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My name is Mandy Rempfer-Kuncio and I am passionate about the pelvis! As a pelvic health physiotherapist and a birth doula, my dream is for everyone to feel strong at their centre. Thank you for visiting the Nurturance Health blog!
One more quick post on posture and then next week we’ll move on. 😉 Upon first glance this posture might look like a good one… but it’s not ideal! In an attempt to get my shoulders back over my hips and “stand tall”, I have thrust my rib cage forward and up. It...
If you are a habitual hanger like me, then this post is for you. Like I mentioned before, this posture is not optimal because it brings your body’s centre of mass out over your feet instead of over your heel and that can put unnecessary stress on the soft...
Okay, remember that posture plum line we talked about a couple of days ago? (In case you missed it, you can catch up here). Well, its time to look at some subtle nuances in that “line” so you can start to figure out what patterns you might have. I spend all day at...
I have a soft spot for biomechanics. Actually, I consider myself a bit of a backyard biomechanist – I dabble in it because I really like it, kind of like my gardening. I always liked physics and math in highschool, but I was first introduced to the field of biomechanics...
This is a long one, so grab your tea and settle in. 😉 Okay – you have 10 seconds to answer this question: If you suddenly had $24,000 what would you spend it on???? An article rolled through my inbox this week that proceeded to roll through my mind for a couple of days,...
My hump, my hump, my lovely lady lumps… Um, ya - thanks Fergie… Nevertheless – if you are a lady, you have some special anatomy! So I thought my first blog post should highlight some of what physically makes a woman’s body different from a man’s. Many of these differences...