Alexandra Ellis
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Why Your Injury is Not Getting Better
I recently was speaking with a student who just suffered an MCL tear and was frustrated with what they felt was a very slow healing progress. This student had followed their orthopedic surgeon's instructions to a T and had abstained from any activity for two weeks but...
How to Stretch the Psoas and Obliques
Most of us think only of its role as a hip flexor when it comes to the psoas. But did you know that your psoas is also closely tied to back pain? And poor posture can also create psoas tension -- which can lead to low back and hip pain? There are a million and one...
How to Build the Ultimate Standing Desk
With the rise of sedentarism in our culture, many desk heights are also seeing a rise. It’s been said that “sitting is the new smoking” and while standing at your workstation isn’t a cure-all, it can help you to log more movement throughout your day. Sitting in itself...
Improve Core and Spine Rotational Strength
For the most part, we move our body in very repetitive motions throughout the day. The Follow the Leader exercise will help to stretch your hips, inner thighs and lower back while strengthening all the same areas. Core strength is more than just sit-ups - this...
Are you Aging Dynamically? Dynamic Aging Book Review
We’re all aging on a minute by minute basis, might as well make it as dynamic as possible! If you’ve been hanging around AE Wellness for some time, you know how much of a Katy Bowman fan I am. Her book Move Your DNA made it extremely clear to me that many of the...
What Happens To Your Brain When You Meditate?
Meditation and mindfulness are quickly becoming the hot new trend - you can hardly get out of the grocery store without someone or something suggesting you try mindfulness. But meditation is hardly new - people have been practicing mindfulness for thousands of years!...
Hot Yoga – Yay or Nay?
I’ll be upfront and honest - I have never tried hot yoga. It’s been on my radar for some time, and since a new studio popped up in my neighborhood, I’m seriously considering checking it out. But I’ve always wondered what the effect of heat and humidity is on the body....
Can Naps Help you Catch up on Sleep Debt?
I remember fighting naps when I was a kid. I never wanted to go lay down in the middle of the afternoon for fear that all the fun stuff would happen while I was catching Z’s. Fast forward 25 years and now I look forward to naps and can’t wait to get one! We are one of...
Quads vs. Hamstrings – who’s to blame?
When it comes to hip, knee and low back pain, the major muscles present (and blamed for issues) are the quadriceps and hamstrings. This makes sense as the rectus femoris, one of the 4 quadriceps muscles, crosses at the hip and assists with hip flexion and the...
How Fat and Hair Follicles Will Change Wound Healing and Scars
What if I told you that the secret to avoiding scars is fat and hair? Scar tissue, as we’ve discussed before (read: The Problem with Scar Tissue), is not regular tissue and can impact your ability to move once it's developed. While there are things we can do to...