by Siobhan Richardson | Jun 26, 2014 | Self-Care
In a situation where you can’t have your own private massage therapist follow you around and give you a treatment after every workout — Wait a sec, let me imagine how awesome that would be…. I’m back. When visiting a massage therapist...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jun 25, 2014 | Self-Care
Most of us have had food poisoning, or the stomach flu, yes? We have all experienced the fatigue of not being able to eat. Now, think about how amazing it feels when you can eat a good nutritious meal again! And I’m not talking about junk food, but nutritious...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jun 21, 2014 | Self-Care
An alignment error I see a lot is over-extension of the wrist. Your wrist alignment should be in a biomechanically-sound position. Remember that when you’re using a sword, you are hoping to make contact with your adversary and therefore meet some resistance....
by Siobhan Richardson | Jun 19, 2014 | Self-Care
There’s a tendency among actor/combatants to over-extend the shoulder joints. I know several people in this field with rotator cuff injuries, and I suspect that improper shoulder alignment has a lot to do with that. Here’s a video of some of the standard...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jun 15, 2014 | Self-Care
We all have different bodies and so we have different needs (you’ll hear me say this ad nauseum). You’ll find that your body reacts to physical work differently than the people around you. There is a group warm-up scheduled every day of the workshop, but...
