Click on NOTE CATEGORIES to browse by topic, read through the entire archives, or type a topic in the search box.One of the benefits of being an Aligned and Well Facebook friend, besides the obvious prestige, is when I do a Q&A session. Last week I requested friends to ask a quick question. You can…
Sunday Kind of Love
I haven’t had any blog-inspiration this week. Maybe the last of my book edits have tired me out. Maybe it was the trip from CA to WA (again!). Perhaps it was the fact that all…
Growing Pains
Kirk Cameron? Where are you? How come we are not married already? Oh, wait. Not that Growing Pains. The other kind. The kind that may have resulted in leg pain when you were a kid.…
Anatomy Misconceptions
1. There is no hip bone. The hip is a joint, or the place where two bones interface. In the case of the hip joints, the bones in question are the pelvis and the femur…
Pain-Free Baby Holding
This article was updated and lightly expanded in 2019. You find all of our best kid and baby movement articles gathered in the article More Movement for Babies and Kids. Our sedentary culture is continuously…
A User’s Guide to Hamstrings
This article was updated Feb 2020 to make it bettah. For a lot more on how hamstrings impact whole-body and pelvic health, read Our Best “Healthy Pelvis” Resources. Let’s start with some quick hamstring anatomy…
Road Trip Boot Camp
Moving 1200 miles is a huge flurry of activity followed by about a billion hours of sitting in a car. Because I feel about sitting the way others feel about smoking, I lobbied (and won!)…
When In Doubt, Stick Your Butt OUT
No, this is not a blog about your awesome dance moves, but about how to move things (like heavy boxes) without causing a spasm in your back. You’ve heard “lift with your legs, not with…
Naturally Strong Baby
If you’re interested in reading more on ideas presented in the article below, I suggest reading Movement Matters. If you’d like movement instruction via video, start with Daily Movement Multivitamin. It’s not often that I…
Books I like.
You want to know a little bit more about me? This is what I am reading right now. 1. The BIG Necessity, The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why it Matters by Rose George.…
DO SECOND TOES ALWAYS LINE UP?
This article from 2011 was lightly edited and updated for new resources in 2020. If you’re interested in feet, check out Our Favorite Feet, Footwear, and Walking Resources. Like tires on a car as you’re…
Barefoot, not just for adults!
Yesterday my niece stepped on her first nail. She survived. And I know she survived because I got this text from my sister: Survived Rae’s first nail through foot – she is doing fine. And…