Therapy Plus NT

24/10/2025

11/11/2022

EFT or ‘Tapping’ is an easy and effective self help tool.

I have young kids. And like most parents, I oftentimes wish I could wave a magic wand so that nothing bad would ever happen to them. It is heartbreaking whenever we witness children in distress or in pain!

30/10/2022

The Worst Instruction Ever

If I had to guess there isn’t a single person in the world who hasn’t heard the following instruction:

“Stand up straight and take your shoulder back.”

This is the single worst instruction you can hear in yoga, in exercise, and in life.

It is probably impossible to count the number of times you have heard it since you were a wee child.

And you might well be hearing it still.

It’s often accompanied by “lift your chest”— an equally poor instruction.

But, it’s what I heard every day of my childhood.

Along with, “Stop slouching”.

It’s what most of us have heard.

And I think it is just the worst instruction ever.

Taking your shoulders back does nothing good. Literally nothing.

The human shoulder is not supposed to be locked in place.

I learned that from one sentence in the book, Human Movement Potential, by the great Lulu Sweigard.

She stated simply that the arm should hang freely from its socket when we are standing and not doing anything.

If you take your shoulders back— you are by definition— locking your arms in place and cutting down on their ability to hang freely.

Here is the simplest argument I have for why you need to stop taking your shoulders back:

There is no activity you really do for leisure, for fun, for the effective performance of anything… that involves taking your shoulders back.

Are you watching the baseball playoffs by any chance? You can’t hit a baseball if you lift your chest and take your shoulders back.
How about golf? Ever hit a golf ball? The first instruction in any golf lesson is, “Let your arms hang.”

Imagine chopping vegetables while making dinner. If you lift your chest and take your shoulders back you wouldn’t be able to chop,

If you play baseball you stick your butt out and lean forward. If you play tennis, soccer, basketball, etc, etc. They are basically all the same

We do these activities by accessing the core through the front plane of the body. Taking your shoulders back robs you of that possibility.

When you take your shoulders back you end up leaning backward and compressing the spine which leads to so many of the issues that people who age poorly are forced to deal with.

If you stop taking your shoulders back so many good things can happen.

So. Stop. Taking. Your. Shoulders. Back.

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I'll be teaching a workshop for Shoulder Therapeutics on Saturday October 22nd, at 10 am EDT.

This is a 3 hour workshop and everyone who registers will get access to a recording as well as ebooks of the slideshow and exercises.

There is a link at the top of my CoreWalking Page, and I'll add a link in the comments.

This is a 3-hour workshop and everyone who registers will get access to a recording as well as ebooks of the slideshow and exercises.

29/10/2022

Did you know unrestricted deep breathing can help with Anxiety, Depression, Managing stress, Improving focus, Better sleep & Faster recovery from exercise or exertion. Learn how you can do the Rescue & Recovery move on yourself, friends and family. Find our FREE Rescue/Recovery moves to do yourself.
https://emmett-technique.thinkific.com/courses/Recovery-Move

22/10/2022

10/09/2022

Happy to have this as one of my tools. Results are quick and amazing …

Article featuring MSTR® practitioner June Miller from Scotland.

The article appears today (September 8th) in one of the UK's top weekly magazines - 'Take a Break'.

Big thanks to June and her client for helping this happen.

https://takeabreak.co.uk/

12/08/2022

EMMETT Technique is a Safe, Fast and Effective Muscle Release Therapy.
www.emmett-technique-hq.com

12/04/2022

I’m on extended Easter break…. Back on Thursday the 21st.