While it is important to have strength, the truth is we don’t spend the majority of our time in a perfect deadlift or squat position. We’re humans and as such, our daily lives can involve rounded backs, twisting, and other movements that aren’t often trained in the gym setting.
Read MoreFor this Pigeon Flow, we are working lengthened ranges of the glutes on the stabilising side and stretching the hip flexors on the lifted side.
Read MoreAlmost everyone at some point feels like they have pain in their muscles that needs to be “stretched out", but is that the most effective method for resolving the pain? Some experts say yes and some experts say no.
Read MoreCoordinating your body’s balance is interesting because it’s not like you are consciously making micro adjustments to your muscle activity to turn on each and every individual muscle involved in keeping you balanced. You simply don’t have the time.
Read MoreSarah is one of our February 2019 case studies. Alec Morrison is working with Sarah to help with her knee valgus issues. The case study ran between 25 February to 1 April 2019.
Read MoreTiming is everything. To move with speed doesn’t just require your muscles to contract quickly, but to contract in coordination with each other as well. Kinetic linking is when one movement transfers to the next in order to summate forces.
Read MoreHaving stability in the foot means that everything up the chain is set up for stability as well. The feet link your body to the ground and because all of your structures are linked together, any dysfunction at your feet can impact the rest of your body greatly.
Read MoreIt’s not enough being able to deadlift with a stable core. To be fully functional with our bodies we have to push into the boundaries of what we are capable of.
Read MoreIt was nice to see our general upper body and core strength carry over into this climbing sport, but the hands and forearms were definitely feeling pumped!
Read MoreChanges to your posture are gradual and will take time. Being diligent and spending a little bit of time everyday improving your muscle imbalances will go a long way for you to hold a better posture.
Read MoreFunctional movement involves many planes of movement and multiple joints moving simultaneously throughout. The core must be able to stabilise the spine during these movements in order to transfer forces effectively and to protect you from injury and pain.
Read MoreFlexibility and mobility in the adductor (inner thigh) muscles are essential for sports like martial arts or dancing, where open hips are necessary to performing skills like kicking.
Read MoreThe most common cause of Sciatica is compression of the sciatic nerve by a herniated disc. The most obvious symptoms for sciatica is pain in the lower back, buttocks, knee, and leg.
Read MoreWhen the muscles of your core are strong and coordinating efficiently with each other (timing has an important role to play in the function of the core), your spine is strong and stabilised against injury and pain.
Read MoreBeing able to hip hinge means that you can bend from the hips while keeping a neutral spine. This is especially important if you want to engage safely in exercises like a deadlift, which requires a good level of hamstring mobility and strength.
Read MoreThe physical world is 3 dimensional and so is our movement. It’s not just in sporting situations, but even daily activity like putting on clothes require the use of rotation, flexion/extension, and abduction/adduction of limbs, occurring simultaneously or at least in quick succession.
Read MoreTo move is to live. According to biology, movement is a basic characteristic of life. Everything that lives, moves. So why don’t we put more emphasis into how we do it?
Read MoreIf you find that your knees are falling inwards or that your hips are hiked on one side during exercise (e.g running or squatting), it usually means there is a weakness or lack of coordination in your hips stabilisers, like the gluteal muscles.
Read MoreThe more dorsiflexion you have, the closer you can get your hips towards your base of support (your foot) in a squat or pistol squat.
Read MoreAnkle mobility has gotten a lot of attention in recent times for being an essential component of the squat, and rightly so, but let’s not forget another major joint involved in the squat.
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