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Bonnie Ryckova, Joint Health

Helping people to overcome chronic joint and back pain. Schedule a call here📞https://bit.ly/boncon

APPI (Australian Physiotherapy and Pilates Institure) trained Rehabilitation Pilates Teacher specialises in back, shoulder, knee, hip, Pregnancy/Postpartum exercise and body sculpting. Face Yoga Method certified teacher who can balance your body top to toe and turn the clock back on your face.

15/01/2026

"Your posture is information.

It’s not something you’ve “failed” at.

If you’ve been living with ongoing tension, pain or movement restrictions - especially after trying physio or rehab - it can be frustrating not knowing what else to do.

Often, what’s missing isn’t effort.
It’s clarity.

I offer a complimentary Online Posture Audit for people who want to better understand:

🡒how their body is organising itself
🡒why certain symptoms keep returning
🡒what might help create change that actually lasts

There’s no pressure and no fixing agenda.
Just an opportunity to look at the bigger picture together.

If this feels relevant, you can find the audit on my website (shop🡒free offer) or you’re welcome to message me if you’d rather talk it through first.

14/01/2026

"Quick question - which one is you?

A️
“I’ve never been able to cross my legs like that.
I could never touch the floor with my fingers.
I just thought… that’s how I’m built.”

Or

B️
“I thought everyone could sit like that.
Everyone could touch the floor with their palms.
Isn’t that normal?”

Most of us explain our bodies with stories like:
“I’m just built this way.”
“I’ve always been like this.”

But here’s the question I always ask:

Were you actually born like that?

There isn’t one “normal.”
What’s normal for you may not be optimal for your body.

Over time, long-standing strain on joints creates compensation patterns - your body’s way of coping.

It adapts.
It works around restrictions.
It keeps you functioning.

Until years later…
🡒things start to ache.
🡒movement feels limited.
🡒pain shows up in midlife.

And then we start to doubt ourselves:

“Maybe I’m just sensitive.”
“Maybe it’s age-related wear and tear.”

Often, it’s much simpler than that.

Your body has adapted to decades of lifestyle, work, stress, injuries, and movement habits.

Nothing went “wrong.”
Your body did its job.

The shift happens when you stop justifying how things are and start asking what your body actually needs now.

You can’t change everything at once.
But you can choose to prioritise yourself.

So tell me - A or B?🠫

13/01/2026

We live in a fast, screen-heavy world where:
→ long hours are normal
→ tension is ignored
→ pain is managed, not understood

In that environment, your health becomes your most valuable currency.
Not just for how you look but for how you move, feel, think, and live.
The Kick Off 2026 Bundle closes tonight (midnight EST).

Inside:
→ 100+ personal and business free resources
→ my Radiant Skin – Essential Face Massage
→ optional premium upgrades, including Body Mobility Kickstart course for those who want to go deeper

If Santa didn’t bring presents but left a cheque instead 💰
This is a meaningful way to invest it in your body, your energy, your future.

💬 Link in the comments - doors close tonight 13 January midnight EST.

13/01/2026

"You don’t actually need a “new body” this year.

You need a better understanding of the one you already live in.

January is full of advice, ads about what to fix.

🡒Stretch this.
🡒Move more.
🡒Sit straighter.
🡒Strengthen that.

But back, joint pain and body alignment are rarely isolated problems.

They’re patterns - patterns your body has organised over time in response to stress, load, injury, and how safe it feels.

Those patterns are influenced by:
🡒how you move
🡒how your nervous system is coping
🡒how your sensory organs are working ( feet, jaw, eyes)

That’s why ’exercising more’ doesn’t always help.

If the underlying pattern stays the same, the body keeps responding in the same way.

What many people experience as “stiffness” or “tightness” is often protection.

And protection doesn’t disappear through stretching and strengthening.

It shifts through understanding your body’s strategy and showing your body how safety should look like.

12/01/2026

"Honestly; I get it! You seek pain relief…

When you're in pain, relief is the goal.

You try it all:

🡒red light therapy,
🡒osteopath,
🡒youtube ‘posture guru’ tutorials.

That’s natural. That’s human.

But here’s the part you may not realise:

If pain is coming from an altered movement pattern or body asymmetry,
no passive treatment - massage, injections, gadgets - can undo that.

They may calm symptoms.
They don’t change the strategy your body is using.

And there’s a bigger pattern I see all the time:

Pain eases → life gets busy → awareness disappears.

Until the pain comes back.
Often louder. Often elsewhere.

Don’t beat yourself. This isn’t a failure.

It’s just how bodies work when the why hasn’t been addressed.
The body adapts until it cannot handle it and starts screaming again.

So here’s a question for you:

When your pain settles… Do you forget about the pattern that caused it?

You can choose differently.

11/01/2026

Most people don’t need more motivation.
They need better support.💡

January doesn’t fail because people are lazy.
It fails because the body is overwhelmed before it even begins.

Stress - now or never
Screen time - overstimulation

Build up tension
Poor movement patterns

A nervous system that never truly switches off.

That’s why I said yes to being part of the 𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝗢𝗳𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗕𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗹𝗲🎉

Over 100 free, expert-created resources designed to help you:
→ reset gently
→ reconnect with your body
→ care for your nervous system
→ support your health long-term
→ build habits that don’t exhaust you
→ make your personal & business live run smoothly

Inside the free bundle, you’ll also get my:

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A simple self-care practice that supports circulation, reduces tension, and helps your nervous system settle.

And if you upgrade to Premium free resources you will get my 💃 𝗕𝗼𝗱𝘆 𝗠𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗞𝗶𝗰𝗸𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 to reset your joints movement for energized 2026!

This isn’t about “New Year, new you”.
It’s about giving your body and mind the right care.

💬 Link in the comments to access the bundle - free until 13 January!

07/01/2026

I used to meet the new year like most people do:

Plans. Pressure. Performance.

New goals. New workouts. New me!😀

But the older I get and the more I observe my clients' bodies & habits patterns; the more I know this:

Our bodies don’t follow the calendar💡

They don’t respond to deadlines or hype.
They respond to safety, clarity, and rhythm.

So these early January days?

They’re not about pushing harder.
They’re about paying attention.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦?
Old tension patterns. Pushing through. Living in override.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳?
Support. Consistency. A different relationship with myself.

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘪𝘵 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 𝘴𝘢𝘧𝘦, 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘮𝘺 𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺?

Before you set another goal for your posture, your pain, or your health - pause.
Not to do nothing, but to begin differently.

Your body doesn’t need to be told what to do.
It needs the conditions to adapt.

You don’t have to become a “new you.”
You get to become more in in tune with your authentic-self.

Gently, consistently, and without force.

One word for the year ahead - not a goal, but an anchor.

Mine is: Move (it has many meanings for me)

What’s yours?⤵️

29/12/2025

Client’s pain disappeared — without stretching, massage or strengthening

Back in July, Alison booked a complimentary Posture Audit.

She’d been dealing with persistent neck and shoulder pain that effected her sleep and physical activity.

She reached out to a physio and a chiropractor.

She sent me four postural photos.

From those photos alone, we identified:

→ a higher right shoulder
→ a twisted torso and pelvis
→ compensations that explained her neck + shoulder pain
→ and signs of scoliosis (later confirmed by X-ray by her chiropractor)

No one had ever explained why her pain kept returning — or how her whole body was involved.

The advice, she received by health care practitioners was - strenghten - lift heavy.

Here’s what she did next:

She adjusted her desk and chair setup
And she enrolled in my 3-month Energized & Pain-Free 1:1 programme and performed dsily progressive correction drills to restore alignment and movement of her joints.

Her goal was simple: Eliminate pain in her left shoulder and neck.

Fast forward to today — our final progress call.

→ Neck pain: zero
→ Shoulder pain: zero
→ Full movement restored
→ Sleeping comfortably
→ Able to load and move without fear of pain and strain.

Now here’s the part that matters most.

What we did NOT do:

✗ Stretching
✗ Mobilising
✗ Pressure points
✗ Myofascial release
✗ Massage
✗ Strengthening

What we DID — daily:

→ Restore joint mechanics
→ Improve how joints, muscles, bones and tissues work together
→ Retrain how her body organises itself when she sits, walks, lifts and moves

This is biomechanics.

And honestly — even after 15 years in the industry — I’m still amazed by the difference.

I’ve spent years applying:
→ personal training
→ Pilates
→ rehabilitation-style exercises

They helped… partly.
Strength and mobility improved, but progress was slower.

Biomechanics changed that.

It gave me the tools to:
→ shorten clients recovery time
→ remove pain and tension at the root
→ create change that actually sticks

There is one condition though - commitment to your consistency.

Give you body a gift - book your free Posture Audit. Link in bio.

18/12/2025

Today I walked into the studio to cover a Pilates class… and this made me pause.

Two class participants were on their mats...
→ heads down
→ shoulders rounded
→ slouching

Completely absorbed in their phones.

I stopped, stood behind them - they didn't even turned their heads.

Not long ago, those few minutes before class looked very different.

→ People lay down
→ They breathed
→ They stretched

𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤.
Phones weren’t part of the ritual.🫣

And I couldn’t help but think:

'𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦, 𝘮𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴…𝘪𝘧 𝘸𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘬 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯?'

This isn’t about judgement.
It’s about 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧.

We live in a world where our attention and nervous system is constantly pulled outward.

Screens demand attention.
Our head shifts forward.
Our breath becomes shallow.
Our body contracts and disconnects.

And then we wonder why we feel tense, stiff, tired or “out of alignment.”

The most powerful warm-up isn’t another stretch.
It’s reconnecting with yourself.

𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝟔𝟎 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟:

→ noticing your breath expanding your ribcage
→ moving your eyes to all directions
→ feeling your feet grounded

can change how your body moves in the next hour.

Small habit.
Huge impact.

So here’s a gentle invitation..

𝘗𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦, 𝘭𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯.
𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶.

What’s one moment in your day where you could swap screen for sensing your body? 👇

16/12/2025

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬.

Today I wrapped up an end-of-program review with a client from the first round of Energized & Pain Free.

Her pain has decreased significantly.
In some joints, it’s completely gone.

But what moved me most wasn’t just how she felt - it was 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲’𝐬 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.

✔️ Clear changes in her joint range of movement
✔️ Visible shifts in her posture and alignment
✔️ A body that’s responding, reorganising, adapting

And yet… it felt like we were just getting started.

𝐁𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡 𝐰𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡:

Your body doesn’t like rush.
It doesn’t care about deadlines, timelines, or New Year promises.

𝐈𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭, 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬.

There’s still work to do.
Not because we didn't achieve our ultimate goal yet but 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞.

So if 2025 was “meant” to be your year of health, but you didn’t tick every box you set…

Please don’t beat yourself up.

Health isn’t something we do occasionally.
It’s something we practise daily.

Something that evolves with awareness, consistency, and patience.

You can’t put a deadline on becoming healthier or a better version of yourself.

Instead of asking:
“𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘮 𝘐 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘵?”
“𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦?”

Try acknowledging your journey:
“𝘞𝘰𝘸… 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐’𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘥.”
“𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧.”

There is no rush.
There is no comparison.
There is only becoming.

𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞… 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐧𝐝 - 𝐢𝐭’𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠.

12/12/2025

𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲...

migranes,
tight jaw,
stiff neck,
back pain,
achy knees..the list of build up tension can go on and on

It didn't happen over night and YOU know that.

Every habitual movement,
every fall and injury,
every time you “just pushed through the discomfort”
… it’s all there.

Like the mind holds patterns and old beliefs, your body holds ingrained movement patterns - 𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐩𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐬𝐲𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐲, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐚𝐢𝐧.

I hear you, I see you...it's not easy totackle it all because it's about whole of you, not just 'parts' of your body.

My soul knew before I saw it in me.
I 𝐟𝐞𝐥𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐦𝐲 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 and seen it in my clients over padt 15 years.

It became my mission, my purpose.✨️

I love this work because I know it can 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.

But here’s the truth:
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮’𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟.

Awareness is the first step and most people are never shown what to look for.

If you went through my Online Posture Audit, you know what I mean.

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This is a simple yet very effective way to reset yoyr spine, position of pelvis and ribcage aka posture stack.

Before you do it, lie down on your back withlegs straight - ferl where your body is in space on against floor, especially your spine pelvis ribcage.

Follow the video instructions in the morning and evening for 8 breath cycles. Keep your back flat, only tailbone is up, back of thighs activated.

Breath well:
Inhale to expand ribcage
Exhale for 5 sec. with open mouth as if you are fogging a mirror. Feel your side abs activation. Close lips and pause for 2 sec. with tongue resting against roof.

Comment below, how your body felt different before/after this corrective drill.

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