A month of the horizontal positioning common to bedrest can decrease your muscle and bone mass. Same gravitational force. Same genes. Different position. Different body. And gravity isn’t the only force that loads our cells. Simply put, a force is a push or pull on an object. In the case of our bodies, many of the objects being pushed and pulled ar

Some common directions into which people tend to lose neutral joint position during movement are upper cervical extension, thoracic flexion, scapular elevation and internal rotation, thoracolumbar extension, hip flexion, and foot pronation.

Chronically tight muscles come from muscle dominance and unequal muscle activation. If you have equilibrium, you should not be chronically tight. Therefore (and this may surprise you, because it goes against popular wisdom), we should not need to stretch excessively. Excessive tightness is telling you something, and stretching may help it feel bett