Touch by Lila Collier -TLC massage

Touch by Lila Collier -TLC massage License massage establishment

05/13/2026

Just a heads up! I’m gonna be out of the office May 14-26 for class. Please book online during this time. Thank you for being awesome!😎

Happy Mother’s Day weekend! Hope everyone is blessed with lots of love!
05/09/2026

Happy Mother’s Day weekend! Hope everyone is blessed with lots of love!

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04/22/2026

This is great information for us! Most of us compensate unknowingly until later in life and there’s other issue too!

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02/20/2026

When your jaw is unbalanced, your pelvis compensates.

The cascade:
1. Jaw imbalance pulls your head forward
2. Your neck muscles tighten to stabilize
3. Your spine compensates by shifting
4. Your pelvis tilts to maintain balance
5. One-sided back pain, hip tightness, or SI joint dysfunction appears

Why this happens:

Your jaw connects to deep neck muscles that attach directly to your spine. When jaw muscles stay tight, they create a chain of compensations that travel downward.

Your brain tries to keep you balanced. When your head shifts forward from jaw tension, your pelvis shifts backward.

This is why jaw clenchers often have chronic lower back issues that don't respond to hip stretches or core work.

The pattern:
Stressed → Clench jaw → Head forward → Pelvis compensates → Chronic pain

Most people treat the pelvis or lower back. They stretch their hips. They do core exercises. They get adjustments.

But the jaw tension hasn't changed. So the compensation pattern repeats.

Here's what actually breaks the cycle:

Your jaw has to stop clenching. Not through conscious relaxation that only works when you're thinking about it.

Automatically. Even while you sleep.

When jaw tension releases at the reflex level, your head repositions. Your spine decompresses. Your pelvis stops compensating.

The one-sided back pain disappears—not because you treated your back, but because the trigger stopped firing.

Want to know what retrains jaw position without conscious effort? Check out → https://posturepro.co/pages/fix-my-posture-now

02/08/2026

Remember how I say everything is all connected?

You are looking at the SFL = Superficial Front Line Fascia train.

I invite you to look at this picture and then think about how we sit all day. Most of us sit slightly hunched over to some degree. What do you think it does to the fascia that is running across the whole front line of the body?

It shortens it. Not just for the moment, but an actual pattern starts to form in these fascial tissues. It will affect how you breathe, how the pelvis sits, the musculature across the entire front body including psoas, abdominals and pelvic floor and it's going to create dysfunction for the back body as it tries to accomodate a shortened state across the front.

There are 12 fascia trains throughout the body. The back line goes from top to the bottom as well.

And they ALL affect the pelvis.

Like I always remind students, where there mobility there is function and where there is restriction there is more opportunity for dysfunction. Pain, numbness, loss of mobility and a whole slew of pelvic related conditions like urinary incontinence, hip and low back pain and even pelvic organ prolapse.

This is why we yoga. To create space, mobility and function. This is why there is an entire series dedicated to releasing restriction in these tissues with very specific techniques to address fascia. The Myofascial Release series currently has 23 classes to help students unwind!

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Knoxville, TN

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Tuesday 12pm - 7pm
Wednesday 10am - 4pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
Friday 10am - 6pm

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