My Being Human Blog is a space where I share reflections from my clinical work alongside my own personal experiences, including the challenges of balancing business and family life. It is written with honesty and curiosity, and I hope you enjoy reading these posts, and if any of them resonate with you, I would truly love to hear your thoughts.
The Pelvic Floor / Diaphragm
I think there should be a pelvic floor appreciation fan club; it is impressive anatomy. The pelvic floor muscles give support to the organs above, the bladder, rectum and uterus in females, they help you control bladder and bowel function, they are important for sexual function/orgasm, help with core stability and act as a [...]
Our Adaptable Feet
I love the feet, I love teaching students about the feet, and I love treating feet. I went for a run this morning and had pain in my right foot, and I noticed it wasn’t adapting to the ground, it felt like one solid block. This lack of adaption or shock absorption was sending [...]
The beautiful pterygoids – with the coolest name
I have a list of favourite muscles, and this one is top of my list along with the adductor magnus and obturator internus. I am hoping I am not the only one with a hierarchy of favourite muscles. I would love to know what other peoples are? In my very first dissection I decided [...]
Thrown off the hamster wheel
31st March 2020; Day 14 of Isolation: I like many others, have been running at life for such a long time. What was once a passionate run had become a tiring run. The last few months, my thoughts were; if only time would slow down, if only I had more time, how do we [...]
Spontaneous Facial Self Touch
It has been a while since I wrote a blog, time has been my nemesis, yet ironically, I am writing about time. Important health advice is not to touch our faces. And yet how many of you are struggling with this simple act? How many of you have realised how often you touch your [...]
Just Breathe…
This is easy to say but not necessarily easy to do at this current time. How often do you focus on your breath? Are you even aware of your breathing pattern? Taking a breath should be easy, with our diaphragm doing most of the work, however for a lot of us our upper body [...]
Pectoralis Minor / Clavipectoral fascia
Pec minor is one of the easier muscles to remember; however, it is encased within an impressive fascial layer called the clavipectoral fascia. Pectoralis minor is triangular and found under pectoralis major, attaching from: The 3rd to 5th ribs close to the costal cartilage, variations are often found including an attachment to the 2nd [...]
