In this episode, Posture Ellie answers two more listener questions, giving her thoughts on chiropractors and dealing with lockjaw. With the lockjaw, as with any symptom of pain, it's important to look at the body as a whole system, and not hone in on the area that hurts. Whilst lockjaw can and does have postural causes (a bit like discussed last week, if the head isn't sitting properly on top of the shoulders, it can cause issues around 'the head'. However, the issue of the head not sitting properly can be caused by the structures below it being misaligned. So, as with any symptom, we need to take a whole body posture approach to fix it), this listener thinks that stress is the cause. And, if stress is the cause, then the stress must be addressed.RecommendationsEastern Body, Western Mind by Anodea JudithUncanny Podcast by Danny Robins (on BBC)Myotape Mouth Tape - Use POSTUREELLIE for 5% offOther Info- Pre-order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squadWebsite - posture-ellie.comYouTube & Socials - @postureellieCredits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY
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Returning to other Exercise + Jaw Pain
In this episode, Posture Ellie tackles two questions posed by some Posture Squad members on Instagram. One person wanted to know "When do you know it's the right time to return to other exercise?" and the other wanted to know "Quick fixes and tips for left side jaw pain?". If you have a question you'd like Ellie to tackle in a future episode, do let her know! RecommendationsActivations App - via this podcast episode (which contains discount code)Bahé 'Revive Flex' Grounded Barefoot Shoes - use code POSTUREELLIE10 for 10% off.Other Info- Pre-order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squadWebsite - posture-ellie.comYouTube & Socials - @postureellieCredits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY
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Posture & Infant Technology
Join Ellie for an episode where she talks you through how extremely 'normal' baby/infant technology can disrupt the all-important early years development of children's muscles and posture. Whilst the list of infant technology is long, she digs into the impact of chair devices (car seats, highchairs, baby bouncers, baby walkers, push-chairs), bottle feeding, shoes and nappies. Whilst some things might seem unavoidable nowadays, we can understand the harm that these products cause to posture and therefore mitigate how long we put our children in contact with these things.References -BOOK - Wisdom of the Body Moving by Linda HartleyDOCUMENTARY - Attention, Please with Bob AllenSTUDY ON NAPPIES - Linked via this Katy Bowman article BAREFOOT SOCK SHOES - Something like this (but lots of cheap options!)Other Info- Pre-order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squadWebsite - posture-ellie.comYouTube & Socials - @postureellieCredits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY
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Posture & Hypermobility
In this episode, Posture Ellie defines how a posture practice can help with both 'types' of hypermobility. There's the more common type, where someone has one (or a few) hypermobile/hyperextensive joints, typically the knees and elbows. This type of hypermobility is a straight forward movement and posture issue, caused by the joints on either side not performing functionally (causing the hypermobile joint to compensate and overload). The other type of hypermobility is that caused by a hypermobility syndrome (Ehlers Danlos (EDS), Marfan, Stickler to name a few). The causes are both genetic and unknown. Posture Ellie hypothesises that, much like the work of Dr Gabor Mate, that there could be an element of nervous system overload at play. However, regardless of syndrome and regardless of cause, hypermobility conditions really benefit from the balance and strength focus of posture exercises. She finishes by giving tips on how she'd approach posture when working with someone with EDS, based off her experience with previous EDS clients.Suggested Reading - Dr Gabor Mate 'When the Body Says No'Other Info- Pre-order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squadWebsite - posture-ellie.comYouTube & Socials - @postureellieCredits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY
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Why I've come off Instagram
In this more chatty personal episode, Posture Ellie talks through her reasoning as to why she's decided to take a 3 month break from her 'social media drug of choice', Instagram. As a small business owner, it's scary to come off Instagram as there's a rhetoric that social media is compulsory. And, even though Ellie can totally see the benefits of a well executed social media strategy (and how nice it is to have more small talk chat with clients), there's a lot of wasted time, distraction and a lack of creativity lost to an addiction to social media. Other Info- Pre-order my book ‘Posture Power’ - https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/posture-power- Start your one month free trial of The Posture Squad - https://posture-ellie.com/the-posture-squadWebsite - posture-ellie.comYouTube & Socials - @postureellieCredits for Intro theme: Life is Good 2 by Beat Mekanik, Source: Free Music Archive, License Type: CC BY
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