Bodywork Remedies

Bodywork Remedies Bodywork Remedies offers Fascia Stretch Therapy and therapeutic bodywork in Santa Rosa, CA. Relieve pain, improve mobility, and move better.

03/09/2026

Try this shoulder mobility drill with me 👇

This is a great one if your shoulders feel tight when reaching overhead or during workouts.

Focus on:
• Slow controlled movement
• Letting the shoulder blade move
• Breathing as you reach

Don’t force the range — the goal is better movement, not a bigger stretch.

Try 6–8 reps and notice how your shoulders feel after.

📌 Save this so you can come back and practice it later.

Don’t worry this is HARD.

💬 Did this feel hard to you?

Foot pain is rarely caused by just one thing.Your feet need a combination of:• strength• coordination• load tolerance• g...
03/08/2026

Foot pain is rarely caused by just one thing.
Your feet need a combination of:

• strength
• coordination
• load tolerance
• good sensory input

If one of these is missing, the plantar fascia and surrounding tissues can become overloaded.

This routine works on several important pieces of foot function:

1️⃣ Foot stability and balance
2️⃣ Intrinsic foot muscle strength
3️⃣ Toe strength and coordination
4️⃣ Calf strength and tissue capacity
5️⃣ Soleus support for the Achilles and arch
6️⃣ Gentle sensory stimulation to calm the foot

You don’t need to do all of these every day.

Start with 1–2 exercises and practice them slowly and consistently.

Small improvements in foot control and strength can make a big difference over time.

📌 Save this routine so you can come back to it later.

💬 Which one of these exercises feels hardest for you?

Affiliate note: I use tools like the Naboso Neuro Ball and Kinesis Board in the clinic and may earn a small commission if you choose to use my link. (Link in bio).

03/05/2026

When the bottom of the foot becomes irritated or sensitive (like with plantar fasciitis), people often jump straight to aggressive stretching or rolling harder.

But more pressure isn’t always better.

Using gentle sensory stimulation can help the foot relax, improve awareness, and reduce protective tension so movement feels easier again.

This is one of the ways I help clients calm the foot before working on strength or mobility.

Try this:
• Slow, controlled pressure
• Stay relaxed — no aggressive rolling
• 1–2 minutes per foot

Consistency matters more than intensity.

💬 Have you tried tools like this before?

📌 Save this for your next foot flare-up.

Affiliate note: I use the Naboso Neuro Ball clinically and may earn a small commission if you choose to use my link.

03/05/2026

Your feet aren’t weak — they’re usually just under-coordinated.
Most people have never learned how to control their toes independently, which means the foot can’t properly adapt, stabilize, or transfer force when you walk, balance, or train.

When the foot loses control, something else has to compensate:
👉 ankles
👉 knees
👉 hips
👉 even low back

This is one of the first foot control drills I use with clients to rebuild awareness and stability from the ground up.

Try it slowly:
• Lift only the big toe
• Keep it down and lift the others
• Lift all toes → lower only the big toe
• Spread and place toes down one at a time

If at first nothing happens— that’s normal. Your body will learn how to do the coordination your mind is telling it to do.

Strong movement starts at the feet.

💬 Which part was hardest?

📌 Save this and practice 1–2 minutes daily.
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At Bodywork Remedies I teach movement control and mobility for people who want their body to work better — not just stretch more.

03/02/2026

This quick hip routine will help your hips feel looser and you back feel less tension.

Why?

Because a lack of hip movement puts extra work and strain on your back when you do daily movements needed just to function like:
👉walking
👉getting in and out of the car
👉getting dressed
👉Cleaning
👉Picking up something off the floor
👉Etc.

Just adding a small quick routine in your day to open up your hips will make your body feel so much better, especially if you sit a lot for work.

03/01/2026

Most people think joint replacement fixes movement.

It doesn’t.

Surgery can reduce pain, but muscles, fascia, and the nervous system still need to relearn how to move safely.

That’s why many people feel stiff months — or even years — after a hip replacement.

Movement isn’t just about flexibility.

It’s about control, adaptability, and trust in the joint again.

Rehab may end… but movement work shouldn’t.

Have you or someone you know had a joint replacement?

02/28/2026

You should feel you glutes 🔥

Preventing movement in the lower back will not only protect it, but it will help with core and glute activation.

Core and glute activation are essential in healthy pain free movement.

Your back will thank you.

02/27/2026

✨Try this everyday to help reduce extra stress in the lower back.

👉Collapsed Cat Cow - Sit back on your heels (or you can put something on your legs to sit back on if you can’t sit all the way back) and then flex and extend the upper spine. This may feel hard if you don’t have a lot of movement in the upper spine. Do as many reps as feels good.

👉Thoracic rotations - push through the stabilizing hand to increase rotation. Stay in the collapsed position to prevent movement in the lower back. Do 5-10 on each side.

👉Glute Stretch and Activation - Find the stretch and then place your hand on top of your knee. Push up into your hand for 15 seconds than try and pull your leg farther into the stretch my using the glute (butt) muscles. Do 5-10 reps on each side.

👉Deep Core Activation - Lay on your back and pull your tips down so they are not flaring up, this will connect the ribs and pelvis by using your deep core. It will also keep your back flat on the floor. Start with breathing into your abdomen, if you keep your core tight this will help to expand your back and sides.

You can progress this by doing alternating leg lifts or alternating leg touch downs.

If you find you loose the core connection, reset and start again.

🩵Hope you enjoy!

02/24/2026

End range control is important because it is simply the ability for us to move our body into the ranges we have.

So for example you may have really flexibility hamstrings, but do you have the strength to lift your leg into that same hamstring stretch?

Why is this important??

A lot of injuries happen in the ranges that are not controlled.

The body also gets tight because of this lack of control. If it doesn’t feel safe going there, because you don’t have strength there, then over time it will likely not let you move there.



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02/22/2026

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02/20/2026

Yes, I know… in a timelapse this just looks like stretching.

But this isn’t passive stretching. This is mobility training.

I’m intentionally moving into my passive range (flexibility), then actively contracting the muscles being stretched — and then muscles on the opposite side — to teach my body how to own that range.

A lot of people think range of motion should just… happen.
Stretch once in a while. Hold it for 30 seconds. Call it progress.

But mobility doesn’t work like that.

Just like building muscle in the gym, new range has to be earned.

If you can’t produce strength in a position, your body won’t trust it — and it won’t keep it.

Strength at your end ranges is what turns flexibility into usable, active mobility.

That’s how you create lasting change. 💪

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