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Thoughts and insights on natural back care from Loulou James—creator of the Buttafly and the Buttafly Technique.

Our Story in Wellbeing Magazine

21 June 2019

  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

2 June 2019

  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

21 March 2019

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

20 March 2019

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

24 February 2019

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?

21 February 2019

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

19 February 2019

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

10 February 2019

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!

25 January 2019

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?

24 January 2019

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…

The Buttafly in bridge pose

23 January 2019

  Bridge pose – using a yoga prop to develop your bridge pose You’re preparing for bridge pose Setu Bandhasana and know that you benefit from using a block to…

The Buttafly is my first aid kit

13 January 2019

By Jerry Joel – a Buttafly Customer Suffering with back pain and sciatica In 2013 after suffering from back pain and sciatica for more than 4 years, I was diagnosed…