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by: Kat Bower, DPT Have you ever been in a Pilates class, working on the most beautiful back extension and you hear your teacher give the cue to “lift and open your heart space” or “to shine your heart forward.” I have, and for a while I would think about squeezing my shoulder blades a …
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By Carrie Lamb
February is heart health month and a great time to check in on your own heart health. The current statistics regarding high blood pressure, physical inactivity or under-activity, and cardiac disease are staggering and have been increasing during the pandemic. The good news is more and …
For years I have joked that cycling is a sport centered around who can suffer the most, but realistically cycling is about who is the most efficient- the more power you can produce with the least amount of effort the faster you can travel for longer. While putting in the miles, structured workouts, …
By Carrie Lamb
I was honored to be asked to contribute to this great article in Women's Health written by Andi Breitowich. The upper back is one of my trouble spots - if I'm stressed, I don't sleep well, or just get stiff from a workout, chances are it's my mid-back that is going to yell at me so I jumped at the …
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By Carrie Lamb
This is a common question in Pilates and there is no easy answer. Thankfully, we don't have to be conscious of every breath we take but one of the underlying principles of the Pilates method involves making a connection to your breath. On the most basic level we want you to keep breathing! …
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By Carrie Lamb
Our spines are incredible structures. They are flexible, resilient, and strong. Wait – what? Flexible, resilient, and strong??? Not words that generally are the first thing we think about when we think about our spines. We often have so many negative thoughts ingrained in us from ads, images, …