Untwisting Maya: Her Story

I recently published Untwisting Scoli: Maya, the first in a new series of educational videos by Spiral Spine showing the analysis and exercise process I use to untwist my scoliosis clients. Untwisting Scoli: Maya documents my unique process with a long-time client of mine, Maya. I originally wrote about Maya in a newsletters at my first […]

Breathe To Get The Stench Out Of Your Lungs

tommo breathing for scoliosis

Have you ever heard of or practiced tommo breathing? I hadn’t until I heard the fascinating story below from a fellow instructor. This lead me to seek about someone skilled in breathing, who taught me the tommo technique This story comes from another instructor’s client who’s  a lung surgeon. This surgeon said his least favorite […]

Breath helps scoliosis in more than one way

It’s been well documented that people with scoliosis experience movement restrictions in their ribcage and lungs. I know I’ve felt it. It starts in my upper ribcage, and at times, it’s almost debilitating. This is why breath is extremely important, particularly for people with scoliosis, it helps facilitate movement. You can even control which part of […]

Exercise and Scoli – What you need to know

It’s time to review the remaining items on our list of Top 5 Things You Need to Know if You Have Scoli, which we began covering a few weeks ago. Today, we’ll specifically address exercise and scoli – detailing ribcage rotation, correct pad placement and the frequency of your exercise routine. But before we jump ahead, here’s […]