The Buttafly is a great find… I’m a convert
July 2019, at the OM Bass festival, this delightful yogi, Rob, came over for seeking assistance for chronic and intermittent bilateral sciatica (both legs!) and back pain. Now the physio…
The Buttafly features in a charity calendar
In aid of Breast Cancer Now Lanarkshire-based yoga teacher Mary Nelson recently emailed us this surprising and brilliantly done photograph. It’s the December page from a calendar she and her…
Our Story in Wellbeing Magazine
The Buttafly is a new concept in the management of back pain and like many great inventions, came about quite by chance. After a spine-damaging accident, physiotherapist TillyLou James…
“Tuck your bottom under” is not a helpful cue
Recently, I’ve been doing some research on what advice is available for women about posture during pregnancy. In many cases the results have been sadly discouraging – including this…
Postural muscles v movement muscles
Fascia aficionado, Tracey Mellor has been one of our most active affiliates since our chance meeting at the end of a Fascial Fitness workshop last year. She spotted the Buttafly…
Stress incontinence – young woman suffer too
Millions of women experience stress incontinence and while the problem is known to increase with age, many young women suffer too. They have the additional stress of the stigma around…
Postural reading
This photo was used to advertise a back brace on Instagram and the way the girl stands is something I see a lot of especially in young females. Probably more…
Sitting all day?
How did you get to work today? If you sat down either over a wheel or behind a wheel chances are your low back came out of its natural backward…
Sciatica and how the Buttafly may help
To first understand sciatica pain we need to be clear about what sciatica means. It refers to the symptoms that result from irritation of the sciatic nerve. What is sciatica?…
The art of receiving the breath
Last week at the end of my workshop about the pelvic floor and its relationship to posture, several people said how helpful they found the breath work so I thought…
Slouching, slumping, lounging and loafing!
How to break the slouch habit A great way to break the slouching habit is to move onto the floor and explore new ways of sitting – and if the…
How can yoga blocks benefit Mountain Pose?
Improve your Mountain Pose with Yoga Blocks Many of us carry tension around the neck and shoulder areas and it’s not unusual for us to subconsciously “hold” one shoulder higher…