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MOTOR Method™

What is the MOTOR Method™? Here are the resources to answer your questions and guide your progress. I've posted a few MM exercises below – so far just one per "module." (If you're a patient, I may have sent you links to others.) Keep checking back for more developments in this space!

The Origins of the MOTOR Method™ Exercises

I was an undergraduate music student, many years ago, when I hurt one of my fingers. After that, I often had physical pain when I played viola, my main instrument. My neck and left shoulder would...

Essential Skills: Module 1: Grounding the Feet

No matter what goals you may have set for physical well-being, first you're going to need to work well with gravity . In this initial, deceptively simple exercise, you can learn to use the support of...

Essential Skills: Module 2: Standing Lumbar Flexion (with a wall)

Here is one of the basic standing exercises I introduce for patients to start refining their low back stability training. The principle is that core muscles should contract around a well-balanced...

Essential Skills: Module 3: Head Roll

This exercise is useful for relaxing the muscles in your upper neck and head; it's also good preparation for using the "root" of your neck to develop postural strength (you'll find more on that later...