experienced an injury that seems impossible to fully recover from? Body posture and proper pelvic...
Can Pilates Help Kyphosis?
Do you have Kyphosis? It’s a fairly common back problem. In fact, there are more than 3 million cases of Kyphosis in the US per year. What is Kyphosis? It’s commonly known as having a “hunchback.” Kyphosis is an excessive outward curvature of the upper back and is...
Can Pilates Make You Taller?
Have you ever wondered if doing Pilates can make you taller? It’s an interesting question… Can Pilates make you taller? We assume that we hit that growth spurt in our youth and then at some point the tables turn and we seem to start getting shorter. You go to the...
7 Training Tips for Better Upper Back Mobility to Improve Posture and Reduce Arm and Shoulder Pain
How is your upper back mobility? Is it easy to arch, bend, and twist your spine? Or, do you feel kind of stiff, sore, and tight? Ever wonder why it’s a challenge to improve how you move for a healthy spine and pain-free arms and shoulders? Are your Pecs on overdrive? ...
Shoulder Tension, Stress, and Shivering: How Winter Weather Affects Your Health
Shoulder Tension, Stress, & Shivering Have you ever thought about relationship being cold has on the amount of shoulder tension and neck stress you’re holding onto in your body? If you’re in a colder climate do you seem to feel worse in the Winter, and not-so-bad...
Pilates Quote: Poor Posture Habits
Do you have good posture, or poor posture habits? How fine is your spine? Do you stand and sit tall with everything in line? Or do aches and pains cause you to be out of line? Practice ears over shoulders, shoulders over hips, good abdominal support, with...
Pilates Quote: Good Posture
Good Posture, something we know we really should work on, but seemingly insignificant to pay attention to until our body hurts. Why isn’t it possible to just have perfect posture? Because maintaining good posture takes effort. We have to maintain balanced muscle...
Pilates Quote: Good Posture
Good posture is not important for posture’s sake but is necessary to maintain good working order for our joints, muscles, and vital organs. By becoming aware of our daily life habits and what our posture habits are like to stand, sit, and move, we have the...
Natural Posture is Key to Improving Whole-Body Health
Everybody knows that posture is important, but we don’t always know what we need to do to improve things. I love the term, “primal posture.” It’s a great way to explain the difference between good posture and having your chest puffed out like a spring chicken and...