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Baby Development
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - November 06, 2019 14:11 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWe are talking about babies today, more specifically: • Baby's developmental milestones (crawling) • Walking and standing your children up • Car seats, Bumbo seats, strollers, Exersaucers, etc... And their effect on baby's development • Baby exercise • Babies and sleep • Diapers and ...
How Do You Sleep?
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - October 17, 2019 12:14 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsSleep and chronic pain, so much to talk about. Here's how the conversation breaks down: • How sleep helps the body heal and repair and the effect chronic pain has on this magic power • The most beneficial position for sleeping • Ideal (and much less so) conditions for going to slee...
Anxiety
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - October 02, 2019 13:23 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, Alex and Jonathan exchange ideas about: • Jonathan's social anxiety • Methods and tips to deal with social anxiety • Anxiety and its relationship to the sympathetic nervous system • Chronic pain, anxiety and the exercises you can do for those econditions • Physical cue...
What Shoes Should I Wear Today? (Part II)
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - July 09, 2019 02:32 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -The importance of posture and its direct relationship to foot health -How walking barefoot is the best way to care for your ailing feet -Other types of foot care to counter the negative effects of wearing shoes all the time -Pronation and supination and whether shoes ca...
What Shoes Should I Wear Today?
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - June 13, 2019 15:25 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode Jonathan and Alex talk about: -Jonathan's love of shoes -How bad shoes are for you and your feet -Barefoot shoes versus supportive shoes -Running shoes and their effect on running technique -Foot care for wearing constrictive and narrow shoes -The benefits of having m...
Stuck in the Sympathetic Nervous System
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - May 01, 2019 14:08 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -The divisions of the human nervous system -Homeostasis, or balance, and the function of the nervous system in maintaining it -Fear, flexion, the psoas, pain and their relationship to nervous system imbalances -Exercises for restoring balance to your nervous system
The Quadratus Lumborum
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - April 03, 2019 13:28 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -Where is the quadratus lumborum and what is its function in the body -The effects of a tight quadratus lumborum on posture -The relationship of the quadratus lumborum (QL) to other muscles in the pelvic bowl -Issues with right- or left-hand dominance and how it affects ...
Muscles: Function Follows Form
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - February 04, 2019 18:55 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -The shapes and forms of different muscles -How the form of a muscle is based on its function in the body -Why we should aim to develop long, pliable muscles rather than trying to build hard muscle -How subtle changes in exercises can target different muscles -Tips and...
Muscles Do What?
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - February 04, 2019 18:55 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -The shapes and forms of different muscles -How the form of a muscle is based on its function in the body -Why we should aim to develop long, pliable muscles rather than trying to build hard muscle -How subtle changes in exercises can target different muscles -Tips and...
The Cervical Spine and the Neck
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - January 16, 2019 04:15 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, Alex and Jonathan talk about: • The cervical spine's job of holding up the head • The direct relationship of the pelvis to the cervical portion of the spine • The suboccipital muscles and the importance of their muscle tone in achieving good posture • The design of th...
Breathe Better!
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - December 16, 2018 14:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -What is the thoracolumbar junction of the spine? -The curves of the spine (kyphosis and lordosis) -The relationship of the spinal muscles and the abdominal muscles -The effect of tight muscles at the thoracolumbar junction, like hamstrings, on breathing -Exercises to ...
Breath and the Middle Back
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - December 16, 2018 14:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -What is the thoracolumbar junction of the spine? -The curves of the spine (kyphosis and lordosis) -The relationship of the spinal muscles and the abdominal muscles -The effect of tight muscles at the thoracolumbar junction, like hamstrings, on breathing -Exercises to ...
Free Your Breath To Live Better!
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - December 16, 2018 14:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -What is the thoracolumbar junction of the spine? -The curves of the spine (kyphosis and lordosis) -The relationship of the spinal muscles and the abdominal muscles -The effect of tight muscles at the thoracolumbar junction, like hamstrings, on breathing -Exercises to ...
People Can't Breathe
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - December 16, 2018 14:15 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: -What is the thoracolumbar junction of the spine? -The curves of the spine (kyphosis and lordosis) -The relationship of the spinal muscles and the abdominal muscles -The effect of tight muscles, such as the hamstring, at the thoracolumbar junction on breathing -Exercis...
Sacrum: Spine or Pelvis?
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - November 29, 2018 20:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: • What and where is the sacrum • The sacrum and its relation to the curves of the spine • Jonathan's four favorite joints and how they support the entire body • The shoulder girdle and its relation to the sacrum • Effects of a tight piriformis and a tight psoas ...
The Sacrum: Spine or Pelvis?
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - November 29, 2018 20:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: • What and where is the sacrum • The sacrum and its relation to the curves of the spine • Jonathan's four favorite joints and how they support the entire body • The shoulder girdle and its relation to the sacrum • Effects of a tight piriformis and a tight psoas ...
The Sacrum and the Lumbar
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - November 29, 2018 20:12 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode: • What and where is the sacrum • The sacrum and its relation to the curves of the spine • Jonathan's four favorite joints and how they support the entire body • The shoulder girdle and its relation to the sacrum • Effects of a tight piriformis and a tight psoas ...
Surgery is for Real!
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - November 05, 2018 16:19 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we talk about: -Jonathan's knee surgeries and how they could have been avoided -Orthopedic surgeries, such as knee and hip replacements and whether or not to have them -Failures and complications of certain orthopedic surgeries -Complications that arise from general anae...
Forward Head Posture
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - October 05, 2018 21:37 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss: What exactly the head is doing anatomically Why virtually everyone has forward head posture The curve of the neck, its responsibilities with regards to the head and how the muscles of shoulder affect the relative weight of the head Why sitting makes forward h...
The Feet: First Contact
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - July 30, 2018 14:52 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss: -How the foot works with the rest of the body to walk. -Foot problems such as plantar fasciatis, Morton's neuroma, flat feet, and others. -The anatomy of the foot, its arches and the ankle. -Shoes versus barefoot. -How bad positioning of the feet when walki...
The Feet
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - July 30, 2018 14:52 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss: -How the foot works with the rest of the body to walk. -Foot problems such as plantar fasciatis, Morton's neuroma, flat feet, and others. -The anatomy of the foot, its arches and the ankle. -Shoes versus barefoot. -How bad positioning of the feet when walki...
It's All About The Psoas
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - July 30, 2018 13:57 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss: -3 reasons for which the psoas is the most important muscle in the human anatomy. -The psoas is the emotional muscle of the body. -Psoas release exercises. -How to use the psoas correctly when walking, sitting or standing. -Short-term effects and long-term ...
An introduction to Corewalking
Corewalking Podcast: A Step in the Right Direction - July 29, 2018 17:09 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this episode, we discuss how Jonathan started his journey into teaching yoga and how he evolved into teaching people how to change their walk. We give cues on improving posture and relieving chronic pain, as well as talk about which muscles need to work together in order to walk optimally. Wa...
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