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Margy Verba: Anatomy in Motion Instructor, Rehabilitative Movement Specialist, Wilderness Junky. Un-IG AF. Here to share content (and beautiful skies)

Infographic to go with my "What is Pronation and S

Infographic to go with my "What is Pronation and Supination" video I shared last week. This infographic is a memory jog of what happens when and the role of pronation and supination in the gait cycle.

Illustrations @jessi.delong

All the things a lay person can see in the mirror and/or feel when pronating and supinating the foot.

Coming up, I will post a self-assessment video to help you figure out what motions your feet are missing, followed by tutorials on how to restore the missing motions.

p.s. anyone know a good graphic designer? I want to turn this infographic into a real thing...I am such a hack😂🤦‍♀️

I now have an out-the-back-door (quite literally)

I now have an out-the-back-door (quite literally) ski run! Woohoo!!

@monvolkmar, @riccardo__galeotti check it out!

Perhaps you've seen in the news the state of Calif

Perhaps you've seen in the news the state of California -- and perhaps other states in the West, I've lost track as I've been literally buried lately (pun very much intended) -- is under a state of emergency due to a series of "atmospheric rivers." I've literally lost count -- is this the 8th or 9th? I've also lost count of how many times I've shoveled this 800 square foot deck down to the bare wood (lest it collapse under the weight), but I did it again just yesterday, and I've done it almost every day since shortly after Xmas. This morning I woke up to another foot, and it's supposed to keep snowing hard all day! However, the end is in sight. Perhaps a few small storms later in the week, and then a fairly dry forecast. I am not complaining, we desperately need this snowpack after a multi-year drought!

Life has become very simple:
✅Prepare my body to shovel, shovel, shovel, shovel with a little movement routine ( = preparing my body to load share between knees, hips, spine, shoulders, and elbows -- hint: load sharing across joints is 🗝)
✅Shovel, shovel, shovel, shovel
✅Collapse in recliner by the wood stove
✅Get up occasionally to put another log on the fire, but otherwise, stay sunk into recliner with a good book till bedtime
✅Rinse, repeat...

My on-the-verge-of-turning-78 husband, has one extra step just before "collapse in the recliner" -- he goes skiing!?!?! Anyone who knows Jack at all, knows, you just can't keep him off skis, no matter what the conditions⛷

I have not been to a store since just before Xmas, and today I will finally break into our freeze dried broccoli. We've made it this long, and the day before yesterday Jack even managed scrounge up enough ingredients to make a sweet potato soup with cabbage and onions and other stuff -- YUM!

The sun has occasionally made an appearance in the past several weeks, and when it does, neighbors emerge from their buried houses, and we are joyfully reminded we are not alone (about 100 people total in our tiny burg) -- as we bump into them taking walks and skiing in our backyard canyon, or simply down the street.

As I look at the news of what is happening elsewhere, I feel blessed. We are doing good!

Calling all foot geeks -- let's take a deep dive🤓! 14 minutes of your time.

The words "pronation" and "supination" are used widely in reference to the foot. So, you'd think there would be clear rigorous definitions -- especially within the worlds of podiatry and biomechanics. In fact, I find the definitions inconsistent and a bit fuzzy -- and I have certainly attempted to do a deep dive. Most of the definitions I have found so far are incomplete, describing mainly the subtalar and ankle joints in an open chain🤷‍♀️. How useful is that?

By far, the most thorough definition I have found so far is from my teacher @garyward_aim, who in fact specifies what all 33 joints in the foot do, in all three planes of motion, in a closed chain. You'll have to take one of his courses for the details of the mechanics, how to assess, and how to reason for treatment. (For purposes of full disclosure, I am an Anatomy in Motion instructor)

I like my clients to understand, not just **what** to do, and **how** to do it, but almost most importantly the **why**. I like my clients to be able to visualize their moving skeletons and forget they even have muscles -- GASP!

Really, all you need for healthy foot mechanics is the ability to pronate and supinate -- the journey back and forth between the two foot shapes involves every joint in the foot in all planes of motion.

So, I end up explaining to every single client what the words pronation and supination mean. And I'm getting quite bored of explaining, so I made this video, intended for non-professionals.

I realize what I say might be controversial and, if you disagree , question or want to discuss, I welcome your comments. Rude, snarky, and/or condescending comments will be deleted.

p.s. I am fully aware I am supposed to make cute catchy posts on IG, but I can't...I just can't😂😂😂

#garywardsanatomyinmotion

What a difference a day makes!

What a difference a day makes!

Okay…so maybe I’m a wee bit excited to see the

Okay…so maybe I’m a wee bit excited to see the sun. It’s been a while.

It’s already clouded up again, and I guess we are in store for even bigger storms this weekend.

Shovel shovel, shovel shovel… It’s my new pastime.

Getting 💪💪💪 every day.

This old grandmother wishes she could like this po

This old grandmother wishes she could like this post 100 times. Once isn’t nearly enough!! I am a little obsessed with observing older people (like me) who move with grace and ease (like I aspire to😂🤷‍♀️), and try to understand what they’ve done to arrive where they are.

Bravo @oldscoolmoves, for this post, for all your posts, and for the inspiring example you set!

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn fro

Don’t miss this amazing opportunity to learn from @rocky_snyder! If I can get to an airport (in California we’re experiencing historic storm cycles) I’ll be assisting. Or at least Rocky thinks I’ll be assisting… don’t tell him the truth, that I’m really coming to learn from him.

I’ve had several requests for a shoveling, techn

I’ve had several requests for a shoveling, technique tutorial… I promise it’s coming. I’ve been a little busy lately🤣🤣

If I were more IG savvy, I’d add the soundtrack: Every Day I’m Shuffling…it’s totally stuck in my head, except I am singing every day I’m shoveling shoveling.

Every day I’m shoveling shoveling… I’ve had

Every day I’m shoveling shoveling…

I’ve had this song stuck in my head for weeks now. Mind you, I am not complaining! California, so needs the snow pack. And, we love to ski.

Happy to report, back and shoulders still feel great, despite having cleared this 800 square foot deck of 2-3 feet of snow more times than I can count in the past 3 weeks! Getting warmed up for more this week...forecast for snow just about every day for the foreseeable future.

I’ve been struggling with some significant post-

I’ve been struggling with some significant post-COVID oxygen saturation issues since March 2020 (yes, I was an early adopter). While I had made a ton of progress on my own, I reached a point where I wanted to consult with a breathing expert, and my first choice was @thejillmiller (of course!!!). By some miracle she actually had room in her incredibly busy schedule.   I was mainly seeking help with my biomechanics when nasal breathing. I had developed some non-optimal patterns from dance training in my youth, and in fact in my 20s, I trained myself to mouth breathe at night!?!?! (That’s a whole ‘nuther story). Fast forward to the present (I am now 65, so I’ve lived with these patterns for decades), and I felt my ribcage/abdominal/diaphragm excursion biomechanics were good when I mouth breathed, but for some reason went to s..t when I tried nasal breathing.   

One session with @thejillmiller, and my nasal breathing mechanics were restored to the degree where I felt no difference between my nasal breathing and mouth breathing mechanics — effortlessly and without volition…things just started happening!!!  

Yesterday, I put my new found breathing liberation to the test: I broke trail in deep fresh snow for an hour, nasal breathing the whole time, and it felt AMAZING!!! Thank you thank you thank you Jill. And if I were more IG savvy, I’d figure out how to tag the post you made about the work we did together.

p.s. photo credit my husband, who of course never told me that my headband was on inside out, and the tag is sticking out in every photo he took of me😂.

Who needs a gym New Year’s resolution. Between s

Who needs a gym New Year’s resolution. Between ski touring and shoveling, I think we’re good.

I should post a shoveling technique video. Happy to report my back and shoulders feel great, despite spending a good part of every day shoveling for the past couple of weeks. Hint: go both ways😉. Woohoo!!!

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