The Wellness Mama Podcast

Biomechanics of Breast Movement (and general movement) With Katy Bowman


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Episode Highlights With Katy

  • Breast health through the lens of movement
  • Understanding why breasts need to move and how to do that without injury
  • The way you move moves your body in a particular way
  • If you want breasts that are well supported, do movements that build strength in support
  • Movements like pushups or hanging as a test of chest movement and strength 
  • How carrying babies and breastfeeding can lead to stiffness in the upper body
  • Why to work up to being able to hang by holding onto a bar for one whole minute each day
  • How to work better movement into the things you're already doing 
  • Ways to counteract too much single-position input like looking at a phone
  • How our core is affected by what is happening in the hips and the shoulders 
  • A tip for getting better movement and benefits even from walking
  • We're so much more fluent in the importance of food than the importance of movement

Resources We Mention

  • Rethink Your Position: Reshape Your Exercise, Yoga, and Everyday Movement, One Part at a Time by Katy Bowman
  • More books by Katy Bowman
  • Hanging board on Amazon
  • Book: Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. by Judy Blume
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