Hey Reader, I gave my therapy balls away last weekend. I made a new friend at a music festival who mentioned that his neck had been bothering him to the point where he had to skip some of the festival because of it. And I really can’t keep my thoughts to myself when someone tells me pain is getting in the way of their life. 🙈 So I gave him my personal set of Movement Mavens® Therapy Balls, told him how to roll with them and where he could find videos to get started with. And I watched his...

Hey Reader, Pain has a funny way of becoming background noise. You stop noticing it as something to fix and start navigating around it like furniture in a dark room. You just know where it is. So you adjust and you live with it and your brain forgets that it isn't supposed to be there. That's where I was with my foot. I was struggling with foot pain all throughout 2024 as I took care of my dad and he eventually passed. I didn't connect the two at first (anyone who has experience knows that...

Hey Reader, If you’ve ever wondered how much strength training you need for it to “count”, let me tell you what’s been working for me. Two days a week, I lift weights for about 45 minutes, although I’ll be honest that it takes about an hour if I scroll on my phone between sets. 🫣 Both days are built around what I call the Big 3 (aka the foundations of good movement): 👉 Squat 👉 Hip hinge 👉 Overhead reach Learn how to move well with the Big 3, and then gradually add weight. As long as you’re...