Posture: From the Feet Up

Posture: From the Feet Up

Ashley Osier aka The Posture Specialist

MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP

 ~ Holistic Fitness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~

As I continue to learn how to better navigate my social media platforms, I want to encourage you to make comments at the bottom of this post and let me know how easy it is for you to find my links, find my comment section and then actually make comments.

Though this post is not about navigating my social media platforms, well maybe a little, it certainly does feel like I am starting this journey at the bottom and working my way up. Similarly, I am putting together my YouTube videos for my posture and pain management channel the same way.

All posture begins at the feet. Whether we have good posture habits or poor posture habits, it begins with the feet. It is important to make sure our feet and ankles are healthy, flexible and strong. If you haven't checked out my official foot series playlist on my YouTube channel, head over after finishing your read and commenting on this post and take a gander. There is a surprising amount of info to know about our feet and I have one more video coming that I will be sharing before I move on to the legs and knees.

You can find the link in my links section at the upper right area of this blog called "YouTube Posture and Pain Management Channel" or below my name at the bottom of this post. So start thinking about your feet. They are incredibly important. They go with you everywhere and are impacted by the shoes you wear, how you stand, how you walk and how you care for them.

Let me know what you are doing to take care of your feet. Do you know what the bottoms of your shoes have to do with how you distribute your body weight? You can find more info on that in my footcare series. All videos are free, holistic, and are backed with 20+ years of education, teaching, experience and professional practice.

Hope to hear from you in my comment section below!

Take care and make it a great posture day!

Ashley

The Posture Specialist

YouTube Channel: theposturespecialist.com

Instagram (@theposturespecialist)

Website: eastwestsomatherapy.com

Facebook Q & A Group: The Posture Specialist Q & A Group

Facebook Group: Business Facebook Site

Ashley Osier is a holistic health educator and therapist, stress management therapist, corrective posture and corrective exercise specialist, an acupressure and massage therapist, stretching, massage, acupressure, and self-acupressure instructor and creator of the Point Release™ Technique and StretchFit™ Method. She specializes in working with stress management, injury prevention and pain relief, therapeutic stretching for individuals and couples, and posture awareness. She also offers coaching in nutrition and support for women going through divorce. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting her at   ewsomatherapy@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available on this blog is for general information purposes only. You agree that your use of this blog is at your sole risk. Consult your physician before beginning any stretch, exercise or self-acupressure suggestion. By using this site, you are agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ashley Osier against any and all losses, expenses, damages and costs resulting from using the information contained within this blog. 

The Posture Specialist: FB Live Chat Q & A

The Posture Specialist Live Chat Q & A

Ashley Osier aka The Posture Specialist

MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP

 ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~

Join me!
I am going live tomorrow to talk about holistic strategies to counter pain. These are alternative approaches based on my education, work with clients and students for over 20 years, and my personal experience with managing chronic pain for over 40 years. I would love to chat with you about your thoughts!

If you want to join me live, you will need to go to this link...The Posture Specialist Live Chat...and join the group. This just gives you the ability to speak with me live, leave comments on the live thread during and after and participate in the group.

This is a fantastic way to address needs holistically in the moment. Holistic measures are not cures and I am not a doctor, but it is great to build up a repertoire of counter-pain strategies to start tackling your pain symptoms that may or may not be improved with surgery, medications, or injections.

Everyone is welcome...so let's chat!!

If you are not able to make it, but still want to respond with questions, you can leave comments on the thread as long as you are in the Q & A group.

See you tomorrow!!

Ashley

The Posture Specialist

YouTube Channel: theposturespecialist.com

Instagram (@theposturespecialist)

Website: eastwestsomatherapy.com

Facebook Q & A Group: The Posture Specialist Q & A Group

Facebook Group: Business Facebook Site

Ashley Osier is a holistic health educator and therapist, stress management therapist, corrective posture and corrective exercise specialist, an acupressure and massage therapist, stretching, massage, acupressure, and self-acupressure instructor and creator of the Point Release™ Technique and StretchFit™ Method. She specializes in working with stress management, injury prevention and pain relief, therapeutic stretching for individuals and couples, and posture awareness. She also offers coaching in nutrition and support for women going through divorce. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting her at   ewsomatherapy@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available on this blog is for general information purposes only. You agree that your use of this blog is at your sole risk. Consult your physician before beginning any stretch, exercise or self-acupressure suggestion. By using this site, you are agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ashley Osier against any and all losses, expenses, damages and costs resulting from using the information contained within this blog. 

Sharing My First Product Review

Sharing My First Product Review

Ashley Osier aka The Posture Specialist

MA, HHE, CPS, CSMT, CAMT, CAYT, CWHP

 ~ Holistic Wellness for Mind, Body, and Spirit ~

Gosh you guys...there are so many posts to write

 and not enough time to write them! 

I definitely want to take this opportunity to share my first product review. One of the things that has been on my heart is to review health-related products and approaches (including stretches and exercises) that we see on various platforms of social media. As a pain management specialist, I have had too many people come to me getting hurt from gym classes, yoga classes, physical therapy, massage therapy, and the like. Then there are numerous products we see on the market to take away pain or to improve our posture and some of them are just gimmicks and don't really work. As a Certified Posture Specialist, I want to make sure you are getting the best products to help correct and maintain good posture. As a chronic pain sufferer, I understand it is hard enough to manage life with the pain much less try and figure out which stretch and exercise won't hurt me and which products are worth the investment.

Part of my job will be to try out various products to see if they actually do work and if not to make sure to let you know. 

This first product is exciting because I was able to find more uses for in addition to what the company proposes. I show a few examples of this in the video, which I have provided a link for below. I'm not going to get into the details because it is all in the video. But I personally have kept this product to use for myself. I sleep with it, sit on it constantly and sometimes stand on it when I am spending extra time on the computer at my standing desk. I would love to hear your feedback, so please make sure to leave a comment here or on the video.

To watch my first product review, click Product Review and enjoy!!

If you are interested in a particular product but want a more professional and educated take on it, please let me know and I will try it out, review it and post my video. I am also posting on this blog, my Instagram and my Facebook so I can support awareness for as many people as possible. 

Please share this blog post and/or my videos with others 

so they can benefit. 

Postural awareness, awareness of our options for better wellness and pain management, and awareness of what to stay away from is really important for EVERYONE. It can save time, energy, and body aches/strains/injuries. 

Thank you for participating in this movement!

For more blog posts on holistic fitness for the mind, body and spirit, make sure to follow this blog.  To get notified of my weekly YouTube videos, make sure to SUBSCRIBE and click the BELL (mobile phones make it more difficult to click the bell, so try your computer). You can always follow me on my other social media platforms below. I have a new Facebook site of my live posture Q&A broadcasts, which just started last week, so I will put that link below.

Stay tuned for more posts coming soon on all sorts of holistic fitness for the mind, body, and spirit.

Make it a great day! Happy Posturing!!

Ashley

The Posture Specialist

YouTube Channel: theposturespecialist.com

Instagram (@theposturespecialist)

Website: eastwestsomatherapy.com

Facebook Q & A Group: The Posture Specialist Q & A Group

Facebook Group: Business Facebook Site

Ashley Osier is a holistic health educator and therapist, stress management therapist, corrective posture and corrective exercise specialist, an acupressure and massage therapist, stretching, massage, acupressure, and self-acupressure instructor and creator of the Point Release™ Technique and StretchFit™ Method. She specializes in working with stress management, injury prevention and pain relief, therapeutic stretching for individuals and couples, and posture awareness. She also offers coaching in nutrition and support for women going through divorce. Appointments can be scheduled by contacting her at   ewsomatherapy@gmail.com.

Disclaimer: The information on this site is not intended or implied to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. All content, including text, graphics, images and information, contained on or available on this blog is for general information purposes only. You agree that your use of this blog is at your sole risk. Consult your physician before beginning any stretch, exercise or self-acupressure suggestion. By using this site, you are agreeing to indemnify, defend and hold harmless Ashley Osier against any and all losses, expenses, damages and costs resulting from using the information contained within this blog.