Katy Bowman
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Propriometrics Press
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"Accessible and fascinating, Move Your DNA is a game-changer in the world of health, fitness, and movement science. Hailed as offering a pioneering and paradigm-shifting perspective on exercise, this book: explains how movement works right down to the cellular level; examines the differences between the movements in a typical hunter-gatherer's life and the movements in a convenience-riddled lifestyle; discusses the issues with using exercise like...
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"Don't just relieve foot pain-prevent it from happening again. Biomechanist Katy Bowman is back with an expanded edition of her popular book Every Woman's Guide to Foot Pain Relief, and it's for everyone-men and women, no matter what state (or shoe) they're in. With updated material and new visuals that illustrate exactly how to target problem areas, Simple Steps to Foot Pain Relief will show you how to prevent pain-and how to heal your feet and halt...
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What if your pain and lack of mobility aren't due to your age, but your habits? The instructions in this book are the experiences of four women over seventy-five who have used these principles and exercises for years to regain strength and mobility. Bowman shows how anyone over fifty can improve their whole-body mobility-- and move and feel better-- without special equipment. -- condensed from back cover.
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Movement Matters is a collection of essays in which biomechanist Katy Bowman continues her groundbreaking investigation of the mechanics of our sedentary culture and the profound potential of human movement. Here she widens her 'You are how you move' message and invites us to consider our personal relationship with sedentarism, privilege, and nature.
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Propriometrics Press
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2016
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English
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Our abdominal muscles are rarely broken; rather, their weakness is a reflection of how little we use our entire body. Whether you have diastasis recti, a hernia, are postnatal, or simply have a very weak midsection-this is the definitive whole-body guide to restoring your core!
Abdominal muscles have many important jobs; twisting the spine safely, accommodating pregnancy, protecting your abdominal organs, and even breathing are just some of the jobs...
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Many work hard on good posture and better walking and running alignment, but it's critical to understand how what you put on your feet each day can play a bigger role in the function of your feet, ankles, knees, hips, and spine than you might realize.
By applying the principles in this book, you will be able to restore your foundation and prevent dysfunction. ―Ray McClanahan, DPM, inventor of Correct Toes
Biomechanist and author of Simple Steps...
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Rethink Your Position is every body's guide to everyday alignment. It explains how to check the way different areas are moving now, includes precision exercises to get important parts moving better, and shows how making small changes can increase your physical activity all day long--not only at the gym, but at the office, in the kitchen, on a walk with friends ... even while you're sleeping.--Publisher.
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What if your pain and lack of mobility isn't due to your age, but your habits? What if changing how you move can change how you feel, no matter your age?
Dynamic Aging is an exercise guide to restoring movement, especially for healthy feet, better balance, and the activities of daily life. Biomechanist and movement teacher Katy Bowman shares exercises and habit modifications for varying fitness and mobility levels. Dynamic Aging:
* Is geared to a...
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Troubleshoot your human machine and resolve the deeper alignment issues affecting your health. Through her blog, Katy Says biomechanist Katy Bowman has been educating hundreds of thousands of people about optimal alignment and natural movement since 2007. Alignment Matters contains the first five years of her short essays, in an easy-to-follow format. Starting with the feet and working all the way up to the head, Bowman's clear, engaging text lays...
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Bestselling Move Your DNA has shaken up the health and fitness world with this message: there is more to movement than exercise.
A landmark in explaining biomechanics. Dr. Joan Vernikos, Former Director of NASA's life science division and author of Sitting Kills, Moving Heals
It's often said that movement is medicine, but rarely is the how behind the power of movement explained. It's not only our whole body that's moving; our cells are being moved...
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Author Katy Bowman has sold more than 300k books (10 titles) and been translated into 16 languagesShe has been featured on the Today Show, New York Times, NPR, Joe RoganShe has 100k+ IG, 60k FB, a mailing list of 40k, and her podcast has been downloaded 4.5M timesKaty is a leader in the "movement movement" at a time when our movement deficit is increasingly recognized as a major factor in chronic disease.This book clarifies Katy's core teaching about...
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¿Sabías que el sendentarismo que impera nuestro modo de vida actual es la máxima amenaza de nuestra salud? Katy Bowman, autora bestseller del New York Times, identifica multitud de enfermedades y dolencias relacionadas con nuestra antinatural falta de movimiento. Mueve tu ADN es un libro apasionante, escrito de forma muy personal y divertida que, entre otras cosas, explica las claves científicas de nuestra necesidad de movimiento natural, incluso...
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Propriometrics Press
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[2015]
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If sitting is indeed the new smoking, then certainly we should quit. But is sitting really the problem, or is something else going on? Is getting better as simple as kicking over your chair and standing all day in front of the same computer, under the same fluorescent lighting or is there something more to be learned from the data about how people work best? Don't Just Sit There explains why swapping one static position for another isn't taking a...
17) Fix your feet
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Well Balanced Media ; Janson Media
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c2011, c2009
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Katy Bowman, M.S., discusses how chronic ailments can be allieviated by altering one's movement habits. Includes five prescribed movements to improve circulation, waste removal, muscle and bone strength, and overall health. This installment in the Aligned and well series deals with reversing foot pain.
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Well Balanced Media, Janson Media
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c2011, c2009
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Introduction to habits that viewer has that increases body damage/ailment; five prescribed movements (Rx...ercises) targeting muscles and joints involved in ailment; additional information on simple changes one can make in daily life for improved health specific to one's health situation.
19) Knees and hips
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Well Balanced Media ; Janson Media
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c2011, c2009
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English
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While the causes of knee and hip problems are as varied as individual sufferers, the mechanics of these joints are the same in every human. Biomechanist Katy Bowman demonstrates exercises that stretch and strengthen the muscles most involved in preserving the health and mobility of these important joints. Exercises are adaptable if you've had a joint replacement already, and yet they are challenging--and necessary--for runners and other athletes who...
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Well Balanced Media; Janson Media
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c2011, c2009
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So many people suffer from chronic backaches, but where do they come from? Here you'll come to understand the origian of the back pain, and get a simple and deeper understanding on how to re-educate the body on proper movement and alignment. These gentle exercises work to free up the spine and can even be done while traveling on the road.