Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

Remember the show Happy Days (1974-1984)? My favorite character was Arthur Fonzarelli – a super cool, James Dean-esque, handsome guy that all the ladies loved and all the men wanted to be.   Fonzi had a famous saying, “Sit on it!”   He…

On Wednesday, I discussed the negative affects stress has on our breath and bodies. Did you know that your breath can help you shift your stress in as little as 3 minutes? Starting today, it is time to realize the potential…

Our world is moving faster than ever. The speed of technology, gadgets and smart phones provide a constant overload of information that puts our bodies under an incredible amount of physiological stress. This relentless chronic stress sweeps under our skin and…

What do Louis Jackson, Kevyn McAnlis, Kelly Starrett* and twenty five million Americans all have in common? None of us can breathe….well maybe that’s being a little extreme, but we do have asthma. As mentioned in my previous blog, asthmatics suffer…

Asthma is a chronic obstructive lung disease affecting twenty five million children and adults in America*.  Saying that differently, one in twelve people have asthma*.  That’s a lot of people! Individuals with asthma are essentially under attack by the environment around…

On Wednesday, I discussed the intricacies of the vestibular system and how the entire body is involved in creating balance. If the neuroplasticity of the brain allows us to learn how to balance better, no matter how old we are, barring…

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold – William Butler Yeats, “The Second Coming” (1919) It’s that instant before falling out of tree pose – we’ve all been there, teetering on one foot, perhaps hopping around, negotiating with gravity — and…

In my previous post, I talk about my desire to strengthen my core as a way to bring stability to my back. The instability in my lumbar spine was caused by a handful of years of consistent spine cracking for relief.…

For a handful of years in my late 20’s and early 30’s I was addicted to cracking my spine. Several times each day I would strongly twist my body to the right and try to crack and pop as many vertebrae…