Can Breath Work Decrease Chronic Neck Pain?
Chronic neck pain can be debilitating and incredibly challenging to live with. It is a multifactorial issue that can be created or exacerbated by a variety of causes. The impact…
Can Sugar Increase Chronic Pain?
While the cause of chronic pain depends on the person, it impacts at least 10% of the population. . For some, there is an underlying cause like Ehlers Danlos syndrome…
How to Build Consistency of Healthy Habits
The Toothbrush List: A Way To Easily Change Fitness And Health Habits Whether you are trying to improve sleep patterns, change your food choices, or increase your time spent in…
What Should We Be Able To Do?
How to find a path that takes your unique abilities into account. This is a story, a story about a young woman with chronic pain, let’s call her Sarah. Sarah…
Health Benefits of Watching the Sunset
(Or sunrise if you're an early riser!) Manage Stress. Improve sleep. Build Wellness. Sitting, watching. Gazing. Pausing to look at the beauty of dancing colors in the sky, the slow and…
Principals and Pitfall for Strength Training with Hypermobility:
Including hypermobility due to Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome, & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Hypermobility is classified as having one or more joints with a higher-than-normal range of motion. There are…
Flexibility: can you have too much?
Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, Marfan Syndrome, and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder You may notice that some people are very stiff while others are very mobile or flexible, perhaps you even know someone…
Recognizing abilities and limits: The benefits of noticing our needs, abilities, current limitations, and goals
Within health and fitness, I commonly see demand for one’s body to feel or perform in specific ways, holding oneself, and body, to high standards. Any inability to meet these…
Structure & Flexibility: Finding your sweet spot to build consistent Health & Wellness practices
Throughout my time coaching, I have received many questions on a variety of topics. Some of the most common include: How can I lose weight and keep it off?What can…
Welcome to my blog
I'm so glad that you found your way to the Integrative Strength & Movement Blog. I'm Chelsea, the owner of Integrative Strength & Movement. I have been coaching for over…