INSERT INTO `6m7_posts` VALUES (38646,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h2>\'The Middle Sister\'</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The knee joint is sometimes described as the ‘Middle Sister’ of the lower limb, a ‘triplet’ of joints so to speak!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHAT? WHY? HOW?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all common ‘knee problems’ are caused by the force from above, the force from below or maybe even both. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what...I hear ya?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means to help clients with knee problems we need to understand those forces &amp; how to improve them. In fact it would be a challenge to truly understand knee biomechanics without at least some recognition of the ascending &amp; descending influences of the pelvis &amp; foot…...bear with me!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the biggest synovial (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">synovial - surrounded by a thick flexible membrane forming a sac into which is secreted a viscous fluid that lubricates)</span></i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">joint, the knee forms at the place where the distal (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">distant</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) end of the femur meets the proximal (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">closest proximity</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) end of the Tibia (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also from latin for pipe or flute</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) meet.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Patella</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25975\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_296166746-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"367\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the Patella (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">patina or patena or paten, </span></i><b><i>meaning</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shallow dish</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sits at the front of the knee joint. With the Apex at the bottom &amp; the Base at the top - I HAVE ON IDEA WHY!?!? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who on earth named this piece!? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inside surface of the patella has medial &amp; lateral facets (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flat surface</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) that come into contact with the ‘knuckles’ of the femur. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now there are all sorts of names for other bony parts (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pars</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) in the knee like….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><strong>Bony Pars</strong></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plateau (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flat surface</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tuberosity (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rounded prominence</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tubercle (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">small nobule</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Epicondyle (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">r</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ounded eminence on a bone that lies upon a </span></i><b><i>condyle</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Condyle (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knuckle</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These each relate to the anatomy / soft tissue etc that they are named by.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Meniscus</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25976\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1030913119-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"345\" height=\"194\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe meniscus are effectively the top 2 \'cups\' of the tibia that the femur sits onto of!\n\nThe word meniscus derives from Greek <em>meniskos</em>, meaning \'crescent\' The word was used for curved things in general, such as a necklace or a line of battle.\n\nSo when you think about your entire body resting AND moving on top of these menisci its easy to understand why they are commonly written onto medical reports after knee MRI\'s come back from the radiologist!\n\nPoor menisci!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Fibula</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then of course there is the Fibula (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin for “brooch”, because the inner bone, the tibia, and the fibula together resemble an ancient brooch, or pin</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) ….Wow I learned this words history / origin while researching for this blog! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See I am learning with you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25977\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_199824647-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"331\" height=\"331\" />\n<h2>Tibia</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nThe shin or lower leg bone, from Latin also \'pipe, flute\' - originally made from bone!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Knee Action/s</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I ruptured (snapped) my ACL during landing from a jumping roundhouse kick I spent a lot of time researching knee anatomy, function &amp; biomechanics. I read </span><b><i>Brunnstrom’s Clinical Kinesiology</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> section about the knee….WOW!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When flexing, the knee does not simply hinge through single action…..oh no! It will glide, roll &amp; twist to produce what we call knee flexion. Movement produced by our wonderful integrated system is really quite stunning in its complexity that can be made so simple for application. However when building knee implants or replacement joints this level of fluidity in motion is just not possible, no matter how fabulous these implants are these days!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>During knee flexion</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tibia glides posteriorly on femur and from full </span></i><b><i>knee</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extension to 20</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o</span></i> <b><i>flexion</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, tibia rotates internally. Closed kinetic chain - </span></i><b><i>During knee</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> extension, femur glides posteriorly on tibia. To be more specific, from 20</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o</span></i> <b><i>knee flexion</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to full extension, femur rotates internally on stable tibia.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Physio-pedia.com)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why I LOVE STUDYING THE BODY &amp; MOVEMENT SO MUCH!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n(Did you notice the emphasis there!?!?)\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Knee Ligaments </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25978\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-15.10.33-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"272\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we should also mention ligaments when discussing knee biomechanics since they play a huge role in there….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MCL - medial (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inside</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) collateral (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">together with</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) ligament (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bond)</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LCL - lateral (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">outside</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) collateral (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">together with</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) ligament (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bond)</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACL - anterior </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(front</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) cruciate (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cross shaped</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) ligament (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bond)</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PCL - posterior (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">back</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) cruciate (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cross shaped</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) ligament (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bond</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bonds </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">play a key role in knee stability, as you can imagine, with the amount of force we repeatedly put through &amp; across our knee joint. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These ligamentous structures connect bone to bone &amp; so are (&amp; need to be) stronger than tendons that connect muscle to bone. It does however mean they are also less elastic than tendons.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brief &amp; special mention to the Patella </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tendon</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHOOP WHOOP!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bad boy will get another mention in the next of this series Part 8 - ‘</span><b>Muscles of the Knee’</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Interesting Facts About Your Knees </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25979\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Screenshot-2021-01-26-at-15.10.45-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"363\" />\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking up &amp; down stairs can put 600lbs of pressure on the patella BUT has the protection of the thickest layer of cartilage on the posterior surface of the patella </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Andrew Biel)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Babies are born without kneecaps!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we are born we have soft cartilage where our kneecaps will eventually develop. However they do not ossify or show up on x rays until around 2-6yrs</span></h4>\n<h1><b>You can walk without a kneecap.</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you break your kneecap badly enough, it is likely to have to be</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> removed surgically. Surgeons do not fit a kneecap prostheses—because you can walk without a kneecap!</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kneeling, however, may be uncomfortable without one, meaning you may require a protective padding.</span></h4>\n&nbsp;\n<h1>ACL Reconstruction ?</h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ACL reconstruction can be done using either a portion from your hamstring or your patella tendon - patella tendon grafts are prone to leave patients with knee pain when kneeling. So top knee surgeon Dr Hahn, offered me a hamstring graft instead - I decided against it, some may not have such a choice but I really didn\'t fancy also rehabbing my wonderful hammies. They are the envy of some &amp; I knew from my MRI that I had a little proprioception where my ACL had latched onto the PCL….said Dr Hahn!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This super pair of hams have stood me in good stead so far &amp; allowed me to live with a ruptured ACL in my left knee with absolutely no detriment my lifestyle whatsoever. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Are you enjoying these blogs?</h2>\n<h2>Would you like to invest in CPD videos online?</h2>\n<h2>Why not look:</h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-1-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> CLICK HERE FOR &gt;&gt;PELVIC ANATOMY</a></h2>\n<h2>OR</h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/spine-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-2-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR &gt;&gt;SPINE ANATOMY</a></h2>\n<h2>OR</h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/shoulder-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-3-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR &gt;&gt;SHOULDER ANATOMY</a></h2>\n<h2>&amp;</h2>\n<h2>KNEE ANATOMY &gt;&gt; Coming Soon!!</h2>','Knee Biomechanics Part 7 -  The Bones of the Knee','','inherit','closed','closed','','25961-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',25961,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38646',0,'revision','',0),(38647,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles are important everywhere in the body BUT due to the structural design of the shoulder, it REALLY needs great muscle tone &amp; function. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So this time we will explore the wondrous complexities of your client’s shoulder muscles….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Deltoids</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously known as the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deltoidious </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">these are the strongest and biggest of the shoulder muscles. These mega muscles get their name from the greek word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">delta</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 4th letter meaning ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">difference/change</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also known as the ‘common’ shoulder muscle but I cannot find out why!? Do you know why? Please reply and let me know if you do!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a wide origin spanning all the way across spine of scap, acromion, clavicle to them travel down to the deltoid tuberosity of the humerus</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fibres are divided x 3….</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The anterior part (or clavicular pars) perform horizontal flexion/adduction &amp; internal rotation. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lateral, intermediate or acromial pars are responsible for abduction</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then the posterior or scapular pars allow you to achieve horizontal extension/abduction &amp; external rotation  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25696\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1697704519-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"533\" height=\"533\" />\n<h2></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Supraspinatus </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Supraspinati plural) Relativity small (smallest cuff muscle), but still chunky, this beauty lies in the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘superior’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> scoop on the top of the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘spine’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the scapular. Travelling to the greater tubercle of humerus it’s interestingly the ‘rotator’ cuff muscle that doesn’t actually rotate!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It helps the delts with abduction, predominantly the first 30 degrees, &amp; also stabilises the humeral head on the glenoid cavity…..hopefully!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25468\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_293547812-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"599\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Teres Minor </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This wee muscle is squished between infraspinatus &amp; Teres Major but can often blend with infraspinatus. </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teres</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means round &amp; smooth or cylindrical </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minor</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because its the smaller of the 2 muscles called Teres</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Travelling from the outer edge of the back (lateral/posterior) of the scapular to that greater tubercle of the humerus it helps lateral rotation of your clients arm AND also stabilises the glenohumeral joint. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25698\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_293546465-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"495\" height=\"660\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Infraspinatus </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies against the back of the scapular, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INF(RA)erior </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spine</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the scapular &amp; inserts into the greater tubercle at the back of the humerus. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ‘Biscuit’ Muscle is the name I’ve given this INFRAmous (see what I did there!?) muscle.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well when your client lies face down (prone) with their arms relaxed, often you can find that when you rub this muscle it feels like it has biscuit crumbs inside it. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a manual therapist I actually quite enjoy trying to dissolve those crumbs….not sure my client ‘enjoys’ it so much but they certainly feel better afterwards.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I believe it\'s commonly crunchy because of our lifestyles and its relative position. Imagine where it is in your body, then go onto that round shouldered posture &amp; then imagine what its doing while you are slouched over your phone or computer. The weight of your arms hanging off it, forward &amp; tapping annoyingly on your keyboard.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a lateral rotator it can be tested by abducting the arms to 90degrees or parallel with the floor, then gradually internally rotating the arms to lengthen it. If the Acromion lifts during the movement this is a good indication this muscle’s function may need addressing.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does this test show this? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By gradually lengthening the muscle your client should be able to do this standing shoulder rotation without the scapular being pulled upwards. If the muscle is however tight, inhibited or limited in any way it shows through this range of motion test. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24188\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_147943874-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"646\" height=\"517\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Subscapularis </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the Pectoralis major assists this biggest cuff muscle during internal rotation of the arm.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscapularis sits on the front (anterior) surface of your clients scapular, against the back of their ribs &amp; attaches to the lesser tubercle at the back of the humerus</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can also be tested, similar to the way we tested infraspinatus earlier, by abducting the arms to 90 degrees or parallel with the floor, but then externally rotating the arms. If the Acromion lifts during the movement this is a good indication this muscle may need addressing.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does this test show this? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By gradually lengthening the muscle your client should be able to do this standing shoulder rotation without the scapular being pulled upwards. If the muscle is however tight, inhibited or limited in any way it shows through this range of motion test. Same as before just turning the arms the other way.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Trapezius </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A stunning diamond or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trapezium</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> shaped wonder muscle that ‘blankets’ over the back of the shoulders!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So stunning we have to break it down into portions to better appreciate its role in movement…..hopefully!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The upper fibres travel from the back of the skull or occiput, to C7, to the medial edge of the lateral portion of the AC joint! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoah!? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place your hand on the opposite shoulder, lift that shoulder….in there.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s also one of their main actions, along with laterally flexing (on their own) &amp; extending (when working together) the neck &amp; rotating the head (when working alone). </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The medial fibres however attach to the spinous processes of thoracic spine then span out to the scapular for some REEEEEtraction….hopefully!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then those lower fibres also attach to the spinous processes of thoracic spine &amp; they span out to the scapular a bit lower down to aid scapular depression.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25700\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_1335929453-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"782\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Latissimus Dorsi</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Broadest muscle of the dorsals / flanks. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great big puller….ooooo yeah! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attaching from the under (inferior) angle of the scapular to the spinous processes &amp; ribs, then the thoracolumbar fascia &amp; posterior Iliac crest.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It travels from there into the intertubercular groove of the humerus.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND apparently there is a debate about its relationship with the scapular!! Yeah that\'s a thing in the anatomy world that people can\'t always agree on…..A.P.P.A.R.E.N.T.L.Y!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any thoughts?????? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Message me pleeeeeeease….!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SOOOOOOOO it extends, adducts &amp; internally rotates the arm / shoulder!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25701\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_145358134-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"510\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Teres Major </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the bigger of the 2 </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teres,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hence </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Major,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is also called</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘Lats little helper’. </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because it can perform exactly the same actions at the lats….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extension</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adduction</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal rotation</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because it attaches to the front of the humerus from the lateral border of the back of the scapular’s inferior angle.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you lie on your side, bottom arm up by your ear, then place a ball where you imagine the Teres Major to be…..ooooooffff!!! Yeah!! Thats gonna be tender…..ask your manual therapist to give it a rub </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you’re a manual therapist try some techniques on this beaut for upper body freedom!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25470\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1697704909-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"619\" height=\"619\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Rhomboids Major &amp; Minor </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The smaller of the 2 (minor) is higher up traveling from the spinous process of C7-T1 to the upper medial border of the scapular. Whereas Major travels from T2-T5 to the medial border of the scapular further down and right down to the inferior angle. Sandwiched under trapezius and over erector spinae</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However they are difficult to distinguish individually.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This anatomy allows them to retract (or adduct) the scapular. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also elevate &amp; downwardly rotate them due to their line of pull </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These poor muscles are pretty much hanging on for dear life as we ‘hang’ over our computers. Our arms pull the scapular forwards, protracting (see pec minor) them and giving us rounded shoulders. Which by the way, isn\'t a problem in as much as the position BUT is a problem when held for long periods.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine what the endurance of this position does to the rhomboids that are supposed to pull the scapular back into retraction. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor poor rhomboids!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer them some help by individually focussing on some PURE scapular retraction work - I promise they will thank you for it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25471\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_293547224-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"653\" height=\"870\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Levator scapular</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A pretty muscle that threads from the Transverse processes of C1-4 to the medial upper border of scapular. This results in its ability to elevate &amp; rotate the scapula downwards &amp; rotate the head to the side. It can also pull the head towards the shoulder or laterally flex the neck. When right &amp; left work together they can extend the neck/head. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So a busy muscle, right!? It is like a partner in crime with the upper trapezius muscle fibres!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you see why?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25472\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1800822229-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"596\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Serratus anterior</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A muscle that held me captive for a long time because of its anatomy. My brain struggled to appreciate how it attached and how it produced its movement. Its formation is so intricate and fascinating that I couldn\'t simply grab a resistance band and put it onto a skeleton to appreciate its ability. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still I tried that, visualised it when protracting or pressing, studied 2D images &amp; repeated this process. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysed bony images of the surfaces it connects to, visualised it again, palpated (touched) it while moving my shoulder, endeavoured to understand its line of pull….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….until eventually it clicked into place. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A really cool rib definer I call it particularly from watching numerous bodybuilders doing a side abs pose. Front arm elevated up &amp; over their head, then depressing / protracting the scapula….are you doing it in front of the mirror yet????  Go on, have a go…...how did you do??</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as it connects from the outer surfaces of the first/upper 8 or 9 ribs to the front side &amp; medial scapular border. This is how it can protract the scapula, meaning they also abduct away from the spine. The line of pull allows for scapula depression (&amp; upward rotation of the scapulothoracic joint - where the scapular &amp; thoracic spine meet) </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also has a partner in crime - pec minor!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTE: One of the most common questions my learners are unable to answer is the difference in the attachments for the 2 pecs. So at this point I\'d really like to make this absolutely clear, the 2 pecs perform different actions. Their influences are on different structures &amp; yes of course there is some awesome integration BUT READ CAREFULLY about how they attach &amp; therefore what they do…...this might change your programme design!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25703\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_293547815-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Pectoralis Minor </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS dude is really KINDA like the poor psoas muscle…..EH? WHAT????</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hang on hang on let me explain…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly let\'s discuss its position in the shoulder…..it attaches to the coracoid process (the most anterior/front point of the scapula) that pokes through the dip at the front of your upper shoulder. From there it pours downwards to just halfway across the 3-5 ribs.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allows it to protract and depress the scapula OR LIKE PSOAS results in its ‘lax’ or shortened position as we sit round shouldered at our desks, over our phones…..make sense now?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both pec minor &amp; psoas are ‘held short’ during prolonged sitting - trust me THEY HATE IT!!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go back read Rhomboids….then come back read this…...then go back read psoas &amp; glute max…...then write to me and tell me what you think….?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyhoo we ain\'t finished yet…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25705\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/shutterstock_151422785-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"698\" />\n<h2></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Pectoralis Major</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOES NOT ATTACHED TO THE SAME PLACES AS PEC MINOR!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There I said it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Monday muscle I call this one….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to any gym (when you can) on a Monday….what do you see??? Chest day, right? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Men in particular want well developed Pec Majors!   </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let\'s study their anatomy &amp; how they differ from their sibling...Pec minor…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attaching from the clavicle to the sternum &amp; then across to the greater tubercle of the humerus. Quite different, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means it can adduct, horizontally flex &amp; internally rotate the shoulder. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Major is also in partnership with Subscapularis when you look at their actions!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So now imagine a push up….Pec Major is the prime mover in horizontal flexion of the arm but Pec Minors role will depend upon your personal performance of this exercise. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If your scapular DON\'T move Pec Minor will be a fixtor </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you protract during the press the it will be a prime mover</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OOOOOOOOOOOeeeeeerrrrrr!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Shoulder Actions - SOOOOOO MANY!!!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is clearly going to be another reason why the shoulder is a commonly problematic joint!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humerus Abd/adduction, Internal / External Rotation, Horizontal Flexion / Extension or Horizontal abd/adduction &amp; Circumduction </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scapular Protraction / Retraction &amp; Elevation / Depression </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there you have it: a small snapshot of shoulder anatomy &amp; biomechanics, yes just a snapshot. There are so many things we could discuss but I find anatomy easier to absorb a bit at a time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These blogs, &amp; the relevant videos, are written &amp; filmed to help gradually enhance &amp; add to what you already know but to be absolutely clear there is ALWAYS so much more to learn! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\'s what WE LOVE ABOUT ANATOMY!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like </span><b>Knee Biomechanics Part 7 -  The Bones of the Knee </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">next???</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK COMING SOON &gt;&gt;- </span><b>Knee Biomechanics Part 7 -  The Bones of the Knee</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/blog/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Missed the previous Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Blogs? &gt;&gt;LOOK HERE&lt;&lt;</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-1-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Would you like to invest further by grabbing the videos during lockdown....at lockdown price of just £7! (Normally £27)</a></h3>\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-1-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&gt;&gt;LOOK HERE&lt;&lt;</a></h1>','Shoulder Biomechanics Part 6 -  The Muscles of the Shoulder','','inherit','closed','closed','','25466-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',25466,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38647',0,'revision','',0),(38648,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Part 5 - Shoulder time!</span></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most complex joints in our client’s body &amp; becoming a problem area for common problems just like the lower back!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shall we dive straight in….?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Bones </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Clavicle (Collar bone) </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The word clavicle comes from the latin for ‘tendril’ due to its meagre connection from the scapula to sternum.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also known as the collarbone, the ‘beauty bone’ or the ‘skinny bone’ since those awful times when ‘skinny’ was perceived as attractive. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND….it is the only bony connection between our shoulder &amp; the rest of our skeleton! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW! No wonder shoulder ‘issues’ are a common thing our clients complain about!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The clavicle is the first bone to harden in the fetus but interestingly the last to completely develop! </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this in mind &amp; the fact that it\'s a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">force transmitter</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the arms to the upper body/skeleton you can appreciate </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why youngsters can often break theirs. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were to view it from overhead it has an S shape &amp; try</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> placing your fingers/hand onto your clavicle then shrug up your shoulder….can you feel it articulate with the sternum?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25462\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Screenshot-2020-12-15-at-10.17.34.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"735\" height=\"722\" />Humerus</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Umerus</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means upper arm from its latin origins but also history from the Greek word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">omos</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for arm. The top end (proximal portion) of the humerus joins the glenoid fossa to create what\'s known as the glenohumeral joint. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25461\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_305274299-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"789\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glenoid means smooth shallow depression or slightly cupped.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fossa meaning ‘ditch’ or pit.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Head of humerus is also called the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">caput humeri -</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> caput meaning head in this instance.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greater tubercle is from latin </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tuberculum</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or small swelling </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lesser tubercle or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tuberculum minus</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Scapular </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder ‘blade’ or scapula is an attachment site for around 17 muscles &amp; glides on the scapulothoracic joint, also described as a false joint since it doesn\'t have the usual joint components. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The front facing (anterior) side is called the costal surface as it relates to the ribs/costals. It is also the subscapular fossa where the subscapularis sits between the scapular &amp; ribs.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dorsal surface (posterior) or side &amp; also known as the infraspinous fossa - why? Go on guess….???? YES the infraspinatus muscle sits on there!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25460\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_278017295-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"555\" height=\"605\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The scapular’s triangular in shape &amp; so has 3 sides;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superior border (top)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lateral border (axillary which relates to the armpit, so outer edge)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Medial border (or vertebral border or medial margin, closest to the vertebrae)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At each corner where these ‘sides meet are the angles;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superior angle (top &amp; medial)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inferior angle (bottom &amp; medial)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lateral or glenoid angle also known as the head of the scapular </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glenoid cavity (or fossa) where the humerus ‘connects’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other key landmarks;</span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acromion process - allows us to do a pec minor test when clients lies supine - this process should measure 2.5cm or 1” front the floor  or massage bed</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coracoid process - upper attachment site for pec minor in the hollow on the front of the shoulder </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spine of scapular - the ledge that sweeps across the top back portion. Place your hand over the opposite shoulder to feel this ledge.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscapular fossa - front surface against ribs</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infraspinous fossa - back surface that gives hedonistic discomfort when you rub it against a ball, against a wall!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The meeting places….</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Sternoclavicular Joint (S/C)</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the sternum &amp; clavicle meet!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Acromioclavicular Joint (A/C)</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the acromion &amp; clavicle meet!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Glenohumeral Joint </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where the Glenoid fossa &amp; humerus meet!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24189\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_172528928-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"509\" height=\"482\" />\n<h2><b>Interesting shoulder facts </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There’s no actual socket!</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we learn our anatomy the shoulder is described as a ball &amp; socket joint even though technically there isn\'t a socket! </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The ball of the humerus instead moves against the flat surface of the glenoid fossa! The shoulder barely connects to the rest of the skeleton.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The only bony connection is at the collarbone as described above!</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It goes all over the place!</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When healthy, your shoulder should allow your arm to go in pretty much any directions. Its also </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">considered a multiaxial joint due to its multiplanar capability.</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles REALLY matter for your shoulder.</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of the low level of bony connection to the rest of the skeleton, the lack of a socket, and the many directions of its movement mean that muscles have a much more critical job in this region. </span>\n<h1></h1>\n<h1>Would you like to learn more about shoulder biomechanics?</h1>\n&nbsp;\n\nPete Banbury, The Body Mapper &amp; Rachel Frances Thomson, Biomechanics Education share a passion for the same things\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Anatomy, Movement &amp; Education Experiences</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nWith a combined 5 decades working within these fields this dedicated duo wanted to share some nuggets of functional / practical shoulder anatomy. Not only tips to recall the relevant anatomy but also how to understand it biomechanically in application\n\nSo if you are involved in improving movement in anyway &amp; looking for a deeper level of understand the anatomy &amp; biomechanics of your client’s shoulder, how to assess, monitor &amp; condition improved joint strength ratios this 2hr webinar is aimed specifically at you!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Peter will show you how to EXPERIENCE anatomy in as many ways as possible</h3>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">Then Rachel will SHOW you how to assess your clients biomechanics to allow clever programme design</h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/working-with-shoulder-issues-webinar-dec-9th-2020-10am-12pm/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &gt;&gt;CLICK HERE TO GET THIS WEBINAR &lt;&lt;</a></h1>\n&nbsp;','Shoulder Biomechanics Part 5 -  The Bones of the Shoulder','','inherit','closed','closed','','25457-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',25457,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38648',0,'revision','',0),(38649,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok so we could actually call this section Core Muscles since this might be one way of defining the muscles that connect to the spine. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would also depend upon how we define the core muscles &amp; that creates a whole other blog…..!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So to keep it simple; ‘muscles of the spine’ it is!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now there are many intricacies to this group of muscles due to the intricacies of the spine, where it is located &amp; its role in movement. Remember according to world leaders, the spine is the centerpiece of locomotion &amp; researches will say that no one muscle or muscle group is more important than another. For optimum spine stabilisation they should all be able to contribute in their role. So let\'s explore the spine muscles in their layers…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tranversospinalis Group </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Transversus</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">turned</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">across’,</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &amp; </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spina</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thorn’)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These muscles are the deepest, with an important role in ‘proprioceptive stabilisation’ as they interlace between the transverse &amp; spinous processes.(those poky out bits).</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With their short diagonal fibres, they are grouped by the length of their fascicles (from latin, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fascis</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bundle</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’) &amp; also by the region of the spine they cover. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have a poor mechanical advantage since they do not produce large ranges of motion.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However they do help to produce unilateral (one side at a time) rotation, lateral flexion &amp; bilateral (both sides at the same time) extension.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are very ‘powerful’ muscles since they engage PRIOR to movement to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">segmentally stabilise</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the spine ready for when we move our torso &amp; limbs. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TASK</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example if you stand up right now…...did you? Yes go on, stand up….now sit down. The first thing we THINK happens is the gross (large) action we produce first, (like that forward lean you did to transfer your weight ready to stand). However to perform a movement the deepest layer MUST have engaged around the spine to maintain stability so that we can actually move with control!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That’s the role of these lovely muscles...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25119\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_1709130394-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"504\" height=\"504\" />Multifidus</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This word is latin for </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘much or many’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to split into many parts</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’. They are the deepest layer of the back &amp; the thickest of this group. With both deep &amp; superficial variations from the sacrum to the axis (C2), PSIS &amp; iliac crest to the spinous processes, this bad boy of the deep muscles looks like a xmas tree when you see the ‘branches’ feed in &amp; up the spine.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well need fully functioning healthy </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fat free</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Multifidus. Yes MRI scans can show fatty deposits on this muscle if not used enough!! Goods news - movement can reduce this adaptation. Which moves? Just use them often &amp; consistently in a variety of planes! Remember a key part of multifidus’ role is also to take pressure off the discs...well worth keeping them active right!??!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25095\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/max-okhrimenko-L3FHnmrPyCI-unsplash-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"306\" height=\"459\" /> </span>\n<h2><b>Rotatores</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rotatores spinae</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) meaning ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to rotate</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ there are 22 x small quadrilateral (meaning 4 sided) of these muscles in the thoracic region or 11 each side. From those transverse processes that poke out to the side of thoracic vertebrae to the bases of spinous processes that poke out the back &amp; the laminae that is part of the thoracic vertebrae that are 2 levels above. They are also underneath the multifidus. Visually they could be the laces of a corset feeding up the spine...truly beautiful!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Semispinalis </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This muscle has roots from the latin word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">semis</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that means ‘half’ &amp; </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spina</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning ‘thorn’.</span>\n\n<b>Divided into Semispinalis capitis (of the head - I remember this with ‘cap’ like the hat) , Semispinalis cervicis (neck), Semispinalis thoracis (thorax).</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These lil beauties move between the transverse processes at the side &amp; spinous processes out the back of the thoracic &amp; cervical spine up to the occiput (the back portion of the skull)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Erecta Spinae group </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This next ‘layer’ are providers of ‘inter segmental stabilisation’ &amp; also ‘co contractors’ with their cousins, on the opposite side, those hip &amp; spine flexors.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A better mechanical advantage than the previous group based upon their length &amp; leverage. Where multifidus we likened to a xmas tree, the erecta muscle group are more of a poplar tree in their presentation, longer branches.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25096\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-30-at-09.38.00.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"420\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TASK</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For a sense of this group stand up again…. Yup I will get you moving &amp; learning….. now place the pads of your fingers (both hands) either side of your spine, where the erecta muscles live. Now from standing upright feel what they do when you hinge at the hip to lean just a little way forwards.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you feel that?? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They should engage, toughen &amp; bulge a little as they stop your head pulling your upper body forwards into flexion &amp; down with the weight of the skull. Then stand back up...feel them ease off...hinge..stand up ...hinge….stand up…on...off...on….off.. you get the idea??</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erector spinae</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">could be described as</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">an intermediate group of spine muscles. They extend both sides (bilaterally) &amp; rotates or laterally flexes one side at a time (unilaterally). </span><b>They do this through their relationships, similar to the semispinalis group, with capitis (head), cervicis (neck), thoracis (thorax).</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Longissimus </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is obviously the longest one due to its name! To the side (lateral to) of the semispinalis muscles. Travelling from rectus abdominus to the transverse process.</span>\n<h2><b>Iliocostalis </b><i> </i></h2>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(ilio - from the ilium costalis - to the ribs)</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - attaches from the most lateral portion of ribs, to the sacrum, the iliac crest, spinous &amp; transverse processes.</span>\n<h2><b>Spinalis</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most medial sibling of the group, splits into spinalis dorsi, spinalis cervicis &amp; spinalis capitis. Travelling into the spinous processes &amp; occiput at the back of the head.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25121\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1800824056-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"581\" height=\"581\" />Quadratus Lumborum </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like the piriformis in the pelvis, this is possibly the spine’s most infamous muscle. Most practitioners are aware of this lil devil!</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dropping down from the bottom rib to drape over the iliac crest &amp; then hang across to the transverse processes at the side of L1-4. This much discussed muscle will individually laterally flex the spine &amp; hitch, or lift up, the hip on the same side. Both QL’s working together will also extend the lumbar spine if while sitting you stick your bum out &amp; tip your pelvis forwards or anteriorly. QL also has a really important job working on the opposite side with its cousins TFL &amp; Glute Medius/ Minimus - yup those hip abductors. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TASK</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok stand up again….yes move again! ;)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Place your right hand on the right side of your waist to imagine QL, then place your left hand onto the outside of your left hip to imagine TFL/Glute med/min. Now ‘lift’ your right hip…….this ‘hip hitch’ is the action we use when walking. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine if your client’s QL, TFL or Glute Med/min are inhibited in any way…...how will their body compensate to enable them to walk? What could we do to identify &amp; improve the function of these areas?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25099\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_1544639351-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"570\" />\n<h2><b>The Abdominals!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This group is often considered ‘the core’ by clients since their focus is on the front &amp; sides of their torso or the parts they can see.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They all dream of a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6 pack stomach </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; see adverts about how they can get one in 12 weeks or even 6 weeks or if they follow someone with abs showing on instagram. You can even download an app that superimposes abs onto your photo….for goodness sake!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ‘abs’ are written about in magazines as an area to focus on when considering strengthening the core </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for that washboard abs look! </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should understand them better anatomically to understand how to ‘condition’ them for function &amp; therefore result in whatever is achievable realistically in terms of aesthetics. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any hoo... we all have a 6 pack...underneath the skin &amp; they have an important job to do!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Rectus abdominus </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rectus means</span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">straight </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp; abdominis relating to the abdomen. Now this could logically be classified as a core muscle. However when looking at its attachments it does not actually attach directly to the spine but instead to the pubic symphysis (behind the pubes), to the xiphoid process (bottom of the sternum) &amp; the costal cartilages of ribs 5-7. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally considered as a flexor of the spine (&amp; of course it will flex the spine) however its main purpose is probably to act as part of the ‘hydraulic amplifier’ mechanism. This is where Transverse Abdominis (TA) &amp; the thoraco-lumbar fascia create tension to stabilise the spine when performing tasks that require spinal stability. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tendinous junctions of rectus abdominis are designed to help mitigate the lateral forces created by the TA contraction and help with the efficiency of the amplifier. (FANTASTIC BOOK -</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spinal Engine, Gracovetsky, March 1989</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25123\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1544641526-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"436\" height=\"581\" />The Oblique Non-identical Twins (I LOVE the obliques) are considering lateral flexors &amp; again they do assist this action however their role is far more important than that when you study their fibres &amp; the lines of pull they are capable of with the attachments they cling onto….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Internal obliques </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This layer travels from the front (</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anterior) of the iliac crest, lateral half of inguinal (of the groin) ligament, to the thoracolumbar fascia (big diamond shaped fascial sheet on the lower back) onto the costal cartilages of ribs 8-12; Also via the abdominal aponeurosis to the linea alba (the fascial line down the middle of the tummy of the middle of that 6 pack!)</span>\n<h2><b>External obliques </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External surfaces of ribs 5-12. ... At the midclavicular (middle of the clavicle) line medially &amp; spinoumbilical line inferiorly, external abdominal oblique continues as an aponeurosis via which it inserts to the linea alba, pubic tubercle &amp; anterior half of iliac crest.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25125\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1666655449-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"607\" /></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25124\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1666658332-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"608\" height=\"608\" />\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><b>Transverse Abdominis (TVA) </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(or unmoving point) of the TA muscles is on the costal (rib) margin, iliac crest, &amp; inguinal ligament. The insertion (or moveable piece) of the TA muscles is located on the xiphoid process, symphysis pubis, &amp; linea alba….hopefully by now we are starting to remember some of these terminologies! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25126\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1544641502-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"391\" height=\"522\" />Hip flexors  </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> see pelvis <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/pelvic-hip-biomechanics-part-1-the-muscles-of-the-hip/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Diaphragm </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek word <em>diaphragma</em> meaning partition or barrier. Primarily it is attached to the sternum at the xiphoid process, the lower six ribs &amp; the spaces in between, also the lower part of the spine. ... The spinal attachment is in the upper lumbar section. The diaphragm\'s insertion point is called the central tendon.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-25127\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_303082082-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"387\" height=\"516\" />Interesting facts </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No one muscle, or muscle group, is more important than any other.  Many will talk of Transverse Abdominis (TVA or TA) &amp; Multifidus as the most important muscles in the core, but if only one group or muscle of the full range of stability muscles is not functioning correctly, then the trunk is unstable.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholwewicki and McGill, 1996, O’Sullivan et al, 1997, 1998, Allison et al, 1998)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trunk or core stability in motion should be a reflex reaction as opposed to a conscious effort….like core stability training.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The core muscles are often inhibited in cases of low back pain.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Psoas Major &amp; also Latissimus Dorsi could (&amp; probably should) be deemed ‘core’ muscles based on their involvement in trunk/spine stability &amp; connecting the upper &amp; lower body</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-1-the-bones-muscles-actions/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Would you like to invest in your learning by gaining access to an online CPD about Pelvic Biomechanics - The Bones, Actions &amp; Muscles?&lt;&lt;Just Click Here</a></h1>','Spine Biomechanics Part 4 - The Muscles of the Spine','','inherit','closed','closed','','25092-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',25092,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38649',0,'revision','',0),(38650,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From what I have read most of the world leaders in biomechanics feel that the spine is the centerpiece of movement &amp; it\'s easy to understand why. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a beautifully robust piece of architecture that connects the upper &amp; lower body, allowing us to move in so many planes, actions &amp; combinations. So much so that we might appreciate it as hard to damage!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we dive into the anatomy of the spine here hopefully it is recognisable that it takes years to really do any damage biomechanically through lifestyle.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The exciting thing about this means we could, as movement practitioners, potentially reduce the risk of future problems. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So through this 3rd blog in this practical anatomy series lets explore the wonderful intricacies of the bones of the spine!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But first…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Interesting facts </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Babies spines develop 2 months after conception </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From birth, the baby\'s spine is only kyphotic. From the time they begin to hold their head up &amp; start walking they will begin to develop lordosis </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have the same number of cervical (nack) vertebrae as giraffes! </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 120 muscles that relate to the spine offering lots of movements. Thankfully we won\'t be covering every single one of these in part 4!</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine has 220 individual ligaments for dynamic support - it needs it right!?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wow...there are 100 joints! </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spine cartilage can expand &amp; contract. This means you are (on average) ½” taller in the mornings due to lying down as opposed to having gravity compressing your spine downwards while standing upright throughout the day.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your spine has exceptional memory as it becomes used to, &amp; remembers, positions.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At birth we generally have 33 bones but as adults we can have just 25 as the lower vertebrae fuse together.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spinal cord weighs 35 grammes! That’s a similar weight as a 60 watt lightbulb.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The length of an average male spine is 70cm &amp; female’s around 60cm </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cartilage makes up 25% of the length of the spine </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We shrink on average about ⅓ inch every 10 years - I know this because my mum is now 5ft 4” having previously been 5ft 8”...oooer!</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Around 80% of back pain does NOT need treatment, which is why we need to gain skills to understand pain &amp; things that can cause it.</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>The Bones</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Vertebrae</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us begin at the top this time with the vertebrae! Vertebrae being plural of vertebra (individual) &amp; the word vertebra in latin means ‘joint’. It also has history from the word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vertere</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which means ‘to turn’, which is easy to imagine due to turning or rotating being one of the primary actions produced from the spine.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The vertebrae make up 5 sections that create those curved lines on a side view of a client’s back as we look at them standing.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Cervical Spine (Vertebrae)</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cervical is the first or upper most portion of the spine &amp; is made up of 7 vertebrae. Its name ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cervical</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ comes from the latin word for ‘neck’. You may also be familiar with its use in relation to the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cervix</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or ‘neck’ of the womb.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have 7 cervical vertebrae &amp; this is the most mobile portion of our spines to allow us to pivot our heads on top of our body so we can see around us - hopefully!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our top 2 cervical vertebrae have their own names too!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><b>Atlas</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, also known as C1, is named from Greek mythology. Atlas was the son of the God Titus &amp; was condemned to hold the sky up - poor bloke! So we can visualise our C1 holding up our head as poor Atlas did the world! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glad he did though otherwise who knows where we would be right now!?!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we have </span><b>Axis</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (from the latin word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">axle</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) also known as </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vertebra cervicalis II</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">epistropheus</span></i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in my world for simplicity\'s sake C2! Axle probably because it forms a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pivot!</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These top 2 vertebrae form the</span> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">atlanto-</span></i><b><i>axial</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> joint</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - whoop whoop!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now here\'s a tip to finding C7 if it ever takes your fancy. Sit or stand upright, place your hand onto the back of your neck &amp; then protract, or jut, your chin forwards. The most prominent spinous process (nobly bit that pokes out at the back) when you do this is likely to be C7. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Thoracic Spine</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This section of your spine has minimal movement by comparison to the other sections, although more than most of us can actually do these days!!!! but it’s 7 vertebrae are designed for stability &amp; protection of your organs in partnership with the ribs (see rib anatomy below) </span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24895\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.37.56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"405\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you look from over the top, as in this example, of a thoracic vertebrae, you can see all sorts of portions that have been named. Now some may appear to be more valuable than others but they’re all good to remember if you can. So I will add a test at the bottom of this blog for you to complete because I know you LOVE a test...right!?!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway here are the names, their definitions &amp; reasons for being;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Body </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The large </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">front portion of the vertebra also known as the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">centrum</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The body is made of cancellous bone (also called either trabecular or spongy because of its appearance) &amp; ‘sandwiches’ the discs in between the vertebrae above/below to contribute to absorption of pressure. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there is a more compact outer layer of bone (also called the ‘cortical rim’ or dense) due to its contribution to supporting &amp; limiting movement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Spinous process</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the bony part that pokes out of the back (posteriorly) &amp; can be felt if you run your finger down someone\'s spine, maybe in the heat of the moment!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also a muscle attachment site to pull &amp; lever actions like spinal extension, rotation or to stabilise of course!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Transverse process</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These poke out to the sides &amp; aren\'t so easy to feel on yourself! Transverse comes from the latin word, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">transvertere</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - which means ‘across’ &amp; ‘turn’. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These also act as a muscle attachment site to pull &amp; lever actions like lateral flexion, rotation or stabilisation as above.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Foramen</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This word literally means ‘opening or hole’ inside the body. This is an important gap because it\'s where the spinal cord sits!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now this ‘hole’ is made up of 4 ‘sides’ that have names too…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Lamina</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Means</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘plate’ or ‘layer’ &amp; this makes up some of the walls that form the vertebral foramen.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Pedicle </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning ‘little foot’ but is a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cylinder-shape that sticks out from the back of the vertebral body, providing side protection &amp; sides of the foramen encasing the spinal cord &amp; nerves. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Facet joint</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Facet means smooth flat surface. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a key joint in the spine because of its role &amp; risk. Being a joint it’s simply where 2 bones meet. The superior articular facet of the vertebra below the inferior articular facet of the vertebra above. Where these 2 surfaces meet creates a facet joint. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key role of this joint is to limit movement due to its influence on the distance between each vertebrae where the discs are. These discs require space to squish, absorb &amp; cushion movement when we bend in any direction. If these facet joints get too close to each other there is a risk of wear. Now if their job is to limit movement to protect discs &amp; the spinal cord, well wearing of them is bad news as you can imagine!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How might why wear? Well if that QL muscle (see next blog for spine muscles) gets tight or inhibited it can result in reducing the space between the facet joint = wear</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the pelvis is ‘dysfunctional’, shall we say, this can result in one ilium sitting higher than the other, also causing a closing of the gap at the facet joint.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So What? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The brilliantly simple iMoveFreely programme is designed specifically to reduce the risk of these issues through freedom of movement in each part of the body. They are such specific, low grade techniques that they can dramatically influence specific areas of your client’s anatomy, like taking pressure off these facet joints.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Thoracic Spine Ranges of Motion </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we look at these ‘norms’ of movement in degrees at each thoracic vertebrae, it helps us appreciate what we might expect if we were to test each of these actions listed in the grid below. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking at this graph it\'s clear that the thoracic spine tots up its highest ranges of motion in rotation. If we add up the total from C7-L1 it equals 57 degrees of thoracic rotation in either direction…..hopefully!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you can keep everything else that contributes to rotation static as best you can then ask your client to rotate their spine, observe how far they rotate, eyeballing from an aerial view, you can evaluate how close, or far, they are to/from the norms below….</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24896\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.40.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"430\" /></p>\n\n<h2><b>Ribs</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now we really MUST talk about these bony ‘arches’ - rib meaning ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cover, ceiling or arch</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’. The ribs will ONLY attach to the thoracic vertebrae, not the lumbars, not the cervical. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They’re typically made up of a body, neck, head, tubercle, angle &amp; costal groove - see image.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you look back up to the image of the thoracic vertebra again &amp; see these 2 areas…….</span>\n\n<b>Transverse costal facet - </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transverse you know, costal means relating to ribs, facet - smooth/flat</span>\n\n<b>Superior costal facet - </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You getting the idea? Superior - upper. Costal - relates to rib. Facet - smooth/flat.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….these are the landing sites for the ribs to attach to.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK I\'d like you to try something now to appreciate rib movements;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sit or stand upright &amp; place your palm across your top 5 ribs…..take a breath &amp; feel their movement. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now place your palms around your 6-10 ribs &amp; breath, feel the difference in action. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now finally place your palms around your last/lowest ribs 11-12 - known as ‘floating’ ribs since they ONLY attach at the back, not at the front, in fact they\'re half the size &amp; therefore can\'t reach the front!! They move quite a bit if you press them, they almost bounce, to allow for large intakes of breath!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Ribs 1-8 are known as ‘true’ - why? They truly do attach to the sternum</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ribs 8-10 known as ‘false’ - why? The just </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pretend</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to attach to the sternum via the cartilage)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now repeat this &amp; imagine their relationship with the thoracic spine &amp; your overall spine\'s mobility. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you understand how a stiff thoracic spine can limit breathing capacity? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you understand how improving your clients thoracic mobility can increase lung capacity?</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24897\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.42.30.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"531\" height=\"334\" /></p>\n\n<h2><b>Interesting Facts about Ribs </b></h2>\n<b>(</b><a href=\"https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502701/9-interesting-facts-about-ribs\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502701/9-interesting-facts-about-ribs</span></a><b>)</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>In rare instances we can have a Gorilla Rib!</b></h3>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In rare cases, which have nothing to do with gender, a human might turn up sporting extra lumbar ribs, for a total of 13 pairs of ribs, much like our distant cousins, the gorillas. Thus, it\'s colloquially known as a \"</span></i><a href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=9ySapTadd6kC&amp;pg=PA98&amp;lpg=PA98&amp;dq=gorilla+anatomy,+ribs&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=0nYerPFCmB&amp;sig=Dv2nSGDid8va2bZGhWth17MSMg8&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjR95j_tKrWAhXqgFQKHc8LBKkQ6AEIUTAK#v=onepage&amp;q=gorilla%20anatomy%2C%20ribs&amp;f=false\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gorilla rib</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\"</span></i>\n<h3><b>Ribs are the reason Neanderthals didn\'t need belts!</b></h3>\n<h4><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neanderthals had </span></i><a href=\"https://books.google.com/books?id=NYg0CwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT156&amp;lpg=PT156&amp;dq=neanderthals+rib+cage+shape&amp;source=bl&amp;ots=uGdUFQTT6h&amp;sig=-ugu-Q_8Wa71I8O-jmkmr0dUj98&amp;hl=en&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjrjtXjo7TWAhVn5YMKHWUyB5UQ6AEIggEwEw#v=onepage&amp;q=neanderthals%20rib%20cage%20shape&amp;f=false\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wider, thicker rib cages</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> than we modern slim-waisted humans, which would have made them terrible models for skinny jeans. A </span></i><a href=\"https://www.aftau.org/news-page-archaeology?=&amp;storyid4677=2262&amp;ncs4677=3%5C\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2016 study</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in American Journal of Physical Anthropology found that the Ice-Age diet is likely responsible for the larger ribcage and wider pelvis in Neanderthals. Essentially, carbs were scarce and fat was abundant. This led to an enlarged liver, kidneys and \"their corresponding morphological manifestations,\" the authors write. In other words, they needed more space to house bigger organs.</span></i></h4>\n<h3><b>2 Very different kinds of athletes share one common injury…</b></h3>\n<h4><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"Rowers and baseball pitchers are the most common athletes to suffer from stress fractures of the ribs,\" Martinez says. This is caused by the serratus anterior muscle pulling on the delicate ribs. \"Other athletes that may be more likely to suffer from rib stress fractures include golfers, dancers, weightlifters and volleyball players,\" he adds.</span></i></h4>\n<h3><b>You can sneeze your way to a rib fracture!</b></h3>\n<h4><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"True\" rib fractures—where the bone breaks all the way through—are usually from traumatic events such as \"a hard football tackle [or] car accident,\" Martinez says. However, sometimes a rib fracture can occur \"from sneezing or coughing due to the force of the contracting chest wall muscles on the ribs.\" Treatment for true rib fractures is the same as rib stress fractures.</span></i></h4>\n<h3><b>‘Waist Training’ used to be all the rage….still sometimes is!  </b></h3>\n<h4><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Women have historically worn corsets, undergarments that cinch the torso in, particularly at the waist, bringing ribs and organs closer together for a smaller waist and more prominent bust. Despite corsets having gone out of fashion </span></i><a href=\"http://tahliamckellartextiles.weebly.com/corset-timeline.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the 1920s</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when women began to prefer the looser, more flowing garments of the Flapper era, a number of contemporary women still wear them for reasons ranging from aesthetics to performance art, spawning a practice known as </span></i><a href=\"https://lucycorsetry.com/2013/10/13/waist-training-vs-tight-lacing/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tight lacing or waist training</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In this movement, women actively whittle their waists down to exceptionally small circumferences.</span></i></h4>\n<a href=\"https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/11/05/waist-whittlers-dangers/75225022/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Doctors warn</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that there is risk of permanent damage to squished organs, as well as such uncomfortable syndromes as acid reflux syndrome and back pain. But it doesn\'t stop those who love the look!</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Sternum &amp; friends...                                                               <img class=\"wp-image-24898 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.45.41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"248\" height=\"377\" /></b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Jugular notch</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin roots, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jugulum</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">throat or collarbone</span>\n<h2><b>Manubrium</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">F</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rom </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">manus</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for hand. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manubrium</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means to be a handle.\n</span>\n<h3><b>Sternum </b></h3>\n<b> </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sternon</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, ‘chest, breast, or breastbone’ from a root that means ‘flat surface.’</span>\n<h2><b>Xiphoid process</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">xiphos</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for ‘straight sword’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Lumbar Spine </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lumbar vertebrae, of which there are 5, are much stockier than their thoracic buddies due to having more load on top of them, therefore designed wider to support the extra load. Look at the difference here then go back to compare to the thoracic vertebrae above…..  </span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24899\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.47.56.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"366\" /></p>\n\n<h2><b>Lumbar Spine Ranges of Motion</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we did earlier for the thoracic spine, here we can see the ‘norms’ of ranges in degrees for the lumbar spine. Can you see that the lumbar spine has more capacity for flexion? Interesting eh! Remember the lumbar spine is ‘normally’ in extension, or lordosis, so it should make sense that the ranges it can achieve in flexion will be greater. However its capacity for rotation is only 3-4 degrees at each joint.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you imagine this would relate to movement or assessing movement?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember we can use these norms to evaluate a client\'s capacity. Subjective - yes to some degree but better than no evaluation at all, right!? </span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24900\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.49.35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"463\" height=\"271\" /></p>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For </span><b>Sacrum &amp; Coccyx</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - see Pelvis Biomechanics Part 1- The Bones!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Neutral Spine</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The neutral spine position can be a controversial topic, which is likely due to the varying presentations that could be deemed ‘neutral’, the fact we are rarely in our ‘neutral’ &amp; yet some schools of thought teach ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">neutral spine</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ as a position we should be able to get into &amp; sustain while moving. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is a neutral spine anyway?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I will have a go at explaining my thoughts based upon my limited knowledge &amp; understanding of its definition. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular spines are usually made up of a series of curves that either curve away from or toward the body</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cervical &amp; Lumbar areas are concave or are </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lordotic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span>\n\n<b>Lordotic - </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek word from lordos meaning ‘bent backward’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whereas the Thoracic &amp; Sacrum areas are convex or kyphotic. </span><b>Kyphotic - </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Greek word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kyphos</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘crooked’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the side view this gives an ‘S’ shape….or that\'s what we would normally expect.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When these ‘normal’ curves are present it should mean the discs have the same pressure around the outer edges - anterior to posterior &amp; laterally. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when our client’s round their spine forwards into flexion or over a computer, they are creating more pressure to the anterior (front) of the spine/discs etc, which is fine - until it\'s done consistently for days, weeks, months &amp; years. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As our bodies evolve &amp; adapt to our surroundings it\'s no surprise that our spinal curves are changing. So much so that different cultures, different people, different lifestyles can result in different degrees of ‘S’ shape.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This means that being able to coach a neutral spine is contentious if/when we have a variety of presentations. How would we know what neutral spine is when we cannot see the actual spine? It\'s subjective but it shouldn’t stop us coaching better intrinsic function &amp; movement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some individuals they can even present with a more J shape to their spine. Flatter but with a curve at the top of the buttocks!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Hyper Spines !!!???</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is misinterpreted that lordosis is a </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">condition or diagnosis</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In fact I have often been told by clients “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have lordosis</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” because they were told this by their practitioner, or had read it somewhere, but this statement is not technically accurate &amp; can be confusing. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lordosis is a position NOT a diagnosis &amp; this is the same with kyphosis.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However HYPERlordosis or HYPERkyphosis could be deemed excessive curvature. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hyper = ‘over &amp; beyond’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ‘diagnosis’ can only be made by a qualified practitioner &amp; would likely be because they suspected that this exaggerated spine shape is the cause of reported symptoms. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To ‘measure’ degrees of curvature could be challenging when you consider how unique we all are. So addressing the symptoms rather than the actual curve, or the things that can affect our curves, would probably result in more success…...what do you think?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Scoliosis</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a structural lateral curve of the bones that is likely more visible from the back. Severity again can vary greatly &amp; it doesn\'t guarantee having symptoms.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However the appearance of a lateral ‘scoliotic’ curve can be caused by soft tissue tensions too! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That pesky lil QL again! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ooooooo betcha can\'t wait for </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spine Biomechanics - Part 4 The Muscles of the Spine now!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoah before that…...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Spine Biomechanics So what?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look, keeping this super simple in application, the spine SHOULD present with a nice smooth ‘C’ shaped curve when we bend in any direction. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it does not, what direction does your client struggle with? Flexion?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extension? Rotation?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there an asymmetry from one side to the other?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it feel stiff or tight?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would you understand to be the intervention for a stiff joint?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember ‘pain’ is a red flag &amp; only the remit of a qualified practitioner. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OPTIONAL TEST -Can you name these diagrams?</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24901\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-16-at-13.51.37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"564\" /></p>\n\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any questions please hit reply/comment &amp; share if you think it will be helpful to others!</span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEXT TIME;</span></h1>\n<h1><b>Spine Biomechanics - Part 4 The Muscles of the Spine now!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember we have several online educational programmes to compliment this blog series!</span></h2>\n<h2>Why not CLICK ON one now?</h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lockdown Bundle Online CPD Training </span></a></h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-spine-biomechanics-online-cpd-training/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online CPD Training </span></a></h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/imovefreely-instructor-online-virtual-workshop/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely Instructor Online CPD Training</span></a></h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/weak-glutes-free-webinar/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FREE Weak Glutes Webinar </span></a></h2>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/5-steps-to-a-successful-online-presence-free-webinar/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FREE 5 Steps to a successful online presence </span></a></h2>','Spine Biomechanics - Part 3 - The Bones of the Spine','','inherit','closed','closed','','24894-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24894,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38650',0,'revision','',0),(38651,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic (Hip) Biomechanics - Part 2 - The Muscles of the Hip</span></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the second on this series having discussed <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/pelvic-hip-biomechanics-part-1-the-bones/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pelvic (Hip) Biomechanics - Part 1 - The Bones of the Hip  &lt;&lt; HERE</a></span></h4>\nThose of you who read these blogs regularly will recall my encouragement to \'forget the muscles\' to better understand movement. Hopefully you will have been practicing that for some time now &amp; have some degree of confidence with understanding hip flexion, extension, abduction etc etc for example. This series is now aimed at increasing more detailed anatomy knowledge &amp; recall by giving relevance to the bones &amp; muscles that produce these movements.\n\nThere are of course many more structures that we could explore but I am going to focus on key areas that should be more familiar &amp; will be most helpful when you want to help your clients move more freely, with more confidence &amp; in less pain.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOne thing I find helpful is visual word association &amp; so researching the history of how certain muscles or anatomy got its name (usually from latin/Greek origin) can help with recall sometimes. Why not reply or leave a comment below with your tactics &amp; methods for recall?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo heres what I would like you to do right now......Firstly save the URL to these pages to somewhere you can easily access them when you\'re having a little educational screen time....go on, I will wait.....\n\nNow just take one section, one muscle or one area at a time. As you read each section grab your anatomy book, if you have a skeleton grab that too, along with a resistance band &amp; physically place the ends of the band on your skeleton using this blog &amp; your manual for each muscle.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nVISUALISE the attachments\n\nIMAGINE the line/s of pull\n\nPerform that muscle\'s action yourself - yes lift/move your leg\n\nFeel the area while VISUALISING again - palpating or feeling your own muscles\n\nList &amp; consider the movements or exercises that muscle will produce or assist\n\nWrite as many of them as you can down in your anatomy /exercise library note book\n\nThen learn techniques to improve the function of each area/muscle or movement.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anatomy can be studied for many many years with still so many more new things to learn. Even though I have been a movement geek for 3 decades I still feel there is so much more I can learn! By creating these blogs for you I am reinforcing &amp; refreshing my own recall &amp; anatomical vocabulary....so thank YOU!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is my hope that this series gives us all a little bit more confidence when understanding anatomy, discussing anatomy &amp; analysing it. Just i</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">magine this is a continuation of your original anatomy study &amp; preparation for further learning on other educational programmes.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So shall we begin at the bottom……? The bum, the butt...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>The Glutei</b><b> OR Gluteals!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Plural name for the ‘glutes’ </b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Possibly the MOST talked about muscle group in our industry, right!? Why do we think that is?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It relates to pelvic function?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonly thought of as ‘weak’?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sit on them a LOT?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They relate to all of the compound moves?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They relate to a sexiness scale on instagram in booty shots? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who knows….? All of the above maybe?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But how well do we understand each of them technically? their attachments? their actions?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also which exercises/movements they contribute to? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Gluteus Maximus </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This name speaks for itself as it is the biggest buttock / rump &amp; it is also the primary hip extensor, (assisted by the top portion of 3 hamstrings) its also a lateral rotator of the hip, an abductor of the hip where it feeds into the ITB &amp; guess what!? the lower fibres actually </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adduct</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the hip where they attached to the back of the femur. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So it could be argued it is an antagonist to itself - oooer!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It does all of this because it attaches to the coccyx, the sacrum, posterior or back of the iliac crest, (along with the sacrotuberous &amp; sacroiliac ligaments) &amp; down into the ITB (iliotibial band or tract) &amp; the gluteal tuberosity. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOOK...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24770\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/1401137150-huge-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"560\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now consider what is happening when you sit on this bad boy for prolonged periods. It is known as a prime mover in fundamental movements like squats, deadlifts, bending over, standing up, sitting down &amp; has some input into walking with more involvement when climbing the stairs due to the extra range required. It is also a stabiliser when standing &amp; co-contracting with the hip flexors. These 2 muscle groups should apparently have a balanced 1:1 ratio of strength. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTE: It is important to understand the ‘Gluteal’s’ roles individually because often they are misunderstood due to the lazy way they can be discussed as a group on social media; for example.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When looking at their actions that they are actually antagonistic to each other so its important to appreciate what this could mean when conditioning them or testing their capacity.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To test Glute Maximus’s performance remember its primary role is in hip extension. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So super simple test hip extension!</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To test hip extension you could simply ask your client to perform a high step up &amp; observe... </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens at their hip? </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they need to push off the bottom foot to assist the glute max being tested? </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What could this mean? </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What could you do?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Gluteus Medius </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name Medius again gives us its location &amp; comparative size to its siblings, meaning middle or medium. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attaching to the ilium, below the crest, to the lateral aspect (outer bit) of the greater trochanter means all its fibres will abduct the hip. However its anterior (front) fibres flex &amp; medially rotate the hip while the posterior fibres extend &amp; laterally rotate it...ooooo fancy that!</span>\n\nIts unsurprising learning anatomy can be tough eh!\n\nWe are given rules to follow or boxes to fill when we learn anatomy in the beginning but the more we learn, the deeper level we get to understand &amp; appreciate anatomy, the more complex it appears - BUT trust me in application it can always be simplified for working with a client!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24771\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_1377046316-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"419\" height=\"559\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Gluteus Minimus</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Yup you guessed it means the smallest! - this little beauty abducts, flexes &amp; internally rotates the hip because it attaches, similarly to glute medius, to the outer edge of the greater trochanter but its underneath medius muscle on the flat outer surface of the ilium. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24772\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_1350320282-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"376\" height=\"501\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All this said, let\'s simplify the role of the glutei in movement.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Collectively they produce ‘primarily’ hip extension, hip abduction &amp; hip stabilisation during fundamental movements. Max being the big hip extensor &amp; Min/Med the main Abductors…..see other contributors coming up.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What?</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Well we do spend quite a bit of time squelched on top of Glute Max, maybe if we sit on the side of our hip we are also squelching glute min/med somewhat too. We do this for prolonged periods then we expect them to produce all of these actions as well as stabilise our spine/upper body &amp; head on top while controlling the motion of our limbs below!</span>\n\nThe brain is fantastic at creating physical compensations to adapt to the environment we live in &amp; enable our body to reserve energy. This alters the functionality of the compensatory structures. so the example of sitting isn\'t necessarily bad for us, its the lack of physical variety that our body responds negatively to over time.  The best &amp; simplest advice we can give to our clients is to keep changing position &amp; keep moving, along with safe, effective &amp; evidence backed techniques like the ones in the iMoveFreely programme.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Hip Flexors </b></h1>\n<h2><b>Iliopsoas</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the group name for the iliacus &amp; psoas major for obvious reasons in its name. Should you buy one from the butcher he’d call it tenderloin or filet mignon! (<em>Andrew Biel, Trail Guide to the Body, 2010)</em></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Iliacus</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning it relates to the ilium (one of the 3 fused portions of the pelvis). When I see this muscle in books it always reminds me of a waterfall pouring from the top of the ilium, over the iliac fossa &amp; down to the femur’s lesser trochanter.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It flexes the hip or flexes the trunk depending which end is fixed! It also tilts (pulls) the pelvis anteriorly (down at the front). </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24773\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_293557031-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"466\" height=\"622\" />\n<h2><b>Psoas Major</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning ‘plural muscles of the loin’ - This \'</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">phat\' </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">bad boy travels from the transverse processes (outer sticky out bits of the spine) &amp; bodies of each vertebrae of the lumbar spine L1-4 to the femur’s lesser trochanter (the smaller bump). This means it flexes the hip or trunk &amp; tilts the pelvis anteriorly like iliacus. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24774\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_223319263-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"472\" height=\"630\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NOTE</strong>: Books often state “Iliopsoas MAY laterally rotate the hip”....!? Having done a little research &amp; after speaking to my clinician colleagues this is likely based on our understanding of its anatomy BUT it\'s a tough one to set up &amp; prove in a lab - which proves how intricate &amp; phenomenal our intrinsic structures are! I even came across a very old paper that stated….. \"</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reference to sixteen anatomical text-books for the rotating functions of the iliacus and psoas major muscles shows that five favoured these muscles as </span></i><b><i>medial rotators</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, six as lateral rotators, and five made no mention of the rotating functions.\" (ROTATING FUNCTIONS OF THE ILIACUS AND PSOAS MAJOR MUSCLES, R. RUSSELL BEST &amp;</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P. M. BANCROFT, 1899) </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A good piece of advice would be to always check your source, its year of publication &amp; validity!!!</span>\n<h2><b>Psoas Minor </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Biel also shares in his book Trail Guide to the Body, the idea that only 40% of the population has this muscle - IF you do have one it is thought to assist lumbar extension BUT also posteriorly tilt the pelvis - opposite to major! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is due to its attachment to ramus of pubis from the body &amp; transverse process of L1. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What?</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prolonged sitting wont help the antagonist competitors (the hip flexors &amp; adductors) which could also result in them ‘inhibiting’ the functionality of each other!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NOTE: Hip Extensors V’s Hip Flexors?</strong> - which is the inhibited &amp; which is the inhibitor? This is often the conundrum I start with when I am working with a new client. Using the Downing\'s Sign, 4 sign, Modified Thomas &amp; Gillet’s pelvic function tests I can identify dysfunction &amp; prescribe the relevant iMoveFreely technique/s prior to the clients strength training programme. iMoveFreely works as a periodised preparation programme &amp; allows me to identify what is inhibiting what.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tensor Fasciae Latae</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TFL) </span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is likely to be one of the key muscles we should consider INSTEAD of </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stripping out</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in massage) </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or crushing</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the IT Band (with a foam roller) when experiencing painful runners\' knee for example! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TFL feeds into the ITB from the iliac crest just behind the ASIS.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Known as the ‘stretcher’ of the sideband (or ITB). This is a cute contributor when running, swimming, cycling, climbing because it helps with hip flexion, internal rotation &amp; abduction of the hip!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NOTE</strong>: The ITB is a fascial structure, NOT muscle, but a thick band thats job is to stabilise the hip &amp; knee. So it is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">supposed</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to hold tension for knee stability ie you do not want a loose ITB! However when we learn its anatomical relationship with TFL &amp; Glute Max can you now think of ways to improve the function of the ITB?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24775\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_149230190-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"650\" />\n<h2><b>Sartorius </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I say this muscle\'s name I feel I have to sing it like a Greek gods name with emphasis …...</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sartooooooooorius! </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes me think of movies like \'300\' with Gerrad Butler. It also brings to mind a super lean body builder because you would need to be super lean to show off on stage this snake-like beauty as it weaves from the ASIS down to the medial tibia meaning…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>NOTE</strong>: THIS IS THE 4 SIGN POSITIONER MUSCLE!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You will never forget the attachments for this one if you think of it as the 4 Sign positioner. It will flex, laterally rotate &amp; abduct hip. It will also flex, &amp; medially rotate the knee. So if you try these movements combined you will notice it is the movement you do to get into the 4 Sign pelvic muscle energy technique! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sartor</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tailor</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> due to this old time professionals 4 sign posture when </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tailoring</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or making clothes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24776\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_303065684-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"562\" />\n<h1><b>Lateral Rotators</b></h1>\n<h2><b>Piriformis</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pear shaped little buggar that can be an irritant to so many of our clients, &amp; ourselves! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> WHY? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe because of its depth in the body &amp; also its importance during so many fundamental movements since it crosses that popular discussion topic, the SIJ (sacroiliac joint). It could be described as a key ‘core muscle’ of the pelvis because of its pathway from the front of the sacrum to the greater trochanter (bigger nobbly bit on the femur)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When functioning well piriformis can laterally rotate the femur when the hip is extended (or below 70-90 degrees of flexion) while standing for example</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It becomes an antagonist to itself &amp; is an internal rotator when the hip is flexed above 70-90 degrees or you sit or lift your leg up!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\'t panic if you find that tricky to comprehend its role in movement as it is ALWAYS an abductor, being a stronger abductor when the hip is flexed.</span>\n\nIf you want to understand type \'piriformis action\' into YouTube\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24777\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_293555465-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"615\" />\n<h2><b>Quadratus Femoris</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quadratus means quadrilateral or square &amp; femoris links to the femur. So its very name gives us at least one attachment site at the back of the</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> femur</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the itchy bum (or ischium) so it will help to laterally rotate the leg/hip.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24786\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-09-at-09.03.16.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"249\" height=\"354\" />\n<h2><b>Obturator Internus</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obturator means ‘to close up’, internus - deeper inside the pelvis I guess!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This muscle (&amp; its sibling, the obturator externus - see below) </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">act to rotate the thigh laterally when it is extended &amp; to abduct it in the flexed position. This is because it attaches to the inferior (lower) surface of the obturator foramen (opening/hole) to the medial surface of greater trochanter (trokhos Greek word for wheel).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24784\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-09-at-08.59.52.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"339\" />\n<h2><b>Obturator Externus</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See above for actions &amp; this muscle</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> does this because of its attachments from the Rami (meaning branch - remus is singular, rami plural) of pubis (part of pelvis behind the pubic hair) &amp; itchy bum (ischium) to the trochanter fossa (ditch) - anything being memorised yet???</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24785\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-09-at-08.59.31.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"339\" />\n<h2><b>The Gemellus Twins </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gemellus literally means \'twin\'</span>\n\n<b>Gemellus Superior </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Top twin laterally rotates via its attachment to medial (inside) surface of greater trochanter exactly like its twin - see below but G. Superior also attaches to the ischial spine above </span><b>Gemellus Inferiors </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">attachment to the ischial tuberosity (</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tuber</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is latin for swelling or lump)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24781\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_1757766335-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"478\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What? </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- These can be evaluated as part of the Dowings sign &amp; 4 sign pelvis tests again. </span>\n<h2><b>Pelvic Floor</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just like a trampoline, the pelvic floor is flexible &amp; can move up &amp; down. It also creates a surface (floor) for the pelvic organs to lie upon: the bladder, uterus &amp; bowels. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remembering it is a muscle we often talk about it being lax or ‘weak’ BUT maybe we should also consider its ability to ‘function’ normally like other muscles. Ie Could it simply become dysfunctional or inhibited or develop an altered state that needs lengthening &amp; loading like in a body weight A2G squat for example?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to send your thoughts along with justifications... of course!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Adductors</b></h1>\n<h2><b>Adductor Magnus - My favourite muscle!!</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOVE LOVE LOVE this beauty - why? I am a geek &amp; it brings me joy to see its shape &amp; I appreciate its role in assisting other actions other than its primary role. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Magnus means large, adduct meaning </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adding</span></i> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“toward” &amp; ducere </span><b>meaning</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “to lead or to draw.” A. Magnus is known as the ‘floor of the adductors’ &amp; also the 4th hamstring due to its posterior fibres assistance in hip extension. It can do this because it starts at the pubis/ischium &amp; travels to the medial (inside) lip of the linea aspera (which means rough line &amp; this ‘lip’ or ridge runs down the femur). At its base of adductor magnus there is a hole or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hiatus</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (meaning to gape or yawn) </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24780\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_303082580-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"557\" />\n<h2><b>Adductor Longus </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guess what the word longus means?…..You guessed it….Long!! Pubis to linea aspera again similar to its short a** bro below….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24782\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_293551259-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"490\" />\n<h2><b>Adductor Brevis </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Latin for short in size - Keeping it simple from the pubis to linea aspera.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24783\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-09-at-08.58.26.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"354\" />\n<h2><b>Pectineus</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This interesting word actually means </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">comb</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is our most anterior adductor, once again from the pubis to the femur </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24778\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_303067988-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"378\" height=\"504\" />\n<h2><b>Gracilis </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adducts obviously but this word means </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">slender</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from its latin history &amp; is the only adductor that crosses the knee.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24779\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/shutterstock_293550401-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"545\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What?</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - We can use tests for coxa valga, vara to identify if a client actually has a geometry that limits abduction. Tight adductors isnt as much of an issue as many think. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Internal or Medial rotation</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the thigh at the hip joint is produced by glute medius, minimus, TFL &amp; is </span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">aided</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the contractions of the </span></i><b><i>gracilis, adductor longus, adductor magnus when there is knee flexion</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Actions at the pelvis / hip</b></h1>\n<h3>To enable out clients to enjoy a fully functioning pelvis we could assess their ability to perform each of these movements &amp; those that appear to have lost some degree of \'quality\' to their \'performance\' we might want to consider how we can coach special techniques like iMoveFreely to improve the movement. Then ask them to perform it again &amp; see what happens!</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Posterior tilt - greek for ‘coming after’ </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anterior tilt - ‘going before’ in time sequence</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circumduction - circular or conical</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abduction - to abduct or \'take away\'</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adduction - to add to or towards </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Flexion - latin for \'bend\'</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extension - latin for \'stretch out\'</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Internal / Medial rotation - rotate inwards</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">External / Lateral rotation - rotate outwards</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Another option </b></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn some tests via online workshops &amp; a manual to enhance this information even further &amp; how to assess your clients pelvis &amp; spine online?!?!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-spine-biomechanics-online-cpd-training/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE &gt;&gt; Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online CPD Training </a></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic Biomechanics Practical Anatomy Webinar - Part 1 &amp; 2 The bones, muscles &amp; actions</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-biomechanics-practical-anatomy-part-1-the-bones-muscles-actions/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Available to purchase £27 HERE</span></a>','Pelvic (Hip) Biomechanics - Part 2 - The Muscles of the Hip','','inherit','closed','closed','','24764-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24764,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38651',0,'revision','',0),(38652,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are concerned about losing clients AGAIN I urge you to stay with me &amp; keep reading. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of you will have concerns about how you will keep clients during yet another lockdown. Some of you will have already adapted but may be looking for ideas to attract lost or new clients and of course there are some of you that if you are having success PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHARE your ideas. We are in this together so when it works tell your peers!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\'s strategise, stay focused &amp; feel in control during lockdown 2.0</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>1). Reduce fear/anxiety </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covid-19 Awareness CPD training certificate! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you got yours?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If not then I encourage you to get one - see CIMSPA or THINKTREE for the most relevant one to your industry. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then DISPLAY IT! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must let our clients know how qualified we are instead of waiting for them to ask to see these things. This reduces concerns that they may not raise with you &amp; if they are choosing between practitioners it might be the thing that makes their mind up!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider this as a way to reduce anxieties by letting clients, present clients &amp; potential clients, know that you take pride in your role &amp; have all of the safety requirements in place. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-24649\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screenshot-2020-11-03-at-12.38.44.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"434\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>2). Pick up the phone &amp; call them!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When was the last time you actually sat down and rang all of your clients? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even the ones that you haven\'t seen for a while?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having spoken to several of you over the last 7 months it\'s clear we are losing a degree of connection with our clients, more so when training them online or via zoom or facebook.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We really must remind them WE CARE!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Picking up the phone (no selling unless they ask) &amp; actually talking to them brings back a degree of connection. Asking them how they are getting on. Telling them they aren\'t alone &amp; showing you care by offering (No 4) accessible content that won\'t cost them anything if they are concerned about finances. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine how YOU would feel if you got a call from someone who made you feel like they actually cared about you?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>3). LISTEN!!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you call start with an open ended question like “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hey…&lt;name&gt;...how have you been?</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tell me how are you getting on?</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then SSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHH……..Listen…….the more you can get them to open up &amp; talk to you the more you can discover what they really need. This feeds into your ability to plan your business based on the MOST relevant market research you have available to you!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make notes, ask lots of questions to find out their emotional pain, struggles &amp; problems - this then enables you to create content.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A skilled listener can extract exactly the right information to their advantage particularly under this current climate!  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>4) Create free &amp; low cost content</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based upon these conversions (the more the better) you now have super hot relevant information for creating market specific content. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make your videos engaging, smile, talk TO THEM not the camera ie look at the lens &amp; speak to the person. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they have equipment? No - Create videos of how to use their furniture or household items. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they in a bubble with other family members? Yes - create content that relates to working in pairs</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe they have lost confidence? Create content about behaviour change, tactics to stay positive etc Teach them about their circle of control. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why not? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look if you have time due to less clients stay pro active and create. You could charge for it later. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you\'re busy consider what is making you busy - if its LOADS of clients GREAT! If it’s procrastination - C’MON!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>5). Circle of Control </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a video or even a campaign to teach them about the circle of control vs the circle of care.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Draw 2 large circles on a piece of paper </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write over one CONTROL &amp; the other CARE</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the circle titled CARE write in all the things you care about but cannot control </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inside the circle title CONTROL write all of the things you can control</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now rip the 2 circles apart</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the CARE circle &amp; rip it into tiny pieces - bin it!</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Focus ALL of your attention onto the CIRCLE OF CONTROL!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Positive focus is vital right now. Social media and a constant dialect around covid can drag us down. So tactics to remain pro-active are vital even for our own state of mind!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>6). Self care - this one\'s for YOU!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOW is the time to look after yourself, learn some more skills, practise technology, read &amp;....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE SHARE your ideas...this is when we should endeavour to lift each other up - right !? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why not?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>FREE STUFF!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our friends at <a href=\"https://platform.archon-app.com/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Archon-app</a> have a site that allows you to test your physical performance for free on their platform through 6 categories</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerobic</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anaerobic</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agility</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Power</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bodyweight</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would LOVE your feedback please;</span>\n<h3><a href=\"https://platform.archon-app.com/register\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO ACCESS ARCHON-APP</a></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Did you hear it? </b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I was interviewed by<a href=\"https://youtu.be/K9NEixSs7eo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> Mark Laws &amp; Josh Mullin for the UK PT’s Podcast - BE WARNED </a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>MORE FREE STUFF</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you seen these? Please share with both clients &amp; colleagues - let\'s help each other....</span>\n<h3><a href=\"https://youtu.be/7sHZC53mxmI\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>5 Steps To A Successful Online Presence Webinar</b></a></h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/weak-glutes-free-webinar/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Weak Glutes Webinar</b></a></h3>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>NEXT WEEK: </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Pelvis (Hip) Biomechanics - Part 2 - The Muscles of the Hip</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember we have a growing portfolio of ONLINE educational content that each counts towards gaining certificates &amp; ALL offer you CPD points. </span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check them out <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/shop/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE</a>: </span></h3>','5 Steps To Keep Your Clients During Lockdown 2.0','','inherit','closed','closed','','24648-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24648,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38652',0,'revision','',0),(38653,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h1><b><i>The most common request I have from learners is to “deepen their anatomy knowledge &amp; understanding of the body”......</i></b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you were like me, after passing your anatomy exam, you may at some point have thought “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ah I don\'t need to remember it all, I know how to teach a client to squat!</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”. However we often subsequently learn that we are not so confident when things don’t go the way we expect or our clients move in ways we struggle to understand. This is when we start to wish we had the ability to recall anatomy better….right!?</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a ‘non academic’ kinesthetic learner, &amp; in the last 16 yrs as an educator, I am very aware that one of the trickiest parts of teaching complex subjects like anatomy is giving learners techniques to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anchor</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> each area of the body to a memory that can then be recalled when needed.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Through a series of anatomy blogs &amp; webinars I will endeavour to offer movement practitioners a systematic approach to remembering parts of the anatomy that also has relevance in application.</span><b> </b>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me try to offer you insights into ways I was able to recall relevant anatomy using word association, the words history &amp; tactics to learn in the hope that it might offer information that is actually useful when training our clients. </span>\n<h4></h4>\n<h2><b>Interesting Pelvis Facts </b></h2>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). Elvis Presely was known as ‘Elvis the Pelvis’ because of the way he thrusted his hips around that, at that time, was controversially sexy.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pelvis is linked to feeling, or being perceived as, sexy - how might this influence how a client feels about their pelvis &amp; its function?</span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). Important functions of the pelvis are to support the hip joints as well as protect organs used for digestion &amp; reproduction.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While movement is at the forefront of our considerations we must also keep in mind ‘functionality’ of each body part &amp; maybe broaden our thinking.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). The plural for pelvis is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pelves - </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Years I spent not knowing there was a specific word when I stated ‘pelvises’ for plural instead of pelves!</span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4). Male &amp; female human pelves are different. The female pelvis is wider &amp; more shallow (for child carrying &amp; birth) than the male pelvis. Prior to puberty there is little difference in young children. After puberty, the female pelvis is significantly larger than in males. However, women\'s pelvises narrow as they age.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is important when assessing a client\'s pelvis so we know that bony prominences like the PSIS, ASISI or AIIS will likely be positioned wider or narrower in women &amp; men. However if we have a long term female client or older females maybe we should not assume a wider pelvis automatically. </span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5). Childbirth pretty much changes the pelvis forever due to a hormone known as relaxin which helps to soften the joints between the pelvic bones so they can separate during pregnancy &amp; childbirth. </span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If our clients have recently had a baby, might be pregnant or have had babies we should understand about the potential effects of their hormones when assessing their pelvic function or even writing exercise programmes!</span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6). The fetal development of the pelvis &amp; acetabulum seems to be highly related to mechanical stimuli, the most important being the gluteal muscular activity &amp; the simultaneous pressure of the femoral head.</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOVE stuff like this as it highlights the importance of our pelvic muscles, even as a fetus!</span>\n<h4></h4>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Pelvic Biomechanics - The Bony Anatomy</b></h2>\n<h4></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2D pelvis in an anatomy book or even the 3D cast of a skeleton on top of a pole in the classroom are only individual examples of shapes &amp; sizes of pelves. When you actually see a variety of samples of real pelves (see how I am making up for the use of my new word - another tactic for never forgetting something!!) in a cadaver lab for example you can begin to appreciate just how different we ALL are on the inside too!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24547\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-26-at-20.18.14.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"511\" height=\"476\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are structural differences in pelvic flare, width, height, angles, tilts and prominences. So let\'s start with this wonderful centerpiece of our movement &amp; some history of the naming of their parts from our latin/Greek forbearers to see if it helps with our anatomy recall.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pelvis is often described as being made up of 3 fused bones (ilium, pubis symphesis, ischium) and the 2 fused portions at the base of the spine (sacrum, coccyx). Here are their meanings...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Ilium</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is latin for flank or groin &amp; describes the large flatter bone that curves up over the side of our body (flank). They are what we tend to call our hips. If you put your hands on your hips it\'s likely you will automatically be holding these bones!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Note: in anatomy there can be similar names for different body parts. This is an example incase you come across it - the </span><b>ileum</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> refers to the distal portion of the small bowel)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Pubis</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - pubes/puberty, hair - well I guess this speaks for itself since I imagine every reader will have gone through puberty but maybe I shouldn\'t assume...</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hey kids….ask your parents</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Symphysis</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> means fusion &amp; so describes the front portion of the pelvis where the bones on either side meet or fuse as our pelvis forms. This is where pubic hair grows. So again should be understood if a female client discusses a condition known as ‘pubic symphysis dysfunction’ when this area is painful. Consider how to discuss professionally &amp; from a place of understanding albeit though it may be limited &amp; could require clinical intervention.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Ischium</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is latin for hip joint or from the word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iskhi</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> meaning loin. This one I always used word association to remember as it is in reference to the 2 sitting bones. My name for these ischium was ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">itchy bum’ </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because it sounds like their latin name ;)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Sacrum</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is sacred or holy ‘the holy bone’ used in sacrificial rites &amp; in protecting genitalia, which back in ancient times was considered a sacred thing to do. This is the triangular wedge shaped lower portion of the spine that merges to the coccyx at the very bottom.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Coccyx</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Greek word </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kokkyx for </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cuckoo or bird as they thought it looked like the bill of the cuckoo! This is also known as the tailbone so also possible to link to a memory of a bird.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24645\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-11-03-at-11.50.51-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"411\" height=\"354\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Iliac</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (spine) is related to or near the ilium &amp; it is in reference to the portion of those hip bones that is the rim on top as if it were the spine of the pelvis. It can be used to assess how well the pelvis moves during the Gillets pelvic function test along with the PSIS that are described below. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Iliac) </span><b>Fossa</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the Greek word for </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ditch </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">describes the dip of the concave surface on the inner surface of the ilium.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Acetabulum</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known as the vinegar cup and describes the ‘cup’ of the hip’s ball &amp; socket joint, where the head of the femur fits.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Acronyms for Bony Areas &amp; Prominences </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>SIJ</b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Short for the Sacroiliac Joint which is where the sacrum sits inside &amp; meets the ilium. Often discussed because this area is commonly linked to our clients discomfort in this area. They may come to you with a diagnosis of SIJ dysfunction. This ‘joint’ is simply where 2 bones meet so therefore can only be dysfunctional if the softer tissues linked to its movement are problematic. Consider the load balanced on top of this joint &amp; the muscles that cross it (we will explore some of these next time in Pelvic / Hip muscles). Joints can ‘age’ though so you may hear of a problem known as sacroiliitis which is an inflammation of the joint surfaces. Again this can be caused by the breakdown of the ligaments linked to this area. So all of the above link back to our role in improving the intrinsic biomechanics of our clients pelvic function.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>PSIS</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Short for the bony nobbly bit Posterior (at the back) Superior (upper portion) Iliac Spine (top of the ilium). Place your hands on the back of the hips, just below the waist line &amp; you ‘should’ be able to find your own PSIS. However some individuals have very prominent PSIS &amp; others are so subtle they are almost impossible to feel. They also can be found just below a dimple on either side of the lower back IF your clients has the dimples! This landmark could be used to identify if the pelvis has independent movement from one side to the other when the client lifts one leg at a time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>ASIS</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Short for another bony part of our pelvis known as the Anterior (at the front) Superior (upper portion) Iliac Spine (top of the ilium). This is one young girls can wish was more visible as it gives an appearance of slenderness that catwalk models push forwards during their walk. It is also the attachment site for that wonderful Sartorius muscle!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>AIIS</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Short for, you guessed it, another bony prominence with this one being known as the Anterior (at the front) Inferior (lower portion) Iliac Spine  (top of the ilium). This one is below the ASIS &amp; is an attachment site for the rectus femoris muscle that is another key player that we should understand in our clients function &amp; limitations. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These prominences are often used when doing postural analysis which is a subjective way of assessing or benchmarking how your clients stand or present when upright. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Differences in Design</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24550\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-26-at-20.20.58.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"454\" height=\"424\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know we genetically differ &amp; as you can see here we can differ inside our bodies as much as we do on the outside but what does that mean to us as trainers? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coxa Valgus or Vara &amp; Femoral Version are good examples of terminologies for clients pelvis/hip geometry that differ in a way that may have clinical or movement relevance for their practitioner.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These can be identified using simple manual tests that we offer on our <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/running-biomechanics-workshops/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Running Biomechanics Workshops</a> for example. They can change the way we prescribe exercises or what we expect of our clients when they move. Hopefully these descriptions help to appreciate this….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to add the anatomy of the femur bone or thigh bone as this relates to the HIP.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>The Femur</b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the largest bone in the body &amp; we will only discuss here the top (proximal) portion that relates to the pelvis. The other end (distal) will be discussed in the Knee Series.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Trochanter</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> comes from the Greek word </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">trokhos</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for wheel. It describes the large round feeling bony prominence at the side of the pelvis. It is a key landing site for the lateral glutes &amp; piriformis - to be discussed next time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Neck of femur</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the part of the femur that looks like a neck sticking out from the medial side of the main femur thigh bone where the greater trochanter is lateral &amp; then ends in the ‘ball’ of the hip’s ball &amp; socket joint.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24646\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-11-03-at-11.57.12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"342\" height=\"301\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Coxa</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Latin word meaning hip or limb joint (koks-h)  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Coxa Vara</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - this is when the angle at hip (specifically the neck of the femur in relation to the shaft of the femur) is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">decreased </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">meaning abduction may be more limited. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Coxa Valga</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (less common)</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - the angle at the hip (specifically the neck of the femur in relation to the shaft of the femur) is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increased</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> therefore adduction may be more limited.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine you have a client who has been diagnosed as Coxa Valga….how might this alter your expectations when you write them a programme or train them in your facility?</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24548\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-26-at-19.30.48.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"315\" height=\"217\" />\n\n<b>Femoral</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">related to the thigh or </span><b>femur. </b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Version</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vers is Latin for turned or to turn.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Femoral Version</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> describes the rotation (of turn) of the femur in relation to the pelvis. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Femoral Anteversion</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - this describes a femur that is rotated medially (inwards)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Femoral Retroversion</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - this describes a femur that is rotated laterally (outwards)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine you have a client who has been diagnosed as femoral anteversion….how might this alter your expectations when you write them a squat programme or train them in your facility?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24549\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Screenshot-2020-10-26-at-19.30.18.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"866\" height=\"408\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1>So What?</h1>\nYou tell me, from the above information, do you think we can use this information to improve our understanding of why each client moves in different ways?\n\nThese differences can be ok to a certain degree but in some ways it may contribute to our programme design...can you now describe why? how?\n\nWould you like to learn ways to assess your client\'s pelvic function?\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvic-spine-biomechanics-online-cpd-training/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online CPD Training </a></h1>\nYou get 2 x online classrooms plus a pdf FULL of information AND this counts as credit towards your Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find out methods to remember muscle anatomy of the pelvis along with actions!</span>\n<h2><b>References;</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nBenson, Emily. <i>A Woman\'s Pelvis Narrows as She Ages</i>. 25 Apr. 2016, https://www.science.org/content/article/woman-s-pelvis-narrows-she-ages.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n“Cooperstein R, Hickey M. The Reliability of Palpating the Posterior Superior Iliac Spine: a Systematic Review. J Can Chiropr Assoc. 2016 Mar;60(1):36-46. PMID: 27069265; PMCID: PMC4807681.”\n\n&nbsp;\n\n“Coxa Vara / Coxa Valga.” <i>Physiopedia</i>, https://www.physio-pedia.com/Coxa_Vara_/_Coxa_Valga.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n“Delaere O, Dhem A. Prenatal Development of the Human Pelvis and Acetabulum. Acta Orthop Belg. 1999 Sep;65(3):255-60. PMID: 10546347.”\n\n&nbsp;\n\n“The Femur.” <i>TeachMeAnatomy</i>, https://teachmeanatomy.info/lower-limb/bones/femur/.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nRosenfeld, Jordan. “7 Essential Facts about the Pelvis.” <i>Mental Floss</i>, Mental Floss, 21 Sept. 2017, https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/502708/7-essential-facts-about-pelvis.','Pelvic (Hip) Biomechanics - Part 1 - The Bones of the Hip','','inherit','closed','closed','','24544-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24544,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38653',0,'revision','',0),(38654,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h1><b>Remember the weak glutes debate?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well once again let’s consider if this is really the right question? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Weak - definition </b></h2>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having little physical strength or energy </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liable to break or give way under pressure; easily damaged</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me offer some of my thoughts &amp; I\'d love to hear yours.....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the term ‘weak core’ is often interpreted as meaning it simply requires strengthening.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However let’s challenge this for a moment shall we…?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What could be the right question?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How would one come to the conclusion that a client has a weak core?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What test identifies it?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a client can walk into the gym, move around &amp; perform daily tasks does that indicate a weak core?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If it’s being determined by pain then I would also challenge this to be ambiguous as a ‘diagnosis’ for a ‘weak’ core.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain may indicate a ‘weakness’ or rather a dysfunction or problem </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should we be strengthening a dysfunction?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rather than focusing on ‘what’....lets shift the focus onto the ‘WHY?’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Why not what?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do we think it\'s weak?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How strong is that reasoning?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can your reasoning be evidenced?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be clear I’m not suggesting strength work isn’t required at all however what might be prudent is to identify potential causes for the apparent weakness first. Consider all intervention options and then possibly the timing of when we apply strength training. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>If not weak then what?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples of intrinsic dysfunctions that could give the appearance of a weak core;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">QL Hinge/s or quadratus lumborum ‘sub clinical’ (not clinical) spasm - can be addressed with the wall glide technique</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glute dysfunction - ‘sub clinical’ (not clinical) spasm - can be addressed with an MET (Muscle energy technique)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hip flexor dysfunction - ‘sub clinical’ (not clinical) spasm - can be addressed with an MET (Muscle energy technique)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stiff lumbar spine - Can be addressed with lumbar tilts and/or kee rolls</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stiff thoracic spine - Can be addressed with Thoracic rotation drills  </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The core strength ratios are poor (due to any of the above and/or lifestyle) - measure the ratios &amp; prescribe appropriate loading to the area where the ratio is off. </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also considering this last point on the list above its vital we understand that all ‘core stability’ strength work will emphasise one area of the trunk over the others. For example supine leg extension will strengthen the flexors or anterior trunk predominantly. So do planks and mountain climbers. So we must consider how many core stability exercises we teach and how many strengthen which part of the trunk. Are we hitting a balance? Or are we overloading the flexors or maybe the extensors get overloaded more? How would we know?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improving the intrinsic function of each substructure first with an understanding how the myofascial, skeletal &amp; neural systems are integrated &amp; influence each other is a vital component in understanding how the body works. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a small gap in our education that really highlights &amp; proves this which is the ability to test, monitor &amp; re test our clients intrinsic function</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this ability we as exercise professionals can better serve our client when designing a movement programme </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without it.....well we are simply guessing </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forcing techniques or repeating patterns does NOT address the root cause unless by chance or maybe temporarily </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I urge you to challenge everything! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not accept a term like weak core or weak glutes as simply needing strength work </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First understand the underlying causes/reasons behind this ‘diagnosis’ </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1>Would you like to learn how to assess your PT client both online &amp; in person?</h1>\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvis-spine-biomechanics-3-day-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON OUR 2021 PELVIC &amp; SPINE BIOMECHANICS WORKSHOP </a></h2>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><a href=\"https://youtu.be/5GxKxl4X-sw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&gt;&gt; FREE WEAK GLUTES WEBINAR CLICK HERE &lt;&lt;</a></h2>','Does Your Client Really Have A Weak Core?','','inherit','closed','closed','','24449-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24449,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38654',0,'revision','',0),(38655,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If anything confirms that we cannot know it all about the human body it’s the cadaver labs….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And every now again something blows my mind. We are always taught certain things to be true…. E.g, having 4 ‘quad’riceps...hence the naming of them!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Until you see examples where there are 5 or even 6….. YES 6!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the human body is a fantastic thing &amp;, if you are anything like me, you are in awe of its complexities but we can have this desire to explore it further &amp; make sense of it to help us understand movement better. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we study the body in this way I feel we also should bring ourselves back to the simplicity of kinesiology in application </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having discovered &amp; read around these 5th &amp; 6th quads I wanted to try to share my interpretation with you....in a nutshell.... what do these extra ‘quads’, actually ‘sextuceps’.....sexdriceps?....maybe?if we renamed them... contribute to movement, if anything?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well after reading a little.. the hypothesis, as I understand it, goes……</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First let’s define the language….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Definitions for each word used;</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tensor - Stretch </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fascia - Band</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lata- Side </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vastus - Great </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intermedius - Between 2 Structures</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articularis - Rigid / Stiff</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Genus - Knee </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Additional Quads.</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<em><strong>Tensa Vastus Intermedius</strong></em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - tenses on the aponeurosis (fascia kinda stuff) of Vastus intermedius &amp; medialises (turns inwards) the action of the muscle.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This muscle is also thought to act as a second <em>tensa</em> in addition to TFL......which I interpret as meaning it assists TFL. Maybe somehow it is ‘tensing’ in a similar area rather than actually contracting agonistically...what do you think? Go on….check it out….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24267\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/TENSA-VASTUS-INTERMEDIUS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"393\" />\n\n<strong><em>Articularis Genus</em></strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> - Isn’t thought to act as an individual muscle but, along with its Vastus siblings, it\'s considered to be a retractor of the suprapatella bursa. Which means it pulls the bursa up during knee extension to prevent impingement of the membrane between patella &amp; femur . </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However there are studies of its design or architecture, that suggest it to not be capable!? &#x1f648;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thought of generally as this coordinator of the suprapatella bursa during flexion/extension &amp; also for proprioceptive function </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it’s true function is not definitive in the evidence.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-24266\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/ARTICULARIS-GENUS.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"417\" height=\"413\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok I can hear you thinking the infamous ‘So What?’ Question</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What difference do you think it might make if an individual has a 5th and/or 6th quad?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could it be an advantage or even a disadvantage? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would it affect movement at all? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If so how?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My point here is that I certainly do not have all of the answers to these questions &amp; you are not necessarily expected to find them either </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would LOVE to hear your thoughts on it!? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So why not come &amp; join me in my classroom for an inclusive anatomy dialectic conversation? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>References;</h2>\n<i>Articularis genus muscle - e-anatomy</i> (no date) <i>IMAIOS</i>. Available at: https://www.imaios.com/en/e-anatomy/anatomical-structure/articularis-genus-muscle-1541090824 (Accessed: 10 June 2024).\n<div></div>\nGrob, K. <i>et al.</i> (2016) ‘A newly discovered muscle: The tensor of the vastus intermedius’, <i>Clinical Anatomy</i>, 29(2), pp. 256–263. doi:10.1002/ca.22680.\n<div></div>\nMarques, N. (2020) <i>Tensor vastus intermedius: A new muscle discovered</i>, <i>MOJ Anatomy &amp; Physiology</i>. Available at: https://medcraveonline.com/MOJAP/tensor-vastus-intermedius-a-new-muscle-discovered.html (Accessed: 10 June 2024).\n<div></div>\nSaito, A. <i>et al.</i> (2015) ‘Functional status of the articularis genus muscle in individuals with knee osteoarthritis’, <i>Physiotherapy</i>, 101. doi:10.1016/j.physio.2015.03.1238.\n<div></div>\nVeeramani, R. and Gnanasekaran, D. (2017) ‘Morphometric study of tensor of vastus intermedius in South Indian population’, <i>Anatomy &amp;amp; Cell Biology</i>, 50(1), p. 7. doi:10.5115/acb.2017.50.1.7.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Would you like to learn about anatomy and movement to an even deeper level?</h2>\nEver thought about joining our Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching?\n\nWhy not arrange a call to discuss your options from only £100pm?\n\nrachel@biomechanicseducation.com','Did You Know….some people have 6 Quadricep Muscles?','','inherit','closed','closed','','24262-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24262,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38655',0,'revision','',0),(38656,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/shoulder-knee-foot-biomechanics-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Is shoulder pain the new back pain?</b></a></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many clients are coming to us for help with their shoulder ‘issues’ and we can feel ill equipped to evaluate their problem and offer movement advice when some movements may hurt.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet shoulder pain is presenting as often as back pain these days…..right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder joint is capable of A LOT! However, there are also things it should NOT be expected to do.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we will explore considerations that might influence your clients programme based upon a deeper understanding of their shoulder biomechanics. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Problem</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder joint is a relatively shallow ball &amp; socket. There are both benefits &amp; problems that come with its unique structure.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundamentally it’s moveable in a large range, &amp; combination of, movements, however this leaves it at risk of a low level of stability </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tasks are generally performed from the shoulder that should be stabilised not only from its own tissues &amp; design but also from the whole spine, pelvis, knees &amp; feet they sit above </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the fluidity &amp; control the shoulders require are, should we say, multidisciplinary!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly for many they can be ‘stuck’ in a sedentary rounded position for many hours. Then the extremities that are driven, so to speak, by the brachial plexus in the neck/shoulder area could experience nerve tethering or tension from adapted muscle tone that means the integrated system grumbles &amp; complains.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could simply present as a stiff neck or as severe as an agonising, &amp; sadly not uncommon, case of carpal tunnel syndrome </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We might choose to play a sport that just requires 1 shoulder to swing at speed with a club, bat or racket fixed &amp; weighted at the end, pressing into already annoyed nerves crossing the palm &amp; resulting in ‘overuse’ problems!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>So What?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should probably seek to find a balance of both movement &amp; control</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our bodies LOVE consistent controlled subconscious &amp; conscious movement as this lubricates joints, exercises muscles &amp; mobilises nerves </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not too extreme, too often nor for too long</span>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>The Anatomy </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-24188\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_147943874-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"478\" height=\"382\" />\n<h2></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shoulders are not really limited to specific planes due to their shallow ball and socket design. They can circumduct which means they can move pretty much in every plane / direction that you can imagine.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Individually we are born with certain genetic predispositions. This means some individuals have more ‘laxity’ to their joints, some sit at certain geometric angles naturally to their body &amp; our lever lengths can also differ, for example.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have a series of bones, muscles &amp; nerves that are relatively consistent.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In simple terms….</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humerus</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Glenohumeral joint</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scapular</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clavicle</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subscapularis</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Infraspinatus </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pectorals </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trapezius</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teres Major/Minor</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Serratus </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Median nerve</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radial nerve</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ulnar nerve </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-24190\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/Screenshot-2020-09-29-at-13.19.57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"627\" height=\"429\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also other things like bursa, blood vessels etc but let’s keep it simple for the purpose of this blog being translated into something usable for your PT sessions..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Example of a Common Error</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lateral raise is a favourite for those wanting to work/build the deltoid\'s appearance. It is a great movement for strengthening our ability to lift things.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Yet the shoulder abduction action can be misunderstood in terms of our shoulder design. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The shoulder joint generally isn’t structurally designed to pass smoothly beyond 90degrees of frontal plane abduction while the humerus is internally rotated for example (or palm/thumb pointing down to floor) and particularly while under load - also as in an high upright row with elbows lifted.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how impingements can occur overtime or an overactive pec minor altering scapular positioning means the humeral head is in the wrong position as we raise our arms laterally.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is therefore probably prudent to externally rotate prior to around 80/90 degrees of shoulder abduction. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding that the body will endeavour to do what you ask it to, it will adapt to the movements &amp; environment you put it into but that doesn\'t mean that movement, particularly when repeated over and over again, is ok long term.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So FULL ROM does not guarantee safe ROM depending upon the individual &amp; their biomechanical set up.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can be done to improve our clients shoulder biomechanics BEFORE an injury occurs? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First &amp; foremost let’s evaluate our clients shoulder function by testing key movements, muscles &amp; nerves.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-24187\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/shutterstock_109415894-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"516\" height=\"516\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Common Shoulder Issues</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problem 1;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec minor is a key muscle due to its common shortened adaption creating that round shouldered, or protracted, position we often see in clients. So having the skills to test it will give us an indication of what to do.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solution;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply the 20/20 MET, strengthen its antagonists &amp; then condition its own functional capacity through isolation then integration strength movements.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problem 2; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upper Trapezius dysfunction causing elevated scapular position. This can also be a compensation that is deliberately trying to reduce Median nerve tension at the brachial plexus. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solution;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test both structures (Upper traps &amp; Median nerve) &amp; if the tests are positive we are likely to want to improve their functional capacity to get a negative test result. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce trap tension using the 20/20 MET then prescribe very slow gentle median nerve mobilisations to ‘calm the nervous system down’ or desensitise it.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can also prescribe scapular depression strength work followed by shrugs.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Problem 3;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overactive Subscapularis or Infraspinatus can directly affect healthy shoulder biomechanics. As shoulder rotators these muscles often require some love &amp; attention. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Solution;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test both muscles &amp; if positive…</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apply the 20/20 MET &amp; then using a resistance band or light cable work both internal &amp; external rotation of the humerus.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Tests &amp; Exercises </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have a client who has shoulder problems?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you’re really keen to gain a deeper level of understanding shoulder biomechanics so you can help them?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you frustrated because you cannot work out what to do to help them?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or you\'re worried you could make them worse?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn each of these tests mentioned above?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/shoulder-knee-foot-biomechanics-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look at our workshops CLICK HERE </span></a></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Contact us directly on </span><a href=\"mailto:info@biomechanicseducation.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">info@biomechanicseducation.com</span></a></h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">07976 933113</span></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further reading;</span></h3>\n<a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8421011\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8421011</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7931787/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7931787/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661251/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7661251/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20133443/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20133443/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16826111/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16826111/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9697636/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9697636/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668174/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4668174/</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Is shoulder pain the new back pain?','','inherit','closed','closed','','24186-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24186,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38656',0,'revision','',0),(38657,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h2><b>What is Biomechanics?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanics is mostly considered a complex subject. Those who study biomechanics at university usually find it the most challenging of subjects to learn. In this blog I’d like to remove some of that challenge or at least reduce it &amp; explain to you how you can become a specialist in this subject without going to university...like me!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s the study of human movement, the body’s ‘mechanics’ if you like. Some will argue that it is an outdated way of looking at the body since it’s far more complex than simply the mechanical aspect of levers &amp; pulleys.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would agree that it can be extremely complex AND I’d also agree that we must consider so much more than simply the ‘mechanical’ view of our clients body and movement.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However this method allows us to begin to appreciate the body to a deeper level from at first a simple application of basic rules of movement. This I have found, and still do find, is a brilliant system to utilise even when it comes to appreciating all the nuances of our clients bodies.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when we study biomechanics we must always keep an open mind to the complexities of variants that will very likely influence our clients movement quality. Anatomy and movement educators will encourage discussion throughout our education programmes with a layered approach to deepening our understanding. There are  few layers to get through and much of that is in the application process which is why practice is key. The more bodies you watch, analyse and monitor, the more you learn and by the way that learning never ends. Every clients is a new subject, a new set of variants and a new way of watching movement and all that contributes to it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Different Types of Biomechanics </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one way we could differentiate how we look at &amp; understanding anatomy &amp; movement in our clients; </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extrinsic Biomechanics</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the study of looking at a movement, seeing the angles in the joints, the movement performance &amp; also maybe measuring them- force, angles, speed etc </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrinsic Biomechanics</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is considering what is going on inside the body that influences what we see extrinsically. Ie the use of the logic of anatomy, ideal muscle lengths &amp; actions, nerve ranges, pure joint ranges &amp; how each individual substructure &amp; area of the body contributed is required performance </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounds complicated? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok ok ok let me give you the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">spectrum</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of biomechanics …..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complex Biomechanics </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- this could be interpreted as the study of forces, vectors and 1st/2nd/3rd class levers and often requires video analysis most probably at uni or in a lab.</span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple Biomechanics </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- this might be interpreted simply as the hip should flex &amp; extend, the thoracic spine should rotate etc</span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s start at the simple end so I can explain how movement practitioners like you and I are already specialists in biomechanics </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Bad Technique or Problem Biomechanics? </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your new client is on time &amp; the consultation went as expected …. wants to get fit, lose some weight &amp; has a bit of low back pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You warm them up &amp; you notice one shoulder seems higher than the other, one foot flicks out a bit &amp; they look rather round shouldered.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you decide you want to see the quality of their movement without weights first to be safe &amp; so ask them to show you some body weight squats </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The look on their face offers you some early indication that even this might be challenging for them so you take them over to a rig to hold onto or maybe position them to just do a bodyweight squat to a box/bench </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their reticence is confirmed when their knees cave in, upper body folds forwards, neck retracts and extends, feet seem to be pointing almost to 9 &amp; 3 o.clock!....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You swap places to demonstrate but when they try again it’s not much better, in fact possibly worse </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You verbally cue “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knees out, back up straight, eyes forwards</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nope...still no good…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><strong><i>PAUSE &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;</i></strong></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right let’s stop here for a moment &amp; try to understand this very common scenario we all seem to experience at some point in our careers, and sometimes very often...weekly...or even daily!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). You did a biomechanical assessment by watching the squat. This is subjective but extremely relevant for understand their ranges, coordination &amp; control in a fundamental movement required for ADL</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). You evaluated the risk &amp; feel you want to reduce it</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). What you evaluated was their </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extrinsic biomechanics </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4). At a Uni you might include mathematical equations of force production &amp; optimal joint angle requirements to reduce risk &amp; optimise performance etc - but this client really doesn’t need all that - they just want to move well enough to lose weight </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5). So let\'s now consider their </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intrinsic biomechanics</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> …...myofascial, neural and skeletal systems…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it their pelvis, spine, shoulders?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it their muscles, nerves or the joints?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are they just really bad at the technique or maybe they’re just not ready to squat?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT at this point you might be starting to think…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well where do I start?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Where is the problem coming from?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How would I know?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How do I help her when no amount of coaching improves technique &amp; I\'m worried I might hurt her in the process of programming exercises?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What system can I follow to address her limitations without worrying about if I’m doing the right thing?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Am I really qualified enough?” </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Do I need to refer her to a clinician first?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I feel like I am guessing here!”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I really feel like I don’t know what I’m doing!!”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have ever thought any of these things then well done….it demonstrates you care! Also the next step, which is really important, is finding solutions to each of your questions, starting with “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how can I help this client right now?”.....</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">keep it simple!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then look for education that will give you new tools and skills to fill these gaps and answer these questions just like Sam did ….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here Sam shares his experience of gaining a deeper level of understanding his clients bodies…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://youtu.be/UFkDTq2bZAw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>CLICK HERE TO WATCH SAM\'S VIDEO....</em></strong></a></h1>\nEmail rachel@biomechanicseducaton.com to enquire about the final places remaining this year on our workshops!','Will understanding biomechanics take me to the next level?','','inherit','closed','closed','','24097-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',24097,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38657',0,'revision','',0),(38658,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<h1><b>When Coaching Technique Just Doesn\'t Work…. </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>There’s those occasions when you have a new client &amp; you get them into position ready to squat but then they begin to move….their face contorts, knees buckle in, back bends awkwardly, elbows flare about &amp; your arms shoot forwards ready to catch them incase they topple over!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back up straight, lift your chest, push your knees out</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…” you encourage but inside your head you’re actually face palming as you silently wonder how on earth they can’t understand such simple cues!?!?!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However no amount of teaching or coaching cues seem to help them improve, so you decide to lose the bar &amp; head back over to the machines….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In your mind you’re questioning…. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What should I do with them to improve their movement?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I wonder if it’s their calves? Or back? I wish I could remember my muscle attachments to work it out”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How can I work out where the problem is coming from?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Why can’t I work it out?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Other PTs seem to always know more than me, why is that?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How can I get a deeper level of understanding my clients body?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may even doubt your ability to coach!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be a real challenge for PT\'s trying to work out which area of the body the limitation/compensation is coming from since every joint is involved in some way.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually more commonly which ‘combination’ of limitations!!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Finding A System That Works</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we learn or create a system that enables us to use a step by step approach to addressing our clients movement issues, then we can monitor progress, just as we would with their nutrition plan or strength training programme. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to evaluate the movement quality of each joint &amp; structure one at a time to systematically either address them or rule them out of the list of potential compensation areas, we can have confidence in knowing what steps to take towards movement improvements</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>A System Suggestion Based On Evidence</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is evidence to suggest 60% of dysfunction comes from the pelvis so this could be a logical place to start</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine sits in the pelvis so would be a sensible place to address next</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shoulders have a biomechanical link to the opposite side of the pelvis so might be a great place to follow onto.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knees &amp; their stability would require everything above to have been prepared since their degree of control comes from above and of course the feet following on from that offer, would offer a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">systematic approach</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to ‘ruling things out’ </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other systems may suggest starting at the feet of course….and so to be clear it is more important that you follow a system, than which system you choose to follow. If you are following a system, clarity can be gained so start where you like &amp; follow a logic that works for you, your training and your logic.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>A System Within A System </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we have divided the body into areas for a suggested system above, we should probably also consider the sub-systems. For example the muscles, nerves &amp; joints as a way to work systematically in each area too. So being able to test each sub-system of each body part can also make our detective work both fascinating &amp; rewarding.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whichever ‘system’, or series of systems, you follow the point to all of them is to know what has worked, what hasn\'t worked and what to do next. Rather than randomly addressing various issues, not knowing what’s affecting what, if we follow a system we can be more confident about our clients key biomechanical pillars</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a system we can monitor &amp; demonstrate progress which offers our client clear results and we can know what is affecting what more logically coming from an informed place.</span>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>What’s your system?</b></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Would you like to learn an evidence based one?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanics Coaching teaches coaches &amp; trainers a very simple evidence based system of tests &amp; special techniques that give you absolute clarity &amp; confidence about what to do &amp; when...even when things don\'t happen in the way you expected or even when the ‘issues’ your clients presents with are vague, various and often complex.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when your new client gets under that squat bar, as you throw your arms out ready to catch them…you’re thinking “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know exactly what I need to do here…</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.”</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvis-spine-biomechanics-3-day-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>October 17th/18th in Nottingham</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we have only 6 places for a </span><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvis-spine-biomechanics-3-day-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Workshop</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is a fantastic start point for any PT looking to advance their knowledge and gain access to an entire community of professionals. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why not begin your journey towards becoming a Biomechanics Coach and get more results, with more clients, while having the confidence to also charge more for your time as a ‘specialist’!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to join us?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How would you feel if we helped you deepen your anatomy knowledge?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to learn anatomy &amp; medical language to get you a solid reputation with clinicians?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you been thinking about our Diploma for a while already?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you get to Nottingham on these dates?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn more?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/pelvis-spine-biomechanics-3-day-workshop-entry-level-3/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOOK HERE </span></a></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call now 07976 933113 </span></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Email info@biomechanicseducation.com</span></h1>','Do you wonder what\'s going on when coaching technique just doesn\'t work?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23939-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',23939,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38658',0,'revision','',0),(38659,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the first day in the classroom, the first thing I ask my learners is “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why are you here?”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The single most common request learners come to us with is….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I want a deeper level of understanding the human body”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I ask them </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“why?”.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often times its because we feel we lack some vocabulary skills when communicating with a physio or surgeon, or reading the medical report our client came with. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to feel like we are on some kind of level to be able to work out how we can help even when our clients have something kind of issue, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But does recalling all those muscle attachments really make you a better coach? Does it actually help?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well yes it may do BUT it shouldnt inhibit you helping your clients to move better. Just because the other PT in your gym can recite most of the muscles to their client while they train them doesn\'t mean they’re a better coach….in fact this can be off putting for a client!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Let me tell you a secret….</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….having taught the subject of anatomy, muscles, joints, nerves and movement (intrinsic biomechanics) for over 16 years now 99% of our learners are also looking for a deeper understanding of the body! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You are not the only one! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe during lockdown you decided to go back into the online classroom to gain a deeper level of understanding the body and movement and the reasons why clients move the way they do compared to each other!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you find clarity?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or do you feel like the things you learned about muscle attachments don\'t directly help you back in the gym when applying the knowledge practically?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It often seems to be that the more you learn, the more complex it becomes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All you want is something more helpful ‘in application’...right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do I mean?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Problem</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to be able to help those tricky clients who don\'t move well, have little aches or niggles, recurring injuries or a condition you have never heard of!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Solution </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think differently - when something isn\'t working, change what you do!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So learning the attachments of pectineus doesn\'t give you the solution for your clients knee valgus. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However learning movement can be so simple which is why during your level 2 training we learned this first.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adduction/Abduction, Flexion/Extension, Rotation etc</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The analysis of movements or joint actions is one we seem to do really well but for some reason we remain fixed on the idea that knowing all of the muscle attachments will be the thing that solves our clients problems. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet SIMPLY understanding the movement they can or can\'t do is far more helpful. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once we know what movement they cannot do we can consider what ‘exercises’ or techniques we can offer as a solution to the movement issue.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It would make sense to start with the least contraindicated exercise first, then systematically re-evaluate their movement overtime to understand if that exercise was helpful. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then repeat!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Application Theory</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something my long term colleague, mentor and business partner have discussed for many years is the ‘Application Theory’. If you look it up you won\'t find it because we made it up! It\'s our best (and probably most used) tool in the classroom and I want to teach it to you....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Application Theory = SIMPLE - COMPLEX - SIMPLE</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\'s it!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just that pretty much - the point being even that with the more you learn in the complex phase rarely does it dramatically alter what you do in application. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The WAY We Think, Conceptually</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School of Intrinsic Biomechanics</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we teach this from day 1 when ALL of our learners arrive with some degree of anxiety about being asked an A&amp;P question they feel they will be unable to answer. For some reason this peer pressure has come about over the years that we should apparently have the ability to recall ALL of those damn muscle attachments by heart, I am not sure why its such a THING!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First let me ask you…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you still worried that you just don’t know enough?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wish you had a deeper understanding of the human body?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you love to recall all of the anatomy you learned during your training?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you do about it? .</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you use anatomy books? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow anatomy geeks hoping to pick up some nuggets?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you can ‘get away’ without remembering all those muscle attachments?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wonder why we forget them all? or</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you wonder why we bother learning them all for an exam? </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here\'s the thing MOST of the industry, and I mean MOST, DOES NOT have the ability to recall muscle attachments. Even those with a lot of training or even years of experience in the industry.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here\'s a question….Does this stop them / you from helping people? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it limit what can be done?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe, but clearly there are some GREAT PT’s who DON\'T know their anatomy that are helping LOADS of clients achieve either goals!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please understand I am not suggesting you do not need to study anatomy and gain a better understanding of the body, if it can be made fun and memorable with a reason to remember it then it is more likely to be easier to recall. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we teach you a biomechanics test, we give you a reason to remember the anatomy because if you don\'t know the anatomy you won\'t understand the test. What this then does is it creates a reason to remember where pec minor attaches, because we offer you a visual assessment skill that deepens your appreciation of how, when dysfunctional, it will pull the scapular forwards into that round shouldered posture we often see. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we offer you that chance to come up with ideas as to what can be done about this and we give suggestions for alternatives. Once you have applied the test, followed by an intervention, you can retest and actually see the change occur…..this is where understanding anatomy gets really exciting - because you can see the change AND understand how it relates to the anatomy! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Biomechanics Education Classroom</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another important aspect to learning complex subjects, and that we endeavour to encourage in our classroom, is for our learners to never be afraid to;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A). ....give the wrong answer</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">B). .... say “I don’t know..?”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As practitioners we MUST not wing it when it comes to another person\'s body .</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST be honest when we don’t have the answer or need to seek a second opinion</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Too often the ego encourage a fear of not knowing or being wrong &amp; yet if we are honest when we don’t know we would be providing a better duty of care</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never be afraid to have a go &amp; be wrong in the learning environment.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Always admit when you don’t know the answer .</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To all the educators out there...remember we must NEVER judge a learner who is honest enough to say “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don’t know</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” when we ask them a question!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Simplicity In Application </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY do we feel this pressure, even on ourselves, to recall the A&amp;P when application of safe movement coaching is far more important!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Theory of Application SIMPLE - COMPLEX - SIMPLE</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMPLE - when you look at or speak to your client the ‘WHAT’ is obvious to you, for example...their knee caves in or their back hurts or one shoulder is higher than the other….or they have sore knees when they run.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">COMPLEX….Most PT’s I talk to then have this habit of trying to work out which muscle it is….well good luck with that! This is not helpful particularly at this point </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? Because even if you could recall every single muscle attachment it wont give you the answer as to what to do to help your client!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIMPLE….watch them, question them, write down your thinking, get a second opinion, check your remit, any reg flags….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then if cleared give them a safe movement technique and watch the movement again…..repeat until improvement occurs or you need a second opinion or further learning but don\'t ever underestimate what you CAN do! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experience our classroom and you will learn far more than simply how to assess your clients body!</span>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Would YOU Like To Learn New Skills AND How To Apply Them SIMPLY Into Your Service BOTH Online AND Face to Face?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us show you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/shop/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLICK HERE FOR Online Education</span></a></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLICK HERE FOR Face to Face Education</span></a></h1>','Does having a better understanding of the body make you a better coach?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23765-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:29','2024-07-16 11:26:29','',23765,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38659',0,'revision','',0),(38660,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal training is becoming a far more complex skill with the evolution of our client’s bodies, the ever changing environment including more &amp; more technology and the limitations surrounding us as a result of a virus. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personal training originally evolved predominantly as a standard to support our client’s in improving their aesthetics, to reduce body fat and increase muscle mass or to ‘tone up’ if you were a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lady</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of course….(tongue in cheek).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What has happened, as with many things, is the requirement of our role has grown out of the original scope and with it additional responsibility. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More &amp; more of our clients come with a modern ailment due to lifestyle. They expect us to ‘fix it’ or give them a specific exercise to solve the problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet we feel inadequate when it comes to responding to this kind of request. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need more assessments skills, more knowledge around pain science &amp; a deeper level of understanding the body when things are quite right. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However we need to be sure we remain within our insurance remit or we must gain these additional qualifications or additional skills so we can upgrade our insured to continue to support and serve the new ‘pandemic’ of poor movers that we are gaining as clients today.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor movement from a sedentary lifestyle can often come with pain. This is when movement practitioners (personal trainers, pilates &amp; yoga teachers, S&amp;C coaches) MUST be careful about scope of practice.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet there are possibly MORE people out there experiencing a type of ‘pain’ that we CAN HELP WITH.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Problem?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is recognising and practicing in a way that demonstrates the limitations of our training in pain science and shows we appreciate we DON\'T KNOW WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how do we exercise/movement practitioners, work with clients in pain? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST gain an understanding of pain</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST gain a clear understanding of red flags</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should work in a multidisciplinary team</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must utilise a thorough consultation process with clear referral points for red flags</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must ALWAYS refer when unsure</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must NEVER think </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“ah I am sure it will be nothing</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST always put the client’s health &amp; safety first</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST NEVER KNOWINGLY CAUSE HARM</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>How do we do this?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some of the basics to start you off that come from the book </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain Pain </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by Lorimer Moseley and David Butler, who are world leading neuroscientists. Their world renowned research is demonstrating how our clients experience pain and what we can do to help.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is good </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is a warning signal</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is telling you to change something </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is subjective </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is an input not an output</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain isn’t necessarily indicative of its location</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain is not necessarily indicative of pathology</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The degree of pain felt is not indicative of the amount of tissue damage </span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we strongly recommend investing in this book to learn more about the science of pain. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also how to communicate the above with clients who experience pain or even live with chronic pain, often this alone enables them to feel less pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What else can we do?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skilled communication is a huge contributor to understanding and reducing pain. We can support our clients\' experience by offering them language appreciation to enable them to communicate better what they are experiencing. Thus allowing us to better understand how to support or refer them to another practitioner better suited to their requirements.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we can use considered language to help clients better understand how pain works therefore offering a form of CBT to contribute to reducing their experience of pain. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One common miscommunication I come across a lot is when a client describes ‘tension’ or ‘stiffness’ as pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So my role includes helping clients to differentiate </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">pain</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tension</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or stiffness. This may sound to some like a crazy notion and yet could be a game changer in how we work with a client or even IF we work with them. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Definitions </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain comes under the descriptive group term for SENSATION. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Examples of </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sensations </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tension </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stiffness </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ache</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Niggle</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tingle </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stretch </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulling </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pinching </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Numbness </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throbbing </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Itching </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cramp</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stabbing </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sharpness</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending upon how you ‘read the client’ and other details of their history will dictate whether you deem any of these descriptions to be red flags. For example we could ask them to score their ‘sensations’....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Scoring Pain (or Sensations)</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using the adapted Borg scale 0-10 to score the level of pain we can ask a client to give us a number out of 10 that is representative of how much pain, or sensation, they feel. We also need to give them examples of extremes like...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0 being no pain at all</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 having their arms ripped from the sockets </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once they’ve given a score remember PERCEPTION can often be distorted when someone has </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">chronic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> pain or even a fear of movement OR even a fear you will send them away and refuse to work with them! Which is another reason to gather a team around you.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However you can also ask questions like…. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you describe the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quality</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of your pain? Is it sharp or dull?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel better moving or when still? Morning or evening? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are there specific movements or positions that increase it? Or decrease it?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it constant or erratic? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it radiate or remain in a fixed point? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This kind of questioning has several benefits other than the actual details. Clients will feel heard and valued when you spend time asking about how they feel. This has been shown to improve the likelihood of pain reduction and adherence. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of these, along with having the ability to read your clients face &amp; body language (sometimes quite separate to what they actually say) allow us to evaluate risk to make the decision as to whether we work with them or not.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>So can I still work with a client in pain? </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some sensations a client initially describes as ‘pain’, upon further questioning, you may find are in fact simply ‘tight or stiff’. So our communication and interview skills are paramount when considering taking on a client who tells you they experience any degree of pain.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pain itself should be deemed a red flag until further questioning takes place like the above or for referral. This is why having a team of diverse professionals around you is vital in being able to retain clients while remaining with your own remit.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Our role in reducing clients pain</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s worth keeping in mind a ‘pain’ or sensation that is low in grade, insidious &amp; has not come from a specific trauma, or with any red flags, is quite likely simply a biomechanical issue or you could describe it as a physical adaption or compensation. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this means is that there is a high chance it can be improved by changing something in your clients movement profile. So ‘remedial exercise’ movement techniques, like the iMoveFreely Programme, are hugely beneficial and greatly improve the results of any application of ‘strength’ training.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can teaching clients how to avoid things that irritate </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can monitor &amp; assess their movement quality</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can add in a special technique like an MET that is safe &amp; low grade</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we can re-assess &amp; evaluate</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..Add something else like a pure mobility technique </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..re-assess &amp; evaluate </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...add something else like a nerve mobilisation </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...re-assess &amp; evaluate </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do this segmentally for each part of your clients body...ie pelvic, spine etc</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s not complicated, but does it take time? Yes of course!! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just remember it takes months/years of compensation to get to the point your client starts to feel discomfort...reducing it may well take a while too!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">....ignoring or simply resting doesn\'t address the warning signal so they shouldn\'t be surprised if old pains recur. Recurring ‘issues’ indicate the root cause hasn’t been addressed. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A clinician\'s job is to diagnose and treat a clinical problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our role (exercise/movement professionals) is to improve movement quality.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If pain dissipates through movement there\'s a good chance it was a movement issue.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If clinicians struggle to identify a root cause of pain through diagnostics there\'s a chance its a biomechanical issue.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a vital role in pain reduction BUT remember </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>WE DON\'T KNOW WHAT WE DON\'T KNOW!!</strong></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Build a team around you</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Assess &amp; question often</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Transfer meaningful information between your team</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never knowingly do harm</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep them moving, moving well &amp; moving more in less pain!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/low-back-health-pain-online-cpd-training/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more about pain science HERE</a></h1>','Does your client experience pain while training?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23636-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',23636,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38660',0,'revision','',0),(38661,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look I don\'t want you to be left with egg on your face after everything you have likely gone through over the last 4/5 months </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We cannot just be PT’s any more, we really have to step up our game and consider our role in the bigger picture, how our role is evolving and we MUST stay business savvy. Yet technology is not the only thing dramatically changing/affecting our businesses. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to start questioning, and for some maybe RE-questioning, if you did this before lockdown or even early lockdown…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\'s your brand?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who’s your audience/demographic?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who do you speak to? </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who\'s your raving fan?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do they want?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you serve them?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there another way?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Diversify</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take the likes of lululemon, they sell beautiful high end activewear, yet they recently invested in something called Mirror.co. This is a completely different business BUT has a link to their target market so fits their overall purpose and ethos. So now they are not just clothing, AND also more importantly, they are not solely reliant on one revenue stream. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question is could Plan B be to expand your brand before</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simply trying to get more clients for personal training in this new challenging climate? Remember change can often feel uncomfortable initially but eventually we all adapt however I believe we should have an honest look at what we do and seriously consider a long term change.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s highly likely you will have considered all sorts of things when we were locked down, maybe thinking things like….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“...how the hell can I make money to pay my bills…?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“...should I get a job at Tesco....?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“...OMG, what can I do differently in my business that isn\'t what I normally do..?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...you probably (hopefully) became SUPER productive and resourceful eventually, right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what did you come up with and was it enough or did you simply alter temporarily and wait for lockdown to lift and gyms to open so you could go back to what you </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">normally</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> do or are familiar with?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This tough time can be an </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opportunity</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that I want to encourage you NOT to miss!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about what WE do in the bigger picture, movement health, mindset and wellbeing, and what services, products or concepts can you create to develop income streams to stay afloat even if one area of your businesses gets shut down again with a NEW LOCKDOWN or future pandemic!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a duty or care and a HUGE role to play in finding ways to continue doing what we do but we need our businesses to survive to do this!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what could you do now that if life/work becomes restrictive again you are not left high and dry? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thinking outside the box allows for innovation and could save you during another lockdown…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>A Solution…?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about your ideal client and what other things you talk about with them? Is there something in those conversations that could give you an idea of another business opportunity to connect with a wider audience of your kind of people?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retreats </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clothing</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Community links/collaborations</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veg delivery </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Affiliate links</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online delivery of education </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online sessions </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Memberships/Subscriptions </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or even quite simply…..</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I deliver something new?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Possible Solutions</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><strong>Online Service</strong></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok we are not about to tell you the obvious which is to be offering an online service, long term. THIS alone is a commercial no brainer! While we, like many of you, much prefered face to face there are people we know who are anxious and looking to find alternatives to the higher risk environments, even if for a while. This has always been an option but since the landscape of our industry has changed we must challenge our own biases to enable us to continue doing what we love - helping people move better AND serving ALL those who need our help.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a simple idea and possibly one of the easiest to set up technically and can be done pretty much for free:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up a facebook ‘group’</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set it to ‘private’ </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invite your paying clients </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upload generic articles, videos, live tutorials/sessions, educational information, health advice - daily, weeky, monthly</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charge via BACS or Paypal (Paypal will incur a small % charge) a small weekly/monthly fee for access.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are of course various platforms like Zoom, Webinarjam, Youtube etc that allow you to stream or offer live sessions but you may need to research the best one to suit your requirements.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also if you are still challenged technically - ASK for help! Family members, mentors, educators - there are many who I am sure would be willing to help you to initiate something like this. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Improve Skills </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learning new skills that we may not have considered before might be a good idea right now. Suddenly becoming ‘time rich’ in lockdown many of us embarked on an education journey while we had the chance which proves how much we really WANT to learn!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What did you learn though?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has it helped you so far?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did it help your current business?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are there more diverse skills you now realise you need?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things are changing swiftly as are education opportunities so keep a track of where you feel weakest or least confident, then research good education companies or ask colleagues or trusted professionals who they recommend and who may be able to guide you.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you thought of learning more about things like:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video creation</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Business </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Building an app</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a brand</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Copywriting</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication skills</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covid-19 training/hygiene</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health &amp; safety/risk assessment</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Management</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental health</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating posts</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online programme designing</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping problem/tricky clients (in pain/injured)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Delivering educational sessions</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This list is not exhaustive but try not to rule things out too quickly as some things could convert into something really helpful if you put some real thought into it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Invest in Help/Support </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there someone who you feel could be of help to you or your mindset or business? Or is there an area of your business you would LIKE TO FIND someone to help you with?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Delegation of certain jobs can leave you free to do the jobs you prefer or are better at and possibly even that make you more money. This is something I have learned with technology in particular. While I do quite a bit there are some jobs that would take me days to do so it is much more cost effective to pay someone who can do it in a few hours!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the most valuable lessons I learned as a ‘coach’ is that I too need coaching. In fact I have several! So I strongly recommend you reach out, invest or maybe you can swap skills.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You could write them an exercise programme for some business advice? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s how business used to be done and a totally logical way of doing business when cash is low AND there is no harm in asking!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Recommendations </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are companies that I personally respect and trust to give you a little starter....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BTN Academy - nutrition</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MTE Academy - therapy</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pulseroll - vibration tools </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Future Fit Training - fitness education provision</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DTS Fitness Education - system programming</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Wright HQ - business &amp; marketing </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PM2 Media - Video creation</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therapy Empire - Therapy equipment </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wolverson Fitness - Gym/fitness equipment </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STA - accreditation / recognition in therapy </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIMSPA - accreditation / recognition in exercise &amp; fitness </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Plan C, D…..</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally keep planning all the time and try to remain open to opportunities since we have all learned recently how things can change drastically in a flash. So even if you work out your plan B, work out plan C and D too - because you just never know!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Another plan option...</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">....Become a Biomechanics Coach CLICK HERE</a>','Don\'t get left behind! Do you have a plan B? plan C? And maybe even a plan D?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23526-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',23526,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38661',0,'revision','',0),(38662,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h1><b>Did You Know....? </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a personal trainer, strength coach, pilates / yoga teacher we are at the front line of professionals the UK’s public seeks out for guidance and advice on how to move well and move more. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends exercise as one of the primary solutions to not only the UK but in fact the global health crisis that now includes a pandemic.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What this means is that we, as exercise professionals, have a duty of care to equip ourselves with the most appropriate and relevant tools and skills to educate, teach, guide, programme and promote safe and effective ‘movement’ prescription.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE have a hugely important role to play in the WHO’s global plan for improving physical activity levels by 2030 AND  to assist in unburdening the NHS through promoting physical activity. </span>\n<h1></h1>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know? There are 37,000 UK deaths annually from </span><b><i>inactivity related causes</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!</span></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vulnerable individuals are those at highest risk but more so during a pandemic, which isn\'t simply going to disappear and is also highly likely to reoccur in the future. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being vulnerable in health terms in many cases could be avoidable if we look at some of the top causes of death worldwide. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO reports that ‘..</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the 56.9 deaths worldwide in 2016, 54% were due to the top 10 causes. The top 2 being Ischaemic heart disease and strokes consistently for the last 15 years. </span></i>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diabetes killed 1.6 million in 2016, up from less than 1 million in 2000.</span></i></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deaths due to dementias more than doubled between 2000 and 2016, making it the 5th leading cause of global deaths in 2016 compared to 14th in 2000. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower respiratory infection remained the most deadly communicable disease, causing 3 million deaths worldwide in 2016.’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is strong evidence pointing towards physical activity being one of the most effective, cheapest, simplest solutions to many of the above health issues. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those being more physically active…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have lower rates of all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome, colon and breast cancer, and depression;</span></i></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are likely to have less risk of a hip or vertebral fracture;</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">exhibit a higher level of cardiorespiratory and muscular fitness; and</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are more likely to achieve weight maintenance, have a healthier body mass and composition.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h1></h1>\n<h1><b>Key facts from W.H.O….</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insufficient physical activity is one of the leading risk factors for death worldwide.</span></i></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Insufficient physical activity is a key risk factor for noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical activity has significant health benefits and contributes to preventing NCDs.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Globally, 1 in 4 adults is not active enough.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 80% of the world\'s adolescent population is insufficiently physically active.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Policies to address insufficient physical activity are operational in 56% of WHO Member States.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO Member States have agreed to reduce insufficient physical activity by 10% by 2025.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>How much should we be teaching our clients to move?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UK Chief Medical Officer Guidelines for 2019 are:</span>\n<h3><b><i>Children and adolescents aged 5-17years</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should do at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous-intensity physical activity daily.</span></i></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physical activity of amounts greater than 60 minutes daily will provide additional health benefits.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should include activities that strengthen muscle and bone, at least 3 times per week.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b><i>Adults aged 18-64 years</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.</span></i></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerobic activity should be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes duration.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For additional health benefits, adults should increase their moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes per week, or engage in 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><em><b>Adults aged 65 years and above</b></em></h3>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity physical activity throughout the week, or at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity physical activity throughout the week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.</span></em></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For additional health benefits, they should increase moderate-intensity physical activity to 300 minutes per week, or equivalent.</span></em></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those with poor mobility should perform physical activity to enhance balance and prevent falls, 3 or more days per week.</span></em></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups, 2 or more days a week.</span></em></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What equates to ‘activity’?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS is the beautiful thing about these recommendations…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOU DON\'T NEED A GYM! </span></i></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No need to panic or worry about your access to a gym BUT you may wish to consider your LONG TERM business model to include solutions that don\'t only require hiring gym space that you may be limited by should a pandemic alert re-occur.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHO and the British government recommend….. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking &#x1f6b6;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Swimming &#x1f3ca;&#x200d;&#x2642;&#xfe0f; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dancing &#x1f483;&#x1f3fc; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycling &#x1f6b4;&#x200d;&#x2640;&#xfe0f; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gardening &#x1f337;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Housework &#x1f3e1;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occupational tasks &#x1f393;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And anything that moves and loads you and also elevates your client’s heart rate. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So our jobs as exercise professionals may require adjusting somewhat to allow for this changing landscape of exercise prescription. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move Well &amp; Move More! Your country needs you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NEXT TIME…..</span><b>Dont get caught out! Do you have a plan B?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next week we discuss the importance of having a plan B and what that might look like, along with maybe a plan C, plan D….Ask yourself…..do you have a plan ready for the next pandemic alert or lockdown? Can your business survive? Have you adapted to solutions purely for the short term or long term? Should you prepare a plan for long term changes commercially to your service? </span>\n\nReference;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death</span></a>','Did You Know....? 37,000 UK deaths annually from inactivity related causes!','','inherit','closed','closed','','23383-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',23383,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38662',0,'revision','',0),(38663,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WARNING; During lockdown de-conditioning will likely have occurred in our clients depending upon access to equipment, regular personal training/coaching and possibly low motivation levels.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We may have felt the same but for us this has also been the perfect time to educate ourselves, learn new skills and gain new tools to better serve our clients. This blog is about highlighting something we really must consider to avoid risk of injury for our clients both old and new. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something we could consider is adding a few simple additional calculations to our programme design. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Load Management - Why?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risk reduction and optimisation of performance! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risk factors can be intrinsic like age, flexibility, previous injury etc and extrinsic factors can be ability/level, load, force etc. That said risk factors can be present but no injuries may occur so understand here we are wanting to demonstrate our duty of care by reducing risk.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However chronic load application can be missing from training programmes and training really is a balance. As Tim Gabbett says “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Load being a vehicle to drive clients or athletes to, or from, injury</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”  If load is ramped up too quickly, performance can decline. Increasing capacity involves more than simply increasing load and so this is what we are exploring here in this blog. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note; we should also monitor, and take note of, health factors such as sleep, diet, stress, hydration and hormones if not already. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Managing the amount of load our clients bodies go through during our training sessions and programming, overtime is something we are all aware of and holds valuable for very simple and obvious reasons. As a profession we are notoriously reputed for NOT having the kind of assessment and monitoring skills that other practitioners, like clinicians maybe, have. However we can often be the first person a client seeks out when emerging from lockdown.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of our industries main roles is to build endurance strength in our clients bodies, whatever their goal, since we are ‘exercise’ professionals, this more often than not means putting their bodies under load. But how do we ‘measure’ that load? When considering the main factor of a strength requirement (aside from aesthetics) the reason we coach strength training is, in basic form, for...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Building Tissue Tolerance</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to build tissue tolerance gradually to avoid risk of injury, overtraining or loss of gains or performance. The very basic level of this is in our basic training when we are taught to use reps, sets &amp; kilos in a gym. But this has limitations for measuring tissue tolerance, other than waiting for an injury! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we only think of ‘load’ as the kilos, reps or sets we could miss other important influencing factors. We have all experienced a client with low energy, motivation or post rehab or a weekend warrior who overtrains haven\'t we!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So to truly understand the loads their body manages over time it takes more than mapping kilos, reps and sets.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Athletic Spectrum</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After attending Tim Gabbett’s ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Load Management’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> workshop there were so many magic takeaways from the masses of information he gave us and so I would like to share some of his ideas that he shared with us that day. One of the most profound and useful was a pen and paper formula to measure, monitor &amp; evaluate the overall loads our client’s body is put under. So please understand this content has been taken from his workshop and hopefully condensed into something that can be useful to those of you trainers and coaches who are looking for measuring tools to monitor your clients progress, so you can manage their programming.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know once we can measure something, we can manage it !</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, Gabbett, recommends if we can put our clients into a load continuum or Athletic Spectrum by calculating a few numbers, then monitor those numbers over time we can identify when they are overtraining or could take advantage of the loads they experience during training based on our monitoring of where they are on the spectrum.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Frequency + Volume  + intensity = Load</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This total load can be measured into units which is something we can then monitor and measure over time.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often only used in elite sport, why would we NOT use the same simple measuring system for our clients to demonstrate how we are guiding them towards their goals in a calculated way to reduce risk by assessing the overall loads their body is under. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can all be added to a simple graph on a spreadsheet &amp; analysed over weeks/months taking into account all influencers BUT we MUST also record their </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">response</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to the loads so that overtime we can evaluate their </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tolerance</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to that load. A balance is required in recognising BOTH negative &amp; positive responses to load, is what Gabbett suggests</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Task Specificity</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Task specific relative capacity is also key so that load management relates to the task at hand. So finding numbers that relate could be include distance, heart rate and speed for a runner for example</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone is on an Athletic Spectrum to some degree and the principles of progressive overload, specificity and recovery are effectively the same for our regular clients and not just our athletes. Using load measurements allows us to manage, periodise and also amend or alter when necessary depending upon their response &amp; also their schedule.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more we measure, the more we can manage, the more options and alternatives for their programme can be utilised.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tolerance to Load </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can’t predict injury but we can prepare our client’s </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">tolerance to load</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As suggested, load isn’t the problem BUT the loads that our client’s are not prepared for, are.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training is needed to allow you to check responses to load and should be followed with adequate recovery. Monitoring over time allows us to adjust their programme according to results.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Does The Spreadsheet Look Like?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we think about numbers to measure we may view RPE as subjective however this measurement does allow for <em>perception</em> that equipment doesn’t. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must also remember our vocabulary may affect clarity so if using this score to understand chronic load over time we need to educate our clients what training feels like for this RPE score and how to communicate it. Ideally it should be reported by the client at 30 minutes after the session for how the actual session felt as opposed to during it. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rating        Descriptor      </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">        </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">0                Resting</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1                Very, very easy</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2               Easy</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3               Moderate</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4               Somewhat hard</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5               Hard</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6              -</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7               Very Hard</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8               -</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">9               -</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10             Maximal</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-23307\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screenshot-2020-07-25-at-13.57.41.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"2644\" height=\"936\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So notice in the graph the use of <em>frequency, intensity &amp; duration</em> to give us the load scores. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequency is shown by the number of days and training sessions.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intensity is using the RPE scale x duration which uses the minutes of training.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Using intensity x duration we get = load for that session or day. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we can total the weekly numbers to get the weekly load. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can then also give us a monthly load and so on. Over time this allows us to monitor and manage the chronic load, thus enabling us to evaluate response and therefore allow us to understand when to manage load by decreasing or increasing it. If our client shows signs of overtraining, fatigue or stress we can reduced load. If they are progressing well we can increase load. Remember noting stressors like overtime at work, family illness, bouts of a cold or even reduced performance during their training session should also be a part of that monitoring response and risk.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This reduces injury risk as much as possible and allows for performance optimisation at the appropriate time for their goal, race, match, game or simply quality of life.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>How Do You Decide When &amp; What To Progress or Regress?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the measurements in place we can analyse how our client is ‘performing’ at any given period. Noticing their response to load is a bIg part of our role. Gabbett, during his lecture, talked about the 10% rule or ‘gossip rule’ of not increasing more than 10% BUT the rule needs to be contextualised he added.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also he recommended being mindful that it doesn\'t necessarily address chronic load or current capacity however w</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e could use a basic 10% in either direction to de-load or increase load. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><em>What</em> to tweak comes down to your knowledge of the goals, timelines and motivators for your client. So it will to differ from client to client but could be anything from adding or reducing the number of session per week, increasing or decreasing duration of sessions, reducing or increasing recovery, lighter or heavier weights, more or less miles or simply altering from a weights session to a yoga &amp; meditation session. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is key and understanding enough about your client to do the right thing, at the right time, with integrity and from an informed place. Using logic of justification and thinking things through, solutions will come. Just know there are always a variety of options so that\'s where you must trust your judgement and reasoning since you are the best person to help your client, since you know them best.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nUsing a reflective journal along side the other programming tools, allow us to write our critical thinking and ideas for options and is one of my personal favourite tools for subjective monitoring and documentation of thoughts for each clients progress which might offer new ideas future clients.\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Final Words</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your clients need you!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don\'t doubt yourself and what you can offer, simply seek to learn new skills to pull out of the tool box when you feel it is necessary and appropriate for each client. One tool may not be right for one client and another may need lots of tools to help. Hopefully this great idea shared from Tim Gabbett\'s tool box will become a useful option for you.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If however you are looking for intrinsic biomechanics assessment tools to add to the mix, to monitor your clients movement and if you would love a deeper level of understanding your clients body PLEASE GET IN TOUCH to arrange a call back to discuss joining our awesome community of <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biomechanics Coaches!</a> We are always looking for the best and most passionate trainers and coaches to join us in improving the movement of the nation and really make a difference!</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We are changing the face or what \'personal training\' SHOULD be like!</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JOIN US!</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BECOME A BIOMECHANICS COACH</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1>Check out  <a href=\"https://gabbettperformance.com.au/profile/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Gabbett</a></h1>','Have You Considered Your Client\'s Load Management Post Lockdown?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23305-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',23305,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38663',0,'revision','',0),(38664,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h1><b>How Does The Fitness Industry Need To Adapt…?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week\'s Juicemail is primarily to provoke thinking however we would like to understand from you what you feel is required to support you, as individuals and small businesses, to adapt.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The virus has really shaken things up for everyone, and there is a chance we ain\'t seen nothing yet! As the fitness industry is preparing to emerge from lockdown, how do </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> need to adapt to meet the needs of this new world and are there opportunities amidst the mayhem?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly I would like to assure you that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are stronger together and there are associations, groups, organisations and people who are fighting your corner. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to unprecedented circumstances we need to educate, prepare, educate (yes I did say it twice) and be aware of all possible eventualities. This breeds confidence and enables us to lead the nation towards improved physical health that will benefit individuals as well as the nation long term. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can unburden the NHS through guided exercise and improved movement but what exactly needs to happen?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Group Discussion</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week I spoke on a panel invited together by CIMSPA including: </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phill Wright Business Transformation Manager CIMSPA</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Colin Huffen Head of Education CIMSPA, </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Steve Osbourne from Cardiff Met Uni</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sean Greeley of NPE</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We discussed the question </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How Does The Sport &amp; Physical Activity Sector Need To Adapt…?”  </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">from each of our perspectives and we each offered our thoughts based on what we predict from the limited information we have. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Phill facilitating we discussed; </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How has behaviour changed?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does the workforce need to change in this new norm?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does delivery need to change? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does the message need to adapt?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do our products &amp; services need to adapt?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will share some of my thoughts later in this blog but if you are a member in the CIMSPA Stronger Together facebook page you can go an watch it - </span><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/cimspa.strongertogether/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.facebook.com/groups/cimspa.strongertogether/</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>IBA Webinar Discussion &amp; Lectures </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sunday 5th July we invited 2 guest lecturers to speak at our IBA Webinar;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Naomi McArdle MSc, CISSN, from the Platinum Training Institute, Belfast, presented an overview of ‘Exercise &amp; Mental Health: Research &amp; Practice’.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then Hunter Thomson, Health &amp; Safety Expert / Consultant, shared guidance about risk assessments, the law, PPE, government guidance and where to get the most accurate information.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both offered great insight from their areas of expertise and again if you are an IBA member you can access the recording by hitting reply and asking or if you are not a member you can buy this 3hr webinar for £7! Also hit reply and ask!</span>\n<h1></h1>\n<h1><b>What Statistics Do We Have To Help Us Moving Forwards?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the </span></i><a href=\"https://www.ipse.co.uk/ipse-news/news-listing/coronavirus-ipse-activity-and-advice-freelancers.html\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed (IPSE)</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, prior to the coronavirus outbreak, self-employed people contributed £305 billion to the British economy.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sport England’s insight on the changes in attitudes/behaviours towards physical activity during lockdown should also provoke discussion and I invite you to consider your own service offering while taking these numbers into account….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Savanta ComRes (member of the British polling council) conducted this data capture over 8 x weekly ‘waves’ across 4 days (Fri-Mon)in Englan</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">d</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘Around 20% of adults not active on any day; and around 33% active on at least 5 days.’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘Other Circumstances are also correlated with </span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lesser</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> rates of inactivity.’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These numbers below indicate the % of each group who have done 0 days of 30 mins+ physical activity (Wave 1 data - 03/04/20-11/05/20)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">24% without kids in the house v’s 12% with kids (will do 0 days of physical activity)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25% without outdoor space v’s 18% with outdoors space</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">28% that live alone v’s 18% live with others </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘28% of older people (55+) not doing 30 mins+ activity on any given day’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Question: Can we adapt to ensure inclusivity for those in different circumstances and what does this mean for our businesses?</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In wave 3: of those who viewed activity/ fitness/ exercise content.. 73% cited YouTube platform used; 19% Facebook; 19% Instagram; 9% the ‘website of my gym.’</span></i>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">60% adults walked for weekly exercise </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">18% run or jog</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12% cycled</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21% home activity, fitness or exercise class (not viewed)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">21% home activity, fitness or exercise class (viewed online)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">15% informal active play in the house or garden  </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">58% adults stated they now have new habits like walking, jogging, cycling. 8/10 members say they are likely to continue with gym </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally this graph shows apprehension about returning to gyms…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23080\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/Screenshot-2020-07-06-at-11.06.38.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"788\" height=\"704\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>So How Does The Fitness Industry Need To Adapt…?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the information I have read, the professionals I have spoken to, the panels I have discussed this with and the information I have found on the most reliable sources, plus some common sense; here are my thoughts &amp; suggestions on how we might want to consider adapting….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are things that will affect our businesses &amp; things that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">may </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">affect them, let\'s break them down so we can consider each and prepare to adapt ourselves and our businesses systematically and logically. </span>\n<h1></h1>\n<h1><b>Risk &amp; Risk Assessment </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Risk assessing has NOT changed!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the same as it was before covid and we do it all of the time. We assess risk daily, as well as periodically when circumstances change. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So please do not panic! Think of it like this:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You assess the risk on the road before you cross it checking for cars coming</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You assess risk in the gym environment before you use it by checking if the weights are lying around.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You assess risk without thinking too much about it simply to protect yourself when using scissors, a knife or an electric power tool. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key factors to consider when risk assessing for your work environment:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Only if there are 5 or more employees is it law to have a written risk assessment. However good practise would be to have something documented for the worst case scenario and to highlight if you need tp put anything in place.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Health &amp; Safety Consultant, Hunter Thomson, suggests using these 3 simple questions for logic and common sense to evaluate:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HAZARDS? - what can you see (or not see) that could be deemed a hazard?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SEVERITY? - what would the severity of that hazard be should it occur?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIKELIHOOD? - how likely is it to happen?</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are lots of templates around or you could make your own and then ask a colleague, or several, to check it over and see if they have any suggestions to add. Then repeat the process periodically to ensure its up to date.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Duty of Care</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a duty of care to help and educate our nation in moving better and with less pain. Our role is also to empower and enable as many people as possible towards a quality of life that can begin to unburden the NHS of many modern ailments caused by poor lifestyle choices. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST see our role in this way and understand, behave and attain the right skills to do this to show the nation what we are capable of as a profession. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we do this?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST demand better education, not cheaper or easier to access but better quality that is of a standard comparable to our camarades in the clinical world.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How good is your report writing?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How well do you transfer meaningful information about clients between a multidisciplinary team?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How good is your vocabulary when speaking to the medical world?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much detail do you know about what your insurance covers you for?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should also aim to deliver our services to as many people as possible, in whatever way we can. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design a system that provides an appropriate service, to the right person, at the right time, from the right professional and prioritising the clients welfare.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WAIT...there\'s more…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Service Provision </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We now have a digital world that is a commercial no brainer! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we decided to become trainers or coaches we didn\'t do it for the high income and so seem to get uncomfortable when talking about money and thinking</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> commercially….</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LIsten, we MUST THINK commercially or we won\'t survive and then we cannot offer our service and help people!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So start thinking about the commercial opportunity to HELP MORE PEOPLE rather than simply make more money, with less cost.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This shunt forward in time with technology has offered us this fantastic opportunity to get online, reduce costs AND our need to be present WITHOUT the cost of staff!.....for at least a portion of our service offering, which means we can serve even more people all around the nation and even the world!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We must move (scuse the pun) with the times and adapt by educating ourselves and maybe watching what others do but please don\'t get left behind or you could find yourself with no business due to the competition. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Like it or not (if self employed or a director) you are in the business of business!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Behaviour Change </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a subject we need to study further and be aware of since behaviour has changed, attitudes towards health and fitness have changed and all of this means we need to be mindful of our message and platforms we use for delivering our services. Researching modern behaviour change studies will be vital. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some gym goers are now afraid</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some no gym goers now want to go</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some sedentary people are no longer sedentary</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some active people are no longer active </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you could create a questionnaire for your clients or members to better understand how they are feeling about their overall health, going out to your facility/gym or even for a walk? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This market research will help you to adapt to their altered patterns of behaviour or views of health and fitness. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLUS the act of asking them their views/opinions lets them know how much you care and wish to accommodate them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Mental Health Awareness </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has got to be something we educate ourselves more on moving forwards due to the implications of covid and the sheer number of cases both diagnosed and undiagnosed, of individuals with some mental health issue or concern, and the numbers are quite possibly on the rise!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also the fact that many of our clients won\'t even share this detail with us due to the stigma still attached and yet studies show mental health, and the medications that may be prescribed, can impact on their physical performance and therefore programme design. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet studies also show clearly the benefit of being physically active for our mental health and wellbeing </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This subject is one I will be immersing myself into with the </span><b><i>Level 4 Award in Physical Activity for Adults with Mental Health Conditions</i></b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">qualification through Platinum Training Institute, Queens Belfast Uni </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">since they are a training provider with integrity and to encourage you to do the same.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Finally…...</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May I suggest that, if you haven\'t already, you set aside some time to consider the points raised in this blog and questions like these below…...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel equipped with an awareness of your client’s vulnerability? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel attitudes towards health have changed? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you need to alter your hygiene/ cleaning protocols?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you expecting costs to your business to increase or decrease?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you discovered a new work / life balance?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you / could you have more options/packages/value add’s with a digital service?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has your income decreased per session due to distancing regulations? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you need extra training in risk?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How important do you feel the exercise professionals role is now more important or less so?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you considered the thought we may have simply been nudged forward 10-15yrs technically?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you reach more people? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you feel about your duty of care to help the nation?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you be happily, &amp; publicly, transparent about your qualifications?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel that the education standards &amp; quality in our industry are adequate for the demand today?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you would benefit from education into how the virus spreads?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you think digital fitness is here to stay?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you think the 400% increase in home gym equipment sales could be detrimental to gyms?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you are good at embracing change?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you measure the health &amp; safety of your business?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has your insurance changed? Does it need to? How would you know?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you plan to add technology into your programming?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please do hit reply if you wish to share or discuss your fears, frustrations, ideas and thoughts - let\'s do this together!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References;</span></h3>\n<a href=\"https://www.platinumtraininginstitute.com/Personal-Trainer-Course/level-4-award-in-physical-activity-for-adults-with-mental-health-conditions/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.platinumtraininginstitute.com/Personal-Trainer-Course/level-4-award-in-physical-activity-for-adults-with-mental-health-conditions/</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.cimspa.co.uk/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.cimspa.co.uk/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.sportengland.org/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.sportengland.org/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.wellnessliving.com/blog/covid-19-changing-fitness-industry-forever/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.wellnessliving.com/blog/covid-19-changing-fitness-industry-forever/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.thetrainingroom.com/blog/fitness/may-2013/changes-in-the-fitness-industry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.thetrainingroom.com/blog/fitness/may-2013/changes-in-the-fitness-industry</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.adammendler.com/blog/gymguyz-ceo-josh-york\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.adammendler.com/blog/gymguyz-ceo-josh-york</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.glofox.com/blog/fitness-technology-is-transforming-the-industry/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.glofox.com/blog/fitness-technology-is-transforming-the-industry/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.welltodoglobal.com/how-the-fitness-industry-is-rising-to-the-covid-19-challenge/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.welltodoglobal.com/how-the-fitness-industry-is-rising-to-the-covid-19-challenge/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://frntofficesport.com/fitness-industry-digital-changes/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://frntofficesport.com/fitness-industry-digital-changes/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.precor.com/en-us/resources/how-clubs-can-survive-in-a-changing-industry\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.precor.com/en-us/resources/how-clubs-can-survive-in-a-changing-industry</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYour feedback is invaluable to our offering, why not share it with us by leaving comments and feed back about how covid has affected your business and what you feel we can do to help?\n\nor\n\nemail info@biomechanicseducation.com\n\n&nbsp;','How Does The Fitness Industry Need To Adapt…?','','inherit','closed','closed','','23077-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',23077,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38664',0,'revision','',0),(38665,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Right now we are all feeling challenged by the limitations we are faced with trying to help our clients in achieving their goals.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more clients are ‘virtually’ begging for help due to their achy back, sore shoulders, painful knees and weight gain!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet we have been stopped from using gyms, we are forced to work online (unless we can find an open space) wash equipment between every client and keep them a good distance apart….all very annoying, right?!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are there other ways to help them or at least to consider? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What more could we do or offer?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is going to happen in the future???</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Is The Personal Trainer’s Role Becoming More Complex?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately our role is to </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restore our clients movement quality to a more natural state thus enabling them to feel stronger, fitter, faster, lose excess body fat and gain confidence.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly lockdown has limited our options but not the ability to educate, demonstrate and offer solutions. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Exercise professional’s roles are becoming more and more demanding, seemingly more complex and yet more and more limited, which can feel very frustrating.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Biomechanical Causes Of Modern Ailments </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When everything seems to be getting out of hand I find that simplifying things helps calm the crazy going on around us. So when ‘exercise’ seems almost impossible without a gym or appropriate equipment, why not shift our thinking towards NOT ‘exercising’ instead?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I mean is when you think about it ‘exercise’ is actually often a replacement for lost movement capacity or a reduction in the required time spent being dynamic to remain physically healthy…...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Definition</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span></i><b><i>Exercise</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; activity requiring physical effort, carried out to sustain or improve health and fitness.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Exercise</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is </span></i><b><i>physical activity</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part of the body. </span></i><b><i>Exercise</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is used to improve health, maintain fitness and is important as a </span></i><b><i>means</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of physical rehabilitation.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet when we l</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ook at the <a href=\"https://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/factsheet_adults/en/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">guidelines for movement health from the W.H.O….</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adults aged 18–64 should do at least 150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or do at least 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aerobic activity should be performed in bouts of at least 10 minutes duration.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For additional health benefits, adults should increase their moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity to 300 minutes per week, or engage in 150 minutes of vigorous-intensity aerobic physical activity per week, or an equivalent combination of moderate- and vigorous-intensity activity.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….there is no mention of ‘exercise’ or reps or sets.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does this translate into options? Nothing stating weight lifting, lunges, bicep curls, 15 reps x 5 sets, 30 second recovery\'s etc etc</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when you think about the options for achieving “....</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">150 minutes of moderate-intensity aerobic physical activity throughout the week…” </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that leaves a huge amount of room for interpretation. As does “....</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle-strengthening activities should be done involving major muscle groups on 2 or more days a week</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cleaning and gardening can fit in here, painting &amp; decorating, moving furniture, playing with kids in the garden, litter picking, hiking, chopping wood, dog walking, activities that can improve the home or environment or even living conditions! Climbing trees, hanging from branches and carrying things up and down stairs. Rearranging things, digging holes, cleaning windows...some of this stuff could even save our client’s money!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>So What?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we focus on what we can achieve with our clients through whatever medium we have available, get creative with our programming and educate our clients on long term health models, are we not likely to have more success long term? Of course we all know this from lockdown.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By using their homes as their gym, creating easy to use household items as tools and bodyweight sessions will have replaced the use of gym equipment for many of you already I am quite sure.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But is it enough? Are our clients now at a higher risk since we are so limited? What more can we do?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement improvement techniques do not only improve movement, they reduce risk as well as low grade modern ailments caused by poor biomechanics. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While clients are unable to use the gym our job is to show them how to take advantage of every opportunity to avoid movement degradation while improving movement quality.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course the gym is a great place for sculpting and strengthening and having access to lots of equipment for variety with BUT surely we can take advantage of right now?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>BOTH Exercise &amp; Natural Movement Then?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes there is room for both!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And here we have a solution for those of you with tricky clients who are complaining of those modern ailments, back ache, sore shoulders and knee pain. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the words of Katy Bowman…”</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Natural movement solves a myriad of issues”</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely returns our intrinsic biomechanics to a more natural state, it has proven over and over for decades to restore natural movement thus reducing modern ailments caused by biomechanical issues. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement improvement programmes like iMoveFreely don\'t replace medical interventions and shouldnt be used as such. Yet they DO what they suggest if we consider the whole body.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely cardio</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely strength</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely pilates </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely yoga</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely at your desk</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make them your own style or blend them into circuits or design an iMoveFreely clinic where you educate clients on how to utilise the techniques during long periods of sitting working at home.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn online AND face to face how to instruct an iMoveFreely session.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/imovefreely-instructor-online-virtual-workshop/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>iMoveFreely Instructor Online CPD Training</b></a></h1>\n<h1><b>or </b></h1>\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Get the Lockdown CPD Bundle </b></a></h1>','Should We Encourage Clients To Exercise Less?','','inherit','closed','closed','','22901-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',22901,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38665',0,'revision','',0),(38666,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h1><b>PICK ME!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all seek approval and yet what does it matter what other people think?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some reason we have the desire to fit in and be accepted by those around us. If you watch programmes that involve singing or dancing competitions on TV it’s ALL about acceptance and being chosen.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does this differ when we are seeking approval of new clients?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are we not simply in competition with others to be picked?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pick me!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pick me!</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why pick me?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is like a continuous cycle of wanting to be chosen!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Does The Best Singer Always Get Picked? </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does the best PT get all the clients?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you demonstrate that you are ‘the one’?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you stand out from the crowd?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you become the chosen one?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY would they PICK YOU?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, you know as well as I do, that the best singer doesn\'t necessarily get picked, but the ones who do will most likely catch your heartstrings because they tell you their story. They are open and honest about who they are and what they want to achieve.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a trainer or coach you may notice we can become more ‘popular’ when we share our story. Clients feel that they know us, this enables them to connect with us which is vital if we want to attract new clients and gain trust.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask yourself what makes YOU pick someone when it comes to choosing your singing competition winner, or more to the point, how do you pick someone when you’re investing in services?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider that really hard for a moment…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you simply pick the cheapest? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you pick the easiest to access? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you pick the one with certain certificates? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you KNOW who is the ‘best’ if you have never experienced what they offer?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can we enable a client to experience us, our service or something that means they feel they trust us enough to invest in our time?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>How Do You Get Picked Amongst The Competition?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use Your Story &amp; Your Client\'s Story!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First share YOUR story about why you became a PT, what it means to you to help people and how you intend to do that. Hit an emotional spot, be true to yourself and they will see that and most importantly feel it. Speak from your heart and let them know you care. Speak to the camera like you are talking directly to the person you see as your perfect client. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk to an individual but know you are speaking to many. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second, invite your happy present clients to share with you what they enjoy most about your sessions and offer them a free session if they do it on camera!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its so simple and remember people buy on emotion far more than they buy for necessity.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about this next time you experience great service…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Click here and PICK ME!!</strong></a></h1>\n&nbsp;','PICK ME! - Seeking Approval','','inherit','closed','closed','','22758-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',22758,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38666',0,'revision','',0),(38667,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the question on everyone\'s lips, so let\'s explore it….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Has Changed?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One way of looking at this is that we have been shunted forwards 10-15 years when it comes to technology in our industry.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those (like me) who have always been adamant about the face to face aspect of our work have had to adapt very quickly to survive the effects of the virus and being forced into a lockdown. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have had to find ways to communicate online to stay in touch and offer our help while everyone has had both limited access to or no access to resources in gyms or facilities. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have had to get creative with bodyweight, household items, engagement tactics and communication skills. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have been encouraged to find lower cost solutions for those less financially able to afford our services either just now or always have.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this also under the cloud of fear about the risk of losing our vulnerable loved ones.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Has Happened As A Result?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have become more technically savvy maybe, I certainly have!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our confidence dropped and then rose again as we discovered solutions. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We realised (having underestimated) how much we COULD do online AND how much clients could enjoy it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We discovered new commercial pathways to reach even more people, maybe even your old school buddy who now lives 300 miles away…! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How cool is that!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also realised maybe how little we could spend by stripping back our costs out of necessity. I am sure many of us have noticed how much we might have been spending on things we probably didn\'t really need…!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Does This All Mean?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well if I am honest, we all feel a certain degree of anxiety simply due to these unprecedented circumstances and the unknown. Yet I also feel there are positive things we could take from this whole experience, long term. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having done a small poll on social media to ask what people did NOT miss during lockdown, I learned it has been a break for those who were stuck in that groundhog day, rushing around with no time to think, frustrated by not quite getting everything done, working long hours and feeling stuck in the slog. I also asked in my poll what people did miss and almost unanimously they stated physical contact, hugs and human contact.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Does The Future Look Like For The Fitness Industry?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online training is here to stay &amp; so the quality will improve dramatically</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Teaching PT’s how to deliver an online service will become apart of qualifications </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Online training will expose weak players</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group training will overtake 1:1 for the face to face aspect of exercise for cost effectiveness </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Training clients all over the world will be commonplace</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we have been discussing the effects of Covid-19 on our future, I also want to mention here my previous blogs about CIMSPA’s Chartered status and how they are both moulding the future of our industry. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So further predictions with this in mind…...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Displaying your insurance &amp; qualification certificates will become a requirement </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients will want to know you have Chartered Status</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Should We Do? Expect?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This really comes down to us, each of us individually and collectively.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we listen, learn and invest into a carefully thought out future business plan that has all of the old traits blended with our plethora of new traits - surely that can only mean one thing?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We will bounce back!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The UK (and everywhere) has been conditioned for the last 3 months to think about their physical health, to invest wisely into it, to take care of their mental health, to support each other….WE are the movement and exercise experts. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE are the ones who have sustained whatever we could offer and some are now able to offer more services than ever before, with lower costs, at lower prices!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is our voices that have been heard when we demanded more standards, better education, more skills, better recognition and look at us now!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone wants to access our services and there is plenty of room for everyone too.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together we have the skills, the ability and the resilience to provide what the government has encouraged the entire nation to stick to above anything else over the lockdown - movement and exercise.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the emergence of fabulous applications like <a href=\"https://herspirit.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERSPIRT</a>, the rapid growth of <a href=\"https://www.cimspa.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIMSPA</a> who have absorbed REPS membership and education companies doing all they can to offer you online education programmes in an endeavour to support you while you have the time to study during lockdown….we are still adapting and growing in a fluid economy that is unable to predict anything. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Can We Predict What The Future?</b></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sure why not?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can schedule time for positive action…... right now! Go on, do it! Find your diary….we will wait!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok now you\'re back, we can book CPD’s and courses to improve our knowledge and skills while we can and while its cheaper! Yes add this to your diary now….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can hone and practise our ability to deliver movement programmes online - with a view to this complimenting our face to face services. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we ALL do ALL of the above sure we can predict a bright future for our wonderful industry?!!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLEASE don\'t get left behind...reach out if you need some help!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>What Can WE Do To Help YOU?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would like to hear from you about your biggest struggles, your ideas and thoughts for the future and ways in which you feel Biomechanics Education might be able to help…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing you have been asking of us has been online education and so we have done this and created an entire portfolio including the amazingly popular LOCKDOWN BUNDLE </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You also asked for cheaper monthly payments for the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> payment plan so here it is:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have a brand new structure and payment plan for our <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> that should enable anyone who has been considering attending for some time to start immediately!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We DO NOT want to make anyone financially uncomfortable but we DO want to help!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our brand new £100pm plan gives you ALL you need to up skill, in your own time, with blended learning resources and both online and face to face workshops that are all CIMSPA &amp; STA accredited.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to help as so many of you are wanting to access this course so we have created a plan that we hope will help at this current time!</span>\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOOK &amp; BOOK HERE - Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching</span></a></h1>\n&nbsp;','What Does The Future Look Like For The Fitness Industry?','','inherit','closed','closed','','22617-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',22617,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38667',0,'revision','',0),(38668,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h1><b>A Look Into Sports Therapy Training &amp; What It Means For The Therapist!</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>SPORTS THERAPISTS</b>\n\n<b>MANUAL THERAPISTS</b>\n\n<b>We want to help….</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Doing Research &amp; Gathering Quality Information</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last week we covered personal trainers and exercise professionals remit, this week will endeavour to cover sports therapists and sports massage therapists, who are another demographic we serve with biomechanics education.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I have discovered is that even within the last 10 years, what sports therapists are taught on courses has changed so much that previously a level taught could “treat” injuries, but now they can’t! Let’s take a deeper look and see what\'s going on….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whenever doing research we should ALWAYS check we are gathering information from reliable resources. To gather the best information for you I have spoken to both a Sports Therapy (ST) degree level lecturer with an Osteopathy degree (along with PT &amp; S&amp;C), a Chartered physiotherapist AND the founder of Sports Therapy Association (STA) who is an ST and heavily involved in the education system with QTLS letters after his name, as I do. This extensive group of practitioners backgrounds of education, experience and expertise are collectively what I would class as a highly respectful amount of professional opinion, knowledge and expertise. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is what we discussed:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sports Therapy (ST) is NOT a regulated profession. While you can experience a good level of training on a degree, pretty much anyone with any amount of manual therapy training can call themselves a sports therapist - even after a one day course!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even at degree level a Sports Therapist (ST) won’t be able to officially ‘diagnose’ sports injuries. <a href=\"https://society-of-sports-therapists.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Standards-of-Proficiency.pdf#page7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Degree level ST will likely become a member of the Society of Sports Therapists or SST and these are the list of proficiencies for the remit of their members  CLICK HERE FOR LIST</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We MUST be very careful about the wording we use and understand for our remit and skills as they may be misinterpreted or misunderstood which could take you, the practitioner, outside of your remit. It is YOUR responsibility to research YOUR professional language, vocabulary and skills as covered by YOUR insurer. Also to then discuss with your insurer any detail you may wish to clarify ie can I offer my service online? Does anything change by doing this?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Diagnosis or Diagnosing; By Clinicians ONLY </b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SST describes a degree level ST learner as having the ability to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">clinically </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hypothesise but would still have to refer for a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">diagnosis</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Also, if the problem their client had was non-sports therapy related then the ST wouldn’t have had the necessary training to assess that and therefore wouldn’t know the things to look out for or the questions to ask.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When learning on any sports therapy degree programme it should be made very clear that this level of training </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cannot officially diagnose.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In Osteopathy standards of practise it is quite clear - <a href=\"https://www.osteopathy.org.uk/news-and-resources/document-library/osteopathic-practice-standards/updated-osteopathic-practice-standards/updated-ops-01092018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE A4 7; A6 2.3, C1 1.3,1.4</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also in physiotherapy practise - <a href=\"https://www.hcpc-uk.org/globalassets/resources/standards/standards-of-proficiency---physiotherapists.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERE 14.8</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are unsure we recommend you talk to a membership organisation to ask for clarification. Alternatively talk to Gary Benson via the STA, who is extremely proactive in communicating the remit of every level of ‘sports therapist’ from a short workshop right up to degree level. He is also the founder of the STA, which is a not for profit organisation that supports ALL sports therapists and bodyworkers in a huge variety of ways.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Who Are Classed as Clinicians or Allied Health Professionals?</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The </span><a href=\"http://www.hcpc-uk.org/\"><b>Health and Care Professions Council</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are an organisation which regulates health, psychological and care professionals in the United Kingdom. They set standards, hold a register, quality assure education and investigate complaints. They regulate:</span>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Arts therapists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomedical scientists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chiropodists/Podiatrists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical scientists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dieticians</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hearing aid dispensers</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occupational therapists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Operating department practitioners</span></li>\n</ul>\n</td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Orthoptists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paramedics</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Physiotherapists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Practitioner psychologists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prosthetists/Orthotists</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Radiographers</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speech and language therapists.</span></li>\n</ul>\n</td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>How Level 3 Sports Massage Has Changed From Pre 2009-Now</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gary explains here to try and offer some level of clarity in terms of the evolution of the education of ‘sports therapists’ at each level…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 3 Sports Massage qualification issued before 2009, included remedial techniques and insurable for “treating” injuries</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 3 Sports Massage qualification issued between 2009 and 2014 MAY have included remedial techniques and MAY be insurable for “treating” injuries</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 3 Sports Massage qualification issued 2015 - present does not include remedial techniques and is not insurable to “treat” injuries and does not contain prerequisite criteria to access Dry Needling or other invasive treatment courses.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 3 Sports Massage is aligned to 1 or 2 National Occupational competencies </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 4 Sports Massage qualifications, since launched are insurable to ‘treat” injuries</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 4 Sports Massage is aligned to 2 or 3 National Occupational competencies </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 5 Sports Massage as Level 4 above</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level 5 Sports Massage is aligned to 3 or 4 National Occupational competencies </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Research Education Providers With Integrity</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Private training providers use numerical descriptors for courses that MAY not align with  QCF/RQF qualification levels and are for marketing purposes only.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sports Therapy is aligned to 14 National Occupational competencies but still not able to diagnose as this is the preserve of Allied Health Professionals or Regulated Professions as mentioned above (Osteopathy, Physiotherapy etc)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are variations in Sports Therapy qualifications across FdSc, BSc and Diploma courses, the latter do not appear on any qualification framework.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>It’s Your Responsibility...</b></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to keep up with the direction these industries are going in (even more so since lockdown) then check your education provider for their evidence of quality, speak to different insurance brokers about your training and the relevant cover (it\'s your responsibility to make sure you\'re covered) and stay on top of the very latest information through your accrediting bodies like CIMSPA.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Things change, as you can see from what Gary shared above, and sometimes without warning as lockdown has proven, so committing to good quality education, regular CPD’s, appropriate insurance cover and then </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PRACTICING WITHIN YOUR REMIT</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protects everyone while </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INCREASING CONFIDENCE </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">both in ourselves AND in how we are perceived as an industry. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We give all of this support and guidance to our Biomechanics Coaches via the Intrinsic Biomechanics Association &amp; with the support of the Sports Therapy Association.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge the system!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Building Your Referral Network</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are in the process of trialling a brand new online </span><b><i>Clinical Clearance Consultation System</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can speed up the process for PT’s &amp; ST’s in gaining clinical input, with meaningful transfer of information as guided by the government for consistent duty of care throughout the entire process.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More information coming soon!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During lockdown, here at Biomechanics Education, we have been working hard to support as many professionals as possible to help the nation keep moving well and more freely. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We view our role as vital in contributing to the health and wellness of everyone as much as possible. We can help more people through joining forces and sharing information we have with you about movement improvement techniques that can be taught, learned, delivered and received both online and in person.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So to enable you to sustain your ongoing professional development and service delivery while finances are tight we have come up with what we think is an unbelievable investment.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We know the current situation sucks but there is light at the end of the tunnel now. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And if you would like to add new skill’s to your locker then this is for you….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Would YOU Like To Access Our Lockdown Bundle?</b></a></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are doing all we can to support and help YOU all during the period of lockdown. So not only did we create a </span><b>Lockdown Bundle</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we have also created a plan that means you pay </span><b>ONLY £397</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to access:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lockdown Bundle;</span></a></h1>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online Assessment &amp; Exercise Skills</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely Instructor Online Training</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Running Biomechanics</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundamental principles of movement analysis online course</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 Steps to a successful online presence webinar </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:1 phone consultation with Rachel France </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedback and support during lockdown</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CIMSPA Membership for 1 year</span></li>\n</ul>\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">VIEW THE LOCKDOWN BUNDLE BY CLICKING HERE </a></h1>','Sports Therapists… Are You Actually Qualified To “Treat” Injuries?','','inherit','closed','closed','','22301-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',22301,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38668',0,'revision','',0),(38669,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2>Do You, As A Personal Trainer, Know Your Remit &amp; Do You Practice It?</h2>\nI am excited about how the industry is going to be raising standards and we need to know what it means for each of us and what we need to do!\n<h3><b>What If Your Potential Clients Actually Asked This…</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me ask you a question….imagine a brand new client of yours and they said to you </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“please can I see all of your certificates, accreditation and insurance papers…?” </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go on be honest, take a moment and then tell me, how would that make you feel?</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relieved you got what you needed in place?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Annoyed that they don’t trust you?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Confident they wouldn’t understand it or challenge it?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shocked because you have never been asked before!?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Super happy that finally you get to show someone all of those certificates you have been collecting over the years?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok let me now ask you another question….why do you do it? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why get insured? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why gain CPD? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why take more qualifications? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why gain accreditations?? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why…...if no client checks them?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another question to consider, as you gain new skills is…..Is Your insurance policy still valid?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How Would You Know?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you are of the mind that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“a claim?......it will never happen to me” or “...I am sure it will be fine…”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Physical Activity (Health &amp; Fitness) Industry Standards </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well you may be in for a surprise if you haven\'t heard yet, since the industry is moving towards CIMSPA chartered status </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you haven\'t yet heard about CIMSPA - Chartered Institute for the Management of Sport &amp; Physical Activity here they are:  <a href=\"https://www.cimspa.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https://www.cimspa.co.uk/</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally!!!.....Our industry is being moved confidently, transparently and positively towards a safer, improved set of standards and overall better quality of practice in the fields of movement, sports, participation and exercise. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Led superbly by the CEO, Tara Dillon, her team are tirelessly working to drive the standards up towards a recognition that somewhat equals (in recognition) that of ‘Allied Professionals’ like Osteopaths, physiotherapists etc as a registered body of practitioners through a brand new status;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Chartered status</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is awarded to those who have shown real excellence, innovation and quality within their field. </span></i><b><i>CIMSPA chartered status</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> acts as a hallmark of an experienced and qualified professional, allowing everybody within your professional sphere to see and acknowledge your achievements. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Does This Mean For The Future?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is my prediction (and hope) that there will come a time when those movement practitioners that DO NOT have a chartered status will just not be seen in the same light or respected as much as those with chartered status. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more the UK is being told by the government to move well, move more, exercise regularly and consider the health of our bodies and minds. Even through this lockdown there is a constant reminder to go for a walk. Many are not ‘prepared’ for movement, some are scared of movement and so many are uncomfortable during movement to the point where they need help.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Help With Exercise Is Our Job!!</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet WE, the movement/exercise professional, are (seemingly and up to now) the least recognised, least ‘qualified’, least regulated and we have a stigma attached to our level of knowledge that I believe stunts both our self belief in what we are capable of but also elevates and inflates our expectation of what a clinician knows about exercise. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CIMSPA chartered status is only for those who go the extra mile and want to gain recognition of that, in terms of being seen as delivering expertise, quality and of course, a high level of duty of care. It is for those who take pride in their role and want to make the effort it will take to gain that status.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the current online boom in offering movement advice and services we are all being forced (I HOPE!) towards checking and amending our insurances. Those who were not up to date are now being exposed to maybe a demand to advertise their qualifications and insurance cover moving forwards, since the whole world can pretty much see what we are all doing, right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GOOD! This is a great thing!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want a reason to pay for all those CPD’s, insurances and memberships surely!? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to proudly display our practitioner status to all and sundry without concern of being outside of our remit - don’t we!? We want to understand exactly our remit and remain with our boundaries to have confidence in who and what we are covered to deal with. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is my belief many do NOT feel this way right now, many come to me unsure or actually misunderstanding the types of clients ‘issues’ they are qualified and insured to deal with.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>We Want To Help! So We Will Pay For Your CIMPSA Membership For A Year When...</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We feel SOOOOOOO strongly about the work CIMSPA is doing that we want to offer you a gift of 1yr FREE CIMSPA membership to everyone who purchases </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Lockdown Mega Bundle</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that we have created specifically to support you through this period of change.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>What Is The Lockdown Mega Bundle? </b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This HUGE bundle of 8 educational resources, membership and content has been put together and designed specifically to assist any trainer or coach who is looking to put their service online OR improve the scope of their already online service. If YOU are looking for solutions THIS IS IT!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, this is literally a gift...especially if you have been thinking about doing our Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching as a step forward with ⅖ of the credit you need to gain towards your Diploma…..and ultimately CIMSPA Chartered status!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check this out….</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online Assessment &amp; Exercise Skills £357 (⅖ credit towards Diploma)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely Instructor Online Training £94 (online service no brainer!)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Running Biomechanics £87 (perfect during lockdown)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundamental principles of movement analysis online course £27 (theory of intrinsic &amp; extrinsic biomechanics)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 Steps to a successful online presence webinar (from a tonne of research about what to do in your business during lockdown)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:1 phone consultation with Rachel France to get started and put this into action £120 (allow Rachel to support your journey personally)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedback and support during lockdown £100 (As always!)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">12 months CIMSPA membership £30 (WOW! This really is a special gift)</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Value £815)</span>\n\n<strong>Your investment ONLY £397</strong>\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/\">Click here to grab your bundle now!</a></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ONLY AVAILABLE DURING LOCKDOWN</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are also offering the full Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching (which includes all of the above plus the final 3 credits/modules) for just £100 per month to those who sign up during lockdown.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://calendly.com/biomechanicsrach/introcall\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have more questions, just book a call with me, just click here!</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next week we will talk about sports therapists and manual therapists and how this affects them too.</span>','How The Personal Training Industry Is (Finally) Raising Standards','','inherit','closed','closed','','22127-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',22127,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38669',0,'revision','',0),(38670,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','If you have never heard of a MET or have always wondered what they are and why or when you might use them, then this is for you!\n<h2>What Does MET Stand For?</h2>\nChances are you have heard this code name or acronym for a technique known as a ‘Muscle Energy Technique’, however would you know when to use them or how to apply them? Maybe you thought there was only one method? Or maybe you aren\'t sure when to use them?\nThis Juicemail has been written to explain the benefits, the safest &amp; simplest MET method and when and how to programme it into a clients programme.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>What Is A MET?</h2>\nAn MET is a contraction of the muscle with origin &amp; insertion getting closer together statically or isometrically thus creating energy within the muscle. So opposite to stretching BUT often a ‘kinder’ way to improve muscle function AND far more effective at this shown by some research.\n\nStretching is most commonly taught during our basic training and therefore can often be interpreted as range of motion being the most important thing we should aim for with a client. However, that may not be technically quite accurate for many of our clients.\n\nRange of motion isn’t necessarily the most important goal for good quality movement, particularly for those super mobile body types. Yet optimising muscle function is a priority for everyone in terms of risk reduction &amp; improving performance.\n\nThis is where a MET trumps methods like stretching, which by comparison could be deemed relatively aggressive, in some cases uncomfortable and often ineffective long term.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Methods For Applying MET’s</h2>\nThere are various methods to applying an MET &amp; one of the most commonly taught is PNF or Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation. While this model of ‘contract then stretch’ can be helpful it is also harder to perform on oneself &amp; requires the stretch component which again maybe a little too much for some. Also known as Autogenic Inhibition and Reciprocal Inhibition within the therapy world we could define and differentiate these further …..\n\nIf a sub-maximal contraction of the muscle is followed by stretching of the same muscle it is known as Autogenic Inhibition MET, and if a submaximal contraction of a muscle is followed by stretching of the opposite muscle than this is known as Reciprocal Inhibition MET (Physiopedia)\n\nRibot-Ciscar et al (&amp; subsequently Jiri Dvorak) did some work on what is also known as Post Contraction Sensory Discharge.\n\nBoth found that a sub maximal endurance isometric muscle contraction proved to be a superb method to improve the function of a muscle that, in our words….“..forgot how to relax..”\n\nSub maximal - means less than the maximum &amp; we found that cueing around 20% effort was most effective.\n\nEndurance hold - is to sustain the isometric contraction for a period of time &amp; we found around 20 seconds was most effective\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>So As A Personal Trainer When Do I Use It?</h2>\nPossibly prior to anything else since it’s easy, anyone can do it, it is an empowering technique as they can perform it on themselves, it holds the least risk of most other techniques AND for almost 2 decades Biomechanics Coaches &amp; iMoveFreely Instructors everywhere have consistently had phenomenal results with clients &amp; participants who have often also reported being suddenly pain-free for the first time in years where the clinical world had failed them.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>How Do I Teach It To My Clients?</h2>\nWell if you follow us on Instagram, Facebook etc you would already know many of the ways to apply them to your client’s programme. If not you could attend one of our online or face to face classes.\n\nOtherwise here are some extra links to research them further so you can create your own. Then teaching a client is all about education as they often don\'t understand this new weird and wonderful technique BUT if you can do that they will LOVE you for it and come back for more!\n\n...Love Movement &#x2764;&#xfe0f;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Here are some more links and information on the topic of Muscle Energy Techniques...</h3>\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/1333-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Post Contraction Sensory Discharge</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://leggehealth.ca/portfolio-item/muscle-energy-technique-met/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Legge Health Clinic - MET </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.physio-pedia.com/Muscle_Energy_Technique\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Physio-Pedia </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.acefitness.org/fitness-certifications/ace-answers/exam-preparation-blog/5336/golgi-tendon-organs-and-muscle-spindles-explained/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ACE Fitness - Golgi Tendon Organs and Muscle Spindles Explained</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely - ONLINE?</h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle\">Why not get started with our BRAND NEW ONLINE CPD\'s, giving you the flexibility to learn from home... Find out more, just CLICK HERE TO SEE THE MEGA BUNDLE!</a></h3>\n&nbsp;','What Is A MET, Why Would I Need To Know & How Do We Do Them?','','inherit','closed','closed','','21948-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',21948,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38670',0,'revision','',0),(38671,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why would I tell you to try and get rid of all your clients? And how am I suggesting you do this? This might sound like a weird way of thinking but it might be a way to appeal to more clients in the long run. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Problem </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this cutthroat period of lockdown, competing in online exercise and fitness marketing it is likely to feel intimidating for many of you. Competitors may seem to be more knowledgeable and you are worried you are being left behind. They may appear to be able to better serve people and you just can\'t imagine how to get your practical skills online, and safely.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add into that the fact you don\'t want to be insensitive about ‘selling’ your services during this financially challenging time (for everyone) and it can literally stop you in your tracks, from even getting started, right?!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you are online but still feel reticent about ‘promoting and selling’ in these cash poor times even though you KNOW you can, and WANT, to help.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Solution</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The solution could be really simple = advertise that your aim is to get rid of your clients as quickly as possible!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, you heard me….THIS kind of advertising a). STANDS OUT b). Comes from a place of integrity.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, you may choose not to literally use those words BUT when written, promoted and explained from that perspective it feels different on both sides of the fence.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my opinion it is our job, as exercise professionals &amp; trainers, to predominantly....EMPOWER clients to take ownership of their own bodies!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE cannot ‘fix’ them </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE cannot ‘make’ them lose weight</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE cannot ‘give’ them strength </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we can ‘empower’ them</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we can ‘teach’ them </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we can ‘equip’ them</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we can ‘coach’ their technique</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we can ‘advise’ what to do &amp; when to do it</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So maybe by amending and tweaking our marketing copy/language to promote that our aim is to work with a client temporarily, with the purpose of educating and empowering them with the skills to look after their own bodies, it could feel easier to both the seller and the buyer. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the client really gets it, they start to do it alone, they begin to tell you about the things THEY achieved…..well then you really have succeeded. Because the better our clients understand how, why and what...the better our results, the more they refer and then we can work on helping more people.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean you could literally tell them “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you really take on board everything I give you, it will cost you far less. My aim is to be able to get rid of you as quickly as possible by educating and equipping you with all you need to feel great and move well….for life!”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is how I have always tried to work and explain my methods. They are intended as a temporary phase of assessment and education in understanding one\'s own body, lifestyles, environment and how to identify their key biomechanical pillars. We then work together to design their maintenance programme which they can then go back to at any time, with or without, my help. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NOTE: This comes with the caveat that ok maybe 90% of your clients will fall into this category of people who simply need educating and access to the right tools and information. This is as opposed to an elite athlete who requires a longer term periodised plan. I am fully aware that some clients hang around and the relationship works for both parties since their goals change, they will inevitably return. Yet by equipping them to be autonomous they are more likely to refer friends our way too. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also coaching can get harder if we become more friendly with long term clients and holding them accountable, so while long term may seem a nice idea, this \'get rid\' concept I believe is good for most.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>How We Can Help You</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With us all being forced online it may give you more confidence having a deeper level of understanding your client\'s body.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being able to use bench-markers and physical tests that allow you to identify where issues may well be coming from and...</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How to then prescribe exercises to improve their movement before your very eyes….and theirs!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All via an online platform that PROVES they are looking after themselves!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have created a super low investment bundle for you to get started. It includes:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online Assessment Skills - £357</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fundamental principles of movement analysis online course - £27</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely Instructor Online Training - £94</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduction to Running Biomechanics - £87</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5 Steps to a successful online presence webinar </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1:1 phone consultation with me (Rach) to get started and put this into action - £120</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feedback and support during lockdown - £100</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOTAL VALUE: £785</span>\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>To get all of this you only pay £357</strong></span></a></h3>\n<strong>AND if you decide to do our diploma in the next year after purchasing this bundle, I will take £357 off the investment of the diploma!</strong>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-online-cpd-mega-bundle/\">--&gt; Click here to purchase the bundle now! &lt;--</a></span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','You Should Be Trying Get Rid Of All Of Your Clients As Quickly As You Can!','','inherit','closed','closed','','21788-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',21788,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38671',0,'revision','',0),(38672,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok so you have now survived 3 weeks on lockdown, you realised everyone feels the same as you do and the initial panic, shock &amp; horror have started to dissipate. Now you are starting to get comfy in an environment where no one expects anything of you, all finance services have been asked to give you a bit of breathing space and life is starting to feel a new kinda normal where walking in the sun is the highlight of the day.….right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how far have you come in 3 weeks of lockdown?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you go down the procrastination route or did you get proactive on your business? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have done the maths, realised what you can really survive on and now need to make a plan for the future. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what more could you do, if anything?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well in the world of Biomechanics Education we have recognised we are well into stage 3 of the Kubler Ross Curve!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-21236\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Screenshot-2020-04-13-at-15.45.37.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1142\" height=\"784\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are as always 2 directions you can go in….and both are an option….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option 1 - Continue to panic, continue the give up and continue to feel useless because technology is moving far too fast for you, thinking you might as well put your head in the sand until its all over - eh!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Option 2 - Panic, feel useless but start by cracking on and having a go, make mistakes and realise no one is expecting anything from you so literally anything you do is a bonus!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriously the entire nation were in Kubler Ross stages 1 &amp; 2 for a while too but I then remembered my Circle of Control and chucked away my Circle of Care. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So after you have read that blog this is geared to support you and offer our assistance in moving forwards...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>6 Tips To Saving Your Business AND Improving It During Lockdown!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/6-positive-actions-to-take-right-now/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Circle of Control - CLICK HERE Literally do this, grab paper and a pen and write as many things as you can think of in each circle. Then actually physically tear up that circle of care and throw it in the bin or burn it. There is something very powerful in that physical act. </span></a></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a Schedule - Just like you did when we weren’t locked down. Having a clear schedule gives you a sense of purpose and proactivity each day. Getting up each morning with a plan means you are far more likely to achieve the goals you set out than if you simply rely on memory or ‘working’ ad hoc when you feel like it. We humans like order, discipline &amp; routine as it helps offer a feeling of control during uncertain times.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spend Time Learning - Face your fears and study the areas you are weakest.Technology, anatomy or creating content, videos, blogging or website designing. Time did stand still for a while but will soon start to pick up pace again and you might wish you had made the most of having more time. Everyone has worked out Zoom, Webinarjam, facebook live or even Facetime or Whatsapp video calls - it doesn\'t matter so long as you stay connected!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have A Weekly Goal - Having a goal is so important and generating one bigger goal each week gives each week a primary focus, that can then be divided into smaller goals to help support you to achieve the bigger one. There is something about writing things down and then crossing them off a list as you get each task done towards that big weekly goal!  A great idea might be to set up a private Facebook group, which is free, then offer your financially stretched clients the option to subscribe for £5/£10/£20 per week/month to your group where you will be offering daily insights, videos, education. </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think Long Term - Try to keep in mind the struggle everyone has had to adapt to this ‘new normal’ BUT also remember there will also be a time of adaption back again - our businesses may well survive but how will the industry have changed long term for you, your clients, the market in general, what will be the new trends? How could what you do right now give you an advantage in the future? In business we should ALWAYS think long term and even more so now - plan B / C / D can be helpful but also be sure your present \'system\' doesn\'t shoot you in the foot when \'back to normal\' price and service wise. Create and offer alternatives for all.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Looking Forward - Get excited about this as a time of growth as all painful times can be. We are forced to reflect and ponder our purpose, drivers, goals and dreams. This is a great OPPORTUNITY to change what you are doing, re-focus and maybe make your future even better! </span></li>\n</ul>\n<strong>BONUS Tips....</strong>\n\n<b>4 Tips For Supporting Your Clients Health At Home!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get Creative With Household Items For Equipment - This is an important part of how we can maintain our support for clients\' health at home. It is our job to teach them how to use body weight, stairs or steps, chairs, bottles etc as a strength tool during home exercise.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage Them To Do Some Of Your Exercise Programmes Outside - The outside fresh air &amp; vit D from the glorious spring sunshine we are getting are also vital aspects of teaching our clients how to stay healthy. So if they can show you what kind of space they have access to then you can potentially offer them a mini 20-30 minute outdoor interval bodyweight circuit like this for example:</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">JUMP JACKS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INCHWORM 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SKATERS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">V SITS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PLYO LUNGES 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">INVERTED PRESS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TUCK JUMPS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SIDE STARS 20 seconds with 10 seconds recovery</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 rounds with 60 seconds recovery between each round</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Play Music, Sing &amp; Dance - Advise &amp; recommend them to stay focused on what they CAN do &amp; celebrating things that make them feel good like music, singing &amp; dancing. It can be infectious in a good way!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ladies You Can Get FREE ACCESS until June 30th To <a href=\"https://herspirit.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@herspirit App</a> - This fantastic online support platform has gained funding from Sport England to provide all women with 3 months completely free. There you &amp; your clients can gain access to qualified coaches delivering live sessions for the mind, body and about fuelling well. Yo can even experience on of my iMoveFreely sessions!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep watching for ideas or ping me a message if you have any specific questions.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEvery Wednesday 4 weeks 12pm LIVE Biomechanics Q&amp;A FREE for all fitness professionals April 8th/15th/22nd/29th via ZOOM - Link available upon request - rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=454A3764A11A12279\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\"><b>Intro to Intrinsic Biomechanics Online Training</b> £87  available anytime</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/introduction-to-running-biomechanics-online-cpd-training/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 14th 10-2pm - <b>Running Biomechanics Online Training </b>£87</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=454A3764A11A12280\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">April 17th/18th 10-3:30pm - <b>Pelvic &amp; Spine Biomechanics Online Training </b>£357 </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=454A3764A11A12281\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">April 23rd/24th 10-3:30pm - <b>Shoulder, Knee, Foot Biomechanics Online Training </b>£357 </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=454A3764A11A12282\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\">April 28th 10-2pm - <b>iMoveFreely instructor Online Training </b>£94 </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.acemlnb.com/lt.php?notrack=1&amp;notrack=1&amp;s=bad97c655476f96a390a72c05a742011&amp;i=454A3764A11A12283\" data-ac-default-color=\"1\"><b>Fundamental Principles of Movement Analysis Online</b> pdf £27 available anytime.</a>\n\nNOTE: There will be an opportunity to \'upgrade\' and attend the face to face education experiences at a later date to gain certificates and qualifications.\n\n&nbsp;','6 Tips To Saving Your Business AND Improving It During Lockdown!','','inherit','closed','closed','','21235-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',21235,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38672',0,'revision','',0),(38673,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone gets it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its impossible to get away from it and its driving so many people insane!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The stress and fear of not knowing what\'s to come creates a sense of panic even in the most calm and relaxed characters. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are messages coming through asking \'</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Can I Do?</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My response?..... there is both good and bad news.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bad news is that we cannot change the fact the Coronavirus is rife in every corner of the world that can be deadly for our vulnerable loved ones.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is ALWAYS a but because there is ALWAYS 2 ways to view any situation.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is good news.....this situation brings OPPORTUNITIES!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The great things about this opportunity is the one thing we have all been so desperate for, for so long……..TIME!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">​</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes we are uncomfortable with change &amp; loss of control</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We could spend time in panic, stressing, fretting &amp; worrying about what might happen, could happen &amp; may happen. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can be PRO-ACTIVE about the situation by taking advantage of time by TAKING MASSIVE POSITIVE ACTION and do all things things we never had time for!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>6 Positive Actions To Take - RIGHT NOW!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). Draw 2 large circles on a piece of paper. Write Circle of Care over one then write Circle of Control over the second. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now take some time to list in the Circle of Care all of the things that you care about right now that you CANNOT change. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then list in the Circle of Control all of the things you can change.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next rip the page in two and take the  Circle of Care and tear it up into pieces and place it in the bin. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read the list in your Circle of Control - FOCUS ON THIS!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). Look at this list of things you can control. Add to it all of the things you previously have never had time for but now do.</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phone your friend</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a lie in</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design some training programmes </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create some meal plans </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write some content copy</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create some videos </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analyse your business</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educate yourself</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). Next write a number beside to each item in order of importance. No.1. being the most important item to do on your list.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4). Beside each item write out what it will take to achieve that task, step by step. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">5). Add each item and the steps to your schedule with consideration to the time each step might take.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">6). Dont Delay <strong>Take Action</strong> Now! - it could all change before you know it, don\'t get left behind!</span></h4>\nWhy Not Start With This Awesomely Popular Online Course, CLICK LINK:\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/fundamental-principles-of-movement-analysis/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><em>FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF MOVEMENT ANALYSIS</em></strong></a></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nNOTE: If you are feeling overwhelmed please get in touch info@biomechanicseducation.com so we can offer you support, guidance or information about where to get the best advice for your circumstances.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSTAY POSITIVE ;)','6 Positive Actions To Take - RIGHT NOW!','','inherit','closed','closed','','20624-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',20624,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38673',0,'revision','',0),(38674,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h3><b>By Master Trainer, Dean Connolly </b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the coming months I will be proudly introducing you to an amazing team of people who both inspire and stimulate me in my own business. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are our Master Trainer Team and have been handpicked from the best we have seen in the industry and on our workshops. So much so they have been through around 2 years of training to up skill, gain experience and now begin to deliver the precious revolutionary intrinsic biomechanics programmes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I literally cannot tell you how excited I am by this team of professionals who are already making a huge difference to, not only their own clients but also the Biomechanics Education learners.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So with 9 of these wonderful people to introduce I had better crack on and hand you over to get to know…..Dean Connolly to offer some of his insights into this Juicemail since I fear creating and sending you content solely from my own crazy brain!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dean began his career in health and fitness as a youth football coach, working with local junior premier league side and eventually Chelsea FC outreach academies.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He then turned more attention to the physical side of training as he developed his career as a personal trainer. Now developing his own PT business that has been running for the last 4 years.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His own passion is a love for obstacle racing and all things muddy!!</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Happens When Motivation Dies?</b></h2>\n<h3><b>How Can Our Clients Continue To Get Results Once Motivation Goes?</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fitness industry is filled with some of the most poetic quotes, with a lovely background image of a sunrise over at a tropical beach far away.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s enough to get the average person pumped and say, “today is my day”. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone that has worked with clients knows that this doesn’t last too long.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, it takes motivation and a lot of the time incredible courage to ask for help from a professional, especially when dealing with fat loss or injured clients.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, motivation is a powerful tool that can kick start someone’s decision process.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what happens when the motivation dies away, what happens when their results plateau. What do you do as a coach to keep them motivated?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest thing we work on with our clients is habits. Forming positive habits and disrupting negative habits.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Habits are something we all have good or bad they help us short cut or go on autopilot for a desired outcome. They essentially become our “go too” when we desire a specific result or reward.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are part of who we are and how we work day in, day out </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“They (habits) are not about having something. they are about becoming something” – James Clear</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest challenge for any coach is to identify what these habits are and are they helping or hindering their clients progress.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Essentially as a coach we are looking to change part of their identity, who the client is in order to get them closer to who they want to be.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It all starts with clarity.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You’ve probably come across the S.M.A.R.T. goals before</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Specific – exactly what do they want to achieve</b>\n\n<b>Measurable – how will we measure success</b>\n\n<b>Achievable – Is it possible to do</b>\n\n<b>Realistic – It may be possible, but is it really going to reachable with the client’s lifestyle</b>\n\n<b>Time – When? A target date.</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on your clients, you may work with people from a fat loss goal to injury rehab to a running PB goal, either way most people will come to you wanting a specific solution to a specific problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, our job as coaches is to find out which habits, they make day in ands day out will either</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help them achieve their goal</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop them achieving their goal</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once we see what habits are working for and against their goals we can then start to focus on changing habits, that all starts with awareness.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the first 5 things someone does every morning, what are the first 5 things you do, write it down.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they work towards or against your goals?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I.e. If my goal was to be more productive and my morning routine was</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- wake up</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- press snooze</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- check social media</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- get changed</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- go for breakfast</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not all bad there, but maybe if I’m learning to be more productive, snoozing and social media may not be helping me get to that goal.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe in the gym you’ll see similar conflicting habits</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do a set</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Drink some water</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check phone/ social media</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talk to friend</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do set 2</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Depending on what type of training, rest period, etc or how long you have to train you may be wasting time. But to another person if it’s just a case of getting them to the gym more distractions may help make the habit of going to the gym stick.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as always it will depend on the context of the client you’re working with.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, find out what they want and ask if they are helping themselves work towards that goal.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 2 things to then do to either:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Help get rid of a bad habit or Help create a positive habit</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Make it obvious or make it hard</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s start with the tougher challenge of the 2, making a bad habit harder to do.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, this is quite literally the out of sight out of mind idea. How obvious are your bad habits to do? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Client spending too much time on your phone at the gym. Maybe not take their phone into the gym or at least put in airplane mode, so they can’t be distracted by messages.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eating too much junk food or drinking too much alcohol? Is chocolate and wine the first thing they see when they open their fridge? Less tempting.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again, this will be dependent on your client’s journey, but will ultimately make that bad habit harder to do as the option may not be available at the time. No motivation or willpower is required if it’s not even an option in the first place.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>To build a good habit, is the exact opposite, make it obvious and easy.</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is just a case of putting a cue or item right under their nose to make it easier to follow through with.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients can take their gym kit to work so they can go on the way home, take away the temptation of sitting down and relaxing or at least kit already out by the door so they don’t need to go hunting to find trainers and kit before a run or gym session.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Replace the beer and sweets in the middle shelf for fruit maybe, so when the fridge is opened you see a pot of strawberries or apples.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are 100 different ways to do this, but it all comes down to as always what actually works for your clients, their goals and their lifestyle. Does the habit change fall into their goals and is it S.M.A.R.T.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So before we set them the best training programme, recovery plan or diet to follow check first if the small things they do day in and day out are going to help them achieve their results and more importantly empower them to sustain them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Oh and by the way, Dean has gone through all the programmes, he invested in them himself, to apply to his own coaching programmes. Hear what he had to say about his journey…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nhttps://youtu.be/aHsrJipzsTA\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>','Building New Healthy Habits & Disrupting Old Unhealthy Habits','','inherit','closed','closed','','20459-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',20459,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38674',0,'revision','',0),(38675,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We tested the quad strength output on a pro rugby player before and after mobilising his sciatic nerve. After 2 x 15 reps his quad strength output increased by 14%. After 10 days of nerve mobilisations it increased by 50%!!</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It Has Been Demonstrated That Reduced Nerve Mobility Inhibits Muscle Performance (Greening J, Smart S, Leary R, Hall-Craggs M, </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">O\'Higgins P, Lynn B , Butler, DS. Lancet. 1999.)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you consider a hamstring stretch for example, we are not trying to stretch the hamstrings when we extend the leg out in front of us, we are trying to improve the range of hip flexion and knee extension by stretching the structures on the back of the leg and back. This brings in more than just the hamstrings, it can also be limited by a tight sciatic nerve, a rotated sacroiliac joint in the lower back, tight gastrocnemius, tight spinal cord and indeed almost any nerve in the chain given the continuum concept of the nervous system being one structure. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many times have you stretched your hamstrings using the generally accepted methods only to find that their flexibility continues to be stubborn and often returns to their standard length very soon? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people experience this phenomenon. The reason is often due to them stretching only one of the structures that limit the movement, i.e. the hamstrings. If they do not stretch the other structures as well, of course, they will not be affected and so the limited range will usually return. So we are trying to acquire a pattern of movement, not just stretching the hamstrings. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Other Examples of The Effect/s of Nerve Tension </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tight calves can cause overpronation. What happens is the dorsi-flexion (moving the ankle upwards) is not available from the ankle joint due to the tightness in the calves, so it has to come from the subtalar joint.  It comes as part of the pronation mechanism though and so increases the amount of pronation as well. This causes shin related injuries as well as knee &amp; Achilles problems. More often than not that tight calves are caused by a tight sciatic nerve, so by mobilising the nerve, we can help with all these injuries as well.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rotated pelvis can also go unnoticed for many years until the compensations start to cause problems.  Typically a leg length discrepancy (LLD) can result from a rotated pelvis and the leg must compensate for this.  It\'ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop the hip more. Pronation will increase the load on the leg, bending the knee will increase pronation, &amp; dropping the hip will increase the spasm in the glutes/piriformis.  A vicious circle if ever there was one! So by reducing the spasm in the piriformis, in other words preventatively, (&amp; also if necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.</span>\n\n<b>Just Imagine!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember in most cases we are not even aware we have a problem, but even so, you can still achieve these remarkable results. Just imagine what these figures could do for your performance in your sport or indeed, on a sedentary level, how the fatigue relief can help after a hard day at the office. </span>\n\nhttps://youtu.be/xMDNnhoXWRs\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider positions that may cause the nerves to become tensioned in your clients sport or activity, then plan how to mobilise the nerves in preparation for their sport similar to the ‘slump’ technique in the video above.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a></p>','Reduced Nerve Mobility Inhibits Muscle Performance - And What Can Personal Trainers Do About It?','','inherit','closed','closed','','20290-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',20290,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38675',0,'revision','',0),(38676,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I often speak to coaches who worry that they don’t know enough. That they feel there is a missing link. A gap perhaps in their anatomy knowledge. So much so that they are worried they can’t help their clients as much as they would like to and even worried they may lose clients as a result. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wish you had a magic exercise you could give them to help?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you getting disheartened by the numbers of clients you have with ‘issues’?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly let me reassure you that there are many things we can do for clients with ‘issues’, even within our remit. With the understanding that your consultation was thorough and there were no red flags.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s take a look at elbow pain, or tingly fingers as an example…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have any clients that get tingly fingers or pain in their elbow when pulling, gripping or pressing then read on...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They could have the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">beginnings</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of an RSI for example (repetitive strain injury) like Tennis Elbow or Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The nervous system is a single continuum throughout the entire body &amp; so symptoms can show up almost anywhere but be caused by another part of the kinetic chain. This can make our job difficult in identifying root causes &amp; knowing what to do about them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Common Causes Of Elbow Pain When Pulling, Gripping Or Pressing</b></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Common contributors are overactive pec minor, subscapularis, infraspinatus, upper traps, stiff thoracic spine and a tight median nerve. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There could also be any combination of these (along with a multitude of more distal contributors but that\'s another blog!)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The muscles provide an ‘over’ protective spasm to the nerve during movement and if stretched or loaded sufficiently the muscles can spasm enough to cause themselves to tense up - which can FEEL like a tear even.  By mobilising the nerve it releases the tension in the muscles &amp; reduces the likelihood of this actually happening.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Example While Gripping</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the golf swing when ‘gripping’ for example, if the median nerve is tight it can reduce the amount the player can complete his backswing &amp; adopt the best position at the top of his swing.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would be due to the muscle spasm that builds up to try &amp; protect the inflexible nerve.  The greater the muscle spasm (which is unbeknown to the player as it is ‘sub’ clinical at this point) the more he\'ll try &amp; force his shoulder turn, which in turn increases the tension etc.  The key to a sound &amp; reproducible swing is to reduce any tension in the swing, so as to help with timing &amp; rhythm. So by mobilising the median nerve, we are helping with ALL of the above.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So during our practical anatomy workshops, we discuss how to test and exercise these areas to not only reduce the risk of this problem occurring but also to reduce recurring issues like tingly fingers or sore elbows AND a fantastic side effect is optimized performance!! Whoohoo!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a video to explain more …</span>\n\nhttps://youtu.be/Ggalmxs6ziQ\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Got Any Clients Who Experience Elbow Pain When Pulling, Gripping Or Pressing?','','inherit','closed','closed','','20168-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',20168,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38676',0,'revision','',0),(38677,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently I have been getting my running mojo back after over a decade of not really feeling it since rupturing my ACL back in 2009.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason I lost it is likely clear - injury - but I feel there was more to it than that. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had been at the peak of my ‘fitness’ and faster than I had ever been (even with my slow twitch muscle fibre dominance). Yet I had lost my purpose in running, the reason I ran in the first place….the simple joy of ‘healthy’ movement. Becoming obsessed with the time stopped me taking in the scenery, all I thought about was the seconds ticking away on my Garmin combined with the next mile alert coming up.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway this meant I had also lost my health radar. When I look back now I realise I was overtraining, not taking time out for body AND mind and thus resulting in a major injury that literally stopped me in my tracks. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those of you reading this who have experienced this or maybe have seen a client experience it, when an injury strikes...well that forces time to reflect, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I am not suggesting that it has taken me 11 years to realise this as my mojo is coming back, no what I am saying is now that I am starting to enjoy running (ie NOT jogging) again I am considering how and why it has happened.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How?</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well this is easy…..my 84yr old dad. Most of you will recall my social media posts, blogs, videos running with my dad after we discovered he had early signs of dementia. He was the motivation for me starting to run 30 years ago and more recently as he was keen to exercise. We have motivated each other over the years and he gave me back my joy of running by being by my side. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS is WHY I run!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Why?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pure joy of it, the camaraderie that has always given my dad so much joy is what I recognise as the reason I enjoy it. It doesn’t mean I cannot race, it just keeps it in perspective and also keeps me mindful of my health. Health is much more important to me now than fitness and so I felt this Juicemail from back in 2016…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Can You Be Fit And Unhealthy?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interesting conundrum right? Having been an endurance runner for over 20 years I stopped running through injury some 7 years ago and just lost my mojo. Actually looking back I think it was almost a relief NOT to be pounding the streets anymore as I now had a reason not to run. Instinctively, I knew running the number of miles I was running was physically probably not good for me and the injury just proved it. Also, the time I had been spending exercising had been a challenge to fit into my routine of daily runs, lifting weights, work, family and other regular activities.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having always lifted weights anyway I decided to refuse knee surgery and began to focus my attention on improving my intrinsic biomechanics, including knee stability, with specific training of the strength ratios on my leg musculature. Most of you will be familiar with my squat, snatch projects over the years.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I read a fascinating book </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Body By Science by Doug McGuff &amp; John Little. </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their book,</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McGuff &amp; Little define words like ‘health’ and ‘fitness’ in an endeavour to understand what amount of exercise we could deem as optimal for health. Now, something I quite enjoy these days is the concept of challenging what most of the society accepts because…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it’s what we have always done</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…everybody else does it</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I read it somewhere</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that’s what Olympians do</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McGuff &amp; Little certainly challenge current thinking in their book by promoting </span><b><i>”a research-based program for strength training, bodybuilding and complete fitness in 12 minutes a week”</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That’s a pretty bold statement to make, isn\'t it? However, they have provided a huge amount of references from valid sources while they have also been doing studies of their own for many years too.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In their book, they explore definitions of words we use all the time in this industry. They state;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>HEALTH</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Is a physiological state in which there is an absence of disease or pathology and that maintains the necessary biological balance between the catabolic and anabolic states.</span></i>\n\n<b><i>CATABOLIC: </i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anything that results in the breakdown of the organism</span></i>\n\n<b><i>ANABOLIC:</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Anything that results in the growth and differentiation of the organism</span></i>\n\n<b><i>FITNESS</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The bodily state of being physiologically capable of handling challenges that exist above the resting threshold.</span></i>\n\n<b><i>EXERCISE</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: A specific activity that stimulates a positive psychological adaptation that serves to enhance fitness and health and does not undermine the latter in the process of enhancing the former.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(McGuff, Little: Body By Science 2009)</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically what I interpreted from this is that you can be recognised as ‘FIT’ (see above) and yet be ‘UNHEALTHY’ on a cellular level (see above) and in a ‘CATABOLIC’ state (see above) from activities like endurance running, my previous choice of sport. Interestingly, since I was forced to stop running initially from the injury, I have ‘felt healthier’ since simply lifting weights once or twice per week (subjective, I know).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway, controversially McGuff &amp; Little promote a 12-minute strength workout every 7-14 days using 3-5 moves combined with push and pull exercises. They encourage super slow long reps of around 20 seconds or so and to failure, of course. They describe in great detail how this style of training promotes improved health on several levels including strength, gastrointestinal transit time, resting metabolism, glucose metabolism, insulin sensitivity, release of body fat stores, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, bone mineral density, symptoms of arthritis, lower back pain, flexibility and Cardiovascular stimulation. Big claims but most, if not all, with some evidence and science to back them up.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I read this book while on holiday in Cyprus and you know what hotel gyms are like right? Well of course they didn’t have the machines that these guys recommend or use in their studies but I managed to find 2 x 7kg dumbbells (a relatively light weight for me) and decided to have a go at these </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TIME UNDER LOAD</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (TUL) 20 second reps for push-ups, bent over rows, shoulder press and static lunges which were about all I could do with 2 dumbbells. I set my iPad timer and aimed for 10 second concentric 10 seconds eccentric contractions. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW! Blew my mind how tough this was and I was managing about 5 reps at most! The intensity of the endurance effect on the muscle was quite different to anything I had tried previously and with so few reps going through the joints, such a light load and the safety of the speed it just made sense. It was all over within minutes too. My colleagues who have tried it have also been ringing me after trying it with severe DOMS from considerably reduced training times, reps and exercises using these methods. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One thing I didn’t really get to the bottom of in the book, and I am hoping they write a second book to cover, is how much your ADL influences the effects of this style of training. How being a manual labourer or desk worker might affect this style of training with requiring long periods of recovery and what can be done about this.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now one of the obvious considerations has to be training goals and how this style of programming fits or maybe it just doesn’t?! Well hey, if your sport is running then I too can appreciate the joy of a peaceful run in the countryside but the evidence in this book does indicate that we need to seriously consider how much time we allow for recovery and, from my personal experience, how we should really prepare the body for movement to reduce the risk of injury. Which is where programmes like iMoveFreely fit perfectly since this does not require any sweat nor impact and can be done without impeding on this TUL training method and by virtually anyone since it’s the safest exercise programme on the planet!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally, if you like research-driven information, running, strength training or anything to do with exercise I would strongly recommend giving this book a read. It is full of research, references and information right down to both a historic and cellular level. p.249-275 is simply pages of research sources and references!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would be really interested to hear your opinions too by the way particularly if you read the book!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>','Can You Be Fit, But Unhealthy At The Same Time?','','inherit','closed','closed','','19975-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19975,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38677',0,'revision','',0),(38678,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2><b>Don’t Just Take My Word For It!</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, something I hope you know me for is being very honest about being a sales person. If something isn’t a good fit for you, I will tell you, and if I believe you should it then I’ll tell you that too.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, I always encourage those of you showing an interest in our workshops to speak to any of the practitioners we have trained. Why do I do this? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, because it’s my business, so your thought process is going to be… “of course you’re going to tell me to do it”. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And actually, it’s great for you to hear from someone who perhaps was in a similar position to where you are now, and to hear and see how they have taken the qualification and what they have done with it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This blog is an example of that from Graham, who recently attended the full Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching at the end of 2019. Graham owns <a href=\"https://missionfitnessuk.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mission Fitness</a> with daughter in 2013.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While he is still in the process of completing some home study to gain his full Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching certificate, he is very keen to share his experience with those of you yet to decide on whether to commit to the course or not.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I will pass this blog over to him to tell you in his own words what his experience has been like so far….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>Graham Pardew (Military ELCAS), From Retiring From The Armed Forces, Becoming A Personal Trainer And Now Biomechanics Coach</b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Why did you decide to join the Biomechanics Coach diploma?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“When I retired from the Armed Forces in December 2012, I decided to go into the fitness industry, an area I had devoted much of my time in the military and something which I have always had a real passion for. I used my first ELCAS grant to become a Personal Trainer and opened a small gym with my daughter in February 2013.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At this time, I was still lacking in sufficient depth of knowledge in anatomy and physiology and the general functionality of how the body works and reacts in a health and fitness environment.  However, there were no ELCAS listed providers with the appropriate knowledge and skills for me to undertake such a course.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fortunately, I saw Rachel France in action (Director Biomechanics Education), at a very popular Fitness Expo.  I was blown away by her knowledge and passion, her team’s skills and experience. Her company soon gained service provider status and I immediately checked out the details online and spoke to her in person.  The course criteria would definitely meet all my requirements and more! I successfully applied for the course starting monthly workshops in August 2019.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Did You Like About The Biomechanics Coach Diploma?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I had already completed many other fitness related courses, but none of them gave me the breadth of knowledge, skills, confidence and such useful practical workshops, provided by a very capable company with the best instructors and such a wide cross-section of health and fitness professionals.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The course joining process was clear and simple, supporting administration and course manuals top form and content of the five 2-day workshops spot on !!  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Instructor was extremely professional and obviously very knowledgeable across a wide range of areas, easily able to explain in as much detail or ‘lay-man’ terms as required.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The balance of theory and practical was very good.  The workshops are mainly practical in nature, which is exactly what is required to obtain the necessary safe and effective skills to become a fully qualified ‘Biomechanics Coach’.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I really loved the ‘hands-on’ approach which was very new to me and although I was very nervous and lacked experience, was soon made to feel at ease and quickly gained the necessary techniques required.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Students were extremely well prepared for the practical examination and case studies, which took a lot of pressure from them requiring to do additional research in their own times.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What benefits have you had as a result of doing the Biomechanics Coach diploma?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This course is a particularly niche area, which can be used to pursue an independent career as a ‘Biomechanics Coach’, or to supplement many other professions, such as Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapists, Osteopaths, Rugby coaches, Pilates Instructors et al.  I will certainly be using all the knowledge and skills gained to provide much needed ‘clinics’ to clients in the local area.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many Fitness Trainers out there but not many Biomechanics Coaches!  This course can add a much-needed extra skill to your portfolio and a better opportunity to get more clients and expand your business.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What would say to others who are thinking about doing the Biomechanics Coach diploma? Or perhaps have left/are leaving the armed forces and looking for a course to complete?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have already left, or are planning to leave the forces in the near future, I would strongly encourage you to complete this course.  This is without doubt the most professional company I have had the privilege to work with since my retirement and fully endorse them and the course and hope that they get better visibility across the three services and MOD”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you Graham!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are thinking about doing the diploma but perhaps have a few questions before you join then let’s have a chat. <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Click here, fill in your details and book a call. I look forward to chatting with you.</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">*Note: The first Diploma starting in March Nottingham is now fully booked and we are already taking bookings for the September dates. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">London starts April has just 2 places left and we are already taking bookings for that Sept start date as well.</span>','Becoming A Biomechanics Coach After Retiring From The Armed Forces','','inherit','closed','closed','','19844-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19844,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38678',0,'revision','',0),(38679,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h3><b>Do We Move Without Thinking ... </b><b>Or </b><b>Are We Thinking About Movement Too Much?</b><b>\n</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clearly moving is what we are designed to do, we need to move to get food, water, reproduce &amp; well live!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But how much do we, or should we, think about it?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As trainers and coaches it is our job to teach people about movement; how to, when too, how often, in what way….etc but as always let\'s challenge this for a moment….WHY?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are we having to teach the basics….c’mon I KNOW you have watched your client, Barry, and wondered how on earth another human being can be so clumsy or poor at the very basic movements right?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did he forget how to move? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is he injured? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In pain? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chances are he did kinda forget, or his subsystems did. Let me explain…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement should feel natural &amp; when it doesn’t there is a specific reason, likely one that needs addressing </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The subsystems of our bodies - neural, myofascial &amp; skeletal - require motion/movement to function well. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barry sits at his desk all day and likes to relax ALL evening, or perhaps he is overweight so struggles to move easily...so his subsystems don’t get the movement nourishment they require to get the required nutrients around his body.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement should be done unconsciously at least most of the time and in the words of Katy Bowman….</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Movement is not optional - but compulsory for life</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what happened to Barry? Did he forget or lose capacity?...well they are kinda the same thing in terms of what we see when we coach a client to move/exercise.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our job is to bring back consciousness of movement, patterning and also capacity. This is done through proprioception training that happens when we teach exercises and movement </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Proprioception</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">perception or awareness of the position &amp; movement of the body.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"exercises to improve balance and proprioception\"</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This term is a fantastic way of understanding what we are doing when we train or coach…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barry’s body has ‘forgotten’ certain patterns or moves due to maybe inactivity. So we give him a Muscle Energy Technique for example to prepare his body for some strength training. This ‘reminds’ the muscles to prepare for activity and ‘engages’ the spindles in preparation. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we get Barry to squat for example and this reminds his body it doesn’t actually need to compensate after all, his body CAN do this movement it just hasn’t PRACTISED it since he was maybe even 6 years old...maybe….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We use load to build tolerance and reduce the risk of injury and maybe other stuff too like hypertrophy, BUT even more importantly, so that during our lives we can move without thinking.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those initial PT sessions are often bringing back consciousness to movement so that the neural pathways are re-connected BUT then they should be less conscious, otherwise can you imagine life with permanently conscious movement…!?!! Have a go...too much right!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As trainers and coaches we must take into account a lot of things when designing our clients exercise programmes because it isn’t as simple as adding kilos.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>How Long Does It Take To Re-Learn How To Move?</h2>\nThe obvious answer is... it depends. Have they had any major, or perhaps even minor injuries? How long have they been sedentary for?\n\nSometimes with the right coaching, it can be almost immediate. And if you are working on the intrinsic biomechanics you are going to speed the process up for sure.\n\nThe research suggests that it can take around 6 weeks... but this would be with consistent practice of movement, not just 1 hour a week. Our iMoveFreely programme will allow you take your clients on an 18 week journey, alongside their training, to make sure they are learning to move properly. This can take us on to a whole other topic of how often your clients see you and what they are actually doing in that first few months of training and making life changing habits.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Re-Introducing Movement - How To Keep Clients Engaged</h2>\nOne of the hardest parts of learning a new skill is sticking with it when you are continually \"failing\" when just starting out. Take a trip down to a golf driving range to see this in action. Golf is an incredibly difficult skill to learn, and keeping beginners practising and not giving up in those first few weeks is tough. It\'s not fun, it\'s freaking hard and it doesn\'t appear that you get any better... so why bother?\n\nThen all of a sudden something clicks, and you get a dramatic improvement. Then you get stuck at a certain level and have to practice new skills.\n\nChances are it\'s similar with your clients who forgot how to move. They might feel silly that they can\'t do simple movements, or things that other people in the gym are making look easy. In fact, they might even avoid exercises that they struggle with all together.\n\nYour job as the coach is to keep them on track, get them wins in every session, show them how their movement is improving, manage their expectations, guide them on a journey and make it clear where they are heading and how you are going to get there.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Join The Biomechanics Education Tribe</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common reasons we get professionals, like you, in our workshops is because you want more confidence in understanding why all those Barry’s seem to be struggling to perform what you perceive as very simply movements.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want a deeper level of understanding the human body and the differences in anatomy and how this may affect what you see happen when they move. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You want to be able to get Barry back to moving as he, as a human, was designed to.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Why Not Join Us On One Of Our Upcoming Workshops</b></h2>\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-taster/#tab-description\"><b>1 Day Intrinsic Biomechanics </b></a></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feb 22nd Nottm</span>\n<h3><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/imovefreely-instructor/#tab-description\"><b>iMoveFreely Instructor Workshop </b></a></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar 15th Belfast</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/golf-biomechanics-workshop/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Golf Biomechanics Workshop</b></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar 1st Nottm</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/running-biomechanics-workshops/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Running Biomechanics Workshop</b></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feb 29th Nottm</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mar 14th Belfast</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe have a load more workshops too, running, golf and more. So make sure you go and check those out too. If you are not sure where to start, but know you want to do something.... <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Then just click here, fill in your details and schedule a time to book a call with me.</a> And we can have a chat about the best plan for you.','Can We Actually Forget How To Move?','','inherit','closed','closed','','19677-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19677,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38679',0,'revision','',0),(38680,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2><b>Most Of Your Facebook Friends Are Not Really Your Friends! They may well be Vampires!</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How much do you actually think about who you interact with on social media?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often we can find that TIME is scarce when considering all of the things we want to do, are trying to do and need to do. BUT how do we FILTER out those unnecessary TIME VAMPIRES?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They suck the life out of you in terms of time, emotion and willpower.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You find yourself shouting at your phone, although no one can actually hear you</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you are rolling your eyes at some keyboard warriors comments</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you’re even getting social media rage at the ludicrous posts or comments some weirdo you never met, don’t even know and don’t want to know has made on YOUR PAGE!!!  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">STOP!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RIGHT NOW….STOP!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think about it…..remember that 10 minute rule, 4 minute rule whatever make it a 10 second rule….and JUST STOP</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why would you waste TIME?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> TIME ….that thing that you NEVER GET BACK - TIME that thing that you CANNOT BUY - TIME that thing that you feel you lack so severely - WHY WASTE IT ON TIME VAMPIRES WHO MEAN NOTHING TO YOU????</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK so I’m not saying you should be rude or mean to them but you can:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IGNORE</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DELETE</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SCROLL ON</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNFRIEND</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNFOLLOW</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the act of any of these listed above on your social media channels could be quite cathartic! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A study done by an Oxford University professor of more than 3,300 Facebook users in the UK concluded that there were only 4.1 “dependable” friends out of a typical user’s 150 Facebook friends. “Friendships,” our brave professor </span></i><a href=\"http://rsos.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/3/1/150292\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">concluded</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. “Have a natural decay rate in the absence of contact, and social media may well function to slow down the rate of decay. However, that alone may not be sufficient to prevent friendships eventually dying naturally if they are not occasionally reinforced by face-to-face interaction.”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Social networks “typically encourage promiscuous ‘friending’ of individuals who often have very tenuous links to ego.” </span></i>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/275060\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/275060</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I know some of you are like us; running a business for which you wish to ATTRACT customers, so the trick is to consider exactly HOW MUCH TIME to go through your social media. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Finding Balance OR Finding Counterbalance?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his AWESOME book,</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘The ONE Thing’,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gary Keller challenges the concept of “work/life balance” and suggests maybe it’s more about the counterbalance…?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK I hear ya….what’s the counterbalance?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well when you LOVE WHAT YOU DO you wanna do it a lot, right? But some may see this as unbalanced AND, if you’re like me, you would work every day BUT you also really love spending time with family and friends SOOOOOOO what we really need to do is rather than try to simply spend MORE TIME in another zone, we just regularly make sure we counterbalance back and forth to COUNTER balance out time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keller’s analogy being that a ballerina LOOKS ‘balanced’ when en pointe BUT if you look really closely they are in fact making minuscule adjustments back and forth to COUNTER balance their weight.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make sense?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So consider these points:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you wasting time on time vampires who bring zero quality to your life?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you feeling bad about spending more time in one zone than another?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know what you can do about it?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h2><strong>How To Avoid Time &amp; Energy Vampires</strong></h2>\nIf you just simply, let life happen to you, I can guarantee your time and energy will be sucked away (pun intended). You\'ll find yourself mindlessly scrolling, getting involved in discussions that are a waster of time and your business and life won\'t move forwards.\n\n<strong>The key is to be totally intentional with everything you do! </strong>\n\nLook at the result you want, then make a plan of actions that are going to get you there. And then take massive action on those things!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis applies to ALL areas of your life.\n\nWant to improve your relationship with your partner? Plan date days, date nights, actually communicate with them... not just sitting there on your phones. The easy thing, the comfortable thing is to get home, sit on the sofa together, tv on and scroll through Facebook.... not even acknowledging the other person is there. That might be time together but it\'s not improving your relationship.\n\nTake MEANINGFUL action!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe meaningful action might be to unfollow or unfriend certain people on social media. It could be a whole load of things. So the biggest tip is...\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><b>Take Meaningful Action</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANYONE RUNNING A BUSINESS OR TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THEIR LIFE!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I will say that again….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Take </b><b>Meaningful </b><b>Action</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANYONE RUNNING A BUSINESS OR TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THEIR LIFE!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...and one more time….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Take </b><b>Meaningful </b><b>Action</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ANYONE RUNNING A BUSINESS OR TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY MEDIUM IN THEIR LIFE!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>','You’re Surrounded By Vampires… Here’s What To Do...','','inherit','closed','closed','','19587-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19587,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38680',0,'revision','',0),(38681,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are certain things we are taught as personal trainers that become so ingrained we forget to actually question it or look elsewhere for an alternative answer. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today we are challenging the idea that, <em>“if it’s tight… we must stretch it”.</em></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s take for example a client, whose squat is just not improving and you can see it’s because their calves are super tight and their ankles have limited dorsiflexion.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe we decide to do some ankle mobility which improves the movement for a while but then it returns to its limited range of motion again.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we stretch the calves repeatedly but no matter how much we teach various calf stretches, nothing changes long term!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s at this point that I will refer to a quote by Einstein…</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, but expecting different results.”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If stretching isn’t working, then could there perhaps be another issue that’s </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">causing</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the tightness?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s consider alternative causes for limited dorsi flexion or inflexibility of</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Gastrocnemius &amp; Soleus...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a common biomechanical compensation for ‘calves’ to appear, tight and to have limited range of motion at the ankle in the sagittal plane.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In many cases, particularly when flexibility techniques like stretching dont work, there is a chance that something else maybe happening other than the muscle being tight.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles can often be inhibited by the nervous system, in this instance the sciatic nerve portion in particular. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Deliberate Calf Tension?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sciatic nerve passes underneath the calf muscles and could be tight or ‘tethered’ somewhere else within the body. Maybe at the pelvis or lower back area for example. If this is the case then the body may </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sense</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> there is risk  within other areas like the calves for example.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could result in the muscle deliberately creating ‘tension’ so that they protect from an overstretching of the nerves. T</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he body would rather we damage muscle instead of a nerve since muscle tissue repairs more easily.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if calf stretching isn’t working, we could consider the possibility that these wonderful muscles are actually ‘hanging on’ to protect your nervous system.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Sciatic Nerve Mobilisation: The Slump</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A really simple way mobilise the sciatic nerve in particular is to use this slump technique. </span>\n\n<em><strong>(NOTE: This comes with a disclaimer warning - do not use if you have any medical conditions, have been diagnosed with sciatica syndrome or experience pain in any area of your body. Do consult your practitioner in advance of trying any new form of exercise.)</strong></em>\n\nhttps://youtu.be/Vr4ItLOv0zk\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as described in the video here are the points to remember:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have your client sit thighs supported, hips at 90 degrees</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask your client to gently lower their chin downwards &amp; slowly slump or round the back with the hands resting relaxed behind them, folding forwards</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next ask them to very slowly extend their knee until they feel the beginnings of tension - STOP here</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now slowly lower &amp; lift the leg to reduce and add the tension</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS IS NOT A STRETCH - so we must encourage them to just find the start of tension rather than go into it </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">8 reps x 2 sets before training</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No more than twice daily to begin with to explore the dosage and their response to it </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By doing this exercise you are likely to see an increase in their range of motion. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often as if by magic, calf tension is reduced, dorsiflexion is increased and your clients squat dramatically improves! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the root cause rather than following symptoms is what Biomechanics Coaches specialise in! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">CONTACT rachel@biomechanicseducation.com FOR MORE INFORMATION!</p>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>','When Stretching A Tight Muscle Doesn’t Work - A Look At The Calves!','','inherit','closed','closed','','19515-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19515,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38681',0,'revision','',0),(38682,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strength training is what the client came for right? So we should give them a lot of that right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often as coaches and trainers we might feel concerned as to whether we engage our clients enough that they don\'t feel bored when THEY think they just wanna sweat and lift but WE want them to move better first...right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently the concept of actually preparing the body for exercise has surfaced, and I don’t mean what is traditionally considered a warm up. Traditional warms up come second in preparing to exercise because often we are coming at it with biomechanical adaptations due to our more and more techy, static lifestyles.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lesson exercise professionals are starting to recognise is risk reduction and performance optimisation. This PREPARES the body for movement because……</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GUESS WHAT?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...our bodies have forgotten how to move ‘normally’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body is a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master Of Compensation </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brilliant at adapting to its surroundings </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fantastic at reserving energy</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However we are already pushed for time in our sessions and clients generally want the FUN STUFF! How on earth do we fit it all in?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me introduce you to NET Training…. Meaning “No Extra Time”. You see if we can bring in activities/exercises that are beneficial but don’t take up any extra time or interfere with their strength training then they don’t feel like they have lost out on anything.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I can’t claim the whole NET idea… but I can’t remember where I heard it. It might be from a book on building great habits, but I just can’t remember.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>NET Training (No Extra Time)</b></h2>\n<h3><b>Fillers - What Are They?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a solution that we have discovered works fantastically within your clients training session and ticks every box for optimizing performance, reducing risk AND taking no extra time!!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You ready….??</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Net Training or ‘Fillers’ and iMoveFreely is a perfect example of these. This blog is about to show you a SUPER EASY way to:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Educate clients </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improve performance</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce risk</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Engage clients even more </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep the sessions interesting </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reduce their low grade aches and niggles</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALL THIS without taking up more time! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know cool eh, read on….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is when iMoveFreely REALLY hits the mark….it doesn’t interfere with your recovery NOR your reps/sets. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact it’s also PERFECT for ‘looking busy’ between sets while still using your equipment &amp; someone is waiting to jump on. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me show you how you can use iMoveFreely as a FILLER, optimise performance &amp; reduce risk/recurring issues.....without using ANY MORE TIME!!  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>What Does iMoveFreely Look Like?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok so in a regular programme (I will keep it very simple here)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SQUATS </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BENCH </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MILITARY PRESS</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s say REPS are x 8 Sets x 4</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So in between each SET apply 1 round of an iMoveFreely technique.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Example:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Sign 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squats x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Sign 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squats x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Sign 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squats x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4 Sign 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squats x 8 reps</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would be non stop but the 4 Sign is still a recovery due to the nature of it.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another Example:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Minor MET 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Minor MET 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Minor MET 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Minor MET 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pec Minor MET 1 rep each side (20% 20 seconds) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bench x 8 reps</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Median Nerve Mobilisation x 6 reps each side</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Press x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Median Nerve Mobilisation x 6 reps each side</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Press x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Median Nerve Mobilisation x 6 reps each side</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Press x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Median Nerve Mobilisation x 6 reps each side</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Military Press x 8 reps</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are just examples and by no means strictly these combinations however it would be ideal to build a whole tool box of FILLERS to use between sets for all of the reasons given above.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously the ideal situation would be to do ALL the required iMoveFreely techniques BEFORE the session. However, until clients recognise their value we must somehow drip feed ideas to them during our sessions and what a great way to do so without losing or reducing the volume of their endorphin hitting strength exercises in the training session.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>What’s Next For You?</strong></h3>\nI hope that as a coach you have set yourself some goals this year for own personal development. Continuing development is essential to be able to continue to serve our clients to the highest level, don’t you agree?\n\nIt would be great to see you on our diploma or one of ours workshops, so if you would like to find out more about the <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Biomechanics Coach Diploma, then click here</a>, enter your details and let’s get on a call to see if its right for you. Or if you would like to dip your toe in and start with a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-taster/\">1-day workshop you can check those out by clicking here</a>.\n\n&nbsp;','How To Add Mobility To Your Strength Training With No Extra Time Needed (NET Training)','','inherit','closed','closed','','19426-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19426,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38682',0,'revision','',0),(38683,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h1>And Why It\'s Your Job As A Coach To Make Sure They Don\'t</h1>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New Year, New You….</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That phrase will be plastered everywhere. Every gym, personal trainer, nutrition coach, everyone talks about it. Maybe I have even been heard saying it!!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new year feels like a great time to start fresh, doesn’t it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when it comes to health and fitness we all know the trend…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gyms get super busy for 3 weeks and then…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…….NOTHING……..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s back to normal.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do people with such great intentions just disappear after a few weeks?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many of them will literally NOT step back into that gym again for the year… even though they PAY their membership fees.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So….and listen carefully…. I believe it’s </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">our responsibility as coaches</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to make sure this doesn’t happen</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why Do People Stop?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Too Fast, Too Soon</strong> - go full throttle in every session, ache for 6 days after and think this sucks… because it does. The goal isn’t to not be able to walk!!</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>They Get injured</strong>… they haven’t worked out for 5 years, but workout as if they are an elite athlete…. Of course there is a chance they might break...</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>21 sessions in 21 days</strong>…. Even if they achieve it….they think…</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I can’t keep this up I don’t have the time</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. I agree… you don’t need to workout 14 hours a week, but that’s what they do… it’s unrealistic</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Too Strict on Nutrition</strong> - on top of the crazy intense workouts, they then decide to go full vegan… having watched Game Changers on Netflix, having eaten only meat and no veg since they can remember, they then spend 7 hours a day cooking and preparing their meals. They manage it for 3 weeks and then think…. Screw this I don’t have the time or energy for this. </span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because what they do is soooo unrealistic for long term lifestyle change, they give up.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Can We The Coach/Personal Trainer Do?</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well why is it our responsibility and what can we do?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THIS is precisely our job to make sure as many of those people continue these healthy habits forever….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">….Ok so how do we do it?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Educate</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone that steps foot in your gym, new members, new pt clients, give them information that will actually help them get results. Give it for FREE! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By the way…. If you are a PT in a gym with loads of other PTs … what a way to stand out. There’s no catch, no email handed over, just great info given in welcome packs, or handed out to members. Who are they going to come and see if they decide they need some extra support?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Give Them ONE Thing</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead of giving them 700 things to do… give them ONE thing.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s the ONE thing that’s going to help that person get results in the next few weeks. One thing that is manageable, that is realistic.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Set the expectations early on</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they think they are going to lose 6 stone in the next 3 weeks and you don’t tell them that’s not possible, or safe to try. You are setting them up to fail. Because when they don’t do it, they won’t be pleased by the 6 pounds they lost, they’ll be gutted it wasn’t more.</span>\n<h3><b>Support &amp; Accountability</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want people to continue long term, you need to check in with them regularly. Hold them accountable to their goals. Again trust me on this… not only will this help them achieve their goals, but they’ll actually be amazed that someone cares about them, someone actually listens to them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Bonus… Build A Community</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bring people together who are on a similar journey, and they will support and motivate each other. Facebook groups are such an easy way to do this. Invite your clients and anyone who wants support to your group.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnd by the way, if you do these things, if you give people small, manageable changes to make, guess what.... In a years time, not only are they still going, but they really could be a \"New You\"... it just took a bit of time and patience to get there, but the important things is that they do.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>What\'s Next For You?</strong></h3>\nI hope that as a coach you have set yourself some goals this year for own personal development. Continuing development is essential to be able to continue to serve our clients to the highest level, don\'t you agree?\n\nIt would be great to see you on our diploma or one of ours workshops, so if you would like to find out more about the <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Biomechanics Coach Diploma, then click here</a>, enter your details and let’s get on a call to see if its right for you. Or if you would like to dip your toe in and start with a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-taster/\">1-day workshop you can check those out by clicking here</a>.\n\n&nbsp;','New Year, New You...Why It Sets Up Gym Goers To Fail','','inherit','closed','closed','','19320-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19320,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38683',0,'revision','',0),(38684,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW! Another year ends &amp; this brings opportunities for developing &amp; learning from it as we move into a fresh one!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Plan For 2020 </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do we create &amp; develop a realistic plan for an entire year when it can often seem completely overwhelming? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We want to do SOOO many things, yet we are already SOOO busy, where do we even start????</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok well, it’s well written that we should always start with the end in mind. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then we can plan backwards, to structure systematically what &amp; when to do things to take us toward the ultimate end goal. Like planning our training for a marathon!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are a series of questions to help you plan forwards from starting backwards…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 1: </b><b><i>If you could see into the future to Christmas 2020 what would you like to think your circumstances would be then, that are different to what they are right now?</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe it is to have 10 more clients or 1 new staff member. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe it is to be a Biomechanics Coach or qualify at L4 in something?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe it is move house, own a premises or clinic.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can be as dramatic or undramatic as you feel, it is all about vision. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually take time out to consider realistically where you would like to be in a years time? Don’t hold back!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I would even go as far as costing it all out. If you want a new house… how much will you have to save each month? Want to take an extra holiday…. How much do you need to save? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember, your business is there to help you create the life you want! But it doesn’t happen by accident. You have to know what you’re aiming for.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 2: </b><b><i>What steps would it take to achieve that desired goal?</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This takes some time as each &amp; every single step must be laid out very clearly, in timing order so that you can develop a strategy.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you start going through all the things you need or could do to make that goal a reality is where it can very quickly become overwhelming. So what I want you to do is the following…</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Write down ALL the ideas you can think of that will help you get towards your goal. Go crazy… every idea however mad it seems, big or small, anything you want to do… write it down.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Highlight the 3 actions that you think will have the biggest impact on your business.</span></li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We often get so caught up being busy, doing tasks and activities that never actually drastically move the needle. Always remember Paretos law…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><b>The 80:20 Rule</b></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">80% of your results will come from 20% of your efforts!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So make sure you focus your efforts on the important things first! Work out what you think those things in the 20% are that will generate the 80%!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then take those 3 core goals and let’s break them down into their parts. It’s very rarely one task to complete. It will take a series of tasks and actions… so what are they?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s look at an example. Perhaps you decide that in order to really grow your business you need to hire a member of staff. Perhaps an admin assistant or another coach to work with you.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><b>Goal = Get a new member of staff</b></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1 - Decide what you want them to contribute, skills, hours, arrangement (consultant or employed) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2 - Design an advert</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3 - Make advert available to potential professionals </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4 - Create job description </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5 - Arrange interviews </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 3: </b><b><i>Can the steps be slotted into a timeline that you feel is realistic?</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now once you have broken down the 3 core actions, let’s put them on a timeline… a realistic one, but I still like to add a bit of pressure to a job. How often do you have a deadline that’s months away and still you end up doing most of the work 3 days before its due.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating deadlines based upon your present and projected schedule. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this example of finding a new staff member, if you have decided you want them up &amp; running by xmas 2020, this gives you plenty of time to add the above steps into your year planner. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 1 - by Feb</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 2 - by Mar</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 3 - April-July</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 4 - July</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step 5 - July-Aug</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etc etc</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 4 - </b><b><i>What is your PLAN B? </i></b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a really important one!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if you cannot find the right person? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if this idea changes? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does this mean for your business? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What other ideas do you have to solve your problem?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 5: </b><b><i>Do I feel this is still the right vision now I have planned it out?</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Challenge everything - over &amp; over again.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You know that’s my philosophy by now, and it includes my own goals and vision. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every now and again, when people go through this process, they realise that they don’t want a particular goal, or perhaps aren’t willing to do the things it’s going to take to get them there.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or sometimes, they feel like they could actually accomplish MORE! You see when you break things down, it becomes much more manageable.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often they realise that getting to their end goal actually isn’t as far away as they feel it is now. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does your vision get you excited?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you excited to get out and attack it next year? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If so…. You’re on the right track!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT… a word of warning… a BIG Goal will cause an element of FEAR! That’s ok! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That means you are pushing your boundaries, heading out of your comfort zone and leveling up! That’s a good thing!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don’t be put off by the fear! Acknowledge it and use it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Question 6</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span> <b><i>Are you always conscious of the things you have already achieved?</i></b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something I learned was to write plans, dreams, visions down &amp; re-visit them. Often we are so lost in the next goal, or vision, that we forget to recognise how successful we already are. Just because your goal posts have changed doesn’t mean you shouldn’t celebrate the previous success!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s celebrate our previous successes this New Years Eve 2019!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have fun!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nP.S. If one of your goals is to do more CPD, learn a new skill set and be able to serve your clients to an even higher level then I would love to have you on one of our Diplomas or Workshops in 2020.\n\nTo find out what is the best route for you to go down then let’s have a chat and see where you are at now and what you want to achieve with your coaching.\n\nWe have various payment plans available for our courses, just in case you are concerned about payment… I know Christmas tends to be an expensive time of year, but I would hate for you to miss out on starting one of our diplomas.\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Just click here, fill in your details and let’s jump on a call.</a>','6 Questions To Ask Yourself To Make Sure 2020 Is Your Best Year Yet!','','inherit','closed','closed','','19203-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19203,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38684',0,'revision','',0),(38685,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2>Reflect, Celebrate &amp; Plan</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is such a great time of year to reflect on what we have done, achieved and learned to then look forwards and plan our next 12 months.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think as trainers and coaches we spend all of our time helping others, telling them to hold themselves accountable, track their results and celebrate their wins…. And then we fail to follow our own advice. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are self employed or have your own studio, it’s so easy to achieve goals and barely give them any acknowledgement as you fly onto the next one! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I know that’s not just me… right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as we approach the end of 2019 I want to encourage YOU to take some time to reflect on the year. Look at what you have achieved.. Write it down and then celebrate the wins. Acknowledge the wins, give yourself a pat on the back. You are building a business and helping lots of people along the way…. Be proud of that!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we don’t celebrate the wins, then why are we doing this?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I thought I would share with you the things I am most proud of that happened for Biomechanics Education in 2019. One, because it holds me accountable to doing the exercise. Two, because you are a big part of this journey. Whether you are a Biomechanics Coach, in training to become one, or someone who likes to come on here and absorb the content, you <em>make</em> Biomechanics Education what it is. And so it only feels right to share the journey we have had with you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is the Biomechanics Education 2019 Year In Review:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you could try our model of looking at each month’s highlights….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>January</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the beginning of 2019 we had just moved into our brand new premises and were super excited about having a ‘fixed’ abode partnering with the awesome Aspire4Fitness Health Club/Gym! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their style being right up our street!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>February </strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saw the start of our ¼ 1 Diplomas in Biomechanics Coaching - NOW with both ELCAS registered provider status, meaning our courses are now funded by the M.O.D </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We got the YMCA awarding organisations backing to offer the L4 LBP qualification within our Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching for those who have an Exercise Referral Qualification </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had our 6th annual conference and the 2nd Kaizen Project with lots of inspiring, knowledgeable and interesting lectures from industry leaders and celebrities like Eddie Hall, Jonathan Broom Edwards, Martin Haines, Ben Coomber, Mike Grice and Chris Wright….BTW - SAVE THE DATE - 2020 Kaizen Project is Saturday 10th October - see next week’s Juicemail!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>March</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month was our favourite annual event that is held in Blackpool. The International Fitness Showcase where we exhibit and lecture within the Spinning Conference alongside our partners at Athleticum &amp; Spinning. Such good fun &amp; such a great response to our 6 x lectures &amp; workshops! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Master Trainer Apprenticeship was well underway this month too! The team having done their AET training were now getting stuck into their assessor training. I cannot tell you how excited we are about this team of FABULOUS teachers!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>April </strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belfast Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching kicked off &amp; our partnership with the Platinum Training Institute based in the Queen’s Belfast University, and was truly sealed! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With their 2020 plans to include our training programme within their Personal Trainer qualification! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>May</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month we launched our brand new <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/running-biomechanics-workshops/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Running Biomechanics Workshop</a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to a large group of trainers &amp; coaches with some AWESOME feedback. Written by world leader in Biomechanics, Martin Haines, this 1 day workshop is full of evidence based information - you missed it? Oh don’t worry, there are more scheduled for 2020</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also a highlight for this month for me was delivering a workshop at Mark Laws facility with a fantastic crowd! I have a lot of time for this man and so it was an honour to be invited over. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>June</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While already heavily involved with the brilliant <a href=\"https://herspirit.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HERSPSIRIT app</a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, by contributing free videos of iMoveFreely techniques you can apply at home….yes, get the app for more….all the HS coaches paid a visit to Earnst &amp; Young in London. This was a coaching celebration event alongside Coaching UK to encourage movement &amp; healthy choices via any means available - like the HS App. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However additionally this was where I became completely mesmerized by <a href=\"https://www.a-speakers.com/speakers/frank-dick-obe/?utm_source=google&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_term=%2B%5Bfrank%20dick%20obe%5D%20%2B%5Bspeaker%5D&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiA__HvBRACEiwAbViuU6pRz4zPALRjy2w55HESBsERrg5zGj1sBg6jra2QVHFn7uQCHkQzWRoCxBcQAvD_BwE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Frank Dick OBE </a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, chief GB coach some years ago. I was SO captivated &amp; enthralled by his talk I booked him for this years Kaizen Project - yes he is our keynote speaker!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month also saw us finally manage to arrange a meeting with <a href=\"http://www.canvastgo.co.uk/ftscotland/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fitness Education Scotland’s </a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> founder, Paul Garvie. We have for some time been looking to partner up and work alongside each other in delivering high standards of health and fitness education. WATCH THIS SPACE!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>July </strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are very impressed with the work <a href=\"https://www.cimspa.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CIMSPA</a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are doing to help improve standards in our industry. So I was invited along to contribute to a Pilates standardisation meeting at Sportpark, Loughborough University. WOW! Fascinating to hear 30 educators, employers &amp; industry representatives debating what they feel should make up YOUR industry recognised standard! Lots of passion &amp; disagreement with justifications &amp; well managed by CIMSPA facilitators.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are an employer, you too could come along &amp; offer your thoughts, it’s very interesting &amp; CIMSPA would love to hear from you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.fab-fitness.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mairi Taylor of FABfitness</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ran an Aromatouch essential oils workshop at the Biomechanics Education Academy which I strongly recommend! Passion oozes our of her &amp; who doesn\'t love lying down, smelling essential oils for prolonged periods!!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally this month I flew to Cyprus to deliver 2 workshops to 26 wonderful exercise professionals - the only complaint I have about the entire trip was that it was over far too quickly! So going back in 2020 for a Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching! Whoo hoo!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>August</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our link with the Edinburgh Napier University saw our Scotland Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching kick off. A superb group of practitioners who have been such a joy to work with since they formed such a bond they now work together at events! TEAM!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>September </strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I pretty much spent this entire month celebrating turning 50yrs of age! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s times like these when you find yourself taking stock of where you have come from, where you are &amp; where you are heading - ALL mine are really great places since the tough times bring lessons, the mellow times peace &amp; the good times a warm heart! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>October </strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We set up another PureGym Roadshow of workshops this month again &amp; after 5 in house workshops around the UK we are looking forward to doing more with this PT group thanks to Nik Hanley!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>November</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This month I went to assess some Bristol Biomechanics Coach practical exams after Master Trainer, Tom Waldron delivered the entire course single handedly. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bursting with pride would be an understatement as I watched every single learner demonstrated superb Biomechanics Coach practical skills - just their case study work to complete now! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also Tom delivered a private Biomechanics Coach Diploma module/workshop in Lewes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GREAT JOB TOM!! Thank you x</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>December</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW What an end to the year with a meeting at CIMSPA head office in Sportpark, Loughborough University. Alongside Martin Haines, we met with Nick Sellwood, who is the Chartered Status Assessor. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We discussed the <a href=\"https://www.cimspa.co.uk/chartered-status\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Chartered status</a></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at length &amp; I have to say it looks phenomenal. So if you haven’t seen it yet go check it out on the CIMSPA website ASAP! It will dramatically alter the entire industry - come on get on board!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Now It’s Your Turn</b></h3>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how did your 2019 go?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you achieve all you wanted? (Did you have clear goals of what you wanted?)</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If not, simply ask yourself why not? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What can you do in 2020 to make your come back?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you be making a difference?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you make sure your business serves YOU?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What training do you plan on attending?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What changes are you going to make to personally develop?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who will you look to for help? As a mentor?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What excites you?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take some time, a few hours ideally, to reflect on 2019 and then create your vision for 2020!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BRING ON 2020, LET’S DO THIS!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf one of your goals is to do more CPD, learn a new skill set and be able to serve your clients to an even higher level then I would love to have you on one of our Diplomas or Workshops in 2020.\n\nTo find out what is the best route for you to go down then let\'s have a chat and see where you are at now and what you want to achieve with your coaching.\n\nWe have various payment plans available for our courses, just in case you are concerned about payment... I know Christmas tends to be an expensive time of year, but I would hate for you to miss out on starting one of our diplomas.\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Just click here, fill in your details and let\'s jump on a call.</a>\n\n&nbsp;','2019 A Year In Review For Biomechanics Education','','inherit','closed','closed','','19124-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19124,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38685',0,'revision','',0),(38686,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Personal Trainers, we are well educated in HOW to teach exercises. There are many courses available to learn this critical skill, however I bet sometimes you feel anxious about whether you chose the right exercises for some of those tricky clients, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have the tools to assess your clients to identify which are the best gym, body weight or free weight exercises to perform relative to their personal biomechanical needs? And when the client has low grade back pain for example, do you feel confident about training them safely? Maybe you are looking at some clients and wondering why on earth they move that way or which part of their body is the limiting one?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you need a simple system to fill this critical gap and answer some of those common questions?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Health Continuum</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, we need to identify where our clients are on a ‘health continuum’, which is a scale from, potentially illness/injury to wellness and on to higher performance over time. All of our clients will be somewhere on this scale and we need to find out where they are before we can prescribe their conditioning exercises. Most exercises are suitable to most people; the problem is that invariably they can be prescribed at the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wrong time</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. For example, lunges can help some people and hurt others. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If someone has a rotated pelvis and a functional leg length discrepancy with associated muscle spasm in their hips, then lunges will most likely not be good for them….at the time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If they are functioning correctly around the pelvis, then lunges shouldn’t encourage injury or pain. That is one simple example demonstrating why some of your clients can do some of the exercises you prescribe, but others can’t.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To be able to identify where our clients are on the health continuum, we need to perform an assessment of their body or an intrinsic biomechanical assessment. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These assessments can be super simple to perform and can take as little as 10 minutes. Once we know where they are on the health continuum then we can progress them through a sequence of exercise progressions.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><b>The Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; System</b></h1>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; system, these progressions start by improving our clients\' inner system by ensuring their fundamental pelvic and spinal mechanics are ‘normalised’ and level to provide the foundation for normal movement. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Phase 1: Preparation &amp; Capacity (or Before The Core) </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this first phase, any muscle imbalances are corrected with simple muscle energy techniques and tight nerves are addressed using nerve mobilisations. This phase can often be referred to as \'Before the Core\', because typically people will start their early exercise programmes with core stability-type exercises and they are simply not ready. That is why (core training) </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">helps some people and hurts others (McGill) </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many PT’s are recognising they don’t want to stabilise someone in a biomechanically incorrect position. So if we prepare their body first giving it some capacity back, then train stability and control it would make sense, right? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we are not careful all we are doing is training people to compensate for their biomechanical problems rather than training correct movement patterns.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Phase 2: Stability &amp; Control</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, once the preparation and capacity phase has been completed the client is then progressed to the next stage which gives them the ability to consolidate and learn new motor programming strategies in this stability and control phase. Here they are progressed through a series of isolated stability exercises and then work towards more functional stability patterns, in effect reprogramming their reflex core control.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Phase 3: Function &amp; Performance</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final phase is where we teach them to use their new motor programming strategies in a more functional way and then progress on to functional velocity training. Here they work towards the functional patterns, velocities and tissue tolerances that are relevant to their ‘purpose’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Philosophy</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should always be challenging the latest \'current\' thinking. Just because something new, like functional training and perhaps Pilates comes along to the industry, does that mean all the work you’re doing at the moment doesn’t work anymore? Of course not, it just means we have something else to integrate into what we are already doing, not necessarily discredit them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The industry is often seduced by the \'next big thing\', but invariably this is simply another way of achieving certain targets for your clients, not necessarily the ONLY way and it certainly doesn’t mean you should be forgetting what you were doing - unless it’s been directly disproven. Nothing should ever be done in isolation, as the exercise model suggests, a series of progressions is the most effective way to progress exercise.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should focus our attention to real issues, and using all the proven methodologies available to us, answer questions like:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   How do I know which exercise to give to my clients – how do I know which will help them and which will hurt them?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   Apart from increasing the number of reps and sets, how should I be progressing my client’s exercise programmes?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   Why choose one particular exercise over another that seemingly does the same thing?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   Should I be using gym balls in their training and if so, when?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  Should I be using machines anymore? Are they ‘functional’? Does that matter?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often difficult to answer these questions for all our clients with any degree of honesty and accuracy with the assessments that are in place at the moment. Until the industry’s understanding of intrinsic biomechanics and its implications to exercise prescription is better understood our exercise prescription will not be as good or as safe as it should be.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to find out more about the <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">Biomechanics Coach Diploma, then click here</a>, enter your details and let\'s get on a call to see if its right for you. Or if you would like to dip your toe in and start with a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/intrinsic-biomechanics-taster/\">1-day workshop you can check those out by clicking here</a>.\n\n&nbsp;','Intrinsic Biomechanics for Personal Trainers - Knowing The HOW & The WHY For Exercise Prescription','','inherit','closed','closed','','19072-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',19072,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38686',0,'revision','',0),(38687,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2><b>The SMART Question Challenge </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today I have a challenge for you, but first we need to set some foundations…</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A lot of coaches, I find are very curious… they like to explore, challenge themselves, learn new things and with that comes a lot of questioning.</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you ask a lot of questions?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you get into debates online about anatomy or exercises?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you are in a Facebook group that is set up to answer your questions, or for you to find answers? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you get frustrated by some of the answers you get?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever considered that the answer you get may in fact highlight a problem with the quality of your question?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\'t just my opinion, you will here my buddy, Ben Coomber of the BTN Academy, also advocating the practice and use of great questions for a better chance of getting good quality answers.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did your parents ever give you a stupid answer to a question, full well knowing what they were doing and then follow it up with…</span>\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer?”</span></i></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That was an early teaching moment for lots of us to make sure we asked the right question.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The question I would like to ask you is <a href=\"https://coachfoundation.com/blog/effective-coaching-techniques/\">are your questions S.M.A.R.T</a>?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Are You Asking SMART Questions?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yup I just made that a thing or maybe someone else did, in fact, use the SMART acronym in relation to great questioning &amp; I just </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">thought </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I made it up...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we will discuss and challenge the vague nature of many common questions since they </span>\n<ol>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do not equip one with enough information to respond with clarity </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave room for ambiguity and a response that is coming from a different mindset to that of the person asking the question - which commonly leads to misinterpretation.</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Cognitively Biased?</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  </span></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common question I get asked is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“what\'s the best way to squat?”. </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I am unable to answer this with such a poor quality of question, its far too ambiguous. Much more information is required to gain a decent response. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I get asked this (which is a lot) my reply is always </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“why are you asking?</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The information needed to be in a position to offer a helpful reply is:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Goal</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Level/Experience</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Injury History</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mindset</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Etc etc</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once this information is gathered a half decent reply is more likely to be coming your way!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet learners, and even my social media ‘friends’, often ask me ambiguous questions like</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “what’s your opinion on…?”. </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The very nature of this question fascinates me since why would my </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opinion</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> matter? The questions are more often than not technical in nature so a solution based response is in fact what most people are really after...my <em>opinion</em> is irrelevant!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all have a biased view of the world and if someone asks your </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">opinion</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on squatting for example it leaves far too much information out.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example…...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b><i>Are Squats Dangerous?</i></b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine an article with this title. In fact, it wouldn\'t be uncommon in today\'s clickbait society. A reader might be thinking </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">squats</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are bad for us after reading an article about risk during squats. Yet the article was in fact related to the ‘overhead’ squat specifically for example. If the author didn\'t communicate well the specific style of squat or if the reader only read a portion of (or just scanned) the article this creates a room for misinterpretation.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another reader might be left thinking of a bodyweight squat and develop a fear of squatting in general, even squatting down to her kids.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet these are very different variables being considered. The style or type of squat must be clarified since there are far to many variations of squatting to simply suggest... all squats are dangerous </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asking great questions gives you a much better chance of getting a really good answer. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Questions that gain information that are:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specific - what type of squat? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Measurable - the range of motion?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Achievable - individual limitations? knowledge/language </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Realistic - does it fit the person and the goal?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Timely - when do you need to know by? </span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This then gives more clarity to the subject being questioned like the example in the article </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are Squats Dangerous?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Questions (And Answers) On Social Media</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember social media isn’t really monitored that heavily for ‘quality’ of even authenticity of the publisher/s… that’s YOU &amp; Me too by the way! So we are left to post pretty much whatever we want AND to choose who we question and who we choose to believe.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A great starting point is to ask yourself these questions first…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why you’re asking? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are you asking?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The detail behind it the point of the question</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want an opinion on something that someone has never experienced they surely cannot answer with integrity, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The key to great questioning is clarity in what you’re really trying to find out.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Poor Questioning</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What’s your opinion….</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What do you think about…</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are often too open &amp; flaky </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Great Questioning:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Defines the problem </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explains what it is your trying to find the answer to and for</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeps it SMART.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This allows for a clear response from them since the goal is clearer</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are giving your opinion or your thoughts, or even presenting research to back up your argument… before you say anything….. ask yourself…Have I FULLY understood the question? Do I know EXACTLY what they are asking? If the answer is no, then I suggest responding with a question first to clarify their question and help them ask a better question. You might notice this is something I do a lot, and even more so on our courses.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>SMART Question Challenge </b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you had just one question opportunity with the person you admire &amp; respect the most in your industry, what would it be &amp; to whom??</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mine would be :</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To Professor Stuart McGill - \"If money wasn\'t an issue who would be your favourite clients type to train / coach exercise to and why?\"</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\">If You’re Ready To Add The Biomechanics Coach System To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>','How To Ask SMART Questions, To Get A Great Answer','','inherit','closed','closed','','18855-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',18855,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38687',0,'revision','',0),(38688,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','<h2><b>iMoveFreely For Life - Your Guide For Clients</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are moving less, feeling more aches &amp; pains, struggling with recurring injures &amp; feeling stressed much of the time.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While we know that exercise comes as a recommended activity, many consider ‘exercising’ is something to be done at the local gym, leisure centre or village hall class. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With that said we are starting to appreciate the value of movement improvement techniques &amp; not just simply having aesthetic goals or a sporting task to dictate their ‘exercise’ routine. However there is an easier was to move well &amp; move more. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One problem can be a lack of time, another barrier might be that they just don\'t enjoy \'exercising\' even though they know they feel better afterwards &amp; then there is the fact many just aren\'t aware of how simple it can be to improve movement frequency &amp; quality.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we need to make it clear &amp; simple for our clients…by simply adding one thing at a time regularly &amp; consistently this can result in.....burning more NEAT Calories!</span>\n\n*Non Exercise Activity Thermogenisis - basically the calories you burn from just moving as oppose to specifically \'exercising\'\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More energy</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less pain </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less fatigue</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Less stress</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved mental health </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improved heart health</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">......to name a few!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore this blog aims to offer insights, ideas &amp; suggestions that we can offer to support those who just don\'t have time, don\'t like \'exercise\' or struggle to be consistent. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 1 - Digital de-clutter</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encourage clients to consider time limits which can now actually be set into iPhones! </span>\n\nSwitch OFF all alerts &amp; set times when you will allow yourself 20-30 mins, maybe morning &amp; evening, to catch up on social stuff\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scrolling through instagram reels or Facebook for example can literally suck time away in a vacuum that will never be regained!</span>\n\nAsk your clients how they feel about this, ask them what they think they could do differently.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 2 - Walk more</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking at every opportunity….this has got to be one of the easiest things to start doing to add to the *NEAT calorie count!</span>\n\nYou may, or may not, already know that 10,000 steps a day should be the goal - no matter when, how fast or even in several periods throughout the day rather than one big long walk.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Very often we form habits to make ‘life easier’ even though it reduces movement opportunities. </span>\n\nAsk your client if they can think of an opportunity to add extra walking or steps into each day, a little each day &amp; consistently = a big difference over time!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 3 - Wriggle &amp; fidget</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s good to wriggle, fidget &amp; alter position regularly while sitting for achieving extra *NEAT calorie burn. Yet we are conditioned from a young age to sit still at school or college. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If clients are going to sit for long periods ask them to alter their position frequently, maybe using a reminder alert from a device every hour. The alteration doesn\'t need to be dramatic, maybe just have a variety of sitting height options. Foot stools, chairs, boxes to place the computer on so you can stand for a bit &amp; maybe a kneeling mat.</span>\n\nMaybe ask the client how they might feel about sitting on the floor for a period of time in the evenings. This is less \'comfortable\' and therefore increases the desire to fidget &amp; wriggle more.\n\nWhy not ask your clients whether they might try spending time on the floor &amp; if they have a foam roller or tennis ball they could use that to massage their buttocks, thighs or calves even while catching up on their favourite TV programme.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 4 - Cook from scratch</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Actually cooking from scratch has 2 fabulous health benefits for clients! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No packets or tins means not only are they going to eat healthier but chances are they will need to chop, slice &amp; peel more too which adds to their *NEAT calorie count yet again! </span>\n\nGetting others involved makes for quite a social event in the kitchen &amp; possible even some real quality time too!\n\nAsk your clients how they feel about this\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>Tip 5 - Grow your own veg</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Growing our own veg helps contribute even more to points on Tip No 4 &amp; 1!</span>\n\n4. Tasty fresh produce AND more moves during gardening!\n\n1.  Less screen time too!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 6 - Cycle</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cycling instead of drive might be an alternative to walking when the distance is longer!</span>\n\nIt also reduces pollution &amp; gives an opportunity to soak up that all important Vitamin D too!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 7 - Ditch the TV</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ditch the TV...YES sell it! This is a tough one for many but only because of our cultures conditioning!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Selling the TV might also improve relationships because we connect &amp; talk more without them! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And could save a fortune on broadband bills…!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 8 - Stop saying yes!</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try to NOT say yes to everything! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok this might surprise some clients but in this present lifestyle, we are all rushing about doing ‘stuff’ because we can rather than we actually want or need to.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Talking clients though how to analyse each potential invitation to meet for a coffee &amp; seriously consider would it be more beneficial to say no &amp; exercise instead!? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or what about suggesting a workout instead of coffee?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 9 - Smile more &amp; a lot</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Smile more - ever heard of face yoga?</span>\n\nThere are lots of tiny muscles in our faces that show the expressions we use the most.\n\nLaughter lines are a joy\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even just the act of smiling helps your face and body into a posture that could help improve our psychology. </span>\n\nWhy not try it now......go on...SMILE...keeping smiling....keep smiling .....how does it make you feel?\n\nWhy not pass it on to the next person you see?\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 10 - Play</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Take a ball to the park, and go and just play, play games with kids or friends.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So simple but suggest they swap a tv night or afternoon for this once a week &amp; see what happens! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 11 - Hoovering</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Enjoying the hoovering as it’s an excuse to move can also alter our perceptions of daily movement. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask clients how they would feel about considering hoovering as an excuse to move, or maybe sweeping up instead &amp; how about vigorously cleaning windows!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Tip 12 - Wash the car</b></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Washing the car - same as above!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Summary</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do any of these……?</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saves money</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moves you more </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saves time </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes better use of time </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is soup for the soul </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes others feel good </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes you feel good </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gives you a healthier life all round </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without taking up EXTRA time…...mostly</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Tasks For Your Clients </b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact ask your client to grab a pen &amp; ask them to take a moment to imagine they have literally all the money they need - £10million</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now explain to them to imagine they have had it for some time, they did the big holiday, bought a car, nice house etc </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now ask them to….write HONESTLY…., exactly what their perfect day would go like...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What time would they wake?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where would they be??</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who with?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would they wear?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would they do?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What makes them feel blissfully happy more than anything else?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now show them that if they are really honest to go back &amp; check how much of it could actually be possible TODAY without a huge amount of money.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>What Else Can They Do?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What else could we help clients do today that can contribute to making them feel happier, fitter, healthier, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">richer</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A rich life doesn’t necessarily come from a huge bank account </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A truly rich life comes from great relationships </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If driven solely by money, the emotional drivers are usually missing, financial wealth is less likely to come without emotional drivers as gaining money takes work! Right!?!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>How Does iMoveFreely Fit In?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think we can all agree that a quality in life would include an absence of pain and the freedom to move freely and confidently. How many people wouldn’t wish for this? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And what if I said people could work towards that in just a couple minutes each day? Potentially not needing ANY extra time at all! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the roles we have as trainers/coaches is to educate, facilitate and empower our clients on how simple this can be for so many that are living with chronic pain, recurring injuries or physical limitations. We have a duty of care to show others just how simple it can be. We are exactly that, facilitators offering our clients simple solutions that fit with their beliefs &amp; goals to support their choice only when they are ready, in altering their daily habits for habits that bring an improved quality of life.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reason iMoveFreely is such a perfect fit is that no gym or equipment or even much energy for these fabulous special techniques is required to contribute to an improved quality of life.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients who choose to continue the lifestyles they lead (desk-bound, sedentary etc) will stil benefit from iMoveFreely techniques being introduced into their daily routines. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the techniques also work perfectly as a warm-up for our training sessions. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely is a series of special techniques we can demonstrate to our clients both online and in person, so they fit easily into our business model and also our clients daily life to initiate movement nourishment &amp; improvement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>How to fit iMoveFreely into your training programme.....</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). Taking Advantage of Recovery Time </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the simplest methods if your clients are time restricted is to teach clients to perform iMoveFreely during recovery or between sets of strength training. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Example One: When Squatting</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perform 4 Sign once per side (1 rep of 20% for 20 seconds)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do your squat set (alter weights of necessary) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat 4 Sign each side as before </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat for every set </span>\n<ol>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> S. If you do more than 4 Sets of squats, do more sets of 4 Sign!</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Example Two: When Deadlifting</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perform pec min anti spasm  (1 rep of 20% for 20 seconds)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perform banded scapular retraction off the rack </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perform deadlifts with a focus on scapular &amp; stiffness in spine </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Repeat </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). Take Advantage of Sitting</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">LOVE this one! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every single time your client sits down, on a bus, train, waiting for someone, in a meeting, cinema ....etc....teach them to do the relevant muscle energy techniques. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The beauty of iMoveFreely is that much of it can be done in a chair, so if your client finds they are having to sit for any amount of time they can DO iMoveFreely!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). Take Advantage of TV Time or Evenings </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is nothing wrong with a little downtime and for most that\'s going to be in the evening, maybe with the TV or with family.</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Life is what it is today so rather than expecting clients to fit in TIME to do iMoveFreely at a set time of the day, separate to the daily routine see how many ways you can teach them to combine them into things they are already doing.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No excuses for NOT nourishing movement!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be Happy </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move Freely</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready To Help Your Clients Move Better &amp; More Freely?</h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Ready for a game changing face to face workshop?</h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/product/imovefreely-instructor/#tab-description\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If You’re Ready To Add The iMoveFreely Instructor Reconditioning Programme To Your Skillset Then Click Here!</a></h3>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back25799549\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-10836 size-large\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-1024x512.png 1024w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-300x150.png 300w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-768x384.png 768w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why-600x300.png 600w, https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Always-Always-Start-With-Why.png 1225w\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;','12 Simple Tips For Feeling Happier & Healthier','','inherit','closed','closed','','18735-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:30','2024-07-16 11:26:30','',18735,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38688',0,'revision','',0),