Shoulder pain can be caused and aggravated by the way you sleep 🛌 💤 I spoke with the Woman’s World about the cause of shoulder pain from sleeping and strategies to prevent and reduce pain.
And of course I shared my favourite posture stretch that’s one of the best things you can do for shoulder pain 🧘♀️
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It was a pleasure to contribute to this Dazed article on fascia and how myofascial release can affect the way we look. This topic is very misunderstood, so it was great to shed some light on a technique that I started in 2009 before it became mainstream.
“While academic studies are still lacking, anecdotal endorsements are stacking up. Dr Liza Egbogah, a Canadian osteopath and posture expert who has a doctor of chiropractic, has used fascial techniques to help people like Jennifer Lawrence and George Clooney with their posture. She tells Dazed, “if we were to remove all of your bones, you would still maintain most of your shape because of fascia. As such, fascia can be manually manipulated to change our appearance and structure.” Dr Egbogah says that many signs of “ageing” in our modern digital age are from stress and spending too much time looking down at phones and computers. “This behaviour changes our facial posture because knots in the fascia developed from looking downwards will also pull your face down as well,” she says. “Myofascial release can counteract these effects. Even wrinkles can be a result of knots in the fascia and when you release those knots the wrinkles can essentially be erased.”
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As an Osteopath and Chiropractor who specializes in aesthetic myofascial release and a frequent flyer - Dr. Liza Egbogah shares tips that will have you looking and feeling your best when you deplane. Travel can take quite a toll on your body. Standing for long periods in line, hauling bags through the airport, lifting them into overhead compartments and off the conveyor belts, sitting in cramped seats, the pressure of the cabin, elevation and overall stress of travelling can leave you arriving at your destination tired, achy and not looking your best.
Dr. Liza Egbogah shares exercises you can do on board so you won’t deplane hunched, lymphatic drainage acupressure points so you won’t be puffy and travel recommendations - so you can arrive feeling and looking your best. All these tips are tried and tested on long hauls including a 17.5 hour flight!
Improving our posture while sitting can reduce inflammation and help us feel better both mentally and physically. Body and posture expert Dr. Liza Egbogah returns to The Social with chair exercises to ‘undo the hunch’
I talked with Canadian Business about my journey to founding dr LIZA shoes - my line of beautiful supportive shoes that have been worn by celebrities like Kate Winslet, Cynthia Erivo, Viola Davis and Priyanka Chopra.
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Myofascial release is one of the most effective forms of therapy to release stored up emotional trauma from our body. Hopefully with this post I have helped to highlight the role that fascia plays in our mental and physical health, how we look and how we live our life and relayed that the health of our fascia is essential for us to function our best.
Read MoreDr. Liza Egbogah returns to The Social with the bunion fix - exercises and self-treatments that won’t get rid of your bunions but will make them look and feel a whole lot better. Dr. Liza shares 4 foot exercises and 1 self treatment that you can to to strengthen your feet, minimize the pain from bunions, prevent them from getting worse and have them looking better.
And if you're looking for shoes that are great if you have bunions visit drLizashoes.com
Dr. Liza Egbogah joins CTV's The Social to share exercises and tips to improve your posture and breathing. This can help reduce inflammation, aches and pains and energize you.
Read the article here for 3 exercises that reduce neck and back pain
Proceeds from the sale of the dr LIZA cloud collection socks go towards providing socks for unhoused persons in Toronto. Support your feet and our unhoused friends by wearing these awesome socks.
Not only do these socks look great - they have arch support, moisture wicking yarns, strategic venting and stay up compression that will boost circulation and have you feeling great. And they are literally the perfect gift for all!
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Foot support is a serious subject
“Our feet are the base of support for our entire body. If we are bearing all our weight on our feet and they are not functioning properly, then the rest of our body will be out of alignment.” READ MORE
Body + Posture expert Dr. Liza Egbogah shares an easy routine of exercises that you can do to improve your posture, mobility and core strength.
Here are the 5 exercises:
Thoracic extension with side bend
Pec stretch with back bend
Arm windmills
Side leg lifts
Hip figure 8s
Body and Posture expert Dr. Liza Egbogah shares a dance routine that both improves your posture and boosts your mood on CTV Calgary's News at Noon.
Improve your posture with these dance moves
Dancing is a great functional movement that can help with flexibility, conditioning and mobility. It’s also a great mood booster. This combination of dance moves will help improve your posture by targeting muscles that tighten up from too much time spent sitting and on devices. Dr. Liza has put together a series of dance moves that can be used to ease tension or to loosen up after a long day of sitting. These moves help to improve posture while improving your mood at the same time by giving you a much need boost in endorphins (feel good chemicals). Even kids can benefit from this routine
After months of ghosting - I had a zoom call on Dec 21, 2021 with Manjit and her brother Ravinder - mostly with Ravinder who I just had the displeasure of meeting that day. He barely let me say a word at our first and last meeting so I’m sharing my thoughts here - where I can’t be rudely talked over, threatened or talked down to.
After 4 rescheduled zooms, 7 months and a callout from a podcast host - I finally got my meeting with Manjit. Much to my surprise the meeting was actually with her brother Ravinder. I didn’t realize when I accepted a deal with Manjit that it was in fact her brother who I was partnering with. He appears to be the actual decision maker and dragon and certainly not someone I would have agreed to a deal with.
The call started off with Manjit describing how fortunate I was to have such a great edit on Dragons Den. She said she was the reason behind it and really pushed for such a great edit. I wasn’t aware that the Dragons helped edit the show so that was certainly news to me. Her brother then went on to say how he thought I was such a great entrepreneur and that they had spent the last couple of months planning for the best partnership possible with me. He said they had a connection with Payless shoes which would have been great for dr LIZA shoes. Except for the fact that my shoes are investment pieces and not in the same market as Payless. And I had thought Payless went out of business in 2019 🤔.... After the act of praise was completed he said that this partnership would no longer happen since I went running to podcasts. I wasn’t sure who he has spent the summer preparing to work with since he called me Lisa during the call and didn’t acknowledge when I corrected him. Perhaps he had me confused with someone else - much as he was confused about my company and the current status of Payless shoes.
He went on to say how he first heard about the podcast I did from the “CBC legal department”. I thought he would have heard it from his sister who the podcast host called out on Twitter.
But I guess if the “CBC legal department”contacted him before his sister - perhaps he’s alleging that they know he’s the dragon? Or he’s insinuating he has a contract with them? Or perhaps this point much like many others he made were fabricated to threaten and intimidate me.
Fortunately having business and common sense meant that I was neither threatened nor intimidated. I was certainly disgusted as I know this is not the first time this duo has performed this act.
Needless to say there was no investment and no good faith. Often people in a position of power use this position to intimidate and silence those that they deem below them. As a Black woman - this is nothing new for me. But I have a voice and I plan to always use it to educate for the greater good. Hopefully no other passionate entrepreneur has to be dismissed and degraded to feed someone’s ego. No one deserves that kind of treatment. The goal is to work with a dragon - not a snake.
With all that said I am so grateful and truly honoured to have pitched on Dragons’ Den. It was an amazing experience, great exposure and I would certainly do it again. The only thing I’d change is I would just say thank you for the offer but no thanks when I received the deal sheet. And I just hope I inspired some other amazing entrepreneurs out there!
Dr. Liza enters the Dragons’ Den hoping for an investment in functional fashion that is as comfortable as it is beautiful 👠🐉
Also for all my fellow entrepreneurs out there - here are 2 companies you want to avoid: ChicExecs PR and Postering Toronto. I’ll be doing another blog with some great companies that will actually help your business ❤️
Dr. Liza Egbogah is a Myofascial Release expert, Manual Osteopath and Chiropractor in downtown Toronto. She specializes in aesthetic and emotional trauma fascial release and is clinic director of the[fix], downtown Toronto's boutique osteopathy and myofascial release clinic and founder of dr LIZA shoes, designer dress shoes that feel and function like sneakers. Dr. Liza is renowned for her innovative treatment protocols and boasts a long roster of celebrities and business leaders. She is a sought after fascia and posture expert and is a regular media contributor.
