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12/27/2025

Hips feel restricted⁉️💥

This may be the muscles to stretch and here is the one position you can work within to get both the internal and external rotators of the hip ☝🏻

The 90-90 hip position has you draw one leg straight out in front of you and the other along the side of the body but the angle between the hamstrings and calf are 90degrees.

1. Hold this position and lean in to breath

2. Switch legs after your are done!

3. Keep the body upright and move the oegs independently of the spine!

This evaluation is good way to understand which way your legs are dominant! The further your legs go in one direction the more dominant the group! 💯

Take this one nice and easy for a good stretch to help reduce restriction ‼️

12/27/2025

🧐 What structure is about 5 - 10 micrometers in diameter?

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It’s the Capillaries!

💥What are capillaries?💥

👉Capillaries are delicate blood vessels (tubes that hold blood) throughout your body. They bring nutrients and oxygen to cells in your organs and body systems. In exchange, they also carry away tissue waste like carbon dioxide.

💥Types of capillaries💥

Capillaries have three different shapes that help them carry out various functions. Types of capillaries include:

1️⃣ Continuous fenestrated capillaries.

👉These have small openings (fenestrae) that enable them to exchange substances quickly. These are in your kidneys, small intestine and endocrine glands.

2️⃣ Continuous nonfenestrated capillaries.

👉These have a lining that only small molecules can pass through. This type of capillary exists in your nervous system as well as fat and muscle tissue.

3️⃣ Sinusoidal capillaries.

👉These have small fenestrae that allow certain substances to pass through. This type of capillary is in your liver and spleen.

💥Where are capillaries located?💥

Capillaries are nearly everywhere in your body — wherever arteries and veins connect. Capillary beds serve your tissues and organs.

💥What do they look like?💥

Capillaries are the smallest blood vessels in your vascular system. Researchers have to use a microscope to see capillaries, which are smaller than a human hair. A capillary is about 5 micrometers (a micrometer is 0.001 millimeter) around. It’s so tiny that red blood cells have to go through it lined up one behind the other. Capillaries are less than 1 mm long, or about the size of the tip of a pen.

Capillaries have thin walls (1 micrometer thick) that let nutrients, fluids and gases go in and out.

12/23/2025

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What is the bone that has no other bony attachments in the body? 🧐

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If you guessed the:

HYOID BONE, you got it! 🦴

The hyoid bone is a unique, horseshoe-shaped bone in the neck, situated below the jaw and above the larynx, notable for being the only bone in the body not directly connected to any other bone, instead supported by muscles and ligaments. It acts as a crucial anchor for the tongue and muscles involved in swallowing, speech, and maintaining an open airway, and is palpable in the anterior neck. 💯

💥Key Characteristics💥

👉Location: Front of the neck, below the mandible (jawbone), above the thyroid cartilage.

👉Structure: A central body with two pairs of horns (greater and lesser), often U-shaped.

👉”Floating” Bone: Not articulated with other bones, connected by muscles and ligaments.

👉Muscles & Ligaments: Anchors muscles from the tongue, floor of mouth, larynx, pharynx, and even the sternum/scapula.

💥Functions💥

👉Swallowing (Mastication): Moves the tongue and larynx to facilitate swallowing.

👉Speech: Supports tongue movement, essential for articulation.

👉Airway: Helps keep the airway open

12/22/2025

Patients doing anything to book in right now 🤣

🎄 That escalated quickly… most of our practitioners are now fully booked with waitlists.We do have a few remaining appoi...
12/22/2025

🎄 That escalated quickly… most of our practitioners are now fully booked with waitlists.

We do have a few remaining appointments this week with Eric, but spots are very limited and filling fast.

If you were hoping to get in before Christmas, now’s the time to book ✨
👉 Online booking is open https://vitalityvillageosteo.janeapp.com/ #/staff_member/1

12/22/2025

Anatomy Trivia | Bone Edition, Part 2.

What is the bone in the forearm that can be remembered by sticking up the thumb and saying “rad” !

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Learn more about the answer below!

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It’s the Radius!

The radius is one of the two long bones in the forearm, running from the elbow to the thumb side of the wrist, parallel to the ulna, and is crucial for arm rotation (supination/pronation) and wrist movement, featuring a cylindrical head at the elbow, a shaft, and a wider distal end that connects to the wrist bones, supporting muscles and enabling arm function.

💥Location & Structure💥

👉Location: In the forearm, on the thumb side (lateral aspect).

Ends:
👉Proximal (Elbow): Features the cylindrical head, which articulates with the humerus and ulna, and the radial tuberosity, where the biceps muscle attaches.

👉Distal (Wrist): Wider, articulating with the ulna (ulnar notch) and wrist bones (scaphoid, lunate). Includes the styloid process.

👉Shaft: Connects the ends and provides attachment for muscles.

💥Function💥

👉Rotation: Allows the forearm to rotate (turn palm up/down) by pivoting around the ulna.

👉Movement: Articulates with the humerus (elbow) and carpal bones (wrist) for arm and hand movement.

👉Support: Provides attachment for numerous muscles, tendons, and ligaments

12/20/2025

Treating vs practitioner treatment

Surprise it’s the same rewarding experience for both of us! 🤣

12/19/2025

Got a runny nose??

We are stimulating the trigeminal nerve here to help with mucous production! 💦

Try this simple hold and move exercise to try and release the sinuses responsible! ✅

This needs to be done more than just a quick video 💥

Try other remedies as well to help stimulate mucous and get the nose running to get the bad out 💧

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12/18/2025

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🎄✨This season is for slowing down.Acupuncture supports rest, recovery, and emotional balance during the busy holidays.Bo...
12/18/2025

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This season is for slowing down.
Acupuncture supports rest, recovery, and emotional balance during the busy holidays.

Book with Brianne - our go to for stress relief this season here:
https://vitalityvillageosteo.janeapp.com/ #/acupuncture

Give yourself a moment of calm this Christmas 🤍

12/17/2025

Neck Hump? Try this out!

💥The term neck hump isn’t proper for the big C7 junction that some individuals have!

✅ Lots of people of this!

🔂The best thing we can do is mobilize it with exercises and mobility moves that focus on more extension in the neck!

💯 By placing a pillow over the area we can create relative extension and deep breath! This is a non invasive way of getting the area to move the way we want it too!
It should be done on a consistent basis!

12/17/2025

Lymphatic Edition, Part 1| Anatomy Trivia!

What is the vessel in our gut that helps shoot all of the lumbar, inguinal, popliteal, and pedal lymph from the legs up to the thoracic duct? 🧐

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If you commented and guessed The Cisterna Chyli you got it! 🟢

The cisterna chyli (CC) is a crucial, dilated lymphatic sac at the base of the thoracic duct, acting as a major collection point for lymph from the lower body, pelvis, and intestines before it ascends towards the heart. Located in the abdomen (usually near vertebrae L1-L2, right of the aorta), it gathers lymph from intestinal and lumbar trunks and gives rise to the thoracic duct, serving as a vital pathway for fat and fluid transport in the lymphatic system!

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