There’s an old idea in medicine that doesn’t get talked about anymore, mostly because it turned out to be wrong. For decades, the standard advice after a knee surgery, a hip surgery, almost any major joint work, was rest. Lay the leg down. Keep it still. Let the body heal before asking it to do…
Your Body Isn’t Getting Old, It’s Just Laying Off Staff Nobody noticed when the shoe thing started. It wasn’t a decision so much as a small adjustment. Bending over felt like more effort than it used to, so you sat down to tie them. Then you started buying slip-ons. Then you stopped getting on the…
You’re Not Getting Old Why chronic sitting is building a body that feels like it is There is a version of you that moved without thinking about it. You stood up and just stood up. You turned quickly without planning the turn. You caught yourself when you stumbled because your body responded before your brain…
Nobody Works Alone | KnotReset Body Mechanics Nobody Works Alone I had a client — I’ll call her Cassandra — who had been through more massage therapists than most people have had oil changes. And every single one of them, according to her, did it wrong. She’d walk in, point to a spot on her…
Most postural problems trace back to the hips. That’s not a controversial opinion among people who study how the body holds itself upright — it’s closer to a consensus. And when you dig into why the hips cause so much trouble, you almost always end up in the same place: a group of six deep…
The $8,000 Oil Change Skipping maintenance is always cheaper–until it isn’t. Your body runs on the same math. I kept putting off a $100 dollar oil change. Not because I didn’t care. Not because I didn’t know better. Just because life was hectic, and it never felt urgent enough to stop and deal with. Until…
There’s Always Room for Ice – KnotReset KnotReset Recovery There’s Always Room for Ice Sometimes the hardest thing is just sitting still long enough. Recently, I fell running to BART, and landed real, real hard on my butt. Luckily, I didn’t try to brace myself on wet pavement. I’ve seen too many injuries that came…
Why your pain is never where you think it is The Session That Changed How I Think About Pain A few years into my practice, a woman came in holding her right shoulder. She’d been dealing with the ache for months — tried heat, tried ice, even got a cortisone shot. Nothing stuck. I asked…
Anatomy Made Simple | KnotReset You know the feeling. You’ve been sitting for a few hours — at your desk, in the car, on the couch watching one more episode — and when you finally stand up, your body doesn’t cooperate right away. Those first few steps, you’re hunched forward, moving like you’re sixty years…
Waking Up with a Stiff Neck — KnotReset Waking Up with a Stiff Neck The pillow always takes the blame. Maybe it’s too flat, too thick, too soft. Maybe you slept in a weird position. Whatever it was, something happened in that bed and now you can’t turn your head without your whole upper body…