Movement Logic: Strong Opinions, Loosely Held

Welcome to Episode 27 of the Movement Logic Podcast! This is our last episode of the season!In this episode, Laurel and Sarah reflect on their top three takeaways from season 1 of the Movement Logic Podcast. You’ll have to listen to the episode to hear what they are! We also discuss: How podcasting for the first time went for both of us, what was challenging, specifically. How science asks us to hold ideas loosely and remain a student (rather than fact holder and disseminator of facts). Why the language we use to talk about our bodies or our students’ bodies—and the re-education around using more positive, optimistic language—is so crucial to our ability as teachers to actually help our students feel better. The problem with all-or-nothing type thinking when it comes to better understanding a topic or finding the truth. Why publishing your learning process can be the best way to learn.Reference links:Episode 19 Oh, NO! Nose Breathing & Nitric OxideEpisode 20 Pelvic Floor In-Depth with Stephanie Prendergast, MPTEpisode 16 Training the Non-Traditional Athlete with Rosalyn Mayse, AKA Roz the DivaEpisode 12 Movement Fads and Myths: Interview with Jules Mitchell MS, CMT, E-RYT 500Episode 7 Is Pain Automatically Bad?Episode 8 A Perimenopause Perspective with Trina Altman PMA, E-RYT 500Episode 17 Pros & Cons of Using Resistance BandsSign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course! Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah discusses her experience with cancer treatment, and the guidance (or lack thereof) around how and when to exercise. She covers: The current exercise recommendations for people going through cancer treatment The most recent research around strength training and cancer treatment, specifically chemotherapy What going through chemotherapy is like, and how it can be difficult to figure out what to do when in terms of exercise Her personal experience using strength training during treatment and how it changed everything for the betterReferences:Sarah’s website and mailing listHigh-intensity strength training improves quality of life in cancer survivorsEffects of resistance exercise on fatigue and quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing adjuvant chemotherapy: A randomized controlled trialLong-term follow-up after cancer rehabilitation using high-intensity resistance training: persistent improvement of physical performance and quality of lifeSign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Visit the Movement Logic website to watch the video version: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 25 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Laurel shares her history with yoga butt, or, proximal hamstring tendinopathy (high hamstring pain.) This episode is packed with tendon and muscle physiology. It also busts the big myth that yoga butt (and any yoga-related injury) is because we’re all woefully “overstretched”. At the end, Laurel shares a 3-step approach to nipping yoga butt in the yoga bud using strength training knowledge and tools.Additionally Laurel examines:  What yoga butt is (hint: a pain in the butt right at the sit bone more technically referred to as proximal hamstring tendinopathy).What a tendinopathy is.Short and sweet hamstring anatomy.Why yoga students might be more likely to experience PHT.That a typical vinyasa or Iyengar-inspired asana class involves a whole bunch of passive forward bends/hamstring stretching and why that makes managing and overcoming yoga butt tough for students in those classes.How Laurel nipped her yoga butt in the bud.The contradictory advice yoga teachers (including Laurel!) gave about what to do about yoga butt.How proximal hamstring tendon compression (rather than tension) plays a role in causing or exacerbating PHT.How strength training can help students overcome and avoid yoga butt.Why the narrative that we’re overstretched is illogical and a distraction away from the solution.What motor units are, what muscle recruitment is, and how understanding this aspect of muscle physiology can explain why yoga asana won’t make your tendons stronger but strength training will.A 3-step process to overcoming yoga butt as well as encouragement to see a clinician if what you try doesn’t seem to help.Reference links:Get the Hip & SI Joint tutorial before the cart closes this Sunday 11/27/22: https://movementlogictutorials.com/movement-logic/hips-tutorial/If you want to stretch your hamstrings please continue to do soEbonie Rio - Isometric exercise in tendinopathyPutting “Heavy” into Heavy Slow ResistanceDo we need to think about connective tissues when strength training?Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials Get on our mailing list for tons of free content Contact us (we're super friendly) Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel is joined by her friend and colleague, Jesal Parikh. Together, Laurel and Jesal discuss the topics of cultural appropriation, biodiversity, and accessibility. Jesal offers clear examples and anecdotes to help listeners relate to and understand these topics within the context of everyday practice and teaching. She offers simple, actionable tips to yoga teachers to help them bring a greater sensitivity and understanding of these topics directly into their teaching. Laurel and Jesal discuss: That cultural appropriation is a form of theft and commodification. How cultural appropriation shows up in the yoga community. The difference between cultural appropriation and cultural appreciation. Why cultural context and Yoga’s roots matter when “thinking critically” about Yoga. The effect of culture, genetics, and many other environmental factors on our “signature of movement”, or, the way each of us as individuals moves differently. How accessibility is different from adaptability when we take into account how social issues (not just biological issues) affect who can and cannot participate in a Yoga class. What connects cultural appropriation, biodiversity, and accessibility. Science’s tendency to discredit indigenous practices, rename them, and take “scientific”  credit for them. Tips for teachers who want to honor Yoga’s roots, make space for biodiversity, and make their classes more accessible.Guest Bio:Jesal Parikh is an Indian-American yoga teacher, movement educator, podcaster, author and disrupter working on creative solutions for equity in Yoga. She co-hosts the Yoga is Dead podcast and offers movement education through the lens of social justice.Jesal’s aim is to uplift those who are feeling isolated and marginalized by the yoga industry. Pronouns: she/her/they/them.Reference links:Visit Jesal’s websiteDevdutt Pattanaik TED Talk East Vs. West, The Myths That MystifyHips Tutorial link: https://movementlogictutorials.com/movement-logic/hips-tutorial/Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales – our popular Foot & Ankle Tutorial is on sale soon!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 23 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah outlines five practical steps you can take as a movement teacher when you have a client or student who is injured. She discusses: Whether “just don’t do this pose” is a valid and useful answer for some teachers Why memorizing a billion modifications can work, but there’s an easier way What to do with a student when you don’t have any experience with their condition/injury How to think critically in the moment when you are teaching so you can offer the most logical solution to their issue How to relate to someone’s unique anatomy such that it might cause them pain or discomfort in a pose that you don’t experience A logical step-wise approach for any studentNew Movement Logic Hip and SI Joint Tutorial now available!Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Want more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 22 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah ask where the 10,000 step benchmark came from (you might be super surprised!), and if every person needs the same number of steps to receive the same amount of health benefits. We also discuss: What are the parameters that change your number of steps How do you “get your steps in” without becoming totally obsessed about it How where you live might determine how much you walk (versus take the car) How the pandemic changed a lot of people’s overall fitness and activity levels Whether it’s more valuable to track your general activity level vs number of steps How it’s useful to focus less on how many is enough to how many is too few How a workout doesn’t cancel out the negative effects of a day of sitting In what ways do strength training and cardiovascular exercise support each other How to get more movement into your day overallReference links:Step Trackers available to purchase Daily Steps and All-Cause Mortality: A Meta Analysis of 15 International CohortsDaily Step Counts for Measuring Physical Activity Exposure and Its Relation to HealthThe relationships between step count and all-cause mortality and cardiovascular events: A dose-response meta-analysisGuardian Article by David CoxSign up here for the Movement Logic Hips Mini Course - 4 days of videos and a discount code for the full Hips Tutorial not available anywhere else!Want more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 21 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this solo episode, Laurel shares her history with sacroiliac joint (SIJ) pain, and how no less than shifting her identity as a teacher, the way she thought of her SIJ, and the way she moved her body on a regular basis is what was required of her to get herself out of pain.The SIJ is an area of the body that is surrounded by misinformation and tainted by a rather pessimistic outlook on its stability and robustness. These fragilizing, pessimistic attitudes often result in triggering language around the SIJ that can lead people in pain to believe that their SIJ is unstable, out of place, or moving in the wrong ways.This episode combines some anatomy and biomechanics along with plenty of human psychology and even human evolution to examine the power that words have over shaping our beliefs and identity, and how our beliefs and identity, in turn shape the language we use.Laurel invites teachers to examine their beliefs about the body and question the words they use as thoughtfully as they choose their sequences, exercises, props, cues, and alignments. Additionally Laurel examines:  Prevailing myths around the SIJ in both the movement and PT world. The problem with ideas around right and wrong alignment or good and bad exercises with regards to SIJ pain. A walk down memory lane to remember all the poses, alignments, and whole approaches to practicing the asanas that we demonized and blamed for our SIJ pain. Four reasons the SIJ is inherently stable, robust, and awesome. What pain science can teach us about SIJ pain and more and less effective ways of addressing it. What human evolution suggests about the SIJ and its stability. Why looking for a specific faultily-functioning mechanism to “fix” the SIJ is often less helpful than casting a wide net and making the body, or a general region of the body, more tolerant to loads. The scope of practice of a movement teacher when helping their students with painful SIJs feel better.Reference links:Sign up for a FREE mini course about the Hip and SIJ from Movement Logic co-creators Laurel Beversdorf, Dr. Sarah Court DPT, and Jesal Parikh.Changing the Narrative in Diagnosis and Management of Pain in the Sacroiliac Joint AreaDiagnostic Accuracy of Clusters of Pain Provocation Tests for Detecting Sacroiliac Joint Pain: Systematic Review With Meta-analysisThe Physio-NetworkBorn to Walk: Myofascial Efficiency and the Body in MovementThe Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and DiseaseExplain PainPain is Really Strange Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Want more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 20 of the Movement Logic Podcast! In this episode, Sarah interviews Pelvic Floor Physical Therapist Stephanie Predergast, co-founder of the Pelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center, about everything and anything pelvic floor related. Stephanie also answers your questions from Instagram! Here’s what we cover: Understanding the mechanics and function of the pelvic floor and how it’s different than other muscles in the body Why strengthening your pelvic floor is not always the goal and how it might make your incontinence symptoms worse The difference between stress incontinence and urge incontinence Why dyspurnia (painful sex) and vulvodynia (vulvar pain) are treatable but might get misdiagnosed as an ‘incurable disease’ When pelvic floor muscular dysfunction gets misdiagnosed as a UTI, depending on which kind of practitioner you see The efficacy and safety of hormone therapy for menopause symptoms according to NAMS (North American Menopause Society)  What is GSM (Genitourinary Symptoms of Menopause) and how is it treatable Pelvic floor concerns for people with male genitalia, a chronically underserved population Why people with low back or hip pain very often have an underlying pelvic floor issue What are some signs that a movement teacher can look out for with their clients to indicate they may need to see a pelvic floor specialist (and a screening questionnaire included below) What is the female pelvic triad and how teenage athletes may need help Reference links:As the Pelvis Turns NewsletterNAMS position paper on hormone therapyPique Health for online care for pelvic floor and sexual health Poise Impressa for incontinence supportSpeax by Thinx for incontinence supportQuick Screen for pelvic floor PTPHRC YouTube pagePelvic Health and Rehabilitation Center (they’re hiring PTs!)Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 19 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode,Sarah discusses nose breathing, mouth breathing, taping your mouth shut (only at night), and best practices for breathing while exercising, sleeping, and every time in between.  What’s the difference impact on our physiology between nose breathing and mouth breathing - and why it might be really important to try and nose breathe Are we breathing too shallowly either way How do you train yourself to nose breathe What is the impact of nitric oxide on our bodies Why it might not be as simple as “get rid of as much CO2 as you can when you exhale” but we don’t have a clear answer for that yet AND a very special breathing practice we can do together at the end of the episodeReference links:Breath book by James NestorMedical tapehttps://www.mrjamesnestor.com/breathing-videosSinusology Could nasal nitric oxide help to mitigate the severity of COVID-19?Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!

Welcome to Episode 18 of the Movement Logic podcast! In this episode, Laurel and Sarah discuss teaching privates, why we didn’t use to like teaching privates, and why we like it now. This episode is full of awkward, funny, and frustrating stories from our past as private yoga teachers. We end with helpful tips that will help you enjoy teaching privates more. Where to meet with one-on-one clients/patients  Charging differently based on how much commuting is involved The big reason we didn’t like teaching privates: no clear understanding of the goal. Students who talk too much and aren’t focused on the movement Students who have expectations but you don’t like teaching that way. Students with persistent pain and questioning your scope of practice. The game changer for Laurel: training strength clients with clear, trackable goals. The benefits of talking less and observing more. Admin is a bummer. How we avoid back-and-forth emailing and tracking clients down. Our top 6 pet peeves about teaching privates, and tips we share to avoid these and love teaching privates!  Reference links:Work one-on-one with Doctor Sarah Court, DPTWork one-on-one with Laurel Beversdorf, E-RYT 500Sign up here for the Movement Logic Newsletter for course discounts and sales and receive a free mini Pelvic Floor course!Watch the video of this conversation at: www.movementlogictutorials.com/podcastWant more Movement Logic? Follow us on IG: @movementlogictutorials  Get on our mailing list for tons of free content  Contact us (we're super friendly)Thanks for listening!