Can You Roll? Rolling to test & improve coordination and (low-threshold) core stabilization A refresher on low vs. high threshold core stabilization Stabilization is the ability to keep one part of your body in place (i.e., stable) while another one moves. For example, if you lift your thigh up to go up a step, your back […]
Synopsis It is now nearly a month after I started regularly stretching my hips in my quest to be able to sit comfortably on the floor. Here is the synopsis -I was consistent with stretching up until the end -I can sit cross legged for a longer time before my back hurts than before but […]
Life is Easy? Life in the technology saturated world is less demanding than ever. Most of us don’t have to be able to carry 100lb, run 10 miles or climb a coconut tree to function in life. Just how much mobility, stability, motor control, strength and endurance are required to do the simple movements of […]
My Hip Flexibility Experiment While traveling through the Amazon and the Andes last summer I was often obliged to sit on the floor as tables and chairs were infrequent in these rural areas. I wrote a post about this phenomena with some pictures of the various sitting positions I had tried and how long I […]
During my travels through Ecuador and Peru I found the types of surfaces available to be a big variable in the type of stretches and exercises I was willing to do. Despite my love of nature and wildlife, lying face down in a mud puddle to stretch out my lower back was not only uncomfortable […]
My name is Bryan Ausinheiler and my wife’s name is Jessica Ausinheiler. My name was formerly Bryan Ausink and her name was formerly Jessica Gheiler. We combined our last names because neither of us wanted to give up our name, neither of us wanted to hyphenate our names and both of us wanted to have […]
Very few people in the United States carry heavy things on a regular basis. Sure some of us may go to the gym and lift heavy things a few times but we are not carrying 220lb around all day as part of our job. Industry in the US is highly concerned with safety. Lifting a […]
What does any 16 month old have in common with a man smoking in the streets of Beijing? Hint: It’s not their lungs, It’s the deep squat. The deep squat describes a position in which one is resting in full flexion of the hips, knees ankles with the feet on the ground. The deep squat […]
This blog contains my thoughts and discoveries about human posture, movement, and pain through the lens provided by my doctorate degree in physical therapy. I am especially curious about how these three facets of human life interact with the wide spectrum of environments in which humans live. Here are some of the questions I am contemplating: What […]
This blog contains my thoughts and discoveries about human posture, movement, and pain through the lens provided by my doctorate degree in physical therapy. I am especially curious about how these three facets of human life interact with the wide spectrum of environments in which humans live. Here are some of the questions I am contemplating: What […]
Posture Movement Pain 