Your Legs, Hips, Glutes & Pelvis
How we stand, sit and move can impact how we feel in these areas. Especially if we have habits where we might end up leaning a lot on one side, or perhaps grip the sides of our bottoms a lot, or hitch one hip up higher than the other. Looking down while we walk and move through space makes a difference too (look straight ahead).
Moving these areas in a balanced way so that the front, back, left and right all get a look in. Strength as well as flexibility is key. Knowing how to move is also key because what can happen is that our brains will look for the ways that it knows and sometimes, that may not be the most effective way. Essentially we are looking to create better muscular balance around these areas by getting the tired parts to work less hard, and the other parts to work more. Improving how you walk, stand, sit and feel!
Last Thursday I hosted a workshop on all of this over on the Move At Your Desk membership platform. We dsicussed how to get your bottom muscles working evenly (hello peach!), movements for bursitis, pelvic floor, SI joint pain and how movement/thinking about how you stand can help, knee alignement so your knees do not hurt when you lunge, whether we need to stretch our hamstrings, side of bottom pain, and much more.
Daisy, a Pilates Teacher who came along, said this:
"I first came across Kerrie-Anne via Grace Hurry on Instagram who was raving about her. I have since signed up to her Move at your Desk membership which is jam-packed with classes, workshops, videos, tips etc. Kerrie-Anne is incredibly knowledgeable and can spot a postural issue through a computer screen in seconds - and then help address it. Her wealth of experience and knowledge mixed with her warm and very approachable manner is amazing. All of the work she does is extremely functional and accessible to everyone. And to top it all off, she’s hilarious."
Everyone who came left feeling much better. I have a recording available to watch (along with lower back and shoulder/neck workshops too) up on the MAYD platform. 33 mins of movement and 40 mins of discussion.