When I run by myself, I am able to focus on the bio mechanics of my breath and athletics. When I run with my dog Modo, I am able to focus on something else that I find important, but of course hard to describe. Here I go…. Modo, with the stick in his mouth, seems…

One of the principles of MODO2 is for us to be able to communicate with our bodies outside of pain. Many of us have foot and knee pain. Usually the proprioceptive giant in the small part of our 1 in 4 quadricep muscles, the vastus medialis oblique (VMO), has retired completely. Knee and foot pain…

P=2T/R Pressure equals 2(tension)/(radius) Breathing could possibly be the only thing we can agree upon.  It simply benefits our being. I can’t imagine a published news opinion, promoting mouth and shallow breath. The inhale and exhale is just a little more complicated and important than we choose to credit.  In fact, every breath is an…

I am now offering a fairly consistent running group on Sundays at 10:00am at the Lower Wood-lawn track just South of Green-lake.  The focus of the group is adopting running techniques that build awareness and recruitment of core breathing muscles that go from the back of the nose, down the throat, into our thoracic cavity,…

The physiological path to unfreezing frozen shoulder Intro Frozen shoulder is a condition in which the shoulder abruptly stops normal movements and replaces this needed function with disabling pain.  Doctors and physical therapists team up to pry the shoulder open and get the arm to move.  The shoulder stays stubborn and the options become dismal. …

So as the psoas turns: The anterior hip rotates slightly outward and forward as the pelvis motions in that optimal neutral position.  The knees, ankles and feet fall into biomechanical correctness.  the butt relaxes and becomes in an optimal position for recruitment, the backs goes on slack and the diaphragm opens to allow a deep breath. How could the…