Tune Up Fitness® Self Care Blog

“Stacy” (not her real name) was my new private client. She arrived at the studio where I teach in a wheel chair. She was post–op and post her allotted amount of physical therapy sessions. With a torn Achilles tendon, horrible back…

What the heck is a neutral pelvis and why do I need to have one? This is a question I often get from my students and private clients. In Pilates reformer classes, teachers are constantly reminding students to bring their pelvis…

If your social circles include yoga teachers and students, then surely you know about and are a possible constituent of the Texas-sized uproar over a recent piece in the New York Times Magazine by William J. Broad.  The five-page, single-spaced printed…

Kayla is strong and athletic: she was a gymnast and shot putter in high school. However, as we poignantly know, even the strongest young person’s life can change radically as a result of an accident.  Kayla’s car was one of five…

Theresa is a full time college student, wife, and mother of three. She has been on a positive life changing path for the past two years. Losing 92 pounds has been one of her greatest accomplishments! Theresa has also been working…

My painful earaches had been unwelcome visitors for years. When I finally scheduled an appointment with my physician, I was symptom free.  (Don’t you hate when that happens?) He ruled out infection, fluid buildup, and detected no redness or swelling. Alas,…

The rhomboids are – wait for it – two rhomboid shaped muscles that lie between the shoulder blades.  I love anatomical terms, they tell it like it is.  Rhomboid Major and Minor connect the medial edge of the scapula to the…

The triceps sit at the back of the upper arm.  In fact it is the only muscle at the back of the arm.  It is called the ‘tri’ceps because it is, as the Latin clearly states, a three headed muscle.  There…

Traditionally, “shoulder to the wheel” means to work hard or exert yourself.  While you certainly do those things when cycling, the phrase took on whole new meaning for me this year.  Bar tops, hoods, and drops could refer to an ‘interesting’…