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NECK TUTORIAL

According to recent statistics, at any given time, up to 30% of the population is suffering from neck pain. And get this: roughly 70% of us will have neck pain at some point in our lives. (Just thinking about it is making our necks hurt). Why are the numbers so high? And what can we do about it? The Movement Logic Neck Tutorial – our most in depth and comprehensive tutorial ever – is here to help with movement solutions for neck and upper back pain, and even jaw pain and headaches.

In this tutorial you will:
  • Receive ~5 hours of viewing and practice materials
  • Learn a movement-based approach to working with clients who have an array of neck concerns, or who simply want to get stronger and more flexible through the neck, shoulders, and upper back, reduce headaches and jaw pain, and breathe more easily.
  • Acquire a progression of exercises that explore neck flexibility and strength, neck and shoulder relationships, integration of the neck with the thoracic spine, stress-reducing breathing techniques, as well as jaw pain and headaches. Many of these exercises can also easily be introduced into any movement class.
  • Review musculoskeletal anatomy to better understand how the neck integrates with the rest of the spine and the shoulder complex.
  • Study up-to-date, biopsychosocial pain science that breaks down old beliefs around neck positions and movements – and how we incorrectly emphasize position over function
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What to Expect in our Neck Tutorial
  • Progressive exercise techniques for the neck, jaw, face, T-spine, shoulders and breathing mechanics
  • Extensive anatomy, biomechanics and kinesiology, and movement myths busted
  • Watch immediately upon purchase!
  • Tutorials are available forever
  • Fully subtitled
  • 5 hours total viewing time
  • 5 hours Yoga Alliance CEUs

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WHAT STUDENTS ARE SAYING

"I am a social worker and certified yoga instructor  in a community health clinic in rural Virginia. I’ve personally had neck and jaw pain for much of the last 10 years —especially when I am tense and stressed from work—and my clients regularly present with neck pain. For the longest time I thought stretching was the only way to alleviate the tension. This tutorial gives lots of brief, simple ways to safely explore first with your neck, then exercises to address the layered reasons for neck and jaw tension.  When I do the exercises, I sleep better, don’t grit my teeth as much (stabilizing weak muscles!) and wake up with less tension in my whole upper body. So often trainings are oversimplified and “one size fits all.” Instead, this training allows exploration without immediate prescription—which can then translate to building body awareness for your students and clients."

-Deanne, yoga teacher and social worker

Tutorial Outline

Introduction (3:45)
Part 1: Body Science (31:57)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Anatomy and Kinesiology of the Neck (1:20)
  • Movements of the Neck (10:05)
  • Relationships to Related Structures: Shoulders, Thoracic Spine and Ribs, Jaw, Lumbar Spine/Pelvis (14:40)
  • Non-Musculoskeletal Considerations (20:58)
  • Common Neck Pathologies (23:43)
Mythbusting (10:23)
  • Disc Herniations - Are They Forever?
Part 2: Breathing (33:54)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Getting to Know Your Breath (2:33)
  • Full Breathing in the Belly and Chest (9:24)
  • Adding Resistance for Full Belly Breathing (13:32)
  • Elongating the Exhale for Diaphragm Eccentrics (15:21)
  • Breath Retention for Diaphragm Isometrics (18:23)
  • Forceful Exhalation for Abdominal Activation (22:37)
  • Box Breathing (26:06)
  • Forceful Inhales and Exhales (29:55)
Part 3: Deep Neck Stabilizers (15:17)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Double Chin (0:45)
  • Forehead Hoverboard (2:45)
  • Pec Pec Neck (4:33)
  • The Nose Knows Not (6:52)
  • Singular Spot Rotation (10:35)
  • Hand Towel Rotation (13:41)
Introduction to Strength Concepts (7:24)
  • Why and How to Strengthen the Neck
Part 4(a): Neck and Shoulder Connection (19:27)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Vipassana (Meditation) (1:01)
  • Sagittal Plane Exploratory Movement (06:31)
  • Coronal/Frontal Plane Exploratory Movement (12:12)
  • Transverse Plane Exploratory Movement (15:19)
Part 4(b): Neck and Shoulder Connection (22:01)
  • Uncoupling Movements Intro (0:00)
  • Elevation from Abduction (1:03)
  • Elevation from Abduction/Flexion (3:38)
  • Anterior Tilt from Extension (5:09)
  • Forward Shoulder Strategies (7:10)
  • Pec Stretch and Lift Offs (8:46)
  • Face Pulls (12:29)
  • Farmers March (14:21)
  • Shoulder Shrugs (16:27)
  • Push It Real Good (18:38)
Part 5: Cervicothoracic Integration (19:12)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Prone Exploration (5:19)
  • Quadruped Exploration (10:49)
  • Neck Sit Ups (13:40)
  • Passive Supine Exploration (16:32)
Mythbusting (3:20)
  • Can You Fix A Dowager's Hump? (What Even is That)?
Part 6: Neck Mobility Training (26:46)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • T-C Junction Massage (1:56)
  • Cervical Flexion Roll Downs (3:48)
  • Active Flexor Walker (9:12)
  • Platysma Stretch (12:02)
  • Neck Extend Child's Pose (14:40)
  • Wall Side-Bending (17:33)
  • Rays of Rotation (19:52)
  • Scorpion Neck Rotator (23:05)
Mythbusting (7:10)
  • Got Neck Pain? Stretch It!
Part 6: Neck Strengthening (38:10)
  • Ball Chin Pin (0:00)
  • Head Elevator Lifts (2:50)
  • Forehead Presses (5:49)
  • Chin Tuck Walk Outs (7:15)
  • Camel Chin Tucks (9:17)
  • Global Flexion Curl Ups (11:57)
  • Wall Head Press (13:37)
  • Head Bag of Beans (16:28)
  • Head Bench Bridges (18:07)
  • Sidelying Head Lifts (20:04)
  • Side Neck Walk Outs (24:36)
  • Neck Rotation Curl Ups (27:13)
  • Lazy Susan Neck Isometrics (31:13)
  • Crawl Pattern Head Presses (32:56)
  • Heavy Head CARS (35:05)
Mythbusting (9:13)
  • Does All Neck Pain Come from Your Neck?
Part 7: Necks, Jaw Pain and Headaches (14:56)
  • Intro (0:00)
  • Masseter Massage (1:29)
  • Temple and Jaw Massage (4:53)
  • Big Face Little Face (7:10)
  • Unlearning Mouth Breathing (8:48)
  • Jaw Tracking (12:35)
Mythbusting (4:20)
  • Danger! Do Not Extend (Your Neck)!
Part 8: Yoga and Necks (20:09)
  • Rethinking Shoulderstand (0:00)
  • Bridge Pose Variation (2:01)
  • Wall Variation (3:08)
  • Chair Variation (5:28)
  • Bolster Variation (7:39)
  • Rethinking Headstand (11:40)
  • Dolphin Push Ups (12:25)
  • Unloaded Variation (14:51)
  • Rabbit Pose (16:42)
  • Airplane Pillow Camel Pose (18:30)
Conclusion (1:01)
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Any issues with these steps, click on the SUPPORT button and we will help you!

2. I'm not a teacher. Is this tutorial for students, too?

Absolutely. This tutorial is for anyone. It is meant for teachers and students alike.

3. Do I need a strong background in anatomy?

Not at all. The tutorial will cover kinesiology and muscle anatomy, but it is presented in a way that is easily accessible to anyone.

4. Are the exercises presented only for private students or would they work in a group class setting?

Both. The topics and exercises are appropriate in groups and one-on-one sessions.

5. How long will I have access to this tutorial?

Forever!

6. Do I need special props?

Props suggested are: yoga blocks, strap, blanket, pillow, chair, resistance band, kettlebell, dowel or similar, and squishy ball. Some or all will help with receiving the maximum benefit of the tutorial.

ABOUT MOVEMENT LOGIC

The Movement Logic tutorials aim to enhance your problem-solving skills so you can work more effectively with your students and clients who are injured or in pain.
Become Anatomically and Biomechanically Informed
  • Learn musculoskeletal anatomy to better understand how bodies move, adapt, maladapt, get injured, experience pain, and heal
  • Familiarize yourself with common pathologies to better understand the cascade of your body's response to tissue injury, as well as how pain is commonly patterned in response to these injuries
Understand Pain
  • You'll study up-to-date, biopsychosocial pain science that breaks down old beliefs in order to paint a more accurate picture of the often complicated and counterintuitive behavior of pain
  • The biopsychosocial model is a holistic perspective to pain that looks at the relationship between your biology, your mind, and society, and how those elements together influence your whole body experience of pain
Acquire Teaching Skills
  • You will acquire corrective exercise techniques for helping private clients who have diagnosed injuries as well as those with unspecified pain
  • You'll learn best practices for presenting these corrective exercises in a group class

COURSE CREATORS

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LAUREL BEVERSDORF

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DR. SARAH COURT

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Program design in the bulk of personal training an Program design in the bulk of personal training and it’s not something yoga or Pilates teachers have familiarity w (unless they resistance train!)

Interestingly, of the 2 components of resistance training—exercise selection and program design—experienced yoga and Pilates teachers DO tend to have a knack for exercise selection.

They’re in touch with the fact that training with certain exercises will prepare people for certain goals better than others (and they can tell you why.)

This is because experienced yoga and Pilates teachers have logged a ton of hours watching lots of people move in a wide (much wider than strength training!) number of ways. They have a strong, learned intuition for human movement.

So the gap, then, when yoga and Pilates teachers wanna start training their people with weights often comes down to program design and their knowledge gap for how to coach students around how much weight, reps and sets, and workouts/week.

Whereas exercise selection is something you can sit on your couch and accomplish in minutes—like writing a sequence!

Program design is THE MAP for how to overload strength within the exercises selected. It unfolds slowly over weeks and months.

And, importantly, this is literally WHEN and HOW progressive overload is applied.

Program design is something you build WITH the people you’re training long term. It’s responsive. 

Because program design involves a longer time course, this model doesn’t fit a group fitness format—students popping in sometimes, often to a totally different selection of exercises—it’s not only not something yoga and Pilates teachers learn, it doesn’t fit their business model.

But here’s the deal. You don’t need to get a personal trainer cert to learn this. Sharp, embodied learners can pick it up by experiencing it. You can effectively coach people on how to build strength bc you’ve got a bunch of teaching experience already and you’ve gone through this process (using progressive overload) to get strong yourself.

The best way to learn about strength training is to get strong by following a program.

Interested in a way you can do this this year with me? Check the comments!
👋Sarah here! This is my home office, it measure 👋Sarah here! This is my home office, it measures 8 x12 feet, so you can see it’s not a huge space!
 
❌Before I got the portable rack I thought there was no room in my house to have a barbell, but I was wrong.
 
 ✅I’m able to set up my rack and barbell and do my lifts no problem in here.
 
It’s also sturdy enough to hold the bar and plates for my back squats, and I also love that I don’t have to mess around with adjusting the height since it’s set up for me.
 
The rack is portable since it is 2 pieces, which means I can put it in the closet when I’m done with it. The plates also live in my closet, and I lean the bar up against the corner of the room.
 
Here’s what it looks like in here when I’m lifting – so you really don’t need a lot of space for your equipment at home.

✅✅✅Wanna take a live lifting class on Zoom with me and @laurelbeversdorf? 

🔗🔗🔗Sign up at the link in bio for our FREE Strength Class on September 14th at 10am PST / 1pm EST.
The Movement Logic podcast team is prepping to rec The Movement Logic podcast team is prepping to record season 3! Got a topic you’d like us to discuss? Drop it in the comments below👇

Also, a sincere thank you to listeners who’ve left us reviews. It helps us out more than you know! We’re very happy you are benefiting from the conversations. 🙏
Let’s be honest... is your upper body suffering Let’s be honest... is your upper body suffering from biceps-and-triceps disease?

(i.e., you do biceps and triceps, and then call it a day.)

Here’s the thing: biceps curls and triceps extensions can be good accessory exercises for working on certain movements. For example, biceps curls are great as part of your training to do a pull up.

But on their own, they’re not especially functional, because they are one-joint exercises (meaning it’s just your elbow that’s flexing and extending) and they’re not ideal for building bone density.

A better option? Why, our friend the bench press! 
 
The bench press includes that elbow flexion and extension, as well as a horizontal press that strengthens the shoulders and chest and preps you for your planks and push-ups.
And while we’re talking bone density (we’re always talking bone density) one of the common areas of osteoporosis is the wrist, so loading your whole upper body in one go could be both a timesaver and a bone builder, with heavy enough weight.
 
If this sounds like something you could sink your teeth into, then you want to get our new FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101.
 
This 4-day mini course dives into form, technique, and the basic principles for building up to your 5RM lift. And in case you’re wondering - what the heck is a 5RM lift?!? - we’ll cover that too.

So sign up at the link in bio for our FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101 and get a new set of videos dropped into your inbox daily!
 
Don’t have a barbell? No worries. You’ll still get some knowledge bombs from this mini course. ;-)
Laurel (L) and Sarah (R) are showing 2 ways to str Laurel (L) and Sarah (R) are showing 2 ways to strength train.

Laurel lifts a moderate load (for her) and does 3 sets of 10.

Sarah builds up to lifting a heavy load (for her), beginning with a light load and 10 easy reps to dial in her form. Then she adds plates and does 4 reps at about 75% of her working load. Then she adds plates to get her “working load” (the heavy one!) and does 5 reps.

From there, Sarah would rest, and then proceed to do 2-4 more sets of 5 with that weight.

In the end, Laurel will have done 30 total reps (3x10) with a moderate load.

Sarah will have done 2 warm up sets, and then 3-5 working sets for a total of 15-25 reps (3-5x5) of that heavy load.

For Sarah, every single rep is stimulating.

For Laurel, only the last 5 reps of each set are stimulating.

In total, if Sarah does 3 working sets, she will have gotten the same number of stimulating reps as Laurel, however because she’s lifting heavy she will get benefits Laurel doesn’t.

Here are a few:

💪Improvements to maximum strength
💪Improvement to bone density 
💪Improvement to tendon stiffness (think, stronger tendons more resistant to injury)
💪Load specific balance (think NOT losing your balance when lifting a heavy load like tantruming 5 year old, a big dog, or a big bag of garden dirt.)

Sarah didn’t just start with her working load like Laurel did, though. She did some warm up sets.

Warm up sets are a wake up call to your brain that prep it to send big signals to your muscles.

Warm up sets are not necessary with moderate loads (although you could certainly do them).

Chances are, if you’ve been strength training, you’ve been working more in the 3 sets of 10 range, aka, you’ve been lifting moderate loads.

Wanna learn how to lift the way Sarah demonstrates, as well as how to select the appropriate  weights to build up with?

 If so, check out our FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101.

You do NOT need to have barbells OR be an experienced lifter to benefit from this FREE course.

Learn the BASICS around lifting heavy with barbells.

This mini course is only avail through July 9th!

LINK IN BIO 👀
I got a hot PINK barbell and I love it! This “w I got a hot PINK barbell and I love it!

This “women’s” Olympic bar is so much better than my “men’s” bar for deadlifts (for me) because the bar diameter is 25mm wide rather than 28mm.

Did you know that a difference of 3 millimeters in diameter can make a HUGE difference in how strong your grip feels (and the whole exercise feels)?

Women’s hands tend to be smaller than men’s hands, women tend to benefit from a smaller diameter bar especially for exercises that require pulling, like the deadlift. 

However, it really depends on *comfort* which largely probably depends on hand size (women can have bigger hands and men can have smaller ones) and so the term “women’s” or “men’s” is another example of how gendering objects creates obstacles to understanding their use.

Meanwhile, when you go to a gym, they often don’t have 25mm options, only 28mm options. 🙄 

The question of why more women (especially older women) don’t lift barbells is complex. We cannot simply look to individual preference to understand why. We should look at how society communicates to women what they should and shouldn’t be doing with their bodies. Subtle or obvious messaging that women don’t belong in the weight room (and certainly not lifting barbells) is rampant.

Which is why @sarahcourtdpt and I are sending a different signal to cut through this noise.

Lifting heavy improves strength, bone density, AND balance. Women who lift heavy weights are less likely to experience life-shortening and life-ending fractures as a result.

Barbells are the SIMPLEST and BEST piece of equipment to lift heavy and build functional strength FOR LIFE.

If you’re concerned about bone density/muscle atrophy/balance/falling/all of the above
 
Get our new FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101
 
This 4-day series of videos will give you everything you need to perform the deadlift, back squat, and chest press with a barbell, and teach you how to figure out how to build up to lifting heavy weight safely. You’ll also get a barbell equipment guide if you want some for your home.
 
LINK IN BIO 👀
Red-faced, eyes bulging, muscles straining, aneury Red-faced, eyes bulging, muscles straining, aneurysm-inducing… is this what you think lifting heavy weights looks like?

The reality couldn’t be farther from the truth.

Lifting heavy weights requires a lot more down time between lifts than you might be used to (upwards of 5 minutes, depending on how heavy you’re lifting), which means time to water your plant, pet your cat, and take a sip of coffee…
 
If your current weight workout is only dumbbells and kettlebells
 
AND
 
You’re concerned about bone density/muscle atrophy/balance/falling/all of the above
 
You want to get our new FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101 (link in bio to get it!)
 
This 4-day series of videos will give you everything you need to perform the deadlift, back squat, and chest press with a barbell, and teach you how to figure out the right weight to get to your 5RM (aka Pretty. Heavy. Lifting). 
 
This mini course dives into form, technique, and the basic principles for building up to your 5RM lift, including instruction on how much rest time you need (and why). And in case you’re wondering - what the heck is a 5RM lift?!? - we’ll cover that too.

So sign up at the link in bio for our FREE Bone Density Mini Course: Barbell 101 (https://movementlogictutorials.com/bone-density-mini-course/)
 and get a new set of videos dropped into your inbox daily!
Don’t like false advertising? Me neither. Overw Don’t like false advertising? Me neither.

Overwhelmingly the people practicing yoga are women and osteopeorosis affects 1 in 5 women over 50.

These people should be encouraged to do resistance training to build bone, not yoga.

They certainly shouldn’t be mislead to believe that yoga is all they need for strong bones.

Ahimsa ring a bell? 

Heavy strength training builds bone. The best tool for that is barbells. If you’ve been curious about barbells, then @movementlogictutorials and I have a FREE equipment guide for you via the link in our bio. 👀
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