INSERT INTO `6m7_posts` VALUES (2866,3,'2017-07-11 07:13:00','2017-07-11 07:13:00','Have you ever had to have surgery?\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Luckily I haven’t (in fact I decided against ACL surgery).... But it shocks me more and more every day, when I’m around fit, young people who have had to have surgery because of injuries that have occurred from preventable things like nerve tension.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Median Nerve Tension?</b></h3>\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2871\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.07.42-1024x462.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-07-42\" width=\"528\" height=\"238\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is an issue because it can be very uncomfortable, debilitating in some cases, and is most commonly simply a result of our evolving lifestyles. You see nerves don’t like being held in a stretch when they are tethered down somewhere in the body. They also hate fine repetition, like the constant handling of a computer mouse. In this case more likely the median nerve in the arm. Over time these issues can potentially result in more severe problems like Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. Once this diagnosis has been made it is definitely NOT an exercise professional’s remit. However<em> risk reduction</em> definitely is.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Hamstring Injuries</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamstring injuries are also commonly caused by a tight nerve, in this particular case it is more likely to be the sciatic nerve. Nerves also dislike high speed so the muscles often provide a protective spasm during movements, like running for example, in an attempt to limit adding tension to the nerve. However if stretched, or loaded sufficiently, the muscles can spasm enough to cause themselves to tear, or even simply cramp up, which can FEEL like a tear.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this has happened to you, or your client, you know it really sucks right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2870\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.08.25-681x1024.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-08-25\" width=\"309\" height=\"464\" />\n<h3><b>Tight Calves</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calves are also often one area of the body that are neglected. Whether that be training them, or understanding the role they have on the rest of the bodies movement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As discussed above when there is nerve tension causing ‘tightness’ in the calves, a whole cascade of problems can occur as a result, if not properly prepared or addressed.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s look at what tight calves can lead to...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They can cause overpronation in the feet.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This happens because the dorsi-flexion (moving the toes/foot up towards the shin) is not available from the ankle joint, due to the tightness in the calves, so it has to come from the sub talar joint.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes as part of the pronation mechanism though and so </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increases</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the amount of pronation as well.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So overpronation can cause shin related injuries, as well as knee and Achilles problems.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The list can go on..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT there are things WE can to do </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduce the risk </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of this happening!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>So What CAN We Do About It?</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2869\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.09.23-1024x694.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-09-23\" width=\"440\" height=\"298\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As exercise professionals we can prepare the nervous system better and we are perfectly placed to educate our clients on how to improve their intrinsic biomechanics. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now if you’re nervous (s’cuse the pun) about ‘exercising’ your clients nerves, consider this...</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens to your nerves when you bend down to put your socks on or perform kicks in martial arts classes for example?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yep you guessed it, you’re stretching your nerves, and if kicking in a class, this is also at relatively high speed!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Nerve Mobilisations</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By mobilising the nerve it can release the tension in the muscles and reduce the risk of more sinister complications as previously mentioned.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now keeping in mind the ‘visco-elastic’ nature of the nervous system (ie; tight nerves don’t like high speed, fine repetition or being </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">held</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in a stretch), nerves should be mobilised slowly, with control and taken only just to the point, or beginnings, of tension. This can be done for 2 sets of 8 reps to begin and gradually over time up to 3 sets of 15 reps. NO MORE than 2 x daily.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<iframe src=\"https://www.youtube.com/embed/AUc5Yq0Y7FU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"></iframe>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>This Technique Also Increased Muscle Output By 50% In 10 Days!</b></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><b>The Evidence</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Research performed at Liverpool Hope University College demonstrated astonishing results.  One experiment showed that a muscle can increase its force output by 14% after mobilising the sciatic nerve. Another experiment showed that by following the same concept daily for 10 days increased muscle output by over 50%!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who would like 50% stronger quads?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now 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 clients performance in their sport or indeed, on a sedentary level, how the fatigue relief can help after a hard day at the office.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you suspect you have clients who have any of the above mentioned problems?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn how to assess the nerves for tension?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b><i>SIDE NOTE: The Pelvis Can Contribute too...</i></b></h3>\n<i><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 twisted 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 (see \'Tight Calves\' paragraph), bending the knee will increase pronation (see \'Tight Calves\' paragraph), and dropping the hip will increase the spasm in the glutes/piriformis.   These muscles have a close relationship with the sciatic nerve and can create nerve tethering resulting in any of the afore mentioned compensations. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A vicious circle if ever there was one!  </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So by reducing the spasm in the piriformis, in other words preventatively, then we can be helping to reduce all of the above. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So great place to start is the brilliant </span></i><a href=\"http://bit.ly/2jrj9NK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b><i>4 Sign Anti Spasm Technique</i></b></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? This improves the function of the piriformis muscle in your hip that can the reduce sciatic nerve tension.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Want To Increase Muscle Output By 50% In 10 Days?','','draft','closed','closed','','want-to-increase-muscle-output-by-50-in-10-days','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=2866',0,'post','',0),(2868,0,'2017-06-29 06:44:38','2017-06-29 06:44:38','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','want-50-more-muscle-output','','','2017-06-29 06:44:38','2017-06-29 06:44:38','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Want-50-More-Muscle-Output-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2869,0,'2017-06-29 07:10:05','2017-06-29 07:10:05','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-09-23','','','2017-06-29 07:10:05','2017-06-29 07:10:05','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.09.23-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2870,0,'2017-06-29 07:10:08','2017-06-29 07:10:08','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-08-25','','','2017-06-29 07:10:08','2017-06-29 07:10:08','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.08.25-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2871,0,'2017-06-29 07:10:12','2017-06-29 07:10:12','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-07-42','','','2017-06-29 07:10:12','2017-06-29 07:10:12','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.07.42-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2874,3,'2017-07-17 12:00:27','2017-07-17 12:00:27','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel you deserved a weekend lying on the sofa?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well some of you probably do...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...but Stuart McGill suggests for many, particularly those who experience low back pain, this may not be as beneficial as you might hope. In fact... it could be detrimental!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the things you know I feel passionately about is educating and encouraging the world; to move more freely and with less pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>The Evidence</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Professor Stuart McGill (also known as Dr Spine at Waterloo University in Canada) has done literally hundreds of studies of the spine evidencing what he has discovered about the biomechanics of the spine.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His ethos, like ours here at the Biomechanics Education Academy and also neuroscientists, Lorimer Moseley and Dave Butler’s, is not to blanket prescribe or to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assume,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> what can be causing an individual\'s back pain or movement problem. In some cases less is more, especially in the scenario of movement repetition and back pain. One example of this might be a factory worker who repeatedly twists or rotates around their spine all day long. The last thing they need to do in an exercise class is twist the spine for reps, don\'t you think?!  </span>\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2877\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.54.01-1024x485.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-54-01\" width=\"391\" height=\"185\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While in other situations, more movement is necessary. One example might be the overweight client who comfort eats and prefers to watch TV all evening, every day.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Much to the annoyance of the learners who enter our academy and ask </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">generic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> client questions during their time in the academy, they more often than not hear us say “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">it depends…</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.”, because we should never generalise what we do with our clients. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>So This Creates A Problem For PT\'s</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move more?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move less?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How on earth do we find the balance when giving advice to our clients?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well remember, when you read an article it will more often than have not been written with a specific reader or case study in mind. The clarity of this depends upon either the skill or mindframe of the writer. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Move More</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you read \'move more\' articles they are likely to be aimed to those leading a more sedentary lifestyles. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example One</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; The individual who doesn\'t exercise AND has a relatively sedentary job.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example Two</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; The individual who trains for 1hr a day 6 x per week, then sits behind a desk or on their sofa the rest of it, they’re overall relatively sedentary. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally increasing the regularity of moving their body would be advisable in both of these examples</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2879\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.57.16-1024x503.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-57-16\" width=\"454\" height=\"223\" />\n<h2><b>Move Less</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These kind of articles are for those who do</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> excessive</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reps of the same kind of movement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example One</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; The individual who runs for miles and miles every day, would be going through a lot of reps with impact on the knees. Also a cyclist who rides for miles and miles every day, is also putting a lot of reps on the knee joints. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example Two;</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The individual who plays a \'batting\' or racket sport regularly may experience problems in the arm they are using for that particular sport. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sport is sport and not necessarily the ‘healthiest’ thing for the body\'s structures and tissues but something we choose to do because we enjoy it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2878\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.57.56-1024x554.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-57-56\" width=\"456\" height=\"247\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe your client moves a lot in their job but they don\'t normally do gym type \'exercises\'. Remember that while we are very accustomed to gyms, they have only really been fashionable since the days of Arnie, Gold’s Gym &amp; Muscle Beach. Back then, many people were simply ‘fit’ from their manual labour jobs like working in factories or down mines. </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here is a snippet of McGill\'s advice from <a href=\"https://www.theptdc.com/2017/04/back-pain-myths/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">THIS ARTICLE</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2875\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-29-at-08.46.51-955x1024.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-46-51\" width=\"583\" height=\"625\" />\n<h2><strong>SO IN CONCLUSION…...</strong></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2786\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SPINE-Biomechanics-blog-300x150.png\" alt=\"spine-biomechanics-blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" /></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why not check out our<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/spine-biomechanics-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Spine Biomechanics workshop within our diploma</a>? We share with you our Integrated System which is blended with some of the science and evidence based assessments and corrective methods from both McGill’s work and Mosely and Butler’s work. This brilliantly gives you a very extensive series of tools to enhance what you do as a PT.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/spine-biomechanics-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST</a></strong></span></p>','Are Your Client\'s Moving Too Much Or Not Enough?','','draft','closed','closed','','are-your-clients-moving-too-much-or-not-enough','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=2874',0,'post','',0),(2875,0,'2017-06-29 07:47:29','2017-06-29 07:47:29','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-06-29-at-08-46-51','','','2017-06-29 07:47:29','2017-06-29 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08:01:42','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/table_pic-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(2959,3,'2017-07-31 12:00:45','2017-07-31 12:00:45','<b>...What Is It?</b>\n\n<b>Why Does Everyone Want It?</b>\n\n<b>Should We Even Do It?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When searching around for definitions of \'core stability\' the internet will come up with many terms like ‘base of support’, ‘central balance’, ‘foundation’ and so on, but I feel it is prudent to define it in a little more detail than that.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mel Siff (2004), gives a definition for \'segmental stability\' as..\"</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles stabilising or supporting </span></i><b><i>a body segment</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> statically or dynamically while other muscles carry out a movement involving other joints</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\".</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therefore it might be safe to say \'</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Core Stability’ is</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscles stabilising or supporting </span></i><b><i>the spine </i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">statically or dynamically while other muscles carry out a movement involving other joints</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>BUT</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Why Do Core Stability Training?</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2966\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-10-at-16.21.37.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-10-at-16-21-37\" width=\"369\" height=\"259\" /></span>\n\nWhy do so many people feel they need it, or at least feel like they don’t have it, therefore seek out ways to train the core specifically?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For some it is still the idea of having a nice flat washboard stomach that drives them to perform core stability moves, for others it maybe they feel they have \'weaknesses\' around their abdominal, or lower back area and for others, it may well just be habit as part of their daily routine.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now while we, as fit pros, are wiser these days to the notion that a flat stomach comes from the kitchen, not core stability training specifically, the media still tell us it is! Then surely it is up to us to educate our clients and participants with the truth, right!? So we get educated and then pass it on to them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The biggest challenge being, as always, the fact that we are all different and therefore require a one to one consultation to really get to the nitty gritty of things.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Is The Core Prepared For Core Stability Training?</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a previous article we did, we let you into a cool, core preparation technique called gliding. If you missed it </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/how-to-identify-if-your-quadratus-lumborum-muscle-is-in-spasm-its-effect-on-lower-back-pain-movement-ability/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE FOR THE WALL GLIDES TECHNIQUE</a></strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For those who feel core stability training is necessary due to a \'weakness\', let us consider this question..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does the term ‘weak core\' actually mean?</span></i></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my previous training this meant the core required ‘strength’ work as this is the opposite meaning to ‘weak’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>However since then I have come to realise there are many definitions of the term ‘weakness’ in relation to the core, like the following examples:</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk muscles due to muscle spasm</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk joints due to muscle spasm</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk joints due to neural tension</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk muscles due to neural tension</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk muscles due to joint immobility</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibited trunk muscles due to injury related scar tissue</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...and I am sure there are other variations of this theme too.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the above is correct then do you think we need to implement ‘core stability’ training to improve core control? Probably not.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it likely we would be conditioning an asymmetry or at least a dysfunction? Yes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So surely the ideal initial exercise prescription would be to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prepare</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the core; for core stability training.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, remove the inhibition with muscle release work, nerve mobilisations, joint mobility work and/or manual therapy? In other words a core stability  ‘preparation’ exercise programme.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once this is in place THEN progressive core stability training it is likely to be far more effective following neuromuscular periodised training methods like those we deliver in Step 1 of our Core Training Pyramid in the Spine Biomechanics Workshop.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The 3 Step Pyramid Approach</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2963\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-08.23.34-1024x764.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-08-23-34\" width=\"380\" height=\"284\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the preparation work is in place we follow this with the progressive neuromuscular core training using firstly static, then more dynamic, core training methods.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2962\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-03-at-10.01.47-1024x236.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-03-at-10-01-47\" width=\"1024\" height=\"236\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once low level neuromuscular ‘core stability’ skills are achieved, it is probably wise to perform some really simple assessments and exercises to correct and regain the ‘Core Strength Ratios’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Step 2</strong></span> is based on</span><b> McGill’s (2003)</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> work. He discusses that our asymmetrical lifestyles create these imbalances of strength around the trunk.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Finally, Step 3</strong></span> is what we call ‘Functional Stability’ in which we show you how to assess core control during more gross compound movements. Aberrant Gross Lumbar screen, spinal hinges during kneeling and standing squats and cross pelvic syndromes are all screens we show our learners during the Spine Biomechanics workshop. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The REAL Question</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\nHowever this then begs the question that is often discussed;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Is performing squats, deadlifts, pushups, sporting activity or likewise, all our core needs!?</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well many would like to think so, however if we continue to choose a life in front of a screen or with 90 degrees of hip flexion maintained for long periods of time, pushing the pelvis into a posterior tilt and the spine into lumbar flexion; there is a good chance we will need to constantly monitor or core’s capacity. This would then enable us as PT’s to decide which exercises is right, for that client, at that time, due to their intrinsic biomechanics rather than utilising generic core stability training exercises for all clients. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean, wouldn\'t you like to KNOW which exercise is “good” and which is “bad” for your client?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let us keep in mind that everything you do uses your ‘core’! So (once prepared) maybe designing a training programme that considers the whole body, would mean you don’t actually need to spend </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">additional</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> time training the core at the end of a class or training session, because the whole session was functionally training our core throughout!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2786\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SPINE-Biomechanics-blog-300x150.png\" alt=\"spine-biomechanics-blog\" width=\"500\" height=\"250\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you find any of this interesting you will find the core training pyramid, along with all of these screens and exercises and more in our 2 day <strong><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/spine-biomechanics-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spine Biomechanics Workshop, just click here to find out more.</a></strong></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">The <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/spine-biomechanics-workshop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spine Biomechanics Workshop</a> is a stand alone workshop, but it does also count as 1/5th towards a <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Diploma in Biomechanics Coaching. 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I don’t know why, it just felt right haha.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simon gave me permission to use his information anonymously to share his story with you all, which I am forever grateful for!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now bear in mind, Simon had to fight to get a consultation with me in the first place, as I don’t usually take on clients in pain like he was. My usual clients are athletes looking for the performance edge. He lives in Brighton, my clinic is in Nottingham and yet even when I tried to point him the direction of a Biomechanics Coach nearer to him, he was not deterred. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“You helped my wife a few years ago, I want to see you” </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> he said adamantly. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My initial email to him set up all levels of expectation as I explained what I do and don’t do, how I work, what I expect of him and what he should expect while working with me along with what to bring or wear, that would help me assess him easily. It also states very clearly that I do not promise pain relief. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Back Pain &amp; Shoulder Pain</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the whole point to Simon’s reason for contacting me was shoulder and low back pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So after he had read and agreed to my initial email, we spoke over the phone so I could clarify a few things in advance of us booking the face to face sessions. He was happy to discuss his goal and we agreed to address it upon meeting. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We booked in 3 sessions over the course of 2 weeks, to give me a good grasp of his biomechanics, his adherence, how his body responds to the programme or whether there might be a need for the skills of a different professional for best duty of care to Simon.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also unusual to my practice, I actually collected Simon from the train station and it was like we had actually known each other for a long time already, even though we had never met or spoken before that week.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Consultation </b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial consultation was a couple of hours during which we discussed his daily routine, working hours, home situation, previous injuries, training or sporting activities, sleeping habits, footwear and anything else that might influence his biomechanics.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a sick wife, a toddler and 9 month old baby, Simon was literally doing everything from going to work all day, cooking dinner and getting up through the night to help with the baby.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was clear there was no way I could suggest any kind of gym training or really even any banded resistance work. There needed to be a clear plan of things he could do within these very limiting parameters. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2963\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-08.23.34-1024x764.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-08-23-34\" width=\"310\" height=\"231\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The full assessment I did on Simon included pelvic, spine and shoulder function screens, knee stability screens, foot function screens and I assessed for subclinical muscle spasm, nerve tension and joint immobility. There was a lot of common dysfunction present but nothing that concerned me, other than how we would fit in what was needed to help him function and move better. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We sat down to discuss the results and I reminded him that I couldn’t promise pain relief BUT could guarantee teach him how to improve his own function and movement. So we started to discuss how his pain influenced his daily routine and quality of life. This gave us an opportunity to explore the real reason for his visit. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Real Goal/s</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He simply wanted to be able to get down onto the floor to play with his daughter and to feed his baby girl in the night, without his arm fatiguing. This is what became the goal but it also became a measurement. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I asked Simon to physically show me how he did these tasks at present. His cumbersome way of bending his back and not his knees to get to the floor was telling. His methods to lift his baby girl from her crib and then to hold her and feed her, also spoke volumes to me about his upper body positioning. I had even noticed the way he sat down and got up out of the chair with a huge forward lean, massively folding at the hip. All putting a lot of pressure and strain on his lower back particularly.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So while all of this was based on my subjective judgements, it gave me some ideas on what more we might be able to do with Simon’s very limited time and equipment. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Links Man &amp; Screening Form</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With my links man and screening form, I explained the screening results to Simon, where he was intrinsically dysfunctional was marked in green and what it might all meant to him. Breaking everything down into what it might mean with regards to his daily routine. Simon was very keen and eager to take on board everything I was suggesting. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3014\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sample-case-study-1-738x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"sample-case-study-1\" width=\"306\" height=\"424\" />\n<h3><b>Prescribing Homework</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His homework was just 2 simple pelvic anti spasm techniques Leg Press &amp; 4 Sign </span><b>&lt;&lt;see the 4 Sign muscle energy technique in this article&gt;&gt;</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to practice at least 4 times a day. As we discussed his usual day, I encouraged him to be involved in the decisions around his homework. So he suggested he could do it while sitting at work or at home with his family. I also taught him how to sit down and stand up and how to get down and up from the floor, while putting less pressure on his back. Everything was designed to fit in with HIS lifestyle and to be realistic and achievable, even with his circumstances. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I explained what this could do IF he did his homework and what the next steps might be, Simon nodded looking completely committed to what I was suggesting. We had already agreed his next visit would be in 2 days and so I dropped him back at the train station with his exercise sheet looking very hopeful.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the next 48hours I texted him regularly … “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">have you done your homework this morning…</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?”. He would reply…</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “I have done 3 sets already!</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” WOWZERS it was only 10am this guy was serious. So serious in fact, that he did his anti spasms 12 times a day!! Now please understand while the dosage we recommend is 4 x daily, they can be performed more which is likely to give a quicker, more effective response. Great start! I thought, excited about the re-screen.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Re-Screen </b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just 2 days later and Simon was back. He said he felt he could move a bit better, but the pain was the same. He had done all of his homework, and more, AND was using his body better in general with the sit/stand techniques and lifting of his daughters. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The re-screen showed an incredible different in ares that weren\'t quite moving so well and looked like this on the Links Man screening form..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3015\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sample-case-study-2-741x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"sample-case-study-2\" width=\"298\" height=\"411\" />\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“WELL DONE!!” </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I said and while he could see the difference on the 2 links men forms and he was pleased, I knew there was still some convincing to do. We added in some lumber mobility work and removed Leg Press as he felt 4 Sign was the one that made the difference. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Off he went and this time for a week. So I continued to text or call regularly to check on how we getting on and feeling. He was still doing everything as prescribed and felt good but still had pain. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His 3rd appointment we met after a workshop I had delivered in London and I was REALLY excited to see the results. Simon showed even more improvement and explained how he could now get down easily to play with his daughter and can hold his baby girl all night with much less fatigue. However his pain/discomfort wasn’t really much different.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3016\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sample-case-study-3-746x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"sample-case-study-3\" width=\"301\" height=\"413\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I knew Simon trusted me and when I asked him to be patient and persistent I knew he would. This time we integrated thoracic mobility and also some low grade supine core bracing that he could do while lying on the floor with is little girl.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I also did was teach him some shoulder anti spasms but I asked him not to do them yet, we would talk over skype and I would let him know when he could introduce this technique. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of where we had got to and the vast improvement he had achieved, I explained we didn’t need to meet for 4 weeks now. He had his homework and I felt his schedule was so hectic that now we had built our relationship and I knew he did his homework, we could for now work together via phone or skype etc. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Pain Relief</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the next few weeks he did his homework religiously, committed to generally moving better now that he was more body aware and finally in week number 6 he called. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“MY PAIN HAS GONE!”</span></i></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He was so happy and relieved and to be honest, so was I. He explained that he thought it was when he introduced the shoulder anti spasms. We created an action plan for him moving forward and I advised him that this would probably be a long term maintenance programme now. BUT rather than 4 times daily (or 12 in Simon’s case!) he could reduce the dosage to 2 x daily and see how he got on. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Summary</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here I have listed all the messages this ‘perfect’ client experience showed me;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never promise pain relief</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trust an evidence based system</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body is an integrated system</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Empower your client to take control of their own body</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer MORE than the session for success</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never promise pain relief</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Include them in their homework design</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Helping clients move better with less pain doesn’t have to be in a gym</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain in detail only what the client cares about in relation to their goal.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Convert their goal if necessary to be a more realistic one</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Offer realistic solutions based on the individual\'s lifestyle</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never promise pain relief</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember had I done this, not only would the goal have been a negative one, Simon may not have returned or listened when his pain wasn’t changing. Had it not, I would have referred him to a colleague for some further tests but nothing gave me a red flag.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe screening system and exercises I used with Simon were from the Biomechanics Coaching Diploma.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The benefits;</h3>\nThis evidence based system has been tried and tested over 25 years on over 4.5k subjects.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt is amazingly easy to perform without any special equipment other than a chair or step.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nYou can assess the results immediately!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEach screen comes with the relevant iMoveFreely exercise techniques like the ones I prescribed to Simon to improve his movement.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you are like thousand of other PT\'s out there and you face doubt when trying to work out where your clients movement limitations are actually coming from <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2759 size-full\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Screen-Shot-2017-05-23-at-06.26.43.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-05-23-at-06-26-43\" width=\"594\" height=\"308\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I WANT TO FIND OUT MORE!</a></span></p>','[CASE STUDY] How Simon Reduced His Low Back And Shoulder Pain','','draft','closed','closed','','case-study-simon','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=2972',0,'post','',0),(2976,0,'2017-07-11 16:39:25','2017-07-11 16:39:25','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','core-stability','','','2017-07-11 16:39:25','2017-07-11 16:39:25','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/core-stability-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(2978,3,'2017-07-24 12:00:01','2017-07-24 12:00:01','Todays blog was inspired by a Facebook post ….\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-3004 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.14.53.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-12-at-15-14-53\" width=\"247\" height=\"351\" /><img class=\"wp-image-3003 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.15.42-654x1024.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-12-at-15-15-42\" width=\"228\" height=\"357\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly I would like to explain the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic biomechanics. It can be confusing to analyse your clients movement if you are unaware of the difference, so let’s have a lookere..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extrinsic Biomechanics</span></i></h2>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can be a very complex analysis of the performance of movements using high level and</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expensive machinery like isokinetics and kinematics to help us understand forces, loads and levers. In a practical sense this also includes</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">what an exercise professional sees when they look at their client move and then correct it with interventions such as verbal and visual cues.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrinsic Biomechanics</span></i></h2>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the analysis of what is happening inside the body which</span></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">creates the extrinsic movements. An understanding of the internal neuro-musculoskeletal system and how this integrated system is the basis for what we see through the extrinsic analysis.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was clear from the Facebook comment that I had not clarified the difference for those reading it and so I realised that this might be something you and other fitness professionals struggle with too. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Have You Ever Coached A Client &amp; Wondered WHY They Aren’t Symmetrical? </b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can tell something isn’t level, because their knees aren\'t the same height or one shoulder is a tiny further forwards than that other. Postural assessment kinda stuff.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet they may have pretty good movement ability, they may have no pain or injuries but your thinking ….</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">do I try to correct that? </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> …if so, how and from where??</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yeah, me too!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3005\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.37.03.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-12-at-15-37-03\" width=\"268\" height=\"362\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something I have found a challenge, having spent over 25yrs in the industry of ‘coaching movement’, is finding the balance between trying to change the lines of symmetry with visual and verbal cues and simply letting the client MOVE the way their body needs to because of how they are stacked up on the inside. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The overhead squat position above is the most comfortable and stable position for me. I know that whenever I have tried to do to become more extrinsically symmetrical, it has felt really awkward, slightly uncomfortable and not at all stable; so I don\'t worry too much about trying to force a position that I know just feels wrong, even if it </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">looks</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> better.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Is The Point?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was a friend of mine that challenged me on my statement “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I perfect my lines, I’d likely injure myself”. </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I LOVE to be challenged and she had every right to challenge me and as her point was important. As it turns out, we actually were agreeing on MY point BUT I hadn’t made clear what I was trying to highlight. What she was pointing out was; for those out there who read posts like mine, it could have been interpreted wrongly. She was absolutely right.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Out Of Date Education?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a professional dancer symmetrical arm lines were literally everything on stage in my dance troupe. Then in my fitness industry qualifications I was taught to correct lines of movement so joints were stacked, knees in line etc.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you had similar training then you will recognise it was really about coaching the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extrinsic </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movement you can see. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An example is when you ask your client to squat and their knee drops inwards, you might verbally and/or visually coach them to keep the knee ‘in line’ with the midfoot for example…right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…and in some cases that would be correct BUT consider this…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What if your client has been sitting at their desk all day and comes to your session with a ‘functional’ twist at their pelvis? Something neither of you are aware of. This can be caused by their ‘intrinsic biomechanics’ adapting to that sedentary static desk posture, with muscles potentially going into subclinical spasm (a constant contraction). This can in turn limit the movement at the joints these muscles cross, thus creating the ‘impression’ of a longer limb as one side of the pelvis is ‘stuck’ rotated forward and down. This can result in a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">deliberate</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compensation by the body (a true master of compensation by the way) of requiring the knee to buckle inwards to allow the body to descend into a squat without hurting the lower back; for example.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If this were the case do you think trying to encourage your client to get their knees ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in line’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> would be the best course of action?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">… Well probably not.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how on earth are we supposed to KNOW what is simply poor technique and requires verbal or visual coaching and what is in fact a result of the way their intrinsic biomechanics are stacked up??</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>Good Question eh!</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3006\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.40.22.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-12-at-15-40-22\" width=\"326\" height=\"216\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well ideally we have screening or assessment skills to identify what isn\'t working properly BEFORE we train their movement/s. This then guides us on which exercises are good for them on that day and which might create a problem.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: Doing a movement on dysfunction won’t immediately ‘break’ your client BUT if undetected, overtime if they repeat movements on dysfunctional areas (sometimes with loads too) they could be raising the risk. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>What Can We Do?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we really should be doing is educating clients on how to move more freely, by improving and </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">preparing</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their intrinsic biomechanical set up first. Then train or exercise upon a neuro-musculoskeletal system that has its capacity back which reduces risk and optimises performance for their daily task/s or chosen sport or activity.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This could be as simple as performing a range and symmetry test, then introducing an anti spasm or muscle energy technique like 4 sign. Then redo the range and symmetry test and if it has improved you KNOW they need to do that technique BEFORE they train or even warm up.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all appreciate the body is a complex series of structures and tissues so it can often be quite overwhelming when you are trying to decide where to start and how to proceed.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let me give you a simple evidence based pyramid system of approach. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2963\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-08.23.34-1024x764.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-30-at-08-23-34\" width=\"380\" height=\"283\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) Start with preparation and capacity from the inside, considering all structures and tissues of our integrated system. Anti spasms, MET’S, massage, foam rolling, nerve mobilisations, joint mobilisations etc.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) Next train stability and control to proprioceptively remind the ‘core’ or trunk what this new position feels like. Remember, core control SHOULD be a reflex NOT something we have to think about. (Note: If someone appears to have a </span><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/do-you-really-have-a-weak-core/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">weak</span></i></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> core remember it COULD be they are in fact not stacked up well intrinsically rather than actually ‘weak’.)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/do-you-really-have-a-weak-core/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read my post \"Do you really have a weak core?\" here, if you\'re interested in finding out more on this.</a></em></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). Finally and only once the previous 2 points have been addressed, we train function and performance of the chosen sport or activity.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Matthews &amp; Norris, 2008 &amp; Krabak &amp; Kennedy, 2008)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3034\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/BIOMECHANICS-COACH-2-300x157.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"262\" /></span></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If YOU would like to learn an evidence base system that enables PT’s like YOU to perform a whole series of 42 assessments on your clients, in advance of deciding which exercises to give them ……...weeeeell…... you are reading the right blog because all you need to do is …..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a 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could remember your A&amp;P to work out which muscle isn’t doing its job?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel ashamed at how much of your anatomy training you can’t remember?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is one of the most common things that most of our learners share with us confidentially, prior to attending our workshops. Our workshops are designed to INCREASE knowledge and deepen understanding, but they are absolutely perfect and specifically designed for L2 fitness instructors or L3 PT’s, sports masseurs and coaches (depending upon which workshop/s) who want to increase their confidence and skills combined.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also as an education provider we take our role very seriously in never ever setting anyone up to fail…. Yet so many of you still actually FEAR not knowing enough to attend. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the whole point of attending a course or workshop is to discuss, explore and learn things you didn’t know before, right? So they are SUPPOSED to be somewhat uncomfortable. We should expect a new level of thinking, for our paradigm to potentially shift and to potentially be taken through the Kubler-Ross curve of emotions. Shock, denial, fear and eventually acceptance.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently we had messages like…. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Very scared about tomorrow. I know nothing and am a slow learner! And getting old.............”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Oh dear god my anxiety levels have just  shot through the roof when I skimmed this email...Hopefully I shall calm down by Saturday lol”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Upon receiving these kinds of emails, we obviously contact the learners to reassure them that they are more than qualified to attend the workshops, as it is compulsory they provide evidence of the pre-requisite requirements.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We pride ourselves on the huge level of support we offer, taking it very seriously by providing a wide range of resources for our learners to access;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Screening forms</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Webinars</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mentoring</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skype</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Texts</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Calls</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Emails</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Diversely skilled Master Trainer’s</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Books</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Videos - YouTube</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photos</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Forums</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free Workshops</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find a Biomechanics Coach map</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Events</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Newsletters</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blogs</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articles</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The Solution</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I am fully aware that the industry is full of egos which includes presenters, teachers, tutors and mentors. There are gurus out there who seem to take pleasure in telling people what they know, rather than actually demonstrating a desire to create supportive educational environments, that not only allow individual growth but also contribute to improving the entire industry. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A true educator will admit when they don’t know the answer to a question. They will facilitate rather than simply lecture. They will encourage and provoke thought rather than simply recite information. They will ask questions rather than state facts. They will encourage learners to challenge everything rather than just accept what they are told. True educators will wait for the learners questions rather than push the detail too soon. True educators accept they too are continually learning alongside and from their learners. A true educator does not KNOW everything but guides, supports and encourages thinking.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3179\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_1180-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_1180\" width=\"590\" height=\"442\" />\n<h3>How We Can Help</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Biomechanics Education Ltd our mission statement and ethos is ….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“To Improve Movement Through Education, While Improving Education Through A Movement”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By creating inclusive education experiences that embrace diverse interprofessional relationships, we embrace small steps towards improvement not just for the individual, but also for the entire industry.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are examples of feedback after recent workshops…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“I have already expressed how great it was to meet you and you certainly surpassed my expectations of how great a tutor you are.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You made me feel at ease when chatting with you and even when I wasn\'t confident in answering any questions, I wasn\'t made to feel silly or stupid.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I def would pick you to be lost on a desert island with,  as I would be in total awe of your knowledge and enthusiasm.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending on Saturday has brought my excitement back for learning and I definitely want to explore biomechanics further. I for one would love to commit to learning more and would love to have the chance to study the diploma. (I found my old flash cards for muscles) </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look forward to hearing from you :-)”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Hi Rachel</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks for a great course I learnt a lot and it was a great pace! I actually feel confident that I can go away and use those tests not like other courses I have done when I go away overwhelmed and confused. I realise I still have more to learn and practice though.”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3188\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/imovefreely-blog-2-300x169.png\" alt=\"imovefreely-blog-2\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Would you like to start with a 1 day workshop like the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/event/imovefreely-instructor-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iMoveFreely Instructor Workshop Saturday 2nd Sept London?</a> </strong></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/event/imovefreely-instructor-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a></strong></p>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-full wp-image-3180 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-12-at-16.23.04.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-12-at-16-23-04\" width=\"566\" height=\"312\" />','Do You Fear You Just Don\'t Know Enough?','','draft','closed','closed','','do-you-fear-you-just-dont-know-enough','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3178',0,'post','',0),(3179,0,'2017-08-15 09:49:02','2017-08-15 09:49:02','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','img_1180','','','2017-08-15 09:49:02','2017-08-15 09:49:02','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMG_1180-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3180,0,'2017-08-15 09:49:05','2017-08-15 09:49:05','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-08-12-at-16-23-04','','','2017-08-15 09:49:05','2017-08-15 09:49:05','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-12-at-16.23.04-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3183,0,'2017-08-16 05:54:37','2017-08-16 05:54:37','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-08-16-at-06-51-38','','','2017-08-16 05:54:37','2017-08-16 05:54:37','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-16-at-06.51.38-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3188,0,'2017-08-16 08:28:21','2017-08-16 08:28:21','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','imovefreely-blog-2','','','2017-08-16 08:28:21','2017-08-16 08:28:21','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/imovefreely-blog-2-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3191,0,'2017-08-16 13:27:55','2017-08-16 13:27:55','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','do-you-fear-3','','','2017-08-16 13:27:55','2017-08-16 13:27:55','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Do-you-fear-3-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3198,3,'2017-08-21 07:00:41','2017-08-21 07:00:41','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wish you could see what we REALLY look like on the inside?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you fascinated by anatomy?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wonder why people move the way they do?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like an anatomy experience like no other?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want an opportunity to ask the experts about REAL A&amp;P?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to see just how different we all are on the inside too?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you answered yes to any of the above then this blog is definitely for you…..now bare with me while I set the scene…</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever met someone in one of the most unlikely circumstances and they have turned out to be someone much more valuable than you might have imagined?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the things I was trained for in my very first job as a silver service waitress at the tender age of 14yrs was..</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Treat everyone you meet like they could change your life for the better</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This attitude has stood me in good stead over the years and so I want to share with you an unlikely meeting that has resulted in an incredible, and exclusive, opportunity I am now able to offer to YOU and all of our academy learners. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to hear about it?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thought you might ;)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>It All Started In A Sauna..</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3206\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-14.57.23-1024x413.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-21-at-14-57-23\" width=\"570\" height=\"230\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yup a sauna! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At one of my local gyms after a hard training session I had taken myself down to the quiet spa area. Finding the quietest sauna of the five there I settled into the opposite corner from a gentleman already in there. We exchanged </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘hello’s</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’. He then asked about my training in a soft german accent and so we got chatting. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It turns out he’s a professor at <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2vXvlci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nottingham Medical School, Queen’s Medical Centre.</a> Dr Michael Rittig actually teaches medical students in the </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anatomy Teaching Suite. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOWZERS!</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” I exclaimed to him “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How I would LOVE to be able to take my learners into a cadaver lab!”. </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having experienced about 3 ‘cadaver days’ myself at Keele Medical labs several years ago I had known then it was a privilege.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Guess What He Said…..?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I am confident I can arrange that for you</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My jaw literally hit the floor. I knew how difficult this could have been to arrange as an ‘outsider’ without ‘clinical’ qualifications. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For just a moment I felt slightly weird sitting there sweating in my swim wear, jaw on the floor, wishing I had a pen and paper to take his number…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The opportunity was far too exciting to feel weird for long!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He promised to leave his email address at reception on his way out.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As I changed, very quickly, I wondered if he would actually leave his email or even if he would remember! Feeling so excited for my learners I made my way back to the car and home imagining their faces when I sent out the email saying we have a <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2vXvlci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cadaver experience </a>on the schedule.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During my lessons I had been telling them about my experience and how it had boosted my own confidence in anatomy due to the complexity of it all. It had reassured me not to feel I had to know everything. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, yes you guessed it, I had forgotten to ask for his email as I left </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">DOH!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I rang reception immediately and they eventually found it but couldn\'t read his writing. So I typed out an email and wrote every version of the spelling I could imagine it might be.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Then I Finally Got My Reply!!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHOOP WHOOP!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as I started to schedule potential dates we put out a ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who’s interested?</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ email to create a waiting list.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within 4hrs we had 27 names, after 24 hrs we had 46! We had 2 organisations contact us one with 65 people the other with 103!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://bit.ly/2vXvlci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The First Biomechanics Education Cadaver Experience</b></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3207\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-14.58.44.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-21-at-14-58-44\" width=\"172\" height=\"244\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBiomechanics Education Ltd’s first <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2vXvlci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cadaver Experience</a> was on a Monday…\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some learners felt trepidation at this first experience and ALL of them confirmed afterwards they did feel freaked out after all once inside. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we donned our white lab coats and latex gloves, Dr Mike and Dr Rana were both poised ready, one at the upper limb station and the other at the lower limb station.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We split into 2 groups and listened intently for around 2 hrs before we took a break for lunch.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We then continued until around 3pm and moved to different stations to discuss and explore the foot, spine, pelvis and shoulder.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly no photos are permitted because I would have loved to show you the looks of awe on the learners faces, as they held various body parts, peeled back different layers of dissection while studying these amazing specimens. It was just fantastic!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3208\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-15.02.45.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-21-at-15-02-45\" width=\"462\" height=\"247\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would YOU like to experience real anatomy?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES? <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2vXvlci\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Just check out the feedback…..</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3201\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-14.45.38-1024x772.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-21-at-14-45-38\" width=\"528\" height=\"398\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3203\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-21-at-14.45.13-942x1024.png\" 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05:22:18','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Craftsmen-6-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3227,3,'2017-08-29 08:48:21','2017-08-29 08:48:21','<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Problem </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<a href=\"http://bit.ly/2lTqLtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> ‘Weak Core’ </a>Epidemic - everyone is talking about it but what is it exactly?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You get a new client and they say they want to strengthen their core. Maybe they have a sore lower back or have recently been to a therapist who suggested they need strengthen their core.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sound familiar?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If something is ‘weak’ you strengthen it, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well not necessarily so let’s start by clearing a few things up….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). Pain or discomfort is not indicative of  being ‘weak’.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). An apparent ‘weakness’ can be caused by several things, many of which do NOT, initially at least, require ‘strength’ work. In fact strength work could actually compound issues in some cases.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). A ‘weak’ core is being used as a blanket term for a variety of problems.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4). If you can walk around and hold your body upright then chances are your core ain’t simply in need of strengthening!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The big question is WHY are is your core ‘weak’???</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3229\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-29-at-09.45.59.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-09-45-59\" width=\"353\" height=\"235\" />\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Solution </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is the kind of question we really need to start asking ourselves along with;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What exactly does the term ‘weak’ really mean in relation to the core?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why are people being told they have a ‘weak’ core if this isn\'t the case?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly let’s attempt to define the term ‘weak’.....</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WEAK</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; Oxford Dictionary’s Definition;</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lacking the power to perform physically demanding tasks; having little physical strength or energy.</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok we get that but how does this translate into this discussion? Well let’s consider a few of the common problems that could contribute to an apparent ‘weakness’ in relation to the core. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well we have 3 sub systems within our bodies that make up our intrinsic biomechanical setup. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Myofascial</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Neural </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Skeletal </span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These 3 sub systems can directly influence each other in a variety of ways through the kinetic chain or integrated system of how our bodies function. Now should any one of them become problematic they can compensate for each other or because of each other. Here are some common adaptations or compensations we might find in someone identified as having a ‘weak’ core;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subclinical muscle spasm (eg; QL, Psoas)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antagonist inhibition (eg; glutes, erectors)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Joint Stiffness (eg; thoracic spine)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nerve Tension (eg; sciatic nerve)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we should be mindful of is identifying the root cause of the ‘weakness’ FIRST, to then address is appropriately rather than assuming it requires core strength work.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3228\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-29-at-09.46.31-1024x421.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-09-46-31\" width=\"513\" height=\"211\" />\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How We Can Help</span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having looked at the evidence that is out there in relation to assessing and understanding dysfunction around the core area we have developed, tried and tested a system that enables you to do just this. To identify WHY the core maybe ‘weak’. This then allows you to know what to do to correct it with a safe and logical series of periodised core exercise we can show you. This creates a prepared trunk with improved capacity. It would then be logical to follow this with some core strength ratio screening and correction based upon McGill’s work to give your client stability and control. Finally some functional stability screens and exercises would give your clients a greater function and performance ability fit for purpose (client relative). Some of this will certainly include strength work BUT not before creating the base of prepared and improved intrinsic function, capacity and then movement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you fancy spending a couple of days discussing the evidence and what we can do to better provide safe training and exercise for your clients?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://bit.ly/2lTqLtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CLICK HERE TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST </span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://bit.ly/2lTqLtc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spine Biomechanics Workshop</span></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept 7th/8th London (NLSSM) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sept 16th/17h Loughborough University</span>','The ‘Weak Core’ Epidemic!','','draft','closed','closed','','298-the-weak-core-epidemic','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3227',0,'post','',0),(3228,0,'2017-08-29 08:47:01','2017-08-29 08:47:01','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-09-46-31','','','2017-08-29 08:47:01','2017-08-29 08:47:01','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-29-at-09.46.31-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3229,0,'2017-08-29 08:47:03','2017-08-29 08:47:03','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-08-29-at-09-45-59','','','2017-08-29 08:47:03','2017-08-29 08:47:03','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Screen-Shot-2017-08-29-at-09.45.59-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3230,0,'2017-08-29 08:47:06','2017-08-29 08:47:06','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','brunch','','','2017-08-29 08:47:06','2017-08-29 08:47:06','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/brunch-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3234,0,'2017-08-29 11:21:28','2017-08-29 11:21:28','','','The weak core epidemic. Learn how to strengthen your core by investigating the causation and result.','inherit','closed','closed','','the-weak-core','','','2017-08-29 11:21:28','2017-08-29 11:21:28','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The-Weak-Core-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3239,3,'2017-09-04 16:55:54','2017-09-04 16:55:54','Has Periodisation Disappeared OR Maybe We Just Didn’t Get It!?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PT’s are rarely employed anymore and so you find yourself competing with each other. The problem with this is that others are using their clients training sessions to ‘show off’ the funky looking methods they have to offer, trying to look interesting so as to stand out from the crowd, swinging from TRX’s, hollering at them to swat the heavy ropes up and down or loading up the squat rack. Which is kind of understandable if these PT’s feel they have to ‘perform’ in the gym to gain more clients. When actually, it’s your current client\'s long term results that speak for themselves and actually draw more and more people in.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it is our professional duty as PT’s to ensure that the very basic preparation for movement is in place prior to introducing any of the sexy stuff wouldn\'t you agree!? In fact, not even just professional duty, if you want your clients to stick around for a long time, then you had better start with the foundation\'s first.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sometimes I wonder if periodization has been lost as it appears almost non-existent in the gym these days.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients want ‘beasting\' because that’s what they have been conditioning to think makes it a good session. They are often ignorant of the fact that ‘more is NOT better’, ‘harder does NOT mean healthier’ and actually some low grade possibly even, dare I say it, boring unsexy stuff, will, in fact, mean they can train for longer, with less risk of injury and also increase their strength output possibly by 50% over just 10 days! </span><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/want-to-increase-muscle-output-by-50-in-10-days/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>&gt;&gt;see that blog here</b></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We as trainers are </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">educators and teachers </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and we all have a duty of care to our clients to make them aware of the importance of periodization. We don’t even have to call it that, we can call it preparation for movement or giving the body the ability or capacity for movement. While using some sensible conditioning principles we don\'t have to avoid strength work completely either. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spending almost 30yrs in various gyms across the world, I have listened to and seen many trainers at work with clients, some fantastic ones and some not so great. As they chat to their clients, maybe count their reps, show caring and empathy and offer motivation and support, it can appear to be a relatively easy job. (This might be why the industry is now saturated with PT’s). Yet recently, and over the last few years in particular, the training sessions have become almost ridiculously complex. It has now reached a point where the client is virtually incapable of performing the movements or shows a much bigger increase in risking an injury.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Push ups can no longer simply be push ups on the floor, on the knees or on the toes. They have to be in a TRX and/or with feet on a stability ball. Core work seems to be no good unless you are rotating on one arm and one leg with a dumbbell in one hand. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where have the basics gone?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All of this and many of us are not even </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">prepared</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the basics especially with the lifestyles we now lead!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Think for a moment how many times or how many places you sat down, hips at 90 degrees, knees flexed, knee and hip muscles held long or short for long periods. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our clients come from sitting behind their desk all day and while I am an advocate of ‘movement is good’ the movement also has to ultimately be safe but also effective and appropriate to the clients biomechanics. In other words, rather than a show for the other people in the gym watching, it should be practical movements because this could compromise the individual in front of you paying for your professional advice. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what do we need to consider to get back to fundamentals of movement and the ability to train our clients appropriately? We need an objective and systemised approach for each client. So we have our ParQ, ask verbal questions and make notes on their forms and then ‘induct’ the client to understand how they move and what they might enjoy doing in the gym. We might use weighing scales, body fat callipers, fitness tests, movement tests but just how objective is this in relation to their intrinsic movement ability?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having an evidence based objective biomechanics assessment that is easy to apply here would mean you </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">know</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which exercises might harm them or help them. This then allows you to create a very bespoke thorough plan based on all of the information gathered. It also gives you the ability to monitor progress accurately with the screening forms - Here is an example we use to identify where the client is at risk from our screening system: </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3015\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/sample-case-study-2-741x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"Biomechanics Screening system for personal trainers\" width=\"741\" height=\"1024\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then depending on the client and the results we can start simply to a). Consider safety &amp; adaptions b). Allow the client to gradually build confidence in the way they move c). Build a rapport with the client feeling successful d). Allow the clients body enough time to adapt to their new training regime.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let’s look at a simple system of thought for any trainer, coach or exercise professional. The pyramid example:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-2963\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-06-30-at-08.23.34-1024x764.png\" alt=\"Pyramid For Movement Progression For Personal Trainers\" width=\"1024\" height=\"764\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we consider this as a simple way of explaining the periodisation process to a client right through to their GOAL at the top it sets up an appropriate level of expectation from the outset. So when they tell you their GOAL you might actually ask them to write it into the top circle thus making it more real to them and empowering them more in committing to the achievement THEY have set. This really passes the responsibility onto them for reaching it, which ultimately it is, as we are simply facilitators, assessors, analysts and advisors.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can then explain simply to our clients why intrinsically they need to prepare for that GOAL, by showing them the layers of periodisation from preparation for movement first so they are level and moving freely. Explaining that while in this phase they might be using machines to simplify with symmetry, thus making movement easier while in the preparation phase. It also limits the core work while the pelvis and spine are encouraged to move better with anti spasm techniques and mobilisations until they are more aligned and level. This also means we are less likely to be ‘gluing’ them into an asymmetry before we even begin.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you re-assess them you will know from your screens when they are ready for the next phase (Stability &amp; Control) which might include specific and periodised core training, less machine work, more free weights and maybe you can start to introduce some asymmetrical challenges too.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Phase three is now the more functional part, now that they move better, have stronger muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and proprioception has improved, all stacked on top of a strong foundation, we can start to challenge with functional specifics. This piece may even be over weeks too and as a trainer can you now see how you can create logical longevity to their requirement of your services with this approach? Starting simpler is not only safer but also gives your session long term progressive and interesting exercise content. Clients LOVE this!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The time lines on this periodisation is always going to be case by case and client specific but unless we continue to assess, re-assess and monitor progress sensibly with a periodised training system we could, in fact, be setting our clients up for injury albeit without knowing it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you really care about your clients, educate them, rather than trying to be sexy, funky and exotic with your exercise choice.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Make it smart! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember smarter does NOT mean harder!</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE <b>If you need some help with periodisation for your clients, or you worry about the order that you are doing things</b></a>','Warning For PT\'s: Don’t Get Caught In The “Sexy” Trap','','draft','closed','closed','','warning-for-pts-dont-get-caught-in-the-sexy-trap','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3239',0,'post','',0),(3242,0,'2017-09-04 16:47:59','2017-09-04 16:47:59','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','warning-for-pts-dont-get-caught-in-the-sexy-trap-2','','','2017-09-04 16:47:59','2017-09-04 16:47:59','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WARNING-For-PTs-Dont-Get-Caught-In-The-Sexy-Trap-2.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3243,0,'2017-09-04 16:49:17','2017-09-04 16:49:17','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','warning-for-pts-dont-get-caught-in-the-sexy-trap-1','','','2017-09-04 16:49:17','2017-09-04 16:49:17','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/WARNING-For-PTs-Dont-Get-Caught-In-The-Sexy-Trap-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3321,3,'2017-09-11 19:24:53','2017-09-11 19:24:53','<b>‘Bacon Can Cure Nosebleeds’ </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was an actual study done by researchers!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When you read research papers along with all the details surrounding them it really is quite fascinating and certainly, makes you think. Take this scientific study ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bacon Can Cure Nosebleeds</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ as an example…. </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a study conducted by Ian Humphreys and his team, bacon can quickly and effectively treat a nosebleed by serving as a nasal tampon. For this bizarre method to work, one must plug the bleeding nostril with a piece of </span></i><a href=\"http://www.theguardian.com/education/2012/jan/23/improbable-research-pork-nosebleeds\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cured pork</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The meat must be uncooked.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Detroit Medical Center, Humphreys and his colleagues tested their bacon hypothesis on a girl who had Glanzmann thrombasthenia, a rare hereditary disease that causes prolonged bleeding. After sticking a piece of cured pork inside the girl’s bloody nose, the bleeding stopped immediately.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results of this bizarre scientific research were published in the Annals of Otology, Rhinology, and Laryngology. The researchers acknowledged that doctors had used cured pork to treat nosebleeds in the past. However, the practice was discontinued.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Humphreys and his colleagues speculate that the high risk of acquiring parasitic and bacterial complications from stuffing one’s nose with cured pork caused the unconventional treatment to be abandoned.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..OR this one….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/study-that-said-diet-fizzy-drunks-can-help-weight-loss-was-quietly-funded-by-coca-cola-and-pepsi-a6817686.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>A recent study that said Diet Coke can help you lose weight was quietly funded by Coca-Cola</b></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It brings up a lot of questions about the validity of scientific studies, doesn’t it? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether it be the duration, the organisation funding the study, the number of subjects or the even the method of ‘proving or disproving’ something scientifically. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact don’t you hate how much conflicting evidence we see in the fitness industry?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>The Problem</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I find interesting is that if you read research papers you will see how sketchy and conflicting it can be when it comes to the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">evidence</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. However, when a study is done across a long period of time, on a large group of subjects and they are from a variety of levels &amp; backgrounds it offers a far more robust argument for its results. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, many studies around movement, biomechanics, force, loads and relevant topics we PT’s might be interested in, usually average 20-30 subjects. The subjects are often young athletes at the university that are conducting the study. Also while the ‘start point’ is often ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">all subjects are healthy adults</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ they rarely (if ever) have an assessment to check they are starting with a common ‘biomechanical’ start point.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet you would imagine this would be a vital component for a biomechanics study, don’t you think? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider that if you are analysing loads and forces on the limbs of one subject who has a tight sciatic nerve, another subject in the study has a functional leg length discrepancy and another has an overactive pec minor creating a stiff thoracic spine - ALL of whom are ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">healthy adults</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’...well how much will these very common </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intrinsic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biomechanical compensations give you a different starting load in joints? Or a limitation of the individual’s movement that differs from the other subjects? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>The Evidence</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this in mind, if you consider a study with the input/output repetition of 4,500 subjects across 20+ years, from GB levels to sedentary, with an intrinsic biomechanical assessment at each point of analysis, the work we did was pretty groundbreaking. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The high volume of data allowed us to establish a system which we have developed into the high standards of content that we now teach exercise professionals like YOU, during our workshops. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our sample size = 4500 subjects.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our study duration = 20+ yrs </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The results we discovered, allowed us to develop a simple system based on how to assess the entire integrated system, from the joints, muscles and nerves. Which allows YOU to screen and prescribe exercises to improve capacity &amp; function in every area of the body and in everyone.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How does this affect YOU the exercise professional?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn a system and always have a methodology to your programme design for beginners, elite, elderly and right through to post rehab, and be confident in the fact that it is backed by a whole stack of evidence in the real world!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To find out more about our programmes developed from this massive research study <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a> now!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nP.S. Our 2018 schedule is now <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/2018-01/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVE on the website </a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.healthambition.com/7-steps-to-replace-diet-soda/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 STEPS HOW TO REPLACE COKE BY HELEN SANDERS OF HEALTH AMBITION </a>','Did You Know Bacon Can Cure Nosebleeds?','','draft','closed','closed','','did-you-know-bacon-can-cure-nosebleeds','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3321',0,'post','',0),(3325,0,'2017-09-11 19:10:19','2017-09-11 19:10:19','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','nose-bleed','','','2017-09-11 19:10:19','2017-09-11 19:10:19','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Nose-Bleed-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3478,3,'2017-09-18 12:31:02','2017-09-18 12:31:02','<h2>Are You Confused?</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you been wondering what all this fuss is about Biomechanics Coaching</span><b>™</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">? Does it leave you feeling confused and wondering how on earth it can help you or your clients? Maybe you’re anxious that it is far too complex for you to apply within your PT sessions?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, let me take you right back to the beginning….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Remedial Gymnastics</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever heard of this profession?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No, I hadn’t either until  2006 when I met Martin Haines, a world leader in biomechanics and founder of the Intrinsic Biomechanics Method.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A few years ago I decided to do some research into the origins of my profession and the skills I have taught for many years. The education programmes we deliver at Biomechanics Education all started with a profession called ‘Remedial Gymnastics’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I found interesting was the definition of the role of a Remedial Gymnastics still to this day holds true to what we as Biomechanics Coaches™ do. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remedial Gymnastics is a special treatment method that involves the means of preventative physical training to accelerate patient’s working capacity and avoid consequences of the pathological process.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another definition I came across based on the understanding of this type of approach was:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Uses movement as the basic means for the p</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">urpose of prevention and correction. Correctly chosen and well-directed movements help faster and more successful restoration of impaired function of certain segments of the organism as a whole</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AIMS &amp; APPLICATION </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase in the scope of movement of the joint</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Increase in muscle power </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintenance and improvement in coordination of movement</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rise in the speed of movement</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Improvement in general and local stamina</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By certain exercises a series of our objectives are realised: improvement of circulation, after transportation of energetic potential to feed tissues, improvement in metabolic and regeneration processes, reduction of pain, relaxation, psychological balance or such</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Founder of the Intrinsic Biomechanics method that we call Biomechanics Coaching™, Martin Haines, was originally a Remedial Gymnast before it merged with physiotherapy and he went on to become a chartered physiotherapist. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He recognised the value in having BOTH, the Remedial Gymnastics and physiotherapy, methods combined available to individuals since many of the ‘injuries’ or low-grade non-specific problems people were experiencing did not require site-specific treatment but a more general means to overcome discomfort with the use of simple exercises. He recognised that should this type of problem go unaddressed for a period of time it may well result in a more severe condition then requiring the attention of a physiotherapist. Therefore the 2 professionals working alongside each other is a perfect combination for the overall recovery and improvement in the movement of the client.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, Haines took his ideas even further. Having access to isokinetic equipment meant he could trial and test his, and his colleague Nick Barrow’s, ideas. This evolved a tried and tested series of manual assessments to identify where an individual may have a risk of an injury waiting to occur. This systematic ‘functional’ approach to injury prevention is quite unique in that level 3 exercise professionals are perfectly placed to deliver this kind of programming. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, we as PT’s, Fitness professional’s, Pilates or Yoga teachers are the exercise experts and we are crying out for objectivity in our assessment and exercise prescription process! Which is why the Intrinsic Biomechanics methodology of Biomechanics Coaching™, that has evolved from the Remedial Gymnastics professional since the 1980’s, is having such a massive success in the fitness industry. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The badge of the Society of Remedial Gymnastics has a motto in Latin;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPES SIBI QUISQUE</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let each man’s hope be in himself </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or put another way, ‘rely on his own resources’. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is absolutely the ethos of being a Biomechanics Coach™. To empower individual’s, clients, participants, patients, whatever we define them as, to care for themselves, take ownership of their physical state and consider the impacts of their chosen lifestyle. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are the professionals who prepare people for movement, educate people how to regain functional capacity, inform people where to begin using a tried and tested system, identify risk, teach true function, all with simple logic and exercise guidance.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We form alliances with those who have different skill sets, knowing what WE know really well and accepting we do not have certain skills, therefore, utilising our clinically trained colleagues for occasions where clients have ‘true’ medical injuries.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully, this gives you some idea of what Biomechanics Coaching™ is, where it comes from and the benefits gained from our practice. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So are you a PT who would like to help more people move better?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to become a Biomechanics Coach™?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Register your interest in our 2018 workshops HERE &gt;&gt;</span></a>\n\nP.S. Our 2018 schedule is now <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/2018-01/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LIVE on our website </a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article References:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.mediclub.az/en/35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://www.mediclub.az/en/35</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1986/mar/24/professions-supplementary-to-medicine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1986/mar/24/professions-supplementary-to-medicine</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqCmd=show.tcl&amp;dsqSearch=(RefNo==\'SACSP%2FL\')\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&amp;dsqApp=Archive&amp;dsqDb=Catalog&amp;dsqCmd=show.tcl&amp;dsqSearch=(RefNo==\'SACSP%2FL\')</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/dt_hsu_remedial_gymnast.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/dt_hsu_remedial_gymnast.pdf</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.feellife.rs/eng/remedial-gymnastics.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://www.feellife.rs/eng/remedial-gymnastics.html</span></i></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Are You Confused?','','draft','closed','closed','','are-you-confused','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3478',0,'post','',0),(3479,0,'2017-09-18 12:25:01','2017-09-18 12:25:01','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','home-brewing-2','','','2017-09-18 12:25:01','2017-09-18 12:25:01','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Home-Brewing-2-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3496,0,'2017-09-25 08:42:46','2017-09-25 08:42:46','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','rachel-france','','','2017-09-25 08:42:46','2017-09-25 08:42:46','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rachel-France-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3497,0,'2017-09-25 09:05:32','2017-09-25 09:05:32','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','wendy','','','2017-09-25 09:05:32','2017-09-25 09:05:32','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wendy-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3498,0,'2017-09-25 09:33:50','2017-09-25 09:33:50','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','chris','','','2017-09-25 09:33:50','2017-09-25 09:33:50','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Chris-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3499,0,'2017-09-25 10:00:34','2017-09-25 10:00:34','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','tom','','','2017-09-25 10:00:34','2017-09-25 10:00:34','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tom-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3501,3,'2017-09-25 21:59:21','2017-09-25 21:59:21','<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>How Would You Feel If We Made The Costs A Bit Easier For You? </b></h3>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wowzers! </span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\'s almost October already and that means we have just 5 of our amazing workshops remaining. </span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What an incredible year this has been for everyone involved in the Biomechanics Education Academy. </span></h6>\n<h6></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Master Trainers have felt privileged to see so many of our academy learners gain more confidence, improve their communication skills, increase their knowledge and earn more money than ever before. </span></h6>\n<h6></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For many, completing the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma workshop series has brought them far more than they anticipated, just check out some of the feedback below….</span></h6>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"wp-image-3506 alignnone\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.17.15-1-1024x588.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-14-at-11-17-15\" width=\"368\" height=\"211\" /> <img class=\"wp-image-3505 alignnone\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.17.01-1-1024x640.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-14-at-11-17-01\" width=\"333\" height=\"208\" /></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, have YOU been thinking about doing our workshops? Or have YOU ever said to yourself </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“That looks fantastic I will do that next year”? …. Well </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then keep reading because we have a special offer especially just for YOU. If you have been following our community for a while you are likely to know all about our fantastic dynamic workshops. We help PT\'s, Yoga instructors Pilates instructors like YOU to better serve your clients.</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So do any of these questions make YOU say YES..?</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do YOU feel frustrated by not knowing why your client moves the way they do?</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would YOU like to help MORE of your clients get even better results?</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would YOU like to have more confidence when assessing your clients?</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do YOU feel like you\'re guessing about the root causes of their movement issues? </span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Embarrassed you have forgotten all, or some, of your A&amp;P?</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it is time to remove the guesswork, increase your confidence and teach YOU how to never forget your A&amp;P with these evidence-based assessment skills. During our workshops, we will show you how to assess your clients from their nerves, to their muscles, to their joints and know exactly which exercises will help and which could hinder their progress. All of this getting them, and YOU, better results, sounds amazing right?</span></h6>\n<h6> <img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3507\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.16.10-1-1024x329.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-14-at-11-16-10\" width=\"514\" height=\"165\" /></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are super pumped to let you know that we have a special offer just for YOU up until the Dec 31st, 2017 after which we will be increasing our prices for 2018.</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOUR special offer is that YOU have the chance to keep the 2017 prices for our 2018 workshops. But you must act fast! All YOU need to do is contact us NOW to tell us you are mega keen, pay a small deposit to secure your place and BOOM you’re in!</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We don’t want YOU to miss out on these massively popular workshops that literally EVERYONE is talking about!</span></h6>\n<img class=\"wp-image-3511 aligncenter\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.15.58-1-1024x526.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-14-at-11-15-58\" width=\"374\" height=\"192\" />\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, to grab a quick call with one of the Biomechanics Education team simply <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[CLICK HERE]</a></span>. Fill out a few details and we will give YOU a call. </span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">......Move Freely!</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rachel</span></h6>\n<h6><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nP.s. We run workshops all over the UK and have plans to also come to <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/event/special-fast-track-3-day-pelvic-spine-biomechanics-workshop/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scotland in Jan 2018.</a>. The team are always excited to support you and the superb Master Trainers always look forward to welcoming you onto the workshops. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">[CLICK HERE]</a></span> to find out more information and to request a call.</span></h6>\n<h6> <img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3528\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-26-at-06.36.47-1.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-26-at-06-36-47\" width=\"530\" height=\"194\" /><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3504\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.16.38-1-1024x421.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-09-14-at-11-16-38\" width=\"559\" height=\"230\" /></h6>','I B***** LOVE This 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21:24:56','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-14-at-11.15.58-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3528,0,'2017-09-26 05:37:02','2017-09-26 05:37:02','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-09-26-at-06-36-47','','','2017-09-26 05:37:02','2017-09-26 05:37:02','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Screen-Shot-2017-09-26-at-06.36.47-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3534,0,'2017-09-27 09:32:48','2017-09-27 09:32:48','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','chris01','','','2017-09-27 09:32:48','2017-09-27 09:32:48','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Chris01-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3535,0,'2017-09-27 09:32:49','2017-09-27 09:32:49','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','rachel-france01','','','2017-09-27 09:32:49','2017-09-27 09:32:49','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Rachel-France01-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3536,0,'2017-09-27 09:32:51','2017-09-27 09:32:51','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','tom01','','','2017-09-27 09:32:51','2017-09-27 09:32:51','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Tom01-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3537,0,'2017-09-27 09:32:53','2017-09-27 09:32:53','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','wendy01','','','2017-09-27 09:32:53','2017-09-27 09:32:53','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Wendy01-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3550,3,'2017-10-09 13:03:05','2017-10-09 13:03:05','&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wonder what more you can do to help your clients with recurring injuries?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have CrossFit clients who want to increase their performance level for their regionals?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you gain back pain clients in your Pilates class and worry if you are giving them the right exercises?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here we are looking at one of the main reasons why our clients suffer discomfort from their lifestyles and fall short of their optimal performance level during exercise. We are also going to explain how you can get immediate results easily with this revolutionary technique which, while relatively new to the fitness industry, has been around for many years. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly, let’s look at the problem:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since technology has taken such a dramatic role in our lives we, and our clients have become more sedentary and often find ourselves bent over our iPhones, computer screens and spending many hours driving around all over the place because it’s easier and faster. Then as we understand that movement is good we go and use repetitive exercise movements in an attempt to counterbalance this.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the body has not had time to evolve to this kind of environment and is attempting to compensate with a variety of adaptations. Muscles are reacting to protect joints that have spent much of the day static and are then expected to function to full capacity during our favorite activities. Nerves can become tethered and joints become stiff and we wonder why we and so many of our clients have low-grade non-specific aches and niggles and also what on earth can we do about it?! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when clients want to compete with peers in our HIIT, insanity, Metafit or Grit classes they are struggling with stiffness in their burpees, tuck jumps and plyometrics. They have functional asymmetries like a rotated pelvis and functional scoliosis that during our Pilates or Core Conditioning classes become ‘glued’ into place potentially enhancing their low back pain. Overactive Pec Minor gives them a protracted shoulder posture which hinders their thoracic spines’ ability to extend during their overhead squat in CrossFit or push presses in BODYpump. Functional leg length discrepancies and quadricep dominance give our runners, cyclists, and triathletes achy knees. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you have an overweight client who doesn’t do any of the above but simply wants you to help him lose weight? Well, they will also need the ability to move freely right? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s look at one of these compensations in more detail:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>SubClinical Muscle Spasm</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>What is Muscle Spasm? </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In practical terms, it is “A muscle that cannot relax” applied from the work by Jiri Dvorak &amp; Ribot-Ciscar</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SubClinical Muscle Spasm is muscle spasm that is not painful.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Work carried out by Ribot-Ciscar and colleagues, abstract below...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ribot-Ciscar, M. F. Tardy-Gervet, J. P. Vedel and J. P. Roll </span></i></li>\n</ol>\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Summary “The activities of human muscle spindle primary endings were recorded in the lateral peroneal nerve using the microneurographic method. The aim of the study was to test whether voluntary isometric contraction causes any after-effects, first in the resting discharge of muscle spindle primary endings and secondly in their responses to a slow ramp stretch. To investigate the latter point, the initial angular position of the ankle was passively adjusted until the unit fell silent, in order to introduce a delay in the responses to muscle stretch”</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">............they found that</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> “Isometric voluntary contraction led to changes in muscle spindle stretch sensitivity which resulted in a reduction in the stretch threshold and a decrease in the muscle spindle dynamic sensitivity. These data suggest that the after-effects observed may have been triggered by static fusimotor neurones. The results are discussed with reference to the theory according to which the processing by the CNS of muscular proprioceptive messages deals mainly with signals arising from muscles stretched during movement, and it is concluded that the coactivation of any motoneurones during the contraction facilitates the coding of the parameters of forthcoming stretching movements, by the muscle spindles”. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This physiology has not been shown to be present in what is considered a ‘tight’ muscle. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No single method will help all ‘types’ of muscle spasm of course, this is one of many ways that can potentially help, including trigger points, soft tissue massage etc too. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Typically if the muscle has an EMG signal and the client has positive test (and it improves by doing anti spasms) then it’s likely to be in spasm.  If the test result does not change after the anti spasm then the chances are that it does not have an EMG signal and is then simply tight or fibrotic. You can then select your intervention accordingly.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Why Does It Happen?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually, because it’s trying to protect something (a joint or nerve perhaps) or it’s being loaded from another biomechanical problem remote from that muscle. Often adaptive shortening caused by adapting to inactivity, lack of use through the full range, poor posture or poor technique. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>How can we reduce Muscle Spasm?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ribot-Ciscar has established that a muscle relaxes maximally after it has been contracted submaximally and for a prolonged period. He and Jiri Dvorak (FIFA Chief Medical Officer, also senior Editor of British Journal of Sports Medicine) refer to it as Post Contraction Sensory Discharge. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So, in other words, the anti-spasm exercises allow the muscle to lengthen easier after the ‘contraction’ and consequently improves the function of the muscle. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This technique, also known as a muscle energy technique (MET), is a great way to provide your clients with a way that they can help themselves so they’re don’t become reliant on their coach, therapist or trainer. It’s something to empower them to contribute to improving their own problems between sessions with you and the responsibility. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>The Anti-Spasm Technique</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider the muscle you would like to release, let’s take pec minor as an example, then look at its attachments - 3rd-5th ribs and coracoid process. Consider its main action - protraction (it will also aid scapular depression but let’s keep it simple for now). Take the muscles attachments away from each other into retraction, making sure you stop before the point of stretching it. Now place resistance onto the shoulder with the opposite hand or using a door frame and then press the shoulder into protraction isometrically with ONLY 20% effort and hold for 20 seconds. Repeat this 4 times and then repeat periodically throughout the day. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The less we change our lifestyles the longer we will need to do this but we can also use strength work to specifically address this issue and reduce the chances of the problem recurring. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Antagonist strength training is a simple, logical and effective method to do this and this will be discussed in a future Juicemail!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn how to manually screen for pec minor muscle spasm?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Join us for the full <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma</a> starting Feb 2018</span>','Frustrated By Recurring Injuries?? Our bodies just can’t evolve quickly enough!  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How ‘lazy’ we have all got simply because of what is deemed </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">normal </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">now. Here is an example of how ludicrous it is;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I went to get my nails done (as you do) and the little man on reception there offered me a seat to wait, as you would </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">expect,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> right? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nNO WRONG - WHY? <img class=\"wp-image-3630 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/arms-crossed-1.png\" alt=\"arms-crossed\" width=\"103\" height=\"103\" />\n</span></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look, I did say thanks in order to let him know that I had heard him but I continued to wait standing up. He came back and said again “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">please have a seat</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”, “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">no I am fine, thanks,</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” I said. He offered it to me 3 more times &amp; actually looked confused\nlike he had done something wrong or I was testing him like I was a secret shopper or something. So much so I actually felt sorry for him and nearly sat down!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoah Rach</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">!”, I said to myself, “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this is your body and you know how much you sit down for work already AND you’re about to sit for the next 45 mins having your nails done!”</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  (Yes I too talk to myself in my head just like you)\n</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nAnyway, this is not the first time I have experienced odd looks for choosing to stand in ‘sitting’ situations. At the doctor\'s, for example, I walk <img class=\"wp-image-3632 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/I-will-stand-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"i-will-stand\" width=\"239\" height=\"159\" />around reading the leaflets and posters about incontinence, dementia, and mental health, that I have read before (several times), just so that no one thinks I am standing, maybe due to piles or something<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, when there are 80 empty seats! Because there must be something WRONG if I am standing right?\n</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Choosing to stand on a bus when there are loads of empty seats gets me sideways glances. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean I can’t just be standing because I want to when there is the option to sit, can I?????</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-3634 aligncenter\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Question-myself-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"3d human with a red question mark\" width=\"185\" height=\"185\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Errrrrrrr, actually yes and I have now started to tell people who offer me seat that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“hey I sit all day and the LAST thing I want to do is sit again”</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because I want to <strong>start a trend</strong> and make it ok to stand and hopefully reduce the prejudice towards the ‘<strong>Beyond 90 Challengers</strong>’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Who are the ‘Beyond 90 Challengers’?</span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look we all have sofas, dining chairs, cars (unless your </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Katy Bowman</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of course). There are seats in bars, restaurants, bus stops, doctors waiting rooms, in market squares, coffee shops, airports. Our toilets even sit us at 90 degrees just like pretty much every other seat or chair around us - unless of course, you have a ‘Squatty Potty??’...that’s a whole other blog…..YouTube it…it has over 32,341,095 views </span>&#x1f633;&#x1f633;&#x1f633;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://youtu.be/YbYWhdLO43Q\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3635\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/squatty-potty-unicorn-1.png\" alt=\"squatty-potty-unicorn\" width=\"329\" height=\"163\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway imagine for a moment sitting on a toddlers little chair…..yeah you would probably FEEL weird and look funny but actually….it is truer to how we are physically designed to sit.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I want to set you a challenge….<strong>The Beyond 90 Challenge</strong>.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Beyond 90 Challenge</b></h3>\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3636\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Beyond-90-Challenge-3-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"beyond-90-challenge-3\" width=\"454\" height=\"238\" />\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is quite a simple challenge BUT is likely to take you out of your comfort zone on a couple of levels.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">But if you are able to make it to the other side, the rewards are GREAT!</p>\n\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Rules</span></h3>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Avoid sitting at 90° as often as possible.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Either stand with hips ‘beyond 90°’ = fully extended</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sit with hips ‘beyond 90°’ = fully flexed so you are sitting on your haunches like the cavemen did.</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now if you <strong>collect evidence</strong> by way of photos &amp; videos of your situation and post them on the <strong>Biomechanics Education Facebook</strong> page and across social media with #beyond90 and you could <strong>win a FREE workshop</strong> with Biomechanics Education Ltd!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner of </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Beyond 90 Challenge</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the person who posts the most </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">different</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ‘Beyond 90 Challenge’ images/videos. So get creative. </span><b>Remember you MUST post to the Biomechanics Education Facebook page so you can be judged as we get to see ALL of your videos and photos.  </b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The winner will receive a 1 day Low Back Health Workshop worth £187!</span>\n\nIf this article has now got you questioning what else are we could be doing to better correct our bodies, then you are in luck. We have a whole Diploma where we cover much more. Click <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE</a> to learn more.','Are You Up To The Beyond 90 Challenge?','','draft','closed','closed','','are-you-up-to-the-beyond-90-challenge','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3628',0,'post','',0),(3629,0,'2017-10-17 04:58:13','2017-10-17 04:58:13','','','Maximise your bodies potential by going beyond 90','inherit','closed','closed','','beyond-90-challenge','','','2017-10-17 04:58:13','2017-10-17 04:58:13','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Beyond-90-Challenge-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3630,0,'2017-10-17 05:02:23','2017-10-17 05:02:23','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','arms-crossed','','','2017-10-17 05:02:23','2017-10-17 05:02:23','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/arms-crossed-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3631,0,'2017-10-17 05:02:25','2017-10-17 05:02:25','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','avoid-sitting','','','2017-10-17 05:02:25','2017-10-17 05:02:25','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Avoid-Sitting-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3632,0,'2017-10-17 05:02:30','2017-10-17 05:02:30','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','i-will-stand','','','2017-10-17 05:02:30','2017-10-17 05:02:30','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/I-will-stand-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3633,0,'2017-10-17 05:02:43','2017-10-17 05:02:43','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','standing-desk','','','2017-10-17 05:02:43','2017-10-17 05:02:43','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/standing-desk-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3634,0,'2017-10-17 05:08:25','2017-10-17 05:08:25','','','3d human with a red question mark','inherit','closed','closed','','question-mark','','','2017-10-17 05:08:25','2017-10-17 05:08:25','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Question-myself-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3635,0,'2017-10-17 05:12:09','2017-10-17 05:12:09','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','squatty-potty-unicorn','','','2017-10-17 05:12:09','2017-10-17 05:12:09','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/squatty-potty-unicorn-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3636,0,'2017-10-17 05:17:36','2017-10-17 05:17:36','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','beyond-90-challenge-3','','','2017-10-17 05:17:36','2017-10-17 05:17:36','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Beyond-90-Challenge-3-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3655,0,'2017-10-18 13:13:04','2017-10-18 13:13:04','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','cimspa_partner_logo_trans_113x53','','','2017-10-18 13:13:04','2017-10-18 13:13:04','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/CIMSPA_Partner_Logo_trans_113x53-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3689,3,'2017-10-23 15:35:50','2017-10-23 15:35:50','<b>You want to move more freely, right?</b>\n\n<b>Your clients want to move more freely too, don\'t they?</b>\n\n<b>In fact, do you know anyone who doesn\'t want to move more freely?</b>\n\n<b>In many cases, moving more freely also = less pain</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It really isn\'t that complicated, to be honest but we do need to consider WHY we and our clients are in such dysfunctional states. Even as exercise professionals we often find the hectic lives we lead to reduce the time we spend on ourselves and we need to regain responsibility for our own biomechanical health to set an example to our clients.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Considering the average healthy adult (chances are that includes you) spends a high proportion of their time sitting at a desk, driving, travelling or hunched over their phones for example, so much so it is no surprise we are suffering these low grade non-specific aches and niggles, is it!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So by setting an example to our clients and taking ownership, making a few small changes to our own lifestyles (and maybe some bigger ones too) we can reduce our risk of injury, teach our clients and feel the benefits of the freedom of movement with these 6 tips:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>1). See A Skilled Professional Who Can Assess Your Intrinsic Function</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not to be confused with seeing a medical professional whose job is to assess medical conditions, find someone who understands intrinsic function like a Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; or iMoveFreely® Instructor who all specialise in this area of expertise. </span>\n\n<b><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3693\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/seek-a-professional-1.jpg\" alt=\"seek-a-professional\" width=\"410\" height=\"273\" /></b>\n\n<b>2). Then Do What They Say...</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b><img class=\"wp-image-3694 alignleft\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/you-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"you\" width=\"84\" height=\"84\" /></b></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple = Own it!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\'re in the state you\'re in because of your lifestyle, now do what you coach/trainer advised you!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>3). Get A Good Sports Massage Regularly</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Find a good sports massage therapist or manual therapist and have body work done regularly - the good ones are the ones with a great reputation, they are NOT the cheapest!! You will get what you pay for.</span>\n\n<b><img class=\"wp-image-3692 aligncenter\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Biomechanics-physio-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Chiropractor massage the female patient spine and back\" width=\"386\" height=\"257\" /></b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>4). Stop Carrying Your Bag On The Same Side</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We would never consider going to the gym and only training one side of the body and yet every day we carry our heavy sports bags, shopping bags, laptop bags on the same side!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a trolley bag or use a rucksack.</span>\n\n<b><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3695\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shoulder-blade-pain-1.jpg\" alt=\"shoulder-blade-pain\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" /></b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>5). Burn All Your \'Fashion\' Footwear</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, a tough one but I guess the question is this ‘how much fun are you gonna have sitting at home crippled with back pain looking at those pretty high heels in the bottom of your wardrobe?’</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, not all shoes are good for all feet.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get your feet assessed properly for advice on the best footwear for your foot function. If you have a loose MidTarsal Joint you probably shouldn\'t wear minimalist shoes, ballet pumps or converse for example.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>6). Move More<img class=\"wp-image-3699 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ballet-pumps-1.jpg\" alt=\"ballet-pumps\" width=\"120\" height=\"173\" /></b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kind of an obvious one but one we still forget once we get sucked into the TV or computer screen. Rather than set up all of your things within reach of your desk, move everything away from you so you are reaching and moving more. Offer to make drinks for everyone - all the time!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invest in a changeable laptop stand that you can put on top of your desk so you can change position regularly and easily so your body is permanently active. Ask for a FitBit for Xmas - I LOVE mine!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe NEED YOU!\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need more Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122; around the UK</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it you?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you have what it takes?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you prepared to take your profession to another level?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to become part of a strong inter-professional team?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Become a Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122; </span><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE!</b></a>','You Want To Move More Freely, Right?','','draft','closed','closed','','you-want-to-move-more-freely-right','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3689',0,'post','',0),(3690,0,'2017-10-23 14:27:52','2017-10-23 14:27:52','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','move-freely-2','','','2017-10-23 14:27:52','2017-10-23 14:27:52','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/move-freely-2-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3692,0,'2017-10-23 14:35:54','2017-10-23 14:35:54','','','Chiropractor correcting a patient\'s spine and back','inherit','closed','closed','','chiropractor-massage-the-female-patient-spine-and-back','','','2017-10-23 14:35:54','2017-10-23 14:35:54','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Biomechanics-physio-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3693,0,'2017-10-23 14:40:51','2017-10-23 14:40:51','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','seek-a-professional','','','2017-10-23 14:40:51','2017-10-23 14:40:51','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/seek-a-professional-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3694,0,'2017-10-23 14:43:34','2017-10-23 14:43:34','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','you','','','2017-10-23 14:43:34','2017-10-23 14:43:34','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/you-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3695,0,'2017-10-23 14:57:26','2017-10-23 14:57:26','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','shoulder-blade-pain','','','2017-10-23 14:57:26','2017-10-23 14:57:26','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/shoulder-blade-pain-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3699,0,'2017-10-23 15:05:17','2017-10-23 15:05:17','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','ballet-pumps','','','2017-10-23 15:05:17','2017-10-23 15:05:17','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ballet-pumps-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3783,3,'2017-10-31 06:09:12','2017-10-31 06:09:12','<h4><b>Do you know what one looks like?</b></h4>\n<h4><b>Do you know what to do when your client has a hernia?</b></h4>\n<h4><b>Do you have a clear idea of what to do if you or someone you know has one?</b></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are many different causes of abdominal pain, but despite being quite common, there is little written about abdominal pain from a musculoskeletal perspective. Read on as we discuss some of the more common musculoskeletal disorders.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Incipient (Sportsman’s) Hernia</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The various muscles of the abdominal wall are penetrated by the inguinal canal, which contains nerves and, in men, the spermatic cord, in women the inguinal canal, contains a small fibrous ligament. Where the inguinal canal penetrates the abdominal wall, weak spots arise, and this is the site of an incipient inguinal hernia. It is effectively a tear of the muscles and connective tissue in the area.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"wp-image-3789 aligncenter\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hernia-1.jpg\" alt=\"hernia\" width=\"516\" height=\"298\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is some debate in the literature as to how this is diagnosed, but the symptoms include the following:</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower abdominal pain</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stiffness or soreness after training.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groin pain that is increased by running, sprinting, twisting and turning.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Groin pain that is increased when coughing, sneezing, etc.</span></li>\n</ol>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is claimed that in 30 percent of athletes, there is a history of sudden injury, but the majority indicate an incipient hernia is a gradual overuse injury. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It depends upon the skills of the doctor or therapist as to whether a sportsman’s hernia can be diagnosed, but this problem accounts for many of the unsuccessfully treated abdominal and groin injuries seen in sports today. If any of your clients complain of the above types of symptoms, one of the main areas to check first is the sacro-iliac (SI) joint function.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If there is an abnormal positioning of the SI joint, this can increase the load on the external and internal obliques and consequently the inguinal canal, causing damage. So before trying to manage a hernia, you need to try to correct any biomechanical causes that may be loading the area. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two best tests to check for correct biomechanical function of the pelvis are Downing’s Sign and the 4-Sign (Patrick Fabre’s sign). This was established by Barrow and Haines when they biomechanically tested over 4,000 people to look at which manual tests had the highest correlation with the biomechanical tests in the Lab for establishing pelvic function. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Downing’s sign is a non-weight bearing test and also establishes whether there is a functional or apparent leg length discrepancy.  While this test is difficult to describe in text try this (or go to our YouTube Channel); lay your client supine, ask them to do a bridge, then taking their legs you lift their knees to their chest and then straighten their legs out to the floor or couch.  At this point measure any difference in height between their medial malleoli. Now move their hips by rotating them passively into adduction, then flexion, then abduction and then back down into extension.  Then take a look at the heights of their medial malleolus.  If their pelvis is working correctly that leg should have lengthened and the malleolus on that side should be lower.  Then reverse the movement and when you now measure the medial malleolus height that leg should have shortened again, making the leg lengths the same as they were after they bridged.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try on both sides. If the legs both lengthen and shorten, then the pelvis is working correctly.  If they don’t, then the pelvis is dysfunctional and can be loading the hernia area.  The 4-Sign can be found when you Google Patrick Fabre’s Sign and has much more written about it, but it’s usually applied clinically rather than biomechanically.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With this test, you lay your client supine (or you can do it seated) and cross one ankle over the other with the lateral malleolus placed outside the lower quad of the opposite leg.  Look at how low the knee drops to the floor or mat. Then repeat on the other side. They should be symmetrical, if they aren’t symmetrical then the pelvis is dysfunctional. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, if the pelvis is abnormally rotated, as well as causing a functional leg length discrepancy, it can increase the load on the symphysis pubis, which can also refer pain into the lower abdominals. The best way to mobilise the pelvis and correct any SI dysfunction through exercise is to perform anti-spasm exercises (a form of hold-relax exercise) for the hip extensors and specifically glutes and piriformis. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the pelvis is in good biomechanical shape, then core work can help to stabilise the pelvis after it’s in a correct biomechanical position and also working on the scar tissue around the inguinal canal to help the healing. Then when your client is ready, you can progress onto the functional stability work. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is critical that you work the adductors of the hip as well. This is because the adductors and the trunk muscles work closely to control and stabilise the pelvis, and for men especially, their adductors are often “weak” or inhibited. This may be one of the reasons that they have an incipient hernia in the first place. While today the latest trend is “functional movements,” there are times in rehab and conditioning when you need to isolate muscles first, and this is one example. As Mark Verstegen says: “First isolate, then integrate.” Working the hip adductors symmetrically in the seated adductor machine helps engage the adductors (and core when positioned correctly) and mobilise the symphysis pubis. Then progressing to asymmetrical adductor work on the total hip machine (hip conditioner) will introduce a more weight-bearing challenge with additional torque through the pelvis, and then functional movements can be a very effective way of integrating the pelvic and trunk musculature.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem with functional movements, in this example, is that if one of the muscles is not firing correctly or is inhibited (in this case the adductors), and you do functional training for the hip and trunk, the body is a master of compensation, and other muscles can take over to protect it. The muscle needs to be “taught” how to contract and fire again, so it is able to be integrated into a functional pattern of movement. So in this case (as with many others), isolate then integrate.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than not, the incipient hernias can be managed through exercise rather than surgery. Just try to make sure you correct the mechanical faults with the pelvis as well as strengthening the obliques.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Referred Abdominal Pain</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Referred pain is a term used to describe the phenomenon of pain perceived at a site adjacent to or at a distance from the site of an injury origin. The International Association for the Study of Pain, as of 2001, has not officially defined the term, so several authors have defined the term differently. Despite an increasing amount of literature on the subject, there is no definitive answer regarding the mechanism behind this phenomenon. Physicians and scientists have known about referred pain since the late 1880s, yet the true origins and causes of referred pain are unknown. However, we do know that referred pain can come from a number of areas, like the thorax (pneumonia, pulmonary embolism, ischemic heart disease and pericarditis), the spine (radiculitis) and from the genitals (testicular torsion). </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if you have any uncertainty at all, refer your client to a relevant medical specialist. If you think there may be some cardiac involvement, refer to a cardiologist, and if you are concerned that the pain may be referred from the spine, then any good manual therapist should be able to help. Don’t worry too much about whether it’s a physiotherapist, osteopath or chiropractor. Consider the person rather than the qualification. Try to find one who understands biomechanics so he/she can work out why your client has the pain and also someone who understands exercise and is prepared to discuss the science with you to come to a logical conclusion.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As long as there is no underlying clinical pathology, exercise is an excellent way of managing musculoskeletal-related abdominal pain and its many causes. The key is to identify the biomechanical causes (rotated pelvis, weak or inhibited adductors, tight lumbar spine, tight thoracic spine etc) and manage them. Then progressively condition the relevant muscles, and the abdominal pain usually looks after itself. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With thanks to Martin Haines, Specialist Biomechanics Coach, Chartered Physiotherapist.</span></i>\n\nIf you would like to find out more about Biomechanics Education and how you can benefit from our research, <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2svUc5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here</a>.\n<h3><b>References</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anderson, DM, Mosby\'s Medical Dictionary 6th ed, St Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2002. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fredberg U, Kissmeyer-Nielsen P, The sportsman\'s hernia – fact or fiction? Scand J Med Sci Sports, 1996 Aug;6(4):201-4. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Giles LGF, Taylor JR, Low back pain associated with leg length inequality, Spine 6:5, 510, 1981. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lacroix VJ, Kinnear DG, Mulder DS, Brown RA, Lower abdominal pain syndrome in national hockey league players: a report of 11 cases, Clin J Sport Med, 1998 Jan;8(1):5-9. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Marx J, Rosens Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice 6th ed, St Louis, Mo: Mosby; 2006. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thompson, Ann and Skinner, Alison. eds. \"Tidy\'s Physiotherapy.\" Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd. 12th ed. 31 Mar 1991</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://www.sportnetdoc.com/injury/09-02.htm</span></li>\n</ol>','Abdominal Injuries - Hernia','','draft','closed','closed','','abdominal-injuries-hernia','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3783',0,'post','',0),(3784,0,'2017-10-30 10:42:52','2017-10-30 10:42:52','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','abdominal-injuries-1','','','2017-10-30 10:42:52','2017-10-30 10:42:52','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Abdominal-Injuries-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3789,0,'2017-10-31 06:14:28','2017-10-31 06:14:28','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','hernia','','','2017-10-31 06:14:28','2017-10-31 06:14:28','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hernia-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3800,3,'2017-11-06 18:00:13','2017-11-06 18:00:13','<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We regularly test every system in our body to predict problems <em>except</em> our musculoskeletal system - WHY??</span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yearly eye test</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regular hearing tests</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dentists once a year</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wellman/Wellwoman screening </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Breast screening</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cholesterol testing </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Blood pressure testing</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet with the musculoskeletal system we literally WAIT until we have symptoms before we seek help! Usually by this time it’s probably been hanging around for some time because of our body’s amazing ability to compensate, adapt and yet continue to function.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2814\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Screen-Shot-2017-06-18-at-20.22.27.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-06-18-at-20-22-27\" width=\"235\" height=\"245\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our body has proven to be ingenious at evolving to its environment, which we see very obviously in various situation. Take bodybuilding competitions for example, with the right environment in place i.e. training and diet etc, muscles can grow.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A runner will adapt to their sport and a desk workers body will also adapt to prolonged sitting with certain areas in their bodies staying in lengthened or shortened positions as they sit and type.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even a bricklayer\'s hands can develop a thick layer of calluses on the skin that’s to protect their hands.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3803\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/calluses-on-hand-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"calluses-on-hand-1\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of this evidence and information I find it incredible, particularly with the amount of musculoskeletal problems commonly suffered today, that there is not a compulsory standardised annual musculoskeletal screening system. This could then be offered to everyone to help reduce NHS costs and absenteeism costs for businesses both large and small? Medical insurance companies would LOVE something like this, right!? They are happy to pay out for you to have other physical examinations to avoid problems later on that might cost them even more.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As movement/exercise specialists we could all contribute to reducing these costs with risk reduction screenings and bespoke exercise programming. Some barely even speak to each other professionally because of a fear of losing clients but thats a whole other Juicemail topic! ;)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not only would having these skills enable us to assist reduction  unnecessary injuries and recurring ones, it could reduce insidious low grade aches and niggles, improve the way people move and all while increasing performance levels!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bodybuilders gain symmetry<img class=\"wp-image-2964 alignright\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-03-at-10.10.13-1024x813.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-07-03-at-10-10-13\" width=\"373\" height=\"296\" /></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The runner gets faster\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The desk worker had less fatigue &amp; pain thus reducing absenteeism</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The bricklayer would probably still have hardened skin on his hands but hopefully, would have less back &amp; knee problems!</span>\n\nCommon problems like non specific low back pain could be addressed bespokely instead of a uniform method that is based on assumptions.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are perfectly placed with our exercise knowledge for this very role!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People employe our services for the fun stuff, they see us sometimes several times a week. With us they have positive goals because we are the movement specialists and THAT is more commonly the problem isn’t it!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should stop slagging PT Education off and take some responsibility to improving it. L3 PT, Pilates or Sports Massage are superb base level qualifications to get started.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We cannot appreciate L3 without demonstrating the ability to appreciate L2 first. It’s called layered learning.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So once you’ve gained L3, practise it and understand the right questions you need answers to THEN we go on to learn more. With our personal development and education ultimately being our responsibility, surely learning how to perform these types of musculoskeletal screens/assessments would be ideal.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WE, as movement specialists, could be the first point of call each year for assessing the nation’s physical health to REDUCE injury risk and improve movement ability through appropriate exercise  preparation to improve intrinsic capacity.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having a standardised, evidence-based, reproducible system could make a huge deal of difference to our client\'s success and achievements.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And in fact to our Nation!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And of course over-time the NHS </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWho’s in?\n\nCheck out our Diploma and learn how you can increase your knowledge so you can better serve your clients through our <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomechanics Education Diploma</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3502\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2018-locked-prices-1-1024x536.png\" alt=\"2018-locked-prices\" width=\"361\" height=\"189\" /></a>','Why Go To The Dentist?','','draft','closed','closed','','why-go-to-the-dentist','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3800',0,'post','',0),(3801,0,'2017-11-06 17:36:24','2017-11-06 17:36:24','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','why-go-to-the-dentist-1','','','2017-11-06 17:36:24','2017-11-06 17:36:24','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Why-Go-to-The-Dentist-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3803,0,'2017-11-06 17:54:53','2017-11-06 17:54:53','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','calluses-on-hand-1','','','2017-11-06 17:54:53','2017-11-06 17:54:53','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/calluses-on-hand-1-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3815,0,'2017-11-09 13:09:59','2017-11-09 13:09:59','','kaizen_white_on_black','','inherit','closed','closed','','kaizen_white_on_black','','','2017-11-09 13:09:59','2017-11-09 13:09:59','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Kaizen_white_on_black-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3817,3,'2017-11-14 05:45:01','2017-11-14 05:45:01','<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do You Ever Wonder If The Terminology You Use Is Right?</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you get flummoxed between lay language and technical speak when switching chat between clients and peers?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you have simply got so used to speaking that language with clients that you have forgotten how to use technical jargon which makes you anxious when speaking your thoughts to peers or on courses?</span>\n<h4></h4>\n<h4>Language in relation to the human body can be rather ambiguous.</h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Tight</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Inhibited</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Overactive</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Dysfunctional</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Spasmodic</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Weak</span></h4>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">- Dominant</span></h4>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s language that very often causes great controversy in the health &amp; fitness industry and in my opinion, often unnecessarily.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3821\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/communication-1.png\" alt=\"communication\" width=\"555\" height=\"222\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The language we use can potentially result in a great session or a not so great one - Are our choice of words hitting the spot with the person receiving the information?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do they look at you confused when you try to communicate what you feel might be going on?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are the words we choose relevant to their capabilities of understanding or even what they give a damn about to be blunt!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3693\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/seek-a-professional-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"567\" height=\"378\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is absolutely paramount in, not only for our client\'s sessions but between us and our peers.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And there is still a gap between us.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PT’s generally call problem muscles tight or short</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therapists mostly call them overactive or inhibited</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But what’s the difference?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it doesn’t really matter too much what you call it in your own thoughts….</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s what you\'re going to do about it and to whom you want to communicate it with that is key.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For example, you wouldn’t be explaining to a client that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you feel their piriformis muscle may be reciprocally inhibited by the gluteal muscles due to the laws found in a research paper a or b.</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No! You would likely just say </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your hips are a little stiff or limited</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But when seeking ideas from a peer then your language should switch to a more technical vocabulary. This allows you to have an absolute clarity to discuss thoughts on potential causes of musculoskeletal ‘issues’ and therefore the various interventions you may have between you. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an education company, we are very pedantic about the language we use during our workshops. We train all of our Master Trainers to speak with absolute clarity otherwise what we are saying can be misinterpreted.When it comes to the duty of care for our learner\'s skills clarity is imperative. This also goes for our learner\'s ability to communicate with their clients, which is often a whole different set of words. It kind of like being bilingual!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/table_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"648\" height=\"351\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘Language’ and the problems it can cause means we are faced with challenges when it comes to choosing the right words. This is something I would like to talk about in more detail in an endeavor to bridge the gap between all practitioners. Ultimately this offers further opportunity for us to provide an even better duty of care to our clients. Doing this </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">together </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">through inter referral sites and systems has got to be smarter than possibly struggling on our own; don’t you think?!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So with meetings planned with colleagues to discuss this very topic keep your eyes peeled for more information and resources coming your way!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within our <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">academy</a>, we provide all of our learners with all they need to utilise the most appropriate language to communicate professionally with both clients and peers.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to improve your communication skills when talking human movement stuff why not try one of our really cool workshops?</span>\n\nClick <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE</a> to find out more.','Is Your Choice Of Language Confusing Your Client?','','draft','closed','closed','','is-your-choice-of-language-confusing-your-client','','','2024-07-16 11:26:34','2024-07-16 11:26:34','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3817',0,'post','',0),(3819,0,'2017-11-14 05:36:59','2017-11-14 05:36:59','','home-brewing-3','','inherit','closed','closed','','home-brewing-3','','','2017-11-14 05:36:59','2017-11-14 05:36:59','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Home-Brewing-3-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3820,0,'2017-11-14 05:37:08','2017-11-14 05:37:08','','home-brewing','','inherit','closed','closed','','home-brewing','','','2017-11-14 05:37:08','2017-11-14 05:37:08','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Home-Brewing-4.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3821,0,'2017-11-14 05:38:42','2017-11-14 05:38:42','','communication','','inherit','closed','closed','','communication','','','2017-11-14 05:38:42','2017-11-14 05:38:42','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/communication-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3827,3,'2017-11-19 22:42:45','2017-11-19 22:42:45','<h1><b><i>NO, I DAMN WELL CAN\'T!</i></b></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So there will be endless opportunities coming up for PT\'s everywhere this week/month BUT be prepared to be faced with a common problem and misconception I have experienced for the entire 25 years of my career.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It never ceases to amaze me how many people approach me expecting literally 5 minutes of advice on how to cure all of their physical problems, ailments, ache and pains.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3830\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/PT-FUSTRATION-1.jpg\" alt=\"pt-fustration\" width=\"358\" height=\"269\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do people/clients still think that all they need to do is a little exercise for a day or 2 to completely rid themselves of all their aches and pains long term!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now for a small number of people, this may well be the case but I am not talking about them. I’m talking about the people who have been to see their GP, physio, massage therapist, chiro, podiatrist and so on and have still not found the root cause of their problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The type of client who thinks that after say 30 years of a crappy lifestyle, sitting at a desk, walking around in high heels, carrying heavy bags on one shoulder and their babies on their hip, that we can simply give them an exercise for the specific area of the body and cure them!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriously!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Typical Conversation;</b>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential Client; “Hi, I hear you are the \'go to\' person for helping back pain and I was wondering if you can give me an exercise for this bit….(points to lower back)”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me; “Sorry but I would need to do a full assessment to understand better what might be causing it and to understand your medical history…”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential Client;“…can’t you just give me an exercise for that area..?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me; “NO I DAMN WELL CAN’T &amp; IF IT WERE THAT FLIPPIN’ SIMPLE DON’T YOU THINK I WOULD BE A MILLIONAIRE!?”……</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this part happens in my head so what I actually say is</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">…..</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Not if you want a long-term improvement that is based on the parts of your body that need addressing rather than simply the area that hurts. Often the area that hurts is not that area where the problem has occurred …….” blah blah blah</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">   <img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3831\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/coaching-1.png\" alt=\"coaching\" width=\"278\" height=\"278\" /></span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">     </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I begin my spiel…but ONLY if I think I can genuinely help and sadly often, with this type of client, I cannot because they are the types of client who just won’t do their homework and so I refer them otherwise there is a high chance they will make me look bad!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attitude towards what we CAN do to help ourselves is still very lazy and of the mindset that WE, as practitioners, therapists, Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122;, personal trainers, actually ‘fix’ people and that it can be done quickly.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>This Is Simply NOT TRUE!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriously, \'quick fixes\' would be an arrogant, and potentially can be harmful (to your business)!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can anyone truly KNOW what is happening inside a ‘healthy’ but dysfunctional body? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine that we study on cadavers (dead bodies), pigs spines, take samples OUT of the body and using extrinsic video analysis, none of which replicate a live human on the inside.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES, pretty much EVERYTHING we \'know\' about what’s happening inside the body, is a hypothesis!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why even the world leading experts often disagree because they both prove AND disprove concepts with their research.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often with convincing data for both!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What The Hell Are WE PT\'s Supposed To Do?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, we have logic and the hypothesis built from whatever we DO know and trials of input/output.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World leaders like Haines, Chek, Poliquin, Gray, McGill, Gracovetsky and others have hypothesised their ideas from the research they have done, or data they have collected over many years, on many subjects, and used both their educated logic and results from the input/output.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is why they are deemed ‘experts’.</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Education + Experience = Expert </b></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3832\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sprinterglow-1-1024x735.png\" alt=\"sprinterglow\" width=\"415\" height=\"298\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is also why those in the industry (like any of us) that are maybe not so experienced or are not necessarily in a position to collect data and perform research, seek out tried and tested input/output ‘systems’. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are ALL after the same end result - to look after our clients - and we go about it via the route that makes the most sense to us, from the way we are educated, the way our brain processes that information plus other things we read, learn, hear. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my opinion, the simpler to apply the better- would you agree!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, don’t undervalue what you gain from your own service since we do in fact, gather ‘results’ from our own clients and form our own opinions on what might help, with a whole battery of ideas, tools, resources and methods in an endeavour to help each client.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than not, and on a superficial level, the client actually KNOWS what they SHOULD do, to some degree at least, to feel better or to lose weight.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Move More</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">-Eat Better</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yep that’s pretty much the entire industry\'s requirement, isn\'t it!? - think about it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>But It’s NEVER That Simple - WHY?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ATTITUDE </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&amp;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EXPECTATION</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ALL need to be working towards changing our client’s attitude and expectation by EDUCATING them on how to better help themselves, WITH OUR GUIDANCE of course!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst we are doing this, we would be gaining experience, learning what works and what doesn’t by our own methods, effectively trialling and testing what we have learned, so far. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So why not learn an ‘experts’ tried and tested system to improve your confidence and better serve them?!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Experts like Ben Coomber of Body Type Nutrition, and his team, will educate you with a smart, yet simple system of ideas on how to advise clients how to fuel their bodies.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mike Grice of Movement Therapy Clinics, and his team will give you awesome practical manual therapy skills using a logical system.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chris Wright of Level 10 Living, and his team will teach you a fantastic system to help your business succeed.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our own workshops offer you a physical assessment system or ‘benchmark’, to decide which exercises will help and which will hinder your client.  With movement preparation techniques to reduce injury risk, improve movement performance and often with the awesome side effect of pain relief.</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3833\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/shutterstock_52725265-1.jpg\" alt=\"shutterstock_52725265\" width=\"507\" height=\"189\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So even if you attended ALL of these courses the question is; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How are YOU going to change YOUR client’s attitude?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Firstly we need to change OURS!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to start learning HOW to educate them on what is happening to their bodies.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to take TIME, to be honest </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to allow for time to EXPLAIN things</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to understand what we are explaining technically and then make it SIMPLE for the layperson to grasp</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough’ </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albert Einstein</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>We Don’t Have An Easy Job!</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But this is vital if we are to maintain our ‘duty of care’, get the best long-term results we can and built on a ‘system’ to demonstrate from our own results something that is valid, reliable and reproducible.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Without a system, we are GUESSING, flailing around from one idea to the next with no way of measuring what actually worked which means we lose our confidence.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we don’t know what worked how can we repeat it and help the next person?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So the value in taking longer to do things initially is VITAL for our future client\'s long-term success and the long-term success of our services. Over time we will become quicker and slicker at this method of delivery. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Really we should simply refuse to take on clients who do not adopt the methods or system we teach.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY pay for my expertise and then not heed it?!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interview</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> clients to decide if they a suitable to OUR method.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because if we do not filter out the ‘liggers\', as I call them, they will make us look rubbish!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>(Urban Dictionary ‘</b><b><i>ligger\' = along for a free ride)</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the ones who want that a quick fix, the ones who think a little exercise will fix them.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you KNOW you could help someone IF they did as they were told BUT they didn’t like it or buy in - what’s the point!?!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Get Rid Of Those Clients</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attract the type of clients you ENJOY working with because they trust YOU, respect your professionalism, do what you suggest and therefore change their bad habits</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be confident about turning people away </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meaning you enjoy working more</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowing you to focus on people who get results following your system</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowing you to charge more based on results </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Allowing you to increase your income</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will reduce the stress of clients not adhering to the system and making YOU look bad!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I agree it is never simple</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything is hypothesis</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just find a ‘system’ (create one or, if you do not have the resources, utilise a tried and tested one)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stick to the ‘system’</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Interview clients to find the ones who will follow your ‘system’</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Explain what that ‘system’ is on day 1</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create the appropriate expectation in them on day 1</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintain integrity by being honest.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Carefully use the right language</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Just make sure your ‘system’ is;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tried and tested</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Simple</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Logical </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Easy to follow</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Removes guesswork</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Would You Like A Ready Made ‘System’?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You already know my next question, don’t you?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So remember if I TURN YOU AWAY it’s because I don’t believe you will follow MY system!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But you won’t know unless you ask …….</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So why not start with a 2-Day Pelvic Biomechanics Workshop Feb in North London or Loughborough?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">P.S. 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That\'s a pretty tall order to expect of yourself right!? There is enough STUFF bouncing around in MY head that I want to keep it to a minimum thank you very much!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what I need is to know MY preferred specialist subject REALLY well (that’s </span><b><i>intrinsic biomechanics </i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of competitive strength athletes in particular in case you didn’t know) to do my best and provide the best duty of care I can. This understanding also allows me to best advise my learners. It is a lot of responsibility advising learners on their remit and can be quite challenging when they are from such diverse backgrounds. However, the really exciting thing is that often we get both therapists and exercise professionals together on our workshops.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1045\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Screen-Shot-2016-06-12-at-07.37.45.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"434\" height=\"235\" /></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway, while I NEVER diagnose nor do I do ‘clinical’ work I DO want to understand enough that I am realistic about my clients best interest when they have a clinical issue or question. So reading research is something I TRY to do regularly.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now if you are a fitness professional like me, with clients who have medical conditions and you wish you understood these conditions better have you ever tried to read clinical research or ANY kind of research in fact!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Brain frying right?!</span>\n\nNow I don’t know about you but I am definitely NOT a ‘reader’\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever heard of the V.A.R.K principles?</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">VISUAL</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AURAL</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">READER</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KINESTHETIC</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, there are simple tests you can do to discover which ‘style’ of learning is your prefered method to absorb information but most of us already instinctively know which one it is. That is not to say we don’t learn for all of these by any means, they enhance each other.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am SO kinesthetic!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am a fidget. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kinesthetic, or practical, all the way, I am a doer, a performer, tactile, physical, a people person and do not like the act of reading a lot of text (it kinda hurts my eyes) but LOVE reading to gain understanding at the same time.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My attention span is very short and so I have developed techniques that allow me to absorb information on ‘reading material’ because I recognise the value of information gained this way or that is only represented in this way.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having discovered audiobooks, which are a godsend, and one of the things I LOVE about technology for when I drive for hours around the UK (I have a LOVE/HATE relationship with technology like most of us I think) BUT frustratingly not all of the books I want to read are on audio.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having amassed over years literally hundreds of research papers online that relate to the grassroots of some of the techniques I use, I do take time out to ‘practice’ reading them. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My method:</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Print off papers with a common theme or around a subject I want to study.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I highlight the key areas as I ‘scan’ read the content. Then I repeat until I have found all the ones with something to interesting in that I want to learn more about or understand better.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I put time aside to read a few, or maybe I simply read for a set time, due to having the attention span of a fish.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then I do this repeatedly and periodically over time. This allows the information to pass into my thoughts during movement or exercise (the kinesthetic bit) or when I teach fitness classes or when I am watching people move in the gym (I KNOW you do that too!!)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THEN when I feel I have something of relevance that I can understand or put into practice, then I discuss it or share it with my learners and then you guys.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now please understand, as my school teachers constantly told me, I am </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">not an academic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this does not mean I am stupid (well I keep telling myself that anyway) and for me I always look for the ‘SO WHAT?’ in things otherwise without having a reason to my brain simply as no reason to retain it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I have read a huge pile of papers that relate to leg length discrepancy, SIJ function and pathology, different methods of assessing these areas, ideas on what the results mean, relevance or significance and also how they related to symptoms and pain.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is all with the hope that I can find and then bring you, my learners, something of interest to read, discuss and maybe put into practice with your clients.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do YOU adapt to your areas of weakness?</span>\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-3634 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Question-myself-1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"3d human with a red question mark\" width=\"189\" height=\"189\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What methods do YOU use to get around this?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What strategies do YOU use to improve your skill set?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With all of this in mind let me also encourage you to consider the best question ever….. SO WHAT?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><b>The Results Speak For Themselves</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now there are groups and individuals out there who still challenge everything which I would always encourage anyone to do since we should always seek clarity for understanding. My learners have definitely challenged ME on my methods and the evidence-based programme I use, many times.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is these times, when confronted and challenged, that I grow and expand the most. When at my most uncomfortable is when the real learning takes place because I NEED to understand it. When someone questions the very core of what I do in my practice and the methods we teach in the academy, which I am most passionate about, well that’s when I learn!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having been challenged I found myself on this exploration through reams and reams of research papers and books and conversations with peers, mentors and colleagues and wowzers I was in the ‘growth zone’!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know where I ended up?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Apart from writing this for you guys of course….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well after reading complex equations, difficult language, conflicting evidence, fascinating arguments, strange opinions and lengthy articles I ended up with…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><b>SO WHAT?</b></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well yes, that’s where I ended up asking myself SO WHAT? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What am I trying to achieve with my clients?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wait NO… </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AM</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> I achieving with my clients?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their ROM improves, pain is reduced, strength has increased, they report feeling more stable and overall feel they move better.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So no matter what the research states, no matter what the trolls say, no matter what challenges you, if your client feels better, moves better, experiences less pain and you have some objectivity to measuring improvements - SO WHAT?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However the learning never stops and we can always do more, learn more. So if you want to add some more tools to your kit bag to offer you more confidence when you ask the SO WHAT question why not try one of our workshops in 2018?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a> To Grab Our Xmas Offer! </b>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>','28/11 SO WHAT?','','draft','closed','closed','','2811-so-what','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3902',0,'post','',0),(3903,0,'2017-11-27 19:00:28','2017-11-27 19:00:28','','home-brewing','','inherit','closed','closed','','home-brewing-4','','','2017-11-27 19:00:28','2017-11-27 19:00:28','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Home-Brewing-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3913,3,'2017-12-04 15:46:57','2017-12-04 15:46:57','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nerves have been described as the software of the body and to be able to understand this more thoroughly we have to build an understanding of ‘nerve tension’ and ‘Adverse Neural Tension’. These concepts have been recognised for over 100 years in terms of treating patients clinically, but their full potential has never been understood until now. An analogy with the invention of the wheel is an interesting one. The discovery of nerve-tension and it being used for the treatment of injuries is like the wheel being invented and placing it on its side, putting 4 legs around the underside and using it as a table. It makes a great table, but the idea to use it in the way we know it today was groundbreaking. The same applies to nerve tension and its application to athletic performance and fatigue relief.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3914\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0x0ss-85-1.jpg\" alt=\"0x0ss-85\" width=\"224\" height=\"224\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The entire nervous system is a single continuous track, so it follows that if any part of this continuous track is trapped or tethered (as with an injury for example) then it also follows that there will be some restriction of the mobility of other parts of the nerve system. So a problem with one part of the nerve can cause pain in another – this is the clinical application. However, we have discovered that this is not always represented by pain but also by a reduction of a joints range of movement and altered joint biomechanics which can affect a whole host of problems that can cause restricted performance and may ultimately lead to injury. Moreover, with the increased muscle dysfunction and associated factors, local fatigue increases and so understanding these principles can lead to benefits not only in human performance but also fatigue relief.</span>\n<h3><b><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3832\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/sprinterglow-1-1024x735.png\" alt=\"sprinterglow\" width=\"349\" height=\"250\" /></b></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><b>Research</b></h3>\nWe know this happens from research performed at Liverpool Hope University College, and studies there have given astonishing results. One experiment showed that a muscle can increase its force output by 14% after a brief preliminary warm-up (just one 15 second workout using this concept). Another experiment showed that by following the same concept of a 2-minute programme performed daily for 10 days increases muscle output by over 50%. By understanding the importance of the interaction of individual body systems with each other, we have established the world\'s largest database of its kind and have included the outcomes of the auditing of this information in the Biomechanics Coaching&#x2122; Diploma workshop series.\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3502\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/2018-locked-prices-1-1024x536.png\" width=\"413\" height=\"216\" /></span></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the diploma, you learn how to test your ‘nerve tension’ and prescribe movement patterns to enhance the coordinated output of your body’s systems. In terms of fatigue relief, it has been demonstrated that after 15 seconds of the programme, muscle fatigue is reduced by up to 14% immediately and sustained use led to a significant and prolonged increase in muscle output. These studies have been validated at the highest level. A paper was submitted at the 6th Asian Biomechanics Congress (one of the world’s most credited) and was enthusiastically received. In a practical sense, the programmes have been rigorously tested by people such as Olympic athletes through to workers on a product line and hospital health trusts.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/table_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"418\" height=\"226\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember in most cases we are not even aware we have a problem, like nerve tension, 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\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Terminology</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So when it comes to exercise programming our holistic approach, which is commonly described but rarely understood and demonstrated, takes into consideration all of the body’s systems, and it has a deep understanding of how they interact and are guided by our nervous system. Description terms such as strength and power in this model are inadequate, so when we talk about exercises in these terms, we should be talking in terms of Movement Acquisition Patterns (or MAPs) which are used to enhance a given set of functional movements, not stretches or strengthening exercises, as the latter does not give credit for the full implications of the programming. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Example</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\'s take a hamstring stretch as an 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 sacro-iliac joint in the lower back, tight gastrocnemius, tight spinal cord and indeed almost any nerve in the chain given the continuum concept described earlier. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The problem</b></h3>\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? 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\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2962\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-03-at-10.01.47-1024x236.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"120\" /></span>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><strong>How we can help</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to learn how to assess for where limitation may come from within the pelvis and sciatic nerve, for example,  we would recommend having a look into our biomechanics course where we cover this topic and much more.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click Here</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for more information.</span>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>','Understanding Your Nerves','','draft','closed','closed','','understanding-your-nerves','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3913',0,'post','',0),(3914,0,'2017-12-04 15:25:18','2017-12-04 15:25:18','','0x0ss-85','','inherit','closed','closed','','0x0ss-85','','','2017-12-04 15:25:18','2017-12-04 15:25:18','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/0x0ss-85-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3915,0,'2017-12-04 15:41:19','2017-12-04 15:41:19','','home-brewing-3','','inherit','closed','closed','','home-brewing-3-2','','','2017-12-04 15:41:19','2017-12-04 15:41:19','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Home-Brewing-3-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3920,3,'2017-12-11 12:29:26','2017-12-11 12:29:26','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Me neither until I began listening to my latest audible investment from The Great Courses Series ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mind-Body Medicine - The New Science Of Optimal Health’ by Jason M Satterfield. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A really fascinating book throughout but in chapter 31 he really caught my attention when he described Occam’s Razor because it really is the ethos of what we communicate within or academy. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Occam\'s razor</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a problem-solving principle attributed to</span></i><a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_of_Ockham\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">William of Ockham</span></i></a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (c. 1287–1347), who was an English friar, scholastic philosopher, and theologian. </span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The principle states that \"</span></i><b><i>Entities should not be multiplied unnecessarily.</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\" </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also known as The Law Of Parsimony which suggests we investigate the simplest ideas first.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2896\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/table_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"606\" height=\"328\" /></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Biomechanics Coaches our tried and tested system of ‘exercise’ prescription is based on this concept to utilise the least intrusive interventions first. Then with our evidence based assessment skills, we analyse what changes occur prior to prescribing the next intervention. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having this really simple, logical approach to designing a movement programme for our clients gives us a huge increase in confidence KNOWING that we are following the least intrusive/safest first problem-solving principles. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When something doesn’t change or improve we then prescribe the next option or ‘level’ within our system. Alongside all of this is clarity of our individual remit. With such a broad spectrum of practitioner skills joining our academy, Biomechanics Coaches come from every kind of movement profession. This ranges from PT’s, Pilates &amp; Yoga Teachers, to manual therapists, podiatrists and other clinicians. So while many of us are becoming hybrids there should still be a clear parameter of the scope of service we individually offer.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully you, like me, would all agree with most, if not all, of the statements below with regards to exercise prescription, treatment or intervention for our clients…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most useful statement of the principle for scientists is..</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>when you have two competing theories that make exactly the same predictions, the simpler one is the better</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3006\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.40.22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"569\" height=\"376\" /></span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Occam\'s razor is often cited in </span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stronger</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> forms than Occam intended, as in the following statements. . .</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>If you have two theories that both explain the observed facts, then you should use the simplest until more evidence comes along</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>The simplest explanation for some phenomenon is more likely to be accurate than more complicated explanations.</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>If you have two equally likely solutions to a problem, choose the simplest.</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>The explanation requiring the fewest assumptions is most likely to be correct.</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. . .or in the only form that takes its own advice. . .</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"</span></i><b><i>Keep things simple!</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The final word is of unknown origin, although it\'s often attributed to Einstein, himself a master of the quotable one liner:</span></i>\n\n<b><i>\"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.\"</i></b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So once again I suggest that if you are anything like me and feel like a sponge for this kind of information, yet slightly ‘allergic’ to reading lots of text in one go, check out the audiobook mediums.</span>\n\nAnd, if you would like to find out how we implement this mentality into our Diploma simply <a href=\"http://bit.ly/2svUc5o\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Click Here</strong></a>.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"wp-image-3923 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Everything-should-be-made-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler.-Albert-Einstein-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"everything-should-be-made-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler-albert-einstein\" width=\"398\" height=\"398\" /></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">References;</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_razor</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/occam.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/General/occam.html</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/occams-razor.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://science.howstuffworks.com/innovation/scientific-experiments/occams-razor.htm</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.britannica.com/topic/Occams-razor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.britannica.com/topic/Occams-razor</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=occam%27s%20razor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=occam%27s%20razor</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://explorable.com/occams-razor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://explorable.com/occams-razor</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"http://lesswrong.com/lw/jp/occams_razor/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http://lesswrong.com/lw/jp/occams_razor/</span></a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEA3k_QIKo\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XEA3k_QIKo</span></a>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div 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12:19:02','','everything-should-be-made-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler-albert-einstein','','inherit','closed','closed','','everything-should-be-made-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler-albert-einstein','','','2017-12-11 12:19:02','2017-12-11 12:19:02','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Everything-should-be-made-as-simple-as-possible-but-not-simpler.-Albert-Einstein-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3947,3,'2017-12-19 02:31:54','2017-12-19 02:31:54','<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparation &amp; Capacity - The Missing Link </span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok, would you like to hear one of our academy secrets?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a phase PT’s are missing that needs to be added PRIOR to the warm up!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes BEFORE the warm up!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Look, you keep asking us “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why does my client move that badly</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?” or “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why do they move that way?</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” or “ </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why can’t they do those moves like everyone else</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?”. Your instinct is telling you the answer to that question…’</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because they sit on their backsides….because they have a sedentary job...because they have been injured</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..’</span>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-3006\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Screen-Shot-2017-07-12-at-15.40.22.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"275\" /></span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT </span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The BIGGER question is ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is the missing link that helps me, help them move better BEFORE I warm them up</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?”..right?!!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recently did a live webinar to share the answer to this question and WOW it was stunning to have doctors, PTs, S&amp;C Coaches, Manual Therapists, Pilates Teachers and they were all asking the same questions!</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://events.genndi.com/replay/169105139238457911/f4f41782f3/0/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3950\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-19-at-02.28.14-1024x600.png\" alt=\"screen-shot-2017-12-19-at-02-28-14\" width=\"429\" height=\"251\" /></a>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I reduce risk?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I improve movement?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I KNOW I am improving function?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do I know I am prescribing the right exercises?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This phase of training is what we call ‘Preparation &amp; Capacity’ and is based upon 25 yrs of data collection showing us that muscles, joints and nerves all affect each other. So we developed a system that provides techniques to affect each system and improve basic function and movement capacity. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The initial series of techniques, our start point (remember the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/ever-heard-of-occams-razor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occam’s Razor blog</a>?), consists of anti-spasm exercises based on Ribot-Ciscar’s work (Jiri Dvorak had the same results from similar studies) using a specific type of muscle energy technique. This is the safest, least intrusive and is actually superbly effective at improving muscle function.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The aim of this first phase of preparation restores an individual’s capacity around the pelvis and spine so that they are level and moving freely, or correctly, for that individual.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are modified from much of what is seen in our industry today, which is ‘combined’ movements where the body is effectively allowed to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cheat</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to produce the required movement. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to understand our system in more detail and join an amazingly robust and fast-growing community of Biomechanics Coaches there is a multitude of platforms for you to gain access to this first phase and further phases to work towards becoming a Biomechanics Coach with our Diploma.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here at Biomechanics Education, we are so excited about our 2017 success at getting the nation moving more freely through our academy learners that we wanted to celebrate the end of the year with a special gift to all those secretly wishing they could grab a seat on our workshops in 2018…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click Here</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> so you don’t miss out</span>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>','Preparation & Capacity - The Missing Link','','draft','closed','closed','','preparation-capacity-the-missing-link','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3947',0,'post','',0),(3948,0,'2017-12-19 02:07:01','2017-12-19 02:07:01','','19-12-17-preparation-and-capacity','','inherit','closed','closed','','19-12-17-preparation-and-capacity','','','2017-12-19 02:07:01','2017-12-19 02:07:01','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/19.12.17-Preparation-and-capacity-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3950,0,'2017-12-19 02:30:06','2017-12-19 02:30:06','','screen-shot-2017-12-19-at-02-28-14','','inherit','closed','closed','','screen-shot-2017-12-19-at-02-28-14','','','2017-12-19 02:30:06','2017-12-19 02:30:06','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Screen-Shot-2017-12-19-at-02.28.14-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3953,3,'2017-12-25 23:30:45','2017-12-25 23:30:45','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My core values are something I am </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extremely</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> aware</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of all the time.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of Biomechanics Education’s strongest core values is; </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Responsibility To Our Learners</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We always want to look after those in the Biomechanics Education academy ‘family’ and maybe this business is in fact, a second family? It certainly feels like it because of the strong bond I personally feel to each and every learner that sets foot into one of our classrooms. Along with our passion for the provision of a high level service with support beyond their training, there is certainly a huge sense of connection.</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2847\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/IMG_0101-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"309\" height=\"309\" />\n<h3><b>\nUnlike Any Other JOB</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\nBiomechanics Education is something I think about it every single day, I talk about it all day and in fact, my whole life revolves around the company and what it is doing, not only for the individuals who enter the academy but also for the entire industry and of course the wider population.</span>\n<h3><b>\nHelping the Nation Move More Freely</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3957\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20689649_10154903127672081_9002171364846902606_o-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"20689649_10154903127672081_9002171364846902606_o\" width=\"309\" height=\"309\" /></h3>\nYou see WE are together<i></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> helping the nation to more freely with less pain while we also increase movement skill and performance levels for all abilities!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WOW, now that’s something special right? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If I were to get philosophical right now and be really honest about what I would like to see as a legacy, the reason that I was here, my reason for being, my point of existence ….well this is what happens when you become middle-aged...gotta think HUGE right..?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely®  free on the NHS!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122; top of the list on medical insurance company policies </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122; top of the list for ALL referrals to signpost clients/patients to the right specialist.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">iMoveFreely®  on Aeroplane TV screens in front of your chair</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">GB Olympians lying down to do 4 sign by the track prior to the race</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soap stars doing their pec minor release over the dinner table …..ok ok ok maybe I\'m getting carried away here…but maybe not….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..ok SERIOUSLY</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Gotta Dream Big</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dream BIG people because it is such a short time we each are here so do what you love, make a difference, show you care, don’t hold back and please spread the word. </span>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3>We can do this together!</h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"color: #999999;\">If you would like to find out more about Biomechanics Education and help spread the amazing work that we do, simply <strong><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click Here</a></strong>. </span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2896\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/table_pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"787\" height=\"426\" />\n<div class=\"grammarly-disable-indicator\"></div>','How Strong Are Your Core Values?','','draft','closed','closed','','how-strong-are-your-core-values','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3953',0,'post','',0),(3954,0,'2017-12-24 17:40:29','2017-12-24 17:40:29','','certificate','','inherit','closed','closed','','certificate','','','2017-12-24 17:40:29','2017-12-24 17:40:29','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/certificate-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3957,0,'2017-12-24 17:53:21','2017-12-24 17:53:21','','20689649_10154903127672081_9002171364846902606_o','','inherit','closed','closed','','20689649_10154903127672081_9002171364846902606_o','','','2017-12-24 17:53:21','2017-12-24 17:53:21','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20689649_10154903127672081_9002171364846902606_o-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(3968,3,'2018-01-02 08:09:19','2018-01-02 08:09:19','<h3><b>So 2018 is here and you’re left wondering where the hell 2017 went…?</b></h3>\nDid you make any new year resolutions for 2018?\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you successfully achieve last years resolution?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you feel you could have done more in 2017?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I have always wondered why people wait for Dec 31st to create change when changes can be made all year, probably to better effect too!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would 1% be a lot to ask of yourself?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>What Could You Do 1% Better Today? </b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"http://kaizen-project.co.uk/events/the-kaizen-project/\"><b>Kaizen</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a Japanese term meaning </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Continual Improvement </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and I believe this is a great concept to keep in mind when settings new year resolutions or goals at any time of year, particularly big goals. Let me give you one example;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I am never going to be a competitive Olympic lifter, it is just not something that appeals or motivates me, but anyone who has attempted a snatch or clean will appreciate it is not an exercise or movement that immediately comes naturally nor quickly. The technical aspect is far too complex and inevitably requires numerous adjustments to each segment of the movement that can only be done over time. The simple laws of proprioception, gravity &amp; load in this high-speed movement require such precision to avoid failure that it would be impossible to nail it in a few weeks let alone one or two sessions. There is so much to learn and much of it will and should eventually become subconscious, for example;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hook grip</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Foot position</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Start position </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First pull</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Second pull</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">High Hang</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Low Hang</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Triple extension</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The drop under the bar</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locking out the arms</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hitting the receive position </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rising out of the bottom position </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintaining the overhead or front rack position to complete the ascent</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throwing the bar so it doesn’t fall on you or anyone else!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However small goals can encourage every session in the gym, even if it is just small tweaks to each part of the movement. Consistency is key to anything and over time things really do add up. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Taking the stairs instead of the lift, parking at the back of the car park furthest away from the door so you have further to walk, eating just one piece of chocolate instead of the whole 200g bar, having smaller glasses of wine, walking to the shop instead of driving, meditating for 10 minutes is better than not at all….you know what I am talking about, right?!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, do you remember in our basic PT or Massage training the idea of SMART GOALS is often introduced to help us to help our clients when goal setting?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Small, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Timely goals. This concept fits perfectly with The Kaizen Project, however, the question is...</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3978\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/smart-goals1-1-1024x507.jpg\" alt=\"smart-goals1-1\" width=\"497\" height=\"246\" />\n<h3><b>Do You Create (SMART) Goals In ALL Aspects Of Your Own Life?</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Once Again, Ask Yourself...</b>\n\n<b>What Could You Do 1% Better Today?\n</b>\n<h3></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now you may have heard me mention the word</span> <a href=\"http://kaizen-project.co.uk\"><b>Kaizen</b></a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a lot recently in relation to </span><a href=\"http://kaizen-project.co.uk\"><b>The Kaizen Project</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and after spending several hours, some months ago, in the same room as Ben Coomber, Mike Grice, Stephen Aish and Amber Keats, as a group we felt this word summed up the concept of our project perfectly. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all feel very strongly about continuous learning, giving you nuggets of great information that you can actually apply with your clients immediately to get results. We do this via social media, our workshops, events, webinars and our blogs and emails. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all feel very strongly about influencing the entire nation to move better, feel less pain, eat healthier, be more body/mind aware, understand business and to understand simple mindset techniques for a happier outlook. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem is we can’t do it alone and so we are reaching out to professionals like you so that together we can achieve a healthier nation. People like you who are committed to educating and supporting your clients and their well being….yes YOU..!</span>\n<h3></h3>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Human Movement Geeks </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nutrition Fanatics</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mindset Believers </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Therapy Lovers...</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>...Are YOU One, Or More, Of These?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOU ARE…!?!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AWESOME so why not make a 1% change to your day TODAY by clicking this link to reserve your place; </span>\n\n<a href=\"http://kaizen-project.co.uk/events/the-kaizen-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The Kaizen Project</b></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THEN when you join us Feb 25th, 2018 in Northampton for </span><a href=\"http://kaizen-project.co.uk/events/the-kaizen-project/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>The Kaizen Project</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you will gain AT LEAST 1% improvement from every session you attend.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">THEN you go home and apply what you learned from each session to your business/client’s sessions...this is continuous learning.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Finally, Ask Yourself Regularly...</b>\n\n<b>What Could YOU Do 1% Better Today?</b>','What Could You Do 1% Better Today?','','draft','closed','closed','','so-2018-is-here','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=3968',0,'post','',0),(3969,0,'2018-01-02 08:04:47','2018-01-02 08:04:47','','find-us-at-homebrewing-com','','inherit','closed','closed','','find-us-at-homebrewing-com-2','','','2018-01-02 08:04:47','2018-01-02 08:04:47','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Find-us-at-homebrewing.com_-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3970,0,'2018-01-02 08:05:31','2018-01-02 08:05:31','','find-us-at-homebrewing-com-2','','inherit','closed','closed','','find-us-at-homebrewing-com-2-2','','','2018-01-02 08:05:31','2018-01-02 08:05:31','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Find-us-at-homebrewing.com-2-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(3978,0,'2018-01-02 10:07:51','2018-01-02 10:07:51','','smart-goals1-1','','inherit','closed','closed','','smart-goals1-1','','','2018-01-02 10:07:51','2018-01-02 10:07:51','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/smart-goals1-1-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4004,3,'2018-01-09 01:43:40','2018-01-09 01:43:40','<b>Do You Make Assumptions?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often I hear and see people make assumptions in our industry.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Articles I read are so often written based on assumptions, lacking context for clarity.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within our academy, we discuss the idea that the body is a master of compensation. Now, this is for a variety of reasons &amp; also in a variety of ways.</span>\n\nWe use words such as those found below to describe these compensations. Words like...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sub-clinical Muscle Spasm </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immobility </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tightness </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Inhibition </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instability </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weakness </span>\n\n...to name a few.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, MOST professionals know how to address the above with the various interventions...</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anti spasm</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mobilise </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stretch </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un-inhibit</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stabilise </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Strengthen </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThese are all techniques that are all relatively simple to do and understand, right?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What\'s The Problem?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is it that makes these interventions so controversial, problematic and debatable, not only articles but also in practice?</span>\n\nWhy are many still making the error of assumption?\n\nSometimes it isn’t obvious and this makes our job tough when trying to truly objectively KNOW which problem is presenting.\n\nIn other words, the question is…\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is ‘it’ WEAK or INHIBITED?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is ‘it’ TIGHT or IN SPASM?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is ‘it’ UNSTABLE or WEAK?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is ‘it’ INHIBITED or TIGHT?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of these examples can easily be mistaken for another and yet the corrective techniques could be contraindicating should the wrong one be prescribed. For example; if you try to stretch a muscle ASSUMING it is TIGHT when in fact it is inhibited or in a protective spasm, it could respond by ‘holding on’ even more.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A common example might be the appearance of ‘tight’ hamstrings that are ‘held under tension’ so to speak. Quite often the sciatic nerve can be ‘tethered’ by dysfunction somewhere else, this creates nerve tension. Therefore the hamstrings ‘hold on’ to a ‘tense’ position due to their close relationship with the sciatic nerve. This is because they are trying to protect the nerve which is lacking its full capacity. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now consider if you tried to \'stretch\' this apparently ‘tight’ hamstring..!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What Should We Do?? </b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Obviously having a testing system that identifies which dysfunction is presenting would make absolute sense, wouldn’t it?</span>\n\nIf you do not have a testing system available to you then it is probably prudent to prescribe the least contraindicating technique first to reduce risk.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/ever-heard-of-occams-razor/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Occum’s Razor</a>?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An example of a safe intervention would be the low grade 20% muscle energy technique researched by <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/1333-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ribot-Ciscar,1991</a>. This has been proven to have huge success at improving muscle function especially when something like stretching hasn’t shown any benefit.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Your 7 Tips:</b>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don’t assume anything! </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get a movement baseline before &amp; after using an intervention</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the least intrusive intervention first</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discuss with your peers for new ideas and viewpoints</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invest in learning an evidence-based objective testing system </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor your client\'s movement progress closely using photos, video &amp; clear benchmarks.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Learn, trust and encourage even the smallest and simplest of techniques, like low-grade anti spasms - Trust me, they can make all the difference!</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>What Are Your Thoughts?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">EMAIL ME rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to learn the evidence-based exercises we prescribe to help improve function, the safest on the planet, then simply </span><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Click Here</b></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>','Do You Make Assumptions?','','draft','closed','closed','','do-you-make-assumptions','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=4004',0,'post','',0),(4012,0,'2018-01-09 01:37:43','2018-01-09 01:37:43','','which-came-first','','inherit','closed','closed','','which-came-first-2','','','2018-01-09 01:37:43','2018-01-09 01:37:43','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Which-Came-First-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(4022,0,'2018-01-09 11:37:56','2018-01-09 11:37:56','','biomechanics-education-logo-for-mobile','','inherit','closed','closed','','biomechanics-education-logo-for-mobile-2','','','2018-01-09 11:37:56','2018-01-09 11:37:56','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Education-Logo-For-Mobile-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(4106,3,'2018-01-15 19:18:55','2018-01-15 19:18:55','<h2>What Exactly Is Intrinsic Biomechanics?</h2>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">At Biomechanics Education, we often encounter questions about the type of biomechanics we specialise in. This blog aims to clarify this by defining key terms and concepts related to our field.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n<h3>Definitions</h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The study of the mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms.</span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255872933 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255872933 BCX8\">Biomechanics:</span></span></strong><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW255872933 BCX8\"><strong><span class=\"SCXW255872933 BCX8\"> </span></strong><br class=\"SCXW255872933 BCX8\" /></span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW255872933 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW255872933 BCX8\">The study of mechanical laws relating to the movement or structure of living organisms.</span></span><span class=\"EOP SCXW255872933 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW13749985 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13749985 BCX8\">Extrinsic Biomechanics:</span></span></strong><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW13749985 BCX8\"><strong><span class=\"SCXW13749985 BCX8\"> </span></strong><br class=\"SCXW13749985 BCX8\" /></span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW13749985 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13749985 BCX8\">This involves analysing movement performance using advanced machinery like </span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SpellingErrorV2Themed SCXW13749985 BCX8\">isokinetics</span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW13749985 BCX8\"> and kinematics to understand forces, loads, and levers. Practically, it includes observing and correcting client movements using verbal and visual cues.</span></span><span class=\"EOP SCXW13749985 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4110\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/ankleinvsupine.jpg\" alt=\"ankleinvsupine\" width=\"318\" height=\"270\" />\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41082360 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41082360 BCX8\">Intrinsic Biomechanics:</span></span></strong><span class=\"LineBreakBlob BlobObject DragDrop SCXW41082360 BCX8\"><br class=\"SCXW41082360 BCX8\" /></span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW41082360 BCX8\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW41082360 BCX8\">This focuses on understanding the internal neuro-musculoskeletal system, which creates external movements. It examines what happens inside the body to produce the movements we see externally.</span></span></span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"EOP SCXW41082360 BCX8\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4111\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Picture1-1.png\" alt=\"picture1-1\" width=\"376\" height=\"270\" /></span></span>\r\n<h2>iMoveFreely® (IMF) Programme</h2>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The iMoveFreely® programme is a system of low-intensity exercises designed to prepare the body for movement, reduce injury risk, and enhance performance. Initially exclusive to high-level athletes, it is now recognised as fundamental for anyone seeking to move more freely. The programme consists of three phases:</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"wp-image-4114 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/IMG_3491-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"img_3491\" width=\"354\" height=\"266\" /></span></span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Preparation and Capacity</span></h3>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">This phase addresses the interconnectedness of muscles, joints, and nerves with techniques that:</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Use specific muscle energy techniques to reduce spasms (based on Ribot-Ciscar and Jiri Dvorak’s research).</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></li>\r\n 	<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Incorporate nerve mobilization techniques (based on David Butler’s work).</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></li>\r\n 	<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Apply joint mobilisation techniques to improve movement.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4112\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/23279787_145150382772305_2188784676288593920_n.jpg\" alt=\"23279787_145150382772305_2188784676288593920_n\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\" /></span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The goal is to restore capacity around the pelvis, spine, and shoulders, ensuring they move freely and correctly.</span>\r\n<h2><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Stability and Control</span></h2>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Building on the first phase, this stage focuses on:</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n<ul>\r\n 	<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Aligning the spine and enhancing capacity.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></li>\r\n 	<li><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Reducing risk when performing core strength exercises.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span></li>\r\n</ul>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Using a three-step approach based on research by Haines, McGill, Matthews, and Cholwewicki to stabilize and control the pelvis, spine, and shoulders.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This phase prepares clients for more advanced movements, promoting overall stability and control.</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4115\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Romanian-Deadlifts-Training-The-Other-Half-Of-Your-Leg-header-v2-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"romanian-deadlifts-training-the-other-half-of-your-leg-header-v2\" width=\"368\" height=\"207\" /></span></span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> Function &amp; Performance</span></h3>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">The final phase strengthens key areas like the pelvis, shoulders, knees, and feet. 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There are a total of 42 manual and visual assessments based on over 20yrs of research comparing them to isokinetic results for accuracy. BC’s are encouraged and reputed, to have a high level of inter-professional language skills giving them the ability to cross both exercise and therapy worlds while maintaining their professional scope of practice. </span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrinsic Biomechanics Association (IBA)</span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An organisation offering education, support, networking opportunities and encouragement of inter-professional relationships between exercise professionals, sports coaches, therapists, clinicians, podiatrists and any professional working one to one or in group exercise. It is also for those interested in learning and sharing anything that helps us all improve health, function and fitness while reducing injury risk in our clients. The IBA runs 6 annual Discovery Day workshops/webinars that are open to both members (free) and non-members who will pay a small access fee. </span>\r\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Master Trainer (MT)</span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An individual trained to deliver the intrinsic biomechanics education programmes through a licensed Education Provider. Open to BC’s demonstrating teaching and communication skills while pro-actively promoting intrinsic biomechanics education and skills. </span>\r\n<h2>Join Us</h2>\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">Would you like to be part of this fast-growing, highly reputed group of practitioners contributing to improving movement, reducing discomfort, and lowering injury risk?</span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">YES? </span><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/courses/cpd-courses/imovefreely/\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">CLICK HERE</span></a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:279}\"> </span>\r\n\r\n<span data-contrast=\"auto\">By joining, you\'ll gain access to a network of professionals and the latest biomechanics education to enhance your practice and client outcomes.</span><span 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src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/hombre-con-dinero-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"hombre-con-dinero\" width=\"361\" height=\"203\" /><img class=\"wp-image-4134 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Man-Money-Leaving-Wallet-547096873-pathdoc-4096x2885-1024x721.jpg\" alt=\"man-money-leaving-wallet-547096873-pathdoc-4096x2885\" width=\"287\" height=\"202\" /></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>So what is the ‘happiness baseline’ exactly?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has been suggested that it is the standard level of happiness we feel, </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">most </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the time, deep within us. Our happiness can rise with something great happening in our lives from simply eating a wonderful, tasty meal to winning a lottery prize. However, it can also drop when something bad happens like we hit a traffic jam to suffering a bereavement.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4137\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/depresie.jpg\" alt=\"depresie\" width=\"446\" height=\"312\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When things happen it can take us time to process the event and the effects, or even get through to a point of acceptance, so we can then return to our baseline level of happiness. </span>\n\nThis happiness baseline can be moved and elevated or can even drop depending upon how we process what is happening in our lives, how content we feel, what ‘things’ affect our sense of happiness and how we perceive events, loved ones around us and the way we perceive the cards we are dealt in life in general.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Here Are 5 Effective Ways To Improve Your Happiness</b> <b>Baseline</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Network</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Surround yourself with awesome people. This number can be as little as two but can have drastic effects on your mental health and physical state. </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Move: </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This can vary from something as simple as a daily 10 min walk before work to clear your head each day to 3 to 4 times a week gym sessions to have you feeling stronger.</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Good Nutrition: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plenty of water, fresh vegetables and fruit, good lean protein and the appropriate volume of carbs.</span></b></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Think Right:</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> PMA - Positive mental attitude towards anything can greatly impact your happiness and its baseline!</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><b>Purpose:</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Have a purpose in all you do! Commit and stay committed until the goal is achieved. Never give up!</span></li>\n</ol>\n</ol>\n<h3><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another way to focus on improving your happiness baseline is to </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">find your element</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...</span></em></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><b>Find Your Element!</b></span></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://youtu.be/wX78iKhInsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4138\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Mezzanine_126-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"mezzanine_126\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" /></span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Again it comes back to your attitude and purpose. When you find your Element </span><b>(Ken Robinson ‘</b><b><i>The Element</i></b><b>’ is a book recommendation He is also known for the most watched <a href=\"https://youtu.be/wX78iKhInsc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TED talk</a>) </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">your purpose or your legacy it becomes everything, Finding your element is finding the thing you are good at AND LOVE doing, then doing it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So much has happened to me over the last couple of years both personally and in business. The most profound thing is the elevation of my happiness baseline </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While I appreciate mine was already a relatively high happiness baseline it has elevated even higher. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This elevation of the happiness baseline, I believe, comes from gratitude for the people who enrich my life and the experiences I am able to share...let me share those from my </span><b><i>working life</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>Martin Haines</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> changed my perception of myself and my ability which has completely changed my life.</span>\n\n<b>Mike Grice</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> keeps me inspired to read &amp; learn</span>\n\n<b>Fletch</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is like a warm hug each time I think of his companionship</span>\n\n<b>Sam ilelaboye</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> makes me feel very humble &amp; reminds me of the joy of youth</span>\n\n<b>Chris Wright</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> always makes me feel positive &amp; instilling confidence</span>\n\n<b>Maxine Crowe</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has taught me loyalty to the core</span>\n\n<b>Ben Coomber</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> restored my faith in partnerships</span>\n\n<b>Steve Aish</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lifts me &amp; reminds me of what’s important</span>\n\n<b>Stevie Barr</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> show commitment &amp; expects nothing in return</span>\n\n<b>Amber Keats</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has shown a strength of character I respect and admire</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My amazing </span><b>Team</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Master Trainers are like my family in pursuit of a common purpose &amp; passion</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So What Could YOU Do To Improve Your Happiness Baseline?</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Try 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It serves as a crucial complement to their physiological and functional training, forming the foundation upon which a safe and effective functional training program can be built.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<b><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3693\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/seek-a-professional-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"372\" height=\"248\" /></b>\r\n<h3>Risk Reduction</h3>\r\nInjuries can stem from various factors such as poor technique, inadequate core function, lack of preparation, or limited range of motion in relevant structures. However, one often overlooked aspect is correct biomechanical function. An intrinsic biomechanical screening can unveil flaws in pelvic, spinal, shoulder, knee, and foot function. 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In this time we have established that it can help your client’s performance and preparation for their common tasks, and possibly also reduce their risk of injury.    </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the time that functional training has been around in rehabilitation, we have found that biomechanical screening is a critical precursor to functional screening and functional training, otherwise the foundations for the movement patterns can be flawed and although they may cosmetically look OK, intrinsically the body can be working hard to compensate for flaws in the system that functional screening doesn’t pick up.</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1339\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/IMG_3647-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As the functional concepts start to become more widely accepted in fitness and conditioning, it is important to recognise that the biomechanical screening has not yet followed into these arenas.  Functional and biomechanical screening and training are very important aspects of an overall conditioning programme for any sport or activity and are complementary in every way. For example, there are many people who pass a functional screen, yet fail a biomechanical screen.  They detect different factors, both of which are important to the trainer.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, we need to develop our understanding of nerve biomechanics and the biomechanics of specific joints, like the pelvis, spine, shoulder and knee.  Once we understand these principles and how to screen our clients with them in mind, we can prescribe very precise exercises that relate specifically to their problems and goals.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once these biomechanical issues have been resolved then functional training or any other form of training you may wish to do has more chance of being successful and there is less risk of your client becoming injured.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately as a trainer, you should specialise in certain areas, and you should never stop learning. 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Having begun to lift weights in my early 20’s this meant my ‘dancer’ legs developed further with even more muscular curves.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I spent 15 years distance running with much of my time in running pants or running tights. 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In particular if we have particular foot types.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cute looking or leg flattering fashion isn\'t designed for optimising our biomechanics, quite the opposite in fact. While it\'s a choice what we put on our feet...</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...how are we supposed to know what\'s going to happen if we wear certain footwear for long periods? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...how do we advise our clients when they ask us our opinion on footwear? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...what contributes to \'sensible\' footwear choices? </span></li>\n 	<li>...which shoe companies can we trust?</li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">...should we ignore fashion and simply wear the most \'functional\' shoes? </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">....which are the most functional shoes and....</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.....how do we know?</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\nThis blog wont necessarily be able answer all of these questions but they are the ones I have considered for some time now.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have feet like mine, with a ‘loose’ Midtarsal Joint (MTJ), loose Subtalar Joint (STJ), low arch height and limited capacity for supination, you may have been described by a foot practitioner as an ‘over pronator’. </span>\n\nTo better understand \'over pronation\' read my previous <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/foot-biomechanics-made-simple-part-1-the-over-pronation-fallacy/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juicemail Foot Biomechanics Made Simple</a>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2>So what?</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\nWell this could have been impacted by our footwear choices.\n\nImagine for a moment an over pronator (technically this is late supination) - what might their feet look like?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-36119 aligncenter\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/IMG_4960-1-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMaybe something like this image above?\n\nWell as you can see this result of over pronating (or late supinating) has resulted in the body starting to adapt and develop the onset of a bunion to allow for the force being put through the inside of that big toe (Halux) since the ankle joints are loose, the active myofascial tissue at the pelvis hasn\'t been strong enough to counter react to the ground reaction force resulting in a bony lump forming.\n\nThis means it is not simply going to go away.\n\nImagine growing an extra bit of bone on your foot...!\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li>...how do you think this will this affect the way you move?</li>\n 	<li>...how might it alter the force going through the body?</li>\n 	<li>...where will the ground reaction forces now travel?</li>\n 	<li>...how do we decide on what to wear on our feet?</li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are like me in the image above, and you wish to reduce the onset of any further degradation to your foot function you may also seek out better footwear to allow the toes to splay out more but </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you may well experience from the struggle to find comfortable &amp; appropriate shoes that even look nice. this is of course mostly down to personal taste and fashion sense. So how important is the style of the shoe versus that fit and freedom of the foot?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I had no problem ditching my high heels since they were always extremely uncomfortable anyway &amp; so have spent many years using mainly trainers as my regular footwear.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you been trainer shopping recently?</span></h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is almost nothing for my foot type, that looks ok but is comfortable, doesnt keep the heel higher than the toes thus shortening the calf and also spreads my toes out (I use spacers when barefoot since they don\'t fit in any shoes I own). When you consider the volume of trainers there are to choose from, it can be really frustrating. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knowing a little bit about foot biomechanics I realise the challenge for client\'s who are \'sold\' to by marketing adverts suggesting their shoes \"...<em>are comfy, like pillows..\" </em>or they are designed with huge heels that shorten the calf muscles, thick soles that limit movement in the arch, narrow toe boxes that squish our toes together but all of these reduce our foot biomechanics function over time. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How many shoe sales people understand foot biomechanics and their ascending influence? let alone about the biomechanics of the rest of the body and the descending influence? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are thinking what has the rest of the body got to do with shoe choice, well consider this…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know that one of the most common biomechanical presentations we have today is abnormal pelvic biomechanics. This area then influences the knee, often inwards when walking/running. This in turn rotates the ankle and therefore the foot into ‘over pronation’ - which is actually ‘late supination’ .....these individuals are \'propelling\' their body while still in pronation when they should be in supination. Pronation = loose, wide, long, mobile foot for shock dissipation. Supination = stiff, rigid, narrow, shorter foot for stability in propulsion phase.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did you know even your shoulder biomechanics can impact upon your feet via the integrated system - shoulder to spine to pelvis to knee to foot? Come and meet me in the classroom one day and I will show you very easily how they are linked!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So if this is the case should shoes be designed, or at least fitted, by people who understand all of this? or at least for our children?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Martin Haines, founder of the Intrinsic Biomechanics method, has been a lead consultant for Start-rite children’s shoes for some time now and is also an advisor to Scholl.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He committed over 20 years of his life to collecting data and, along with his team, developed exceptional education programmes with simple methods to understand foot function along with capacity in other areas of the body. These education programmes give us assessment skills to help us, as trainers understand the integrated system, how it works and how each area of the body impacts upon the other. Maybe also an understanding of how to advise our clients on footwear or at least when they might need to see a podiatrist.</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.startriteshoes.com/\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5281\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Start-Rite-Shoes-1024x649.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"649\" /></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his work with Start-rite he discussed with them how children walk, what should happen during their gait cycle and at what stages in their development and why. How they should develop naturally and how this impacts upon their movement as they grow from pre 18 months up to 6yrs of age and with the emphasis on how shoes need to reflect this natural development of human intrinsic biomechanics.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Design considerations they discussed took into account things like the influence of a heel raise, joint flexibility, shock absorption, what wearing a boot might do to the child’s ankle and how all of the changes that occur during childhood occur for a reason and can be impacted upon should inappropriate footwear be worn.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So Start-rite really are the UK leaders setting standards in shoe design for children with this modern approach.  They recognise the need for a screening system to fit our children into the most appropriate shoes for, not only their foot type but also their functional capacity at that point in time.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn more about foot function?</span></h2>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to understand how to change foot function by improving shoulder muscle function?</span></h2>\n<h2>Are ready to take your skills to the next level?</h2>\n<h2>.... then<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> jump on one of our upcoming courses, just click here to find out more.</a></h2>\n<h2></h2>','Shoe\'s - Fashion or Function?','','draft','closed','closed','','is-there-a-right-shoe-for-you','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=5279',0,'post','',0),(5281,0,'2018-02-19 08:00:57','2018-02-19 08:00:57','','Start Rite Shoes','','inherit','closed','closed','','start-rite-shoes','','','2018-02-19 08:00:57','2018-02-19 08:00:57','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Start-Rite-Shoes-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(5309,0,'2018-02-19 19:59:13','2018-02-19 19:59:13','','Is there a right shoe for you_','','inherit','closed','closed','','is-there-a-right-shoe-for-you_','','','2018-02-19 19:59:13','2018-02-19 19:59:13','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Is-there-a-right-shoe-for-you_-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(5323,3,'2018-02-26 22:15:19','2018-02-26 22:15:19','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So a topic we hear a lot about is stress. There is a lot of talk about how it influences our mood, behaviour and even health. Most of you, I am sure, will have felt stressed at some point in your life and maybe regularly, but do you know how to manage it? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What happens when you feel stressed? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you have clients who get stressed?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you wonder what you can do to help them? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you really understand what is causing their stress?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is stress actually a bad thing?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now before you jump all over that last question, read the rest of this post...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>What Is Stress?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before we explore this, let’s have a quick look at some of the Oxford Dictionary’s definitions of stress;</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘he\'s obviously under a lot of stress’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something that causes a state of strain or tension.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘the stresses and strains of public life’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subject to pressure or tension.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"this type of workout stresses the shoulder and knee joints\" </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b><i>Stress</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is primarily a physical response. When </span></i><b><i>stressed</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the body thinks it is under attack and switches to \'fight or flight\' mode, releasing a complex mix of hormones and chemicals such as adrenaline, cortisol and norepinephrine to prepare the body for physical action. www.anxietyuk.org.uk</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5363\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Is-stress-a-bad-thing--1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />Is Stress Good or Bad?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In his book </span><b>‘‘</b><b><i>We KNOW what to do, so WHY don’t we do it?</i></b><b>’, </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nick Hall suggests that we should not be looking to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reduce </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the stress, but to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">increase</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the recovery.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He suggests we NEED stress!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The brain AND body both need stress for stimulation, to grow, to develop and to maintain a healthy system. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The problem often isn’t how much we DO, but how much we DON’T DO. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Personally, I am a big believer in the power of the mind and that having methods in place to improve the way we think can be extremely powerful. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Stress Of Exercise Is A Good Thing, Right..?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is well documented that stressing the body with physical activity is good for us. Within our professions we advise people on how to move, to move well and to move more. The physical stress of exercise replacing our previous physical demands as hunter-gatherers of building fires, climbing trees and running away from sabre-toothed tigers.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We have learned that when we don\'t move we gain all sort of undesirable compensations and adaptations that we, as exercise professionals, spend our careers helping our clients with. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Going for a run would be a form of stress on the body and would be seen by most as a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">good or acceptable</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> form of stress; as it exercises the cardiovascular system and the leg muscles, for example, to name just a couple of the positive physical demands. But to make that ‘stress’ </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">valuable</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we then need to recover and rest. If we just went running again straight away without recovery the body would begin to feel TOO stressed and eventually would start to break down. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Mental Stress… Same or Different?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mental stress is the same, or similar, if you consider that mental stimulation/stress, is how we gain knowledge and process information. Mental stress requires some kind of a recovery phase too, like meditation for example. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically what Hall is saying in his book, is that the problem isn’t necessarily the STRESS itself but more often than not, the fact that we are not recovering from the stress or stimulation well enough. We should measure the stress with enough, equal or ample recovery. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He uses the example of Newton’s law of physics, where each action causes a reaction, as something of which we should be mindful in this example. The reason for this, Hall says, is because it is during the recovery phase that we grow and when the ‘de-stressing’ occurs. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It reminds me of the Kubler Ross curve we discuss during our workshops, that we receive information and may go through a phase of discomfort while we process it. However, with time we can start to make sense of it to allow homeostasis to return to both our mind and body.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>So Ask Yourself This…</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you experiencing too much stress?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you simply lacking recovery?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What changes do you need to make to your routine to allow for sufficient recovery?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Are you ready to take your skills to the next level?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? 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If so where? And which strength moves would be appropriate?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every time your client runs or jumps they seem to almost fall over with wobbly knees.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How can you identify the root cause and then rectify it?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>The Solution - How To Know If Your Client Is At Risk Of Knee Injuries...</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well here is a method that is helping PT’s like you, identify if your clients are quad dominant.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>What do I mean when I say “quad dominant”?</strong></h3>\n<b>Biomechanical Issue;</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quadriceps Dominance</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An imbalance between knee extensor and flexor strength, recruitment, and coordination.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Basically, the muscles that surround the knee and allow it to function are either not strong enough and/or lack the ability to move in the right way.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relevance:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the peak hamstring torques are down this will de-stabilises the knee. And thus increase the risk of injury.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The more a person bends their knee, the more the hamstrings engage to stabilise it.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<b>0 - 30 degrees of knee flexion = </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">quadriceps pull the tibia forward with little opposition from hamstrings</span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5413 size-full\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Quadriceps-Dominance-0-30-degrees-knee-flexion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"416\" height=\"418\" />\n\n<b>30 – 90 degrees of flexion = </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the quadriceps have comparatively less effect and the hamstrings engage more</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5415\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Quadriceps-Dominance-30-90-degrees-knee-flexion.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"404\" height=\"416\" />Normal Quads/hams ratio established from </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">isokinetic testing:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sprinting/rugby/football = Hamstrings are 70% of Quads</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Long distance runners = Hamstrings are 60% of Quads</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Race walkers = Hamstrings are 90% of Quads</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How To Test For Quadriceps Dominance</b></h3>\nSo how on earth do you find out if your client is quad dominant? Well, I am not just going to freak you out and then leave you, I have a test for you try today….\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Test For Quadriceps Dominance:</span></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Test the ability to leap/hop forwards about 1 metre, land in 90 degrees of knee flexion, with the hips at 45 degrees and then hold this single-leg stance for 3 seconds.</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To maintain upright posture (45 degrees at hip)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Land in deep knee flexion (90 degrees at knee) </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hold for 3 seconds</span></li>\n</ul>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5417\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Quadriceps-Dominance-Test.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"279\" height=\"503\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Did They Pass?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES - Negative Result:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The client passes if they have the ability to maintain stance with deep knee flexion and control = good hamstring control</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO - Positive Result:</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The client fails if they have an inability to maintain stance with deep knee flexion indicates quadriceps dominance = poor hamstring control</span></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Stroup AL, Nance TA, Noyes FR, Hewett TE)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now ask yourself this question </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“if the hamstrings are unable to contribute enough to stabilise the knee upon landing at 90 degrees, what should you do?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In other words what exercises would encourage the function of the hamstrings and improve the quads/hamstring ratio?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is very simple….</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). You would need to strengthen the hamstrings</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). Specifically the hamstrings, which means we need to understand their action/s</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). Then isolate that movement in a resistance exercise...yes I said isolate</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember we all want to be functional but if something (ie the hamstrings) aren’t function’ING’ then you cannot be fully function’AL’</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hamstrings assist hip extension (with the glutes) but are really the main knee flexors.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So consider how many exercises you know that isolate knee flexion?</span>\n<h4><strong>Isolated Hamstring Strengthening Exercises:</strong></h4>\n<b>Leg Curl Machines </b>\n\n<b>Nordic Leans</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are really great exercise examples that contribute to changing the ham to quad strength ratio.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you discover that your client is quad dominant, then start building in those hamstring strengthening exercises into their programme.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Want To Take This Further? </b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Usually delivered on our Biomechanics Coach Diploma, Knee &amp; Foot Biomechanics workshop, here we are giving it to you to try out for free to see if it helps. So please get in touch with your results or questions </span><a href=\"mailto:rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you would like to know more there is an entire workshop dedicated to assessing knee stability and foot function. This workshop also includes all of the relevant exercises to help you in your session programming.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Want more info? 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Don\'t panic if you don\'t I\'ll explain in a second.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But d</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o you know how well it functions in you, or your client?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you know what can happen when it doesn’t function well?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine if you were able to test its ability to function?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIn fact, I am going to show you (video below) an example of how the pelvis can be affected by the shoulder.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>How The Piriformis Can Contribute To Back Pain, Even Shoulder Dysfunction</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The piriformis muscle is one most fit pros are familiar with. Deep to the glutes, this fan-shaped muscle is often blamed for many misdemeanours in the pelvic area BUT through the integrated system, it can also affect function in other areas of the body. When rubbed, massaged or pressed it can often feel tender, sore or even painful.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attaching from the anterior surface of the sacrum to the greater trochanter it, therefore, crosses the Sacroiliac Joint, thus contributing to movements like external rotation and abduction of the femur or leg. However, when inhibited it can also contribute to problems with movement around the pelvis and even lower back pain. This little blighter can actually contribute to, OR be affected by, shoulder dysfunction and even problem feet!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So just think for a moment about how much of your daily movement comes from the pelvis…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tricky part is knowing when this muscle is inhibited, amongst others, because the body is such a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">master of compensation</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that it will make adaptations to allow you to move </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">normally </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">without even realising that there is an intrinsic compensation to your natural movement. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a good chance you will, in fact, have no pain or discomfort, certainly initially, and so the insidious nature of this very common problem fools us into thinking it was one single event that caused us to (finally) experience backache or sore knees. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>When The Back Isn\'t The Cause Of Back Pain</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, we then blame the back and the knees because they are the sore areas BUT if we are to be practitioners that really do believe the body works as an </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">integrated system</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> then why are we not testing the entire body when clients present with a poor movement profile, low-grade aches and niggles?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone agrees and talks about the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kinetic chains</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> within the body and yet still appear to be stunned when having applied manual therapy techniques or exercises to the problem area it does not solve the problem, particularly long-term. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is still amazement to discover that clients bad back is being caused by their pelvic dysfunction, ‘floppy’ feet or even inhibited shoulders. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guess who is perfectly placed to improve an individual\'s pelvic function BEFORE there is a need to visit a clinician or medic?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES, YOU! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can show you simple techniques that enable you to start testing your client\'s body to avoid the need for a medical profession, OR at least to enable better communication between you and the medics, as you both work within your remit to help the individual.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the short video below because I SHOW you exactly how the integrated system works from one end to the other when a shoulder technique releases and changes the function of the pelvis and muscles like piriformis in just 1 minute and 20 seconds</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Watch Now - Shoulder Release Affects Leg Length Discrepancy</h3>\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la6jOLuMSiU\n\nHow cool is that?\n\nAnd what happens when you correct someone\'s leg length discrepancy? Do you think they would be at lower risk of injury? Do you think they would be able to put more force &amp;strength through their movements? YOU BET! You could help someone squat better, move better, simply by doing this exercise. Cool huh!?\n\nBeing able to affect someone\'s pelvis by releasing their pec minor. Just think how knowing this could affect your ability to train clients. It would take it up a notch right!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn those tests and the exercises that go with them, that I demonstrated in the video? If you would, then check out</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> our extremely popular 1-day workshop during which you will learn how to assess the pelvis, spine and shoulders. <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to find out more information and simply fill in the form to get a call from one of the team to find out more.</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Imagine Being Able To Do This Type Of Test For The Whole Body…</b></h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you want to be able to do this kind of analysis for the whole body then you should really check out our full diploma.</span></p>\n\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? 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We live our lives at 100 miles per hour and ‘scan’ read all sort of things on social media like ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how fruit bats love oral sex’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> or ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">if you name a cow it will produce more milk’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and even that ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viagra helps hamsters recover faster from jet lag</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’...seriously see the references at the bottom…</span>\n\n<strong>But these are TRUE by research standards, the issue is context.</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my experience a lot of PT’s take what some ‘guru’s’ tell them literally and then regurgitate what they heard, or read, as fact but maybe without even truly understanding it or with a degree of Chinese whispers when they relay it. The reason I know this is because I used to do the same. Yup, I would nod at my mentor and agree without even considering challenging them. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Fitness Guru\'s Make Mistakes Too...</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My god, they have written books or are famous so who am I to challenge them? I used to think, even when it didn’t make sense to me. I assumed I was being dumb and just took their word for it. Maybe you have done that too eh? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another error I used to make was ASSUMPTION of the context. The writer means one set of circumstances and I am thinking of others. This, in my opinion, is the writer\'s responsibility since context MUST be set for clarity of what the writer is trying to convey in their message, don’t you agree?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As an educator, I learned very quickly NEVER to wing it. You can’t or you get caught out eventually and then it looks like you lack integrity. We have to lead by example about being honest when we don’t know BUT we do need to KNOW what we NEED and know REALLY well. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My favourite mentor taught me a very important lesson that I now pass over to our academy learners. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong>TO CHALLENGE EVERYTHING!</strong></em></h3>\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge” </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stephen Hawkin </span></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We really should challenge what we are told until we understand it fully ourselves within our context of thinking or with a context set by the author. Also thinking with depth as well as breadth.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albert Einstein</span></blockquote>\n<img class=\" wp-image-6410 alignright\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Rachel-France-Listening-to-Dan-John-Never-Let-Go-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"450\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I mean by this is we should not be afraid to challenge what we hear no matter who says it. Those celebrities or guru’s are still just humans like you and me. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My Audible addiction has allowed me to absorb a ridiculous number of books by some of my favourite people. <a href=\"http://danjohn.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dan John, strength, track and throwing coach</a> has been at the top of my listen to list for some time now</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. In fact, I recently listened to my 5th Dan John book ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never Let Go</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, I am a <strong>massive fan,</strong> however as I listened I wanted to challenge a statement he made. USA guru of strength coaching or not, I did not agree with a statement he made. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Where I Believe Dan John Is Wrong...</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dan John rubbed me up the wrong way when he talked about the ‘innie and outie’ machines like they are a total waste of time. He means the abductor/adductor machines by the way, or at least that’s my understanding of what he describes.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of his training suggestions (that I have come across so far) advocate any kind of frontal plane nor rotational work. He doesn’t see the point apparently!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I have tried to come up with situations where this might be the case….errr….mmmm….NONE!?!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We ALL need ALL movement abilities to be efficient in our individual movement profile otherwise we will end up with poor strength ratios and have an increased risk of injury. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you look at George Davies work into joint strength ratios in ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compendium of Isokinetics’ </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he discusses the hip flexors/extensor ideal strength ratio as 1:1 as are the hip abb/adductors. We found the same when we collected data from 4.5k subjects over 20+ years of using isokinetics. However, if you only train strength sagittally then chances are you will be lacking frontal plane stability. We do not simply move or require strength sagittally and to be fair I am confident Dan John would find it hard to disagree. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SO WHAT? (Great question eh…)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-6415\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Walking-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"642\" height=\"321\" />Well now have a think about the gait cycle and the effects of movement through the body when you walk. Imagine as you heel strike and your subtalar joint goes from pronation to supination, which by the way require triplanar motions (eversion/abduction/dorsiflexion for pronation and inversion/adduction/plantar flexion for supination). </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then imagine the effects of this force as it travels up through the lower leg and that torsional rotation hits the knee joint, which by the way doesn\'t just flex as I discovered upon reading Brunnstrom’s book ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clinical Kinesiology</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">’ (gliding, rotation and flexion occur at the knee). This influences some internal rotation at the femur which in turn influences the pelvis, which by the way rotates around the Sacroiliac Joint (where the spine sits between the ilium) as you walk. Thus requiring the abd/adductors, for example, to ‘stabilise’ through the frontal plane as you lift one leg from the floor they because they will co-contract with the spinal lateral flexors, like QL, on the opposite side.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine clearly rotates in dudes like Dan John because you can see it as they swagger round the gym, shoulders rotating….;)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">... you understand my point?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I disagreed with his statement about ‘innie and outie’ machines being a waste of time, he did NOT add context for me to accept it either. Had he done so then I may not be writing this blog.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Abd/adductor strength is vital for risk reduction of common injuries like inguinal hernias and dysfunctions like ligament dominance (knee valgus upon landing) that can result in ACL injuries. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now had he stated that he felt the abd/add machines were for some reason not as beneficial and had then given a reason and the alternative examples it might have softened the blow to my disappointment</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Non-machine examples he could have given might have been side planks, weight on the top leg, which is placed on top of the bench for adductors or weight on bottom leg for abductors.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6395\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Side-Plank-Biomechanics-Education-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" />But wait...there is a still a challenge to this in context. Side planks are bloody hard! Imagine all client types...ok so a strength athlete might get away with side planks, but what about 70yr old Ethel? CONTEXT!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does it change my respect for Dan John? Not at all, it makes me remember <strong>he is human like me</strong> and is writing the book for a specific demographic. He is also very honest about his own humble beginnings and mistakes and I like that. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lesson here is for YOU to notice when an author doesn’t write the context because they assume the reader will be their demographic. This is one of the main rules of marketing, write in the words of your audience/demographic, so I understand what Dan John is doing in his book. I can reason with my frustration at his flippancy over dismissing a certain exercise as useless because I can see he is ‘in character’ as he writes. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Challenge EVERYTHING! Yes, Even Me!</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So where am I going with this?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, it is simple really, I would like to encourage you to challenge everything you are told or read, until you have absolute clarity of what the writer or orator is trying to communicate. Once understanding is clear then surely we can feel confident about our contribution to the discussion.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally just because Dan John says innie &amp; outie machines are useless please don’t take it literally and think that your elderly client Ethel won’t benefit from them…..</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How Do We, Biomechanics Education, Help?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an education company’s responsibility to encourage an individual\'s ability to express themselves through various platforms or mediums. Autonomous learning comes from developing the inquisitive nature in our learners. This vital lesson really increases confidence when it comes to receiving new information. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something we are renowned for is enabling huge increases in confidence in our learners.  We advise them the learning only begins once they finish their training with us and so our support is lifelong. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We permit, and encourage, our learners to re-sit their workshop as many times as they wish for free until they qualify and feel happy with their depth of understanding. A human is available to talk to over the phone, via skype or any other medium to support you before, during and after your training with us. We get together 4 times a year to network, discuss, troubleshoot, share, review, refresh and continue our lifelong learning journey. We have recently added an online resource provision called the IBA member portal. This contains all the most up to date resources we have to offer, including manuals, screening forms, reading lists and webinars and online workshops will be coming very soon! Then once a year we come together to celebrate Biomechanics Coaching and its phenomenal evolution over 30yrs with some fabulous dates and discussions around human movement and the latest research. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would YOU Like To Experience The Buzz With Us?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /></a>\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nOh and just for your amusement is the research I mentioned at the beginning....\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fruit Bats Love Oral Sex</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animals have sex primarily for reproduction rather than pleasure. The male inserts his penis into the female’s vagina, and after a minute or two, the deed is done.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sex among animals is so basic and boring that it’s fascinating to know that certain mammals engage in sexual activities that are </span><a href=\"http://www.livescience.com/9754-surprising-sex-behavior-bats.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">associated with humans and pleasure</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, such as fellatio and cunnilingus.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2009, researchers from the Guangdong Entomological Institute in Guangzhou, China, accidentally discovered that short-nosed fruit bats engage in oral sex. During the study, the scientists expected to see typical animal behavior such as grooming. Instead, they observed that female fruit bats licked the male’s penis during sex.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In another study conducted in 2010 and 2011, researchers discovered that </span><a href=\"http://phenomena.nationalgeographic.com/2013/03/28/youve-seen-fruit-bat-fellatio-now-fruit-bat-\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flying foxes</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (another fruit bat species) engage in oral sex, too. This time, it was the male bat that licked the female’s vagina. In both studies, researchers discovered that engaging in fellatio and cunnilingus prolonged sex among the bats. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Scientists have not yet discovered the evolutionary basis of oral sex among fruit bats. But they suggest that it might help in sperm transportation, stimulation of female glandular secretions, and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cows With Names Produce More Milk</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dairy farmers could potentially increase their incomes with one </span><a href=\"http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/agriculture/farming/4358115/Cows-with-names-produce-more-milk-scientists-say.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">simple but weird trick</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">—give their cows names. A scientific study published in Anthrozoos suggested that cows with names produce more milk than their nameless counterparts.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bizarre study was conducted by Drs. Catherine Douglas and Peter Rowlinson of Newcastle University, and it involved over 500 dairy farmers from the United Kingdom. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On average, cows produce 7,500 liters (2,000 gal) of milk over a period of 10 months. But Douglas and Rowlinson discovered that cows with names produced 260 liters (70 gal) more.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many dairy farmers have long suspected that giving their cattle some “one-to-one attention” increases milk production, but this research was the first that tried to prove it scientifically. According to the study, cows that are herded as a group also produce less milk.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viagra Helps Hamsters Recover Faster From Jet Lag</span></h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all know that Viagra is used to treat erectile dysfunction. However, Diego Golombek of the National University of Quilmes in Buenos Aires, Argentina, has discovered that this light blue pill might also help to </span><a href=\"http://www.nature.com/news/2007/070521/full/news070521-1.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">treat jet lag</span></a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This bizarre scientific research was conducted on hamsters that were injected with Viagra. After administering the drug, the rodents’ sleep cycles were pushed ahead by six hours—the approximate amount of time needed to fly from New York to Paris.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hamsters on Viagra recovered from jet lag as much as 50 percent faster than the hamsters without Viagra. Although the results were fairly positive, scientists do not know if the same effect will occur in humans.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Furthermore, Viagra was administered to the hamsters via injection. 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Thinking things like... \"how on earth did I get on this stage speaking to hundreds of fitness professionals.\" </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My colleague, Mark Laws, is also very open and honest about not having a degree nor even spending any time studying at a university, yet we both find ourselves in influential positions in the health and fitness industry. We regularly find ourselves presenting to hundreds, maybe thousands of people regularly across all media and face to face platforms which is a huge responsibility neither of us takes lightly. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fact we do NOT have a degree under our belts is by no means any reflection of our intelligence, nor our passion for learning. In fact, this is quite likely the very reason we have so much passion and desire to learn and also share our experiences.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During all of my schooling years, I was told I was ‘non-academic’ even by my parents, who were both teachers! They meant well however it had left me with the belief that I was not intelligent and so would have to accept a less ambitious work lifestyle. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Did You Ever Experience This Kind Of Feeling?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So many learners that come into our academy, privately take me to one side, call or email me at some point to explain their knowledge of anatomy isn’t that great and would I bear that in mind when asking questions in front of the group. The fear of being caught out as a fake when it comes to, in particular, A&amp;P knowledge is extremely common in my 12 years experience of teaching.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone thinks everyone else knows more than them!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This I find fascinating but it also drives me to do all I can to pass on the techniques I used to improve my learning ability, self belief and therefore confidence to do what I now do. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We all managed to pass our level 2 A&amp;P, then dread our level 3 A&amp;P because they then want us to recall all of those damned muscle attachments. If you were anything like me back then, I ignorantly/arrogantly wondered why I needed to remember where vastus medialis was when I knew how to teach someone to squat, for goodness sake!?!?! Oh how naive I was.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let me tell you that I have yet to meet any learner who comes into our academy either </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">knowing</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their anatomy or that </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">think</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> they know their anatomy and then we do tasks that prove we literally forgot everything we were taught, right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We had no practical reason to remember them! Clients only ever really needed to know ‘bum’, ‘thigh’ or ‘arm’ didn’t they?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Talking Anatomy To Physiotherapists Or Even Surgeons</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When things go wrong that\'s when you realise you don\'t know enough or you talk to a physio or therapist and they can recall more of the theory A&amp;P and there is a good chance this makes you feel inferior</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stop!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because what Mark and I have proved is ‘non academics’ are not dumb, not unintelligent nor actually not academic, we just didn\'t find our reason to recall it yet or our preferred method to truly absorb the information. We were not inspired when at school or in that particular learning environment.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what can we do to improve our confidence?</span>\n<h3>How Do You Improve Your Anatomy &amp; Physiology Knowledge &amp; Recall?</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well we could simply read for hours about muscle attachments but this was the problem in the first place for many of us. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We could find </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reasons</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to recall them or </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">methods</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that help recall them. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This ability to recall then increases our confidence and when you feel confident you enjoy it more and it starts to become something you want to do it more.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Example: I bet if you have ever had an injury that you <i>know</i> the anatomy of that injury, right!?</strong>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You looked in the books, researched and found all of the details you needed to understand how YOU could make it better so you could help yourself recover quicker. You had an important reason to research and recall!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let’s find good reasons to recall our anatomy and start with the easy stuff. Like understanding movement. If you are in the fitness industry you MUST surely be a human movement geek?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During every single one of our workshops we meet all sorts of human movement geeks just like you and me. We quite deliberately make things as simple as possible. With a subject like ‘biomechanics’, things can be really complex simply because of the many differences between us. For example:  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Somatotype</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previous injury</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily routine</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chosen sport</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Job</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ability </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of these things we can change, some we can’t but each will make us move slightly differently to the next person. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>3 Step Process For Personal Trainers Wanting To Improve Their Anatomy &amp; Physiology Knowledge</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Back To Basics - </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group Action of Muscles Task </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me give you some tips that we give to our learners within our academy:</span>\n<ol>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Start simple -</strong> Unless you are an </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">anatomist</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the most important part to gaining confidence in anatomy is understanding </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movement</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This is why we learned skeletal movements first. Flexion, extension, abduction, adduction, rotation etc. There is no point moving onto learning the muscles until you are confident with movement analysis since this is more important part of our job as a trainer or coach.</span><strong> </strong></li>\n 	<li><strong>You should know your major muscle GROUPS.</strong> The hip flexors, the hip extensors, the knee extensors etc. Confidence in this language allows you to communicate with your peers about movement. It also allows you to programme more effectively when you understand how much of your programming works each of these movements.</li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Then start watching your clients movement and see if you can work out, during specific exercises what is happening.</strong> Forget muscles ONLY think of the movements and ask yourself </span>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which joint is moving? </span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What action it is going into?</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the prime movers? (Groups of muscles)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the antagonists? (Groups of muscles)</span></li>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the synergists? (Groups of muscles)</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you are nailing these 3 skills, THEN, go back and start to learn which individual muscles make up the groups. This is when it starts to be more challenging because some muscles do more than one thing. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have a go and let me know how you get on but if you would prefer to do this in a classroom or on a webinar PLEASE do hit the link below or send your details and we will happily teach you just how simple it can be to remember all of the necessary anatomy you need!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would YOU Like To Experience The Buzz With Us?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','Do You Ever Feel Like A Fraud? 3 Steps To Learning Anatomy & Physiology','','draft','closed','closed','','3-steps-to-learning-anatomy-physiology','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6451',0,'post','',0),(6453,0,'2018-03-26 16:26:26','2018-03-26 16:26:26','','3 Steps To Learn Anatomy & Physiology','','inherit','closed','closed','','3-steps-to-learn-anatomy-physiology','','','2018-03-26 16:26:26','2018-03-26 16:26:26','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-Steps-To-Learn-Anatomy-Physiology-2.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6456,0,'2018-03-26 21:19:03','2018-03-26 21:19:03','','3 Steps To Learn Anatomy & Physiology (1)','','inherit','closed','closed','','3-steps-to-learn-anatomy-physiology-1','','','2018-03-26 21:19:03','2018-03-26 21:19:03','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/3-Steps-To-Learn-Anatomy-Physiology-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6471,3,'2018-04-02 20:23:26','2018-04-02 20:23:26','<h4><b>Guest Article by Chartered Physiotherapist, Martin Haines</b></h4>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In sports and fitness training a common injury for clients is adductor strains.  They are often caused by poor spinal and pelvic biomechanics and a Biomechanics Coach or therapist trained in biomechanical screening would be able to find the causes of such injuries.  Fitness instructor and Personal Training qualifications are much stronger and valuable to the client if they have a this dual Biomechanics Coaching qualification.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>What Do The Adductors Do?</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To learn more about this condition, the adductor muscles comprise five adductor muscles in the groin, stretching between the pelvis and the inside of the thigh bone (femur), and adductor longus is the most commonly injured of this muscle set. Its function is to pull the legs together (adduction) and it is used extensively when playing football or rugby, sprinting, hurdling and horse-riding. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An important factor not to be overlooked is the risk of an adductor strain being confused with a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/abdominal-injuries-hernia/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sportsman’s hernia</a>,</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> it is sometimes difficult to differentiate between the two, so if there is any doubt, do get it checked by a qualified and experienced therapist or doctor.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most people usually feel pain in the groin at the top of the adductor muscle, which can radiate down the leg; there can also be swelling and bruising in the area. It usually hurts when they try and pull their legs together against a resistance and can hurt if stretching the leg out to the side. Also, if they were to try and run, it would be very painful in the groin and adductor area. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscle tears are graded according to severity. Grade 1 is a mild tear, which presents itself as mild discomfort and a little tenderness. Grade 2 is a partial tear with more discomfort and there is often swelling, usually painful to the touch, which results in limited range of movement. Grade 3 is a severe tear or complete rupture of a muscle and is normally very painful, with swelling and an inability to walk or run. A full tear or complete rupture can be very debilitating and a small lump or gap can usually be felt in the muscle, at that point.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>The Causes Of An Adductor Muscle Tear</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Injuries are commonly caused by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors. Common extrinsic factors for adductor longus injuries include activities that require high-speed acceleration and deceleration, such as sprinting, rapid changes of direction or sports where kicking and jumping are required. It can also be caused in football, when players stretch beyond their physical capabilities to retrieve a ball or perform a tackle.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This injury is much more likely to occur if there are intrinsic causes too. If your clients have a stiff lower back, tight nerves in your hips and legs, stiff hip joints or weakened adductors due to a twisted pelvis, which they may not even realise they have, the risk of tears are much higher. You may be able to get away with either an intrinsic or an extrinsic cause, but a combination of both represents a high-risk factor.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Recovering From An Adductor Muscle Tear</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The principles of Rest, Ice Compression and Elevation (R.I.C.E) will help with the acute symptoms. A compressive thigh sleeve can help reduce the swelling and, indeed, minimise it if they apply the support soon enough. Once the acute pain has started to subside, a gentle stretching regimen can help healing and restore the muscle’s range of movement. Also, if they see an experienced and qualified sports masseur they should find this helpful for regaining function in the muscle. Once the pain has diminished, any swelling has gone and they have regained almost full range of movement, you can start to strengthen the muscle. Try exercising with a Cliniband to start working the adductor muscle again, eventually working on the ‘innie &amp; outie’ machines that Dan John states are useless (<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/why-i-believe-best-selling-author-strength-guru-dan-john-was-wrong/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">see Rachel\'s post from last week</a>).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How To Prevent Adductor Muscle Tears </b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To try preventing this injury, you have to consider both extrinsic and intrinsic causes.  Look at the sport they perform and see if it demands any of the actions described above that cause the injury. If so, gradually increase the amount of work they perform in the gym to get their hips, pelvis and spine in good physical condition, and with sufficient flexibility in the nerves and muscles (<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and yes this is what Rachel shows you from an intrinsic point of view on the Biomechanics Coaching programmes</a>). Also, build up the amount of acceleration and deceleration work they do, although make sure not to rush into a new phase of training too quickly, giving their body time to adapt.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','The Cause, Treatment & Prevention Of Adductor Muscle Tears In Sports Players & Fitness Clients','','draft','closed','closed','','the-cause-treatment-prevention-of-adductor-muscle-tears-in-sports-players-fitness-clients','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6471',0,'post','',0),(6472,0,'2018-03-30 09:53:05','2018-03-30 09:53:05','','The Cause, Treatment & Prevention Of Adductor Muscle Tears In Sports Players & Fitness Clients','','inherit','closed','closed','','the-cause-treatment-prevention-of-adductor-muscle-tears-in-sports-players-fitness-clients-2','','','2018-03-30 09:53:05','2018-03-30 09:53:05','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/The-Cause-Treatment-Prevention-Of-Adductor-Muscle-Tears-In-Sports-Players-Fitness-Clients-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6680,3,'2018-04-10 07:14:44','2018-04-10 07:14:44','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group exercise has certainly been a passion of mine for 25yrs because I really enjoy the atmosphere of a group. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My group exercise ‘style’, if you like, is one of humour, promoting laughter where possible, each person has a nickname based on their personality and I also encourage ‘freestyle’ moments for them to break into some of their own moves during specific sections of the class sometimes for example. (This is hilarious fun).</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This kind of thing probably isn\'t appropriate in one to one sessions right!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The Good Side Of Group Exercise</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a group we all enjoy the banter, the energy and the social aspect of exercising together.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then there are also the ‘moments’ like the one I had last week when one of the very quiet ‘back row’ girls came up to me at the end of the class with tears in her eyes, put her hand on my arm and said emphatically; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Thank you I really needed to laugh like that after the week I have had”. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I have no idea what happened to her that week, and I don’t need to, but that demonstrated how we can even unknowingly be helping others within the group setting without individuals feeling exposed.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6683\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rachel-France-Biomechanics-Education-Group-Exercise-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group exercise also drives me NUTS!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The Bad Side Of Group Exercise.... The Limitations</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone is different, moves differently, has different somatotype, different injury history, different lifestyles, are different ages, have different levels of fitness and different characters.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we look at one person who we feel could squat a bit lower, we worry about saying it out loud as the one who is already almost at full range may try to go further due to hearing the verbal cue for someone else to go lower!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Encouraging one to do a tuck jump while simultaneously saying to others to simply box jump.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gone, it seems, are the days of beginners, intermediate and advanced classes!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So for those who might consider group exercise as unsafe, is ruining people (some may well be!) or that L2 group exercise instructors are not appropriately trained (this is a governing body issue for a future Juicemail) please recognise how we can work together for the health and fitness of our gym members.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Adapting A Group Exercise Session</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quite regularly, and due to my background, I am known for getting ‘on one’ about the quality of my participants\' movements. Now please understand these are my little group exercise family and we share moments every week, so I care about them, we even go to Yo Sushi some Wednesdays!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So with good intention often I find myself offering a ‘clinic’ at the beginning or at the end of a class to educate them on WHY they might be unable to squat or what a good deadlift should look like, how they can use foam rollers or should see a PT for bespoke exercise prescription. Sometimes I have done handouts and have been known to set them homework or tasks to make them aware of their own physical abilities. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their movement issues often have nothing to do with </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">technique</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because no amount of teaching points, coaching cues or guidance can help them during a group class. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What I recognise is that some of these individuals really need some one to one training to improve the way they move with bespoke exercises. This is where I refer them and this may be to a PT, a Biomechanics Coach&#x2122;, a massage therapist or the appropriate person for their requirement. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I am stunned that most clubs don’t have this \'system\' set up and in place!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a real challenge during a one hour group exercise session to coach 20-30 people to timed music and steps with some of the class participants being unable to get their squat ‘technique’ right or who literally cannot plank at all or tell you they have a shoulder problem during the push up section (as they forgot to when you asked if anyone had any injuries at the beginning of the class - I know all the group exercise instructors are nodding right now!)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OK so I recognise not all group exercise fans/participants are going to buy into some one to one sessions but with a little bit of education on what could be causing their knees to cave in during lunges in our classes can go along way - they trust us!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than not they have intrinsic biomechanical issues that need addressing to improve the way they move and enable them move more efficiently first.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fair enough I may have different skills to a L2 Exercise to Music Instructor but seriously, PT’s everywhere you are missing a trick if you DON’T build a relationship with the group exercise instructor in your clubs and support them more!!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group exercise participants make up a huge percentage of gym membership, they are super keen to improve the way they look and move and are an avid and trusting audience that come back to see their group fitness instructor week in, week out.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine that I influence up to 60-80 gym members across 2 hours every week AND getting paid to market myself to them (I don’t work one to one from this club and so I always refer).</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What\'s the message here?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>3 Key Points For Personal Trainers Who Want To Grow Thier Business &amp; Influence More People</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well there are 3 key points to note;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1). PT’s you really should start talking to the group exercise instructors more, building a relationship with these passionate professionals who can directly refer people with good reason and regularly. Maybe offer to train them at a reduced rate or even for free so they can talk about the benefits of your one to one training to their class members.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2). Design a small group PT package or a special arrangement for these participants where they can share the cost with their friend and still enjoy the ‘group’ feel even if it is just 2 or 3 of them for example.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3). Even as PT’s you might want to consider delivering group exercise as a paid way to advertise yourself to a new market of gym members!?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I recognise some of you are doing this already but for those who aren\'t it might be something to seriously consider. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If not simply use points 1 &amp; 2!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally please understand the challenge we face as group exercise instructors. We may well be a superb resource for your one to one client market. Why not approach us to offer us support?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is room for all types of exercise from group to one to one - let\'s work together for better duty of care of our people - because Dr Funck (this is actually her real name), Laura ‘Ninja Turtle’ Loud, Mr C, Mr B, Jerry Pop and the quiet back row lady are all people who certainly make MY week special along with all the other group exercise participants, and I really genuinely care about them after 13 years of teaching them every week.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are a formidable team every Wednesday if you fancy joining us!? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">;)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to learn one to one techniques to enhance what you do with our participants when we refer them to you with a problem? Imagine being the personal trainer that all the group exercise instructors in your gym referred people too...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Then you should seriously consider becoming a Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; in 2018, click here to find out more.</span></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6682\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rachel-France-Group-Exercise.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"638\" />\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','Why Personal Trainers Need To Get Over Their Issues With Group Exercise','','draft','closed','closed','','why-personal-trainers-need-to-get-over-their-issues-with-group-exercise','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6680',0,'post','',0),(6681,0,'2018-04-09 09:41:05','2018-04-09 09:41:05','','Why personal trainers need to get over their issues with group exercise','','inherit','closed','closed','','why-personal-trainers-need-to-get-over-their-issues-with-group-exercise-2','','','2018-04-09 09:41:05','2018-04-09 09:41:05','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Why-personal-trainers-need-to-get-over-their-issues-with-group-exercise-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6682,0,'2018-04-09 09:43:02','2018-04-09 09:43:02','','Rachel France - Group Exercise','','inherit','closed','closed','','rachel-france-group-exercise','','','2024-08-07 10:36:15','2024-08-07 10:36:15','',39349,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rachel-France-Group-Exercise-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6683,0,'2018-04-09 09:44:23','2018-04-09 09:44:23','','Rachel France - Biomechanics Education - Group Exercise','','inherit','closed','closed','','rachel-france-biomechanics-education-group-exercise','','','2018-04-09 09:44:23','2018-04-09 09:44:23','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Rachel-France-Biomechanics-Education-Group-Exercise-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(6721,3,'2018-04-16 19:30:47','2018-04-16 19:30:47','<h2>How Personal Trainers Can Think Differently To Be Better Coaches</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having become a massive audiobook fan to make use of the 35k miles I have driven regularly each year, I have literally filled my phone with all sorts of fabulous books FILLED with information! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a ‘non-academic’ this resource is SO exciting for me and helps me to learn quickly and easily during a time that I would normally feel to be wasted. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It amazes me that I can get through a book a week sometimes. With all sorts of subjects from business and marketing to emotional intelligence and communication skills. Me and my buddy and colleague, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvWp3M2Bz5MoYclt1FIJkOw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chris Wright</a>, are always swapping audiobook ideas.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here’s one I would like to share with YOU (for starters)…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently I’ve been engrossed in the well-known book by Stephen R Covey, ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">7 Habits of Highly Successful People’ </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">again</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and</span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">he uses the term ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paradigm Shifting’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. This term is something we have used in our academy from the very beginning of our programme development and design. Covey gives a fantastic example of how to understand this term.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>But First What Is A ‘Paradigm?’</b></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The internet says;</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A typical example or pattern of something; a pattern or model.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"society\'s paradigm of the ‘ideal woman’”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A world view underlying the theories and methodology of a particular scientific subject.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\"the discovery of universal gravitation became the paradigm of successful science”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In simple terms I guess it is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how you see things in your head.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em><strong>This idea would suggest it to be a great way to influence someone else\'s behaviour by offering a new way of seeing a situation. </strong></em>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>An Example Of A Paradigm Shift - Imagine You Were Cover In This Situation...</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The example scenario Covey experienced and explained in his book went something like this; </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A man with his 2 kids who were being unruly, running around and disturbing people, while he sat on a bench next to Covey.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covey was trying to read his paper and felt annoyed by these ‘out of control’ kids thinking to himself.. </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“why can’t he control his kids?”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eventually, Covey said to the man..</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“excuse me but aren\'t your kids a little out of control?”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The man replies, looking somewhat deflated.. </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“yes yes I guess I should but well we just left the hospital and their mother just died an hour ago and I guess they don\'t know yet how to deal with it and I guess me too”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covey’s paradigm shifted in a moment once he heard the plight of this poor family and his annoyance shifted to sympathy. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Covey encourages us to think about how OUR feelings shifted as WE heard or read the story here.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is evidence of how one\'s own perception of a situation can shift instantly the moment we realise the other view point.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>How Can We Use The Paradigm Shift To Help Us As Personal Trainers?</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So can we give more detail about how WE view a situation to enable a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding it or at least our view of it? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should we be asking more questions prior to making some kind of judgement?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe we should open our thoughts to differing viewpoints before we make a decision?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Imagine your client saying they forgot to do their exercise home work or couldn’t find time to make the healthy dinner we suggested. </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW ANNOYING! </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You had created a beautiful exercise sheet and paid to get it printed at the post office. Also, you had taken the time to explain each one in detail and how to perform them for better movement ability ready for their next session with you. You had spent a good hour last night typing up some really simple healthy recipes for your client to make for the whole family that will contribute to their weight loss goals.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOU would feel frustrated by the fact they turned up for the next session saying they didn\'t do anything with this wouldn\'t you!?!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It REALLY annoys you because it will make YOU look bad as their trainer if your client is not succeeding. GGGRRRRRRR</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT now consider how you would perceive the situation if you heard this;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are struggling to think of anything other than their really sick parent who lives 100 miles away and they had to drive to care for them after they got a call after work that their parent had fallen and couldn\'t get up. So with the kids in the back of the car they had to drive straight there from the school pick up. This also meant they were left with no time to do their exercises and to shop and create the fantastical healthy (and easy to do) meal you had suggested. Hence the fast food meal they had ended up buying instead.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Paradigm shift right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We humans are generally empathetic by nature.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another example relevant for our industry is that there are so many articles and videos out there that are by people who are not demonstrating an inclusive view point considering ALL of its readers or viewers. What I mean is those articles that suggest that everyone should do one thing, for example; </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<ul>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">squat with toes pointing forward</span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">women should do more cardio</span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">everyone should eat paleo</span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dairy is bad for you </span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">orthotics are bad</span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stretching is bad for you</span></i></li>\n 	<li><i></i> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">we should all learn to use foam rollers</span></i></li>\n</ul>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">None of these statements consider every person who may squat, like dairy, need orthotics etc.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often a single viewpoint that is offered into our industry about methods of exercise prescription, movement correction, risk reduction or diet etc. The author has usually had an experience that created THEIR belief or idea and maybe this happened to most of the people they knew. So they wanted to tell others in an attempt to help. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet we are all different!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people can eat dairy, some like paleo, some do and some don\'t respond to stretching.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe we should be encouraged to challenge the ideas we hear more, in a positive way of course! </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This would allow us to understand better the thinking behind an idea or viewpoint we hear someone else describe. WE should give clarity on our ideas along with the WHYs.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately this would also allow us, our audience, clients and peers to appreciate better WHY WE feel the way WE do or WHY WE think this way about a certain situation.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So rather than simply following the crowd maybe we should learn about the thinking behind an idea, method or trend so we can consider logically our own view as to what is right for US or each of our clients - individually.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No method works for all, ALWAYS case by case or ‘it depends\' on the individual SHOULD always be considered. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don’t you think?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to experience paradigm shifting?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to experience an excitingly inclusive learning environment?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn how to positively challenge concepts?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you looking for an open minded methodology of exercise prescription?</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">If you answered yes to those then you should definitely check our programmes. Click here to find out more.</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','How A Paradigm Shift Can Change How You Feel In A Moment & Why You Should Get The Whole Story First','','draft','closed','closed','','how-a-paradigm-shift-can-change-how-you-feel-in-a-moment','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6721',0,'post','',0),(6724,0,'2018-04-16 15:31:36','2018-04-16 15:31:36','','Paradigm Shift - Biomechanics Coaching','','inherit','closed','closed','','paradigm-shift-2','','','2018-04-16 15:31:36','2018-04-16 15:31:36','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Paradigm-Shift-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6769,3,'2018-04-23 12:34:17','2018-04-23 12:34:17','So many of us have found ourselves attending more and more training to try and know as much as possible to help all of our clients to the best of our ability, right??\n\nYet we are still left feeling like we don\'t know enough or maybe we still don\'t have all the answers.\n\nMaybe you\'re just fed up with taking course after course and you just want someone to talk to and/or maybe refer your clients to?\n\nWhile more and more of us are starting to work together with other professionals, this style of practice should be how we are taught for the best duty of care we can offer.\n\nHere are 4 tips on how it could be done...\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>No 1. Attempt To Open Up Communication With Other Professionals</h3>\nThis very simple concept may feel alien to some of you out there BUT we shouldn\'t feel that we should try and know everything to help our clients. We should get REALLY good at the skills we possess and feel confident to refer out to someone else when we do not find the answer or if we feel another opinion is required.\n\nTHIS IS OUR DUTY OF CARE..\n\n…and demonstrates our commitment to it. With the client\'s permission, we should share our view on their physicality to best advise the other professional on how we have been advising the client improve.\n(Don\'t forget you MUST get the clients permission, in writing ideally, to swap and discuss their personal details with another professional otherwise they are able to claim a breach of confidentiality. Simply add it to the T&amp;C’s or ParQ you ask them to sign in their initial consultation BUT also tell them that they are signing that too).\n\nSo rather than simply suggesting they go to see ‘a therapist’ or someone else, actually refer them to someone you know who has different, but complementary, skills to yours. Build a relationship with practitioners you trust, who are open minded and offer you their thoughts and opinion. Getting their ideas about the issue and discussing their thoughts and yours combined allows you both to come to a joint conclusion of best practice for this individual. This is SO powerful and just makes sense!\n\nThis way YOU learn, THEY learn, the client learns AND neither professional has to worry about doing it alone, while the client gets to experience truly outstanding service.\n\nA blend of minds, experience and skills is surely better than one, right?\n\nForm a working relationship with this professional, and others, to obtain not only more information but referrals FROM them too!! Commercially this is better for you and it is a really confident professional who refers clients away!\n\nThis way each of you can focus on becoming the best you can be at YOUR skill set and service, accessing professional discussion with your ‘partners’ for added confidence in the service/s you provide.\n\nHow many practitioners do you think would turn you away if you approached them and said..\n\n“I want to send my clients to you, are you interested?”\n\nObviously, find someone who is willing and open to reciprocate and that you can build trust with. Maybe book yourself appointments with practitioners in your area, for your own interest and based upon how you feel about the way they manage you, approach those that you felt offered a quality, knowledgeable service.\n<h3></h3>\n<h3>No 2. Get REALLY REALLY Good At Your Skill Set</h3>\nNow you can focus on being the best at what YOU do. We are all turning into hybrids and this is a good thing to allow us to understand each style of practice;\n\nASSESS - MASSAGE- EXERCISE - TREAT\nASSESS - TREAT - EXERCISE - MASSAGE\nASSESS - EXERCISE - TREAT - MASSAGE\nASSESS - MASSAGE - TREAT - EXERCISE\nASSESS - TREAT - MASSAGE - EXERCISE\nASSESS - EXERCISE - MASSAGE - TREAT\n\nYou get the idea....\n\nBUT we can’t be great at everything and doing all of this during one session might be a push since the expected time slot is usually an hour.\n\nBy the way, this doesn’t have to be how you work!\nMany assumes or false into the 1hr session protocol just because everyone else does but you might decide to work based on 90 min sessions or even longer, maybe shorter. So long as this is clear up front and it could be your USP (unique selling point)\n\nAnyway if you do cram all of this into one hour or session then you may well be pushed for doing each really well - I know I would in the 1hr time frame. However, this could be an issue if you know your client requires all of these. So create a ‘flow’ with your team where by one is the specialist for one area, ie assessment. They then refer to the trainer about which exercises would be good and which can then be based on the assessment results. The exercise professional then refers them to the manual therapist for the hands on part. Then refer on to the clinician should an injury or problem arise. The clinician then refers back to the assessment professional for the clients journey back into exercise. Maybe they need a foot specialist or a sports specific coach!?\n\nHaving massage skills doesn’t mean you have to use them, knowing about foot function and orthotics doesn\'t mean you prescribe them but this knowledge allows you to understand when to refer for this service AND how to communicate with the other professional.\nNow you may decide you want to offer 2 or even 3 of these services, but decide which part of the services you are able to offer within your practice appropriately in your scheduling and then refer the rest. BUT do communicate where possible or build a team around you.\n<h3></h3>\n<h3>No 3. Stay Open Minded - Things Change!!</h3>\nThe idea that you qualify and TADAAAAH!…you’re done with training is, of course, out of date. Hence the plethora of CPD’s we are consistently being informed about.\n\nTHINGS CHANGE!\n\nNew ideas or research develops and new ways of doing things become available AND of course we are not using our bodies on the way they have been used for millions of years!\n\nSo we need to decide when we re-train, sample a new idea and refer, or amend, our commercial offering. Either way remember you can only do so much really well and also we should find professionals willing to stay up to date too. We should challenge each other AND what we are taught by education providers ALL of the time!\n\nProfessional open discussion should be inclusive and positive even where challenges might be made about a certain method. To have technical discussions about what is right for the individual, based on the data or evidence available and all thoughts laid out is really quite exciting and fascinating aside from it being BEST DUTY OF CARE for the client.\n\nKeep asking WHY until you understand at depth WHY that idea is better or a great addition or something to consider for that particular client for example.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>No 4. Find Trusted Organisations Who Offer Networking Opportunities.</h3>\nThere are some fantastic organisations out there that have set up as a support and networking system for professionals.\nThe Intrinsic Biomechanics Association (IBA) which has a monthly subscription fee offers at present 4 free workshops a year, branded clothing, £150 credit for education with the academy, discounted events, an amazing new online portal FULL of resources, personal mentoring and networking opportunities for fitness professionals interested in both the study of human movement/exercise and also looking for professionals to work alongside.\n\nThe Sports Therapy Association (STA) founded by Gary Benson is a superbly run resource for manual therapists. Gary is really passionate about offering genuine support. For a very small annual fee he works very hard to give his members access to information and CPD\'s through various mediums along with his regional ambassador team.\n\nGary and I are both very passionate about supporting YOUR success and confidence. We are enabling our members to meet each other and cross-refer to each other allowing us all to offer great DUTY OF CARE to our learners, clients across these 2 amazing and merging industries.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nTo find out more or to join the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/intrinsic-biomechanics-association/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IBA CLICK HERE</a>\n\nTo find out more or to join the <a href=\"http://www.thesta.co.uk/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">STA CLICK HERE</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','4 Tips To Better Serving Your Clients Through Referrals','','draft','closed','closed','','4-tips-to-better-serving-your-clients-through-referrals','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6769',0,'post','',0),(6771,0,'2018-04-23 11:12:16','2018-04-23 11:12:16','','4 Tips To Better Serving Your Clients Through Referrals','','inherit','closed','closed','','4-tips-to-better-serving-your-clients-through-referrals-2','','','2018-04-23 11:12:16','2018-04-23 11:12:16','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/4-Tips-To-Better-Serving-Your-Clients-Through-Referrals-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(6843,3,'2018-04-30 17:48:13','2018-04-30 17:48:13','<h2>The Problem Of Selecting Exercises For Personal Trainers - Tired Vs Better.</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever struggled with exactly which exercise/s to prescribe your client?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you conscious of the exact reason why you choose the exercise/s you do for your client?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why that exercise over that one?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you consider which movement/action you are strengthening?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you think about </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why?</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Could you logically explain your choices?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Can you confirm the relevance of that specific exercise to their goal?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Are you able to assess and monitor their progress objectively?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having read a post from one of my previous learners, Biomechanics Coach&#x2122;, Garry Thompson...</span>\n<blockquote><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Any PT can make a client tired, but a great PT makes them better”. </span></i></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It made me think...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>How do you decide which exercises to prescribe to your clients to make them better?</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the gaps in our basic exercise prescription education is the true specificity of exercise prescription.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generally, at level 3, we are taught squats are for legs or push ups for chest as a simplistic view of what I mean.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes some PT’s who recognise this are going too far the other way and making things far too complex with funky ‘functional’ training that is often too much and not appropriate for some individuals. They might also still be of the old mindset of a PT session should be all or nothing, no pain no gain, its gotta hurt, it’s gotta be sweaty….gotta make sure my clients knackered. Read Garry’s post title again!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does that make them better? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well of course it depends on their goal/s but what I am talking about is truly individual bespoke exercise prescription specifically based on the client\'s body, their movement capacity AND also their goal.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whatever their goal, be it fat loss, muscle gain, tone up, event prep, post rehab etc all of them desire improved movement and some will require sport/activity specific movement training.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ask yourself this question </span><b><i>“can you justify every exercise choice you make?”</i></b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">  </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or are you simply giving squats for legs and push ups for chest?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How Do You Decide Which Exercises To Prescribe?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to have a system or logical method to decide which specific exercises to prescribe. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our generic education encourages us to consider training opposing muscle groups. i.e. if you perform chest exercises you should also perform back exercises. That makes sense, right!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course but let\'s look at one example:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>Example; Client has poor posture, rounded shoulders</strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Train the back more?  Rows? Reverse fly? Lat pulldown?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well you could but that would be </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">assuming </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the back is ‘weaker’ and by doing back strength work will help open the chest, and it might! How do we KNOW that is the right choice of exercise based on what we are looking at?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A better question might be ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WHY are they round shouldered in the first place?’</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is the chest ‘tight’? so stretch first? (lengthen the agonist)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or in a subclinical spasm? or anti spasm? (contract the agonist 20%)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These 2 exercise contradict each other and one could compound the other problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So which one do we start with? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do we only train the back? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or only stretch the chest? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or only anti spasm the chest?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does stretching the chest make enough of a difference so we can then work the back?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or anti spasm, then stretch, then strengthen the back?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each of the above consideration leaves us with a different exercise choice. So which exercise do we choose? Which order to do them? How do we make that decision without KNOWING what the root cause of that specific posture is?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We NEED to be able to assess more objectively of course. Therapists do and so should we. Let\'s learn how to assess our clients\' </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intrinsic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> biomechanics to make our exercise prescription more specific to their ‘capacity’ thus enabling us to JUSTIFY exactly WHY we are choosing this exercise over that one with a logical reasoning.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>How Can We Assess The Client So We KNOW?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Commonly PT’s are accessing postural assessment courses which can help but are subjective so still leave us with questions and feeling like we might be guessing. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is </span><strong><i>extrinsic</i> biomechanics. </strong>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is what we do as exercise professionals already. We analyse the way clients move and coach them into better technique. </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“knees in line, back straight, feet in line!”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, if that poor technique is actually a lack of capacity due to muscle spasm, tight nerves or stiff joints, then attempting to correct it with verbal coaching and strength work may not get you the results you want. It may also make you anxious about whether you are actually giving the best exercises to your client since they can’t physically perform them well. Ever been there? I certainly have in the past.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><b>Increase Your Confidence &amp; Improve Your Clients Results</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding how to logically justify your actions will massively increase your confidence. It will also mean you improve your results and client satisfaction. They will recognise and respect your guidance even if it is different to other PT’s because you can always justify WHY you are asking them to do certain things. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want more objectivity in your assessment/induction skills?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to increase your ability to justify your exercise prescription?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to increase your confidence in choosing the right exercises at the right time for your clients?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to retain your clients?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you want to improve results even more?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Understanding how to assess </span><strong><i>intrinsic</i></strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> biomechanics</strong> is vital for us as exercise professionals. PT’s, Pilates or Yoga teachers otherwise we are GUESSING! We need to analyse and monitor our clients with more than just fat calipers, fitness testing and weighing scales. We need to understand their physical capacity for movement before we do anything. Don’t you agree?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIf you would like to find out more about our programmes and courses then just click here...\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','How Should Personal Trainer\'s Choose Exercises For Their Client\'s?','','draft','closed','closed','','how-should-personal-trainers-choose-exercises-for-their-clients','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=6843',0,'post','',0),(6846,0,'2018-04-30 17:45:13','2018-04-30 17:45:13','','Personal Trainers - Exercise Prescription - Tired vs Better (Biomechanics Coaching)','','inherit','closed','closed','','personal-trainers-exercise-prescription-tired-vs-better-biomechanics-coaching','','','2018-04-30 17:45:13','2018-04-30 17:45:13','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Personal-Trainers-Exercise-Prescription-Tired-vs-Better-Biomechanics-Coaching-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7024,3,'2018-05-07 19:31:54','2018-05-07 19:31:54','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As you may, or may not, know I get to travel quite a bit around the UK delivering workshops, presentations and lecturing at various events and universities.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also having studied business for a few years I have learned, and now understand a little better, the value of<em> familiarity. </em></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lenny Henry not only promises me a good night sleep guarantee, he delivers this promise...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">HOW?</span>\n<h3>Premier Inn &amp; Lenny Henry\'s Guaranteed Good Night Sleep</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I mean before I even leave the house, and no matter where in the country I am going, I KNOW exactly what to expect right from when I arrive at the car park, enter reception, to when I enter my room, to when I climb into my bed and anything in between.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I KNOW there will be a restaurant nearby for food both in the evening and for breakfast. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">AND</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I KNOW there will be a certain smell and temperature as I climb the stairs. In my room there will be a large bed made up in crisp white sheets with a purple runner, a choice of pillows, a hair dryer, shampoo and a TV that I can watch from my bed. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This hotel’s business model, in my opinion, is superb since they deliver on their promise</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Every </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Single </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Time</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This hotel chain is probably one of my favourite examples of this as it is my \'<em>home from home\'</em> but other businesses do it too…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The McDonalds Promise</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McDonalds do it - whatever you think of them, they deliver on their promise (and yes I have been known to slurp on the occasional Crunchie McFlurry, after my sushi of course! ;-p ). Listen to Michael E Gerber\'s audio book, The E Myth Revisited and he will tell you the whole story.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a bold statement to make a guarantee or promise about your product or service isn\'t it?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maybe you\'re nervous about stating something so confidently?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are not.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So what’s our promise?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>The Biomechanics Education Promise</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone who attends one of our workshops or joins our academy tells us they have a fantastic learning experience, I may even be so bold as to say from their comments, that it changes lives. We also take pride in the amount of support we offer even beyond the classroom...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi Rachel,</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you for a fantastic course last weekend. It was everything I was hoping for and really helped me understand why current training systems aren\'t working as they should be. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I have already adapted some of my clients programs to include the anti-spasm exercises with good results in just a few days. The course has left me questioning everything I do as a PT, which is definitely a positive thing.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I definitely want/need to complete the rest of the workshops as soon as possible.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks again for providing a fantastic course. I am really looking forward to the next courses.</span></i></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hi Rachel</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thank you very much for the Pelvic Biomechanics workshop, I enjoyed every moment of it. I must say it is the first course when my brain was alert from 9  to 5 and there was no desire to have any conversation within my head , I do that when I am getting bored. You are an amazing tutor and a coach, you know how to make people feel important and have time to understand each and everyone. I did feel a lot of support whilst on the workshop and I think everyone felt that. The world is a much better place to live in, when people like you are around. Once again an enormous thank you.</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<blockquote><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I’m not normally big on writing reviews or testimonials, but I\'m making an exception for this 2 day Pelvis Biomechanics workshop for a number of reasons</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To start,  I\'ve never felt so excited about what I\'ve learnt from a workshop or course before.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whilst some of it really challenged my thinking, and made me feel slightly uncomfortable at times (it made me question some of the ways I\'ve always done things).  Rachel explains it in such a way that it all makes perfect sense. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I now have information that is scientifically proven, that makes me believe I need to change the way I work, and to incorporate biomechanics screens into much more of what I do.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tools and system that Rachel give you are so powerful both for you, and to get your clients onboard, they cannot be ignored.  </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It’s going to take me a while to put everything I’ve learnt into practice.  But there’s a few things I know for sure. I need to know more. Everything I do in future must be backed up with science.  I need to question everything. And I most definitely want biomechanics screens to be a much bigger part of what I do. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adding biomechanics screens to the way I work will most definitely, give me the confidence to charge more, have a real niche and elevate me far above my competitors.   I know I will get a return on this investment, and most importantly be able to help more people, and improve the service to the clients I already have.</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are unsure about committing to the Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; Diploma, attend the iMoveFreely® workshop as a starting point.  It’s a good way to sample it, and come away with useful material without committing too much financially. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I cannot recommend any of Rachel’s courses highly enough.  From the the content of the course, Rachel’s energy, knowledge, enthusiasm and obviously love of what she does.  I for one will definitely be back for more. </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks Rachel </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;</blockquote>\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>What Can You Learn From These Examples?</h3>\nWhat experience do you provide for your clients?\n\nWhat promise do you have for them?\n\nWhat guarantee can you offer?\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>Your Guarantee...</h4>\nCan you guarantee results?\n\nIf they follow everything you tell them do will they get results?\n\nYou bet they will!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h4>The Experience You Give Them...</h4>\nRemember that the experience a client has with you is so much more than just the coaching they get from you.\n\nIt\'s the walk into the facility entrance.\n\nIt\'s the smell as they walk in.\n\nIt\'s the greeting they get.\n\nIt\'s the cleanliness of the gym.\n\nIt\'s the other people in the gym.\n\nAnd so much more.\n\nYour coaching is just ONE part of their whole experience.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNow if you are based in a gym, you may not be able to control some of these factors, but there is still a lot you can.\n\nLike how you greet them.\n\nHow you make them feel part of a community.\n\nHow quickly you follow up with them.\n\nYour coaching.\n\nYour level of support away from sessions.\n\nYou see there is a lot that you can control of the client experience and I encourage you to take a look at the whole customer journey and make sure that at every stage you are making sure its the environment you want it to be for them.\n\nBecause when you do this, you will start creating raving fans, and raving fans tell all of their friends about you and that will help you grow your business and gain even more clients.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nNow if you would like to take your coaching to the next level then <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why not join our academy in 2018/19?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YES, The 2018 schedule is NOW LIVE!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Use the skills the way we teach you to and…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We promise you will LOVE them!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe promise your clients will LOVE them!\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We promise they will change the way you think!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We promise you will want more!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We promise full support even beyond your training!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OR </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YOUR MONEY BACK!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now there’s a promise!</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\">Click here to request a callback and for more information on our courses and programmes.</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','What Do A Good Night Sleep, A Crunchy McFlurry & An Amazing Learning Experience Have To Do With You?','','draft','closed','closed','','personal-trainer-guarantee-customer-experience','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7024',0,'post','',0),(7025,0,'2018-05-07 09:49:50','2018-05-07 09:49:50','','What Is Your Personal Training Guarantee_ Biomechanics Coaching','','inherit','closed','closed','','what-is-your-personal-training-guarantee_-biomechanics-coaching','','','2024-10-29 09:18:09','2024-10-29 09:18:09','',41179,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/What-Is-Your-Personal-Training-Guarantee_-Biomechanics-Coaching-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7098,3,'2018-05-14 19:13:04','2018-05-14 19:13:04','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Something I always encourage my learners to do is challenge everything, even what I tell them. I suggest they do not simply accept what people say as being fact but that they should gather enough information to come to a conclusion that THEY are satisfied with for their own conceptualisation, logic and application.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having been a teacher for 25 years in various forms from delivering exercise classes to teaching PT’s and physiotherapists about biomechanics to helping podiatrists understand how to prescribe exercises I know one thing is for sure, we all learn in different ways and at different rates. Communication is key when passing on information, which I know I have written about before, but I cannot stress this point enough. The WAY we say things or even deliberate silences can have a huge impact on a learner receiving new information, which for some can be a daunting time. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There seems to be such an emphasis on ‘level’ in the sense that a hierarchy of intelligence exists and I am sure this is correct in some form. However some of the </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">smartest</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> people I know are not naturally ‘academic’ and some cannot even read that well or write grammatically correctly (me included!!), does that stop them, us, me being intelligent? Clearly, it comes back to how you </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measure</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intelligence.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So with so many educators out there let\'s consider who we should be guided by when it comes to intelligence. Let us consider how we are </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">measuring</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this ‘hierarchy’ of intelligence so to speak.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More to the point how SHOULD we measure it?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well, I guess that would depend upon the industry or relevance. So let\'s take our industry since this is the one that has inspired me to write this article. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I meet a lot of people as I travel and many are what would be classed as very intelligent when it comes to qualifications and/or experience. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yet it stuns me how badly some of these really smart people communicate that intelligence.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me give you a couple or simple examples and you tell me..</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(This is simply an example to make a point by the way):</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3><strong>Which Personal Trainer is the <i>INTELLIGENT</i> one?</strong></h3>\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Example 1:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PT with LOADS of qualifications, piles of certificates, loads of books and the ability to cite research papers left right and centre. This guy is often so busy taking courses he barely covers costs with what he makes from his clients. He KNOWS a lot but scrapes by and wonders why.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The PT who is not as well read or so extensively qualified but has AMAZING communication skills and makes ALL their clients feel fantastic while in their company. This means they achieve client adherence and this PT is extremely successful commercially. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He is financially doing really well and has a great sense of job satisfaction.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>Which Teacher/Presenter Is The INTELLIGENT One?</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presenter who delivers fantastically complex information of their thoughts and ideas and concepts so mind-boggling it </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘blows your mind’ </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but while you’re impressed you are struggling to work out how YOU can apply the awesomeness you just heard.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compared to;</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The presenter who uses an economy of words, offers very simple concepts with more audience interaction, while delivering possibly less information overall BUT they give you ideas to allow you to apply what they are sharing with you</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My point here is that intelligence can be measured in several ways and is way more influential when it is communicated well. Lack of clarity or specificity is not helpful to others.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“If you can\'t explain it simply you do not understand it well enough”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Albert Einstein </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leonardo Da Vinci</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Complexity is the enemy of execution</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">”</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tony Robbins</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it good enough to simply hear smart people telling us what they know?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Or is it enough simply having loads of knowledge, information packed away in your head if you are unable to apply it, communicate it and utilise it to your advantage?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Of course intelligence can be measured by taking an IQ test or passing exams but TRUE intelligence is surely being able to use it, express it and pass it on right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now back to my classroom where I do my very best NOT to answer questions raised by my learners. (Yes it is true, ask them!)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When I qualified with QTLS (Qualified Teacher Learning &amp; Skills Status) one of the primary things I came away with was that a </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘Learner lead’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> classroom should be how we deliver content. The learners take priority over the teacher in the way the content is discussed, facilitated and therefore delivered. Clearly, there is a lesson plan but with much scope for tasks and discussion so that the individuals present can facilitate themselves to a level of understanding appropriate to their individual experiences and areas of knowledge. Peer discussions are extremely healthy where opinions are permitted with justifications for those opinions. It would be unfair to tell someone else they are wrong when the subject matter is presented based upon that individuals experiences, opinion and alongside a justification for the way they have presented it, don’t you think?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So back to my point; </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Surely it is also healthy to accept that we may not agree on certain views or opinions due to our different experiences and backgrounds, right?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We form views and attitude from our previous experiences and interactions with others right from being babies through to children and on to adulthood. The amount of variables make us individually complex and this is what makes meeting new people so fascinating and interesting.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my experience many people in our industry are not necessarily ‘academic’ types, certainly I myself and a lot of my learners are generally more kinesthetic learners who process information better through doing, rather than reading or writing. So when faced with technically challenging information we often take a while to develop ways to put information into practice. The skills we ALL require are theory, psychological and practical based to be best placed to help improve clients physicality and health. But in my opinion predominantly practical and psychological for exercise prescription based work. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My learners, the professionals I meet are REALLY intelligent people, who interact smartly, consciously, with care and thought for those they come into contact with. Just because for many of us, our learning style is such that we have to take a clini-band to a skeleton to really understand what muscles do while we ‘work it out in our heads’ or because we have to get up and move our legs to workout which is the agonist, which is the antagonist and which muscles are synergists doesn’t make us </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> intelligent people.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Communication is key to success when passing on information. Having some empathy for those listening to us while we deliver information (knowing our audience) is also key for learning and development to occur.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should accept being challenged as a compliment that someone is seeking our ideas and input but we should also </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">respect</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> their response when asking for it!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? 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And Does It Actually Matter?','','draft','closed','closed','','how-intelligent-are-you-and-does-it-actually-matter','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7098',0,'post','',0),(7099,0,'2018-05-14 18:56:59','2018-05-14 18:56:59','','How intelligent are you_ And does it actually matter_ Biomechanics Coach, Personal Trainer','','inherit','closed','closed','','how-intelligent-are-you_-and-does-it-actually-matter_-biomechanics-coach-personal-trainer','','','2018-05-14 18:56:59','2018-05-14 18:56:59','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/How-intelligent-are-you_-And-does-it-actually-matter_-Biomechanics-Coach-Personal-Trainer-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7191,0,'2018-05-24 09:36:29','2018-05-24 09:36:29','','Fundamental movement principles','','inherit','closed','closed','','fundamental-movement-principles','','','2018-05-24 09:36:29','2018-05-24 09:36:29','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Fundamental-movement-principles-1.pptx',0,'attachment','application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation',0),(7228,3,'2018-05-28 18:47:45','2018-05-28 18:47:45','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Walking down the street, training at the gym, watching girls teeter in high heels on a night out or walking knock kneed in their Uggs, watching the way people sit at events, at work or in the waiting room at the doctors is something I find quite fascinating. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Call me voyeuristic but I genuinely am just a geek and fascinated when it comes to watching human movement and analysing physical variations in our body types and the way we move because of those variations. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why does THAT happen? Why do THEY walk THAT way?</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Being on holiday the examples of our differences are more obvious with less clothing and what I noticed while on holiday was that we really should...</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..Embrace OUR Genetics!</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having spent 2 weeks half naked, with half naked people, lying around a pool watching each other walk to the bar or apply cream, step into a pool, swim, pick up kids, eat ice cream etc etc...</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It really does emphasise human movement variations and of course the variations of aesthetics. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is truly fascinating to see the many different body types from large to small, tall to short etc. It made me think about the ‘ideal’ body concept and in fact how dull and boring it would be if we all looked and moved the same way or if we ALL had those \'magazine cover\' bodies, the same hair styles, the same limb lengths, waist circumferences etc!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What Do You Think?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..in MY opinion using aesthetics as THE goal is possibly not the best way to plan exercise programmes even if that is ultimately the clients perceived end goal. If you were to delve deeper with the client about their TRUE goal there is a good chance it is really all about how they FEEL about themselves, inside their skin. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Here I am talking about the average client as opposed to competitive bodybuilders of course, since bodybuilding is an aesthetically judged competition rather than health and fitness being the goal)</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creating a goal that is more health and/or fitness related will of course still result in improved aesthetics based on THEIR body type, THEIR frame and THEIR genetics. Having this shift in the training programme goal offers more opportunity for positive achievement/s AND a more positive shift towards a realistic body image. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which is better...A better you or striving to look like someone else?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is of course the beautiful aspect of our differing bodies types. From the cute PSIS dimples above large OR small and maybe wide OR narrow round buttocks. These dimples can appear wide or narrow or some people don\'t see to have any! There are various textures of tanned skin, even different ‘shades’ of white skin and some have scars or birthmarks that no one else in the world has!  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is a huge variety of long OR short soleus calf muscles above feet that turn out OR turn in OR </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flick</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a certain way during their bare foot walk across the tiles. Some spines rotate and some stay rigid during movement. LONG shins, short shins, slim arms, muscly arms, baggy triceps and bulging ones.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Seriously imagine if we ALL actually looked the same!!! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BOOOOOOORRRRIIING!!!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As exercise professionals we get frustrated that every client wanting to look a certain way, like in the magazines. Asking for 6 pack abs, more rounded delts, pert buttocks, slimmer thighs and yet some of us are just not built that way. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also struggle to understand why people move the way they do, right?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So of course this will be a challenge for anyone trying to apply a system to human movement…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NO ONE SYSTEM WORKS THE SAME FOR EVERYONE!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we should receive an education that embraces the differences between us all rather than EXPECTS us ALL to look or move the same way. We should maintain an open mind to what our clients are capable of when using their bodies. A realistic aim or goal should always be individual to that person in relation to their history, genetics, lifestyle, diet, biomechanics and movement ability or capacity.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You do realise the MORE you know, the LESS you realise you know, right? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So we should also demonstrate duty of care to our clients by continuing to attend up to date CPD’s, further training and we should also read more and do our OWN research to develop our OWN methods of application for the best care of OUR clients.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">WELL did you know as a fitness professional you already learn\'t one of the simplest and applicable methods to analyse human movement (without any fancy equipment) as an exercise professional?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YUP</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Group Action of Muscles is what we call our </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">movement analysis</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> study in our academy. This is where we take our learners back to their A&amp;P training, which often gets forgotten due to the fact we only ever using lay language with our clients! So we lose the skill of recalling the analysis of abduction, rotation, flexion etc as part of movements during our exercise prescription. PLUS the skeletal movement is disguised by lots of soft tissue (muscle, fat, fascia, nerves, skin etc) covering it which is the part of the anatomy we use to understand those joint actions. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my experience it is very rare that a learner has come in and easily nailed this session. Yet it is what we are taught right at the beginning of our training!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the reasons professionals give for attending our CPD workshops:</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to understand the body and movement better </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to learn more about the anatomy </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to understand how we move on the inside</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to understand why people move badly</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to understand how to help people move better</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I want to understand why they ache hurt get injured</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If we remembered out level 3 A&amp;P we would already have many of these skills and be more confident. We also hear…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“but I never use this language with my client!?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">agonist </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">antagonist </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">synergists</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dynamic stabilisers </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fixators</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">abduction</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">adduction </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rotation </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">flexion </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extension </span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">..of course, me neither !! BUT if we talk to </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">each other</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> this way then at least we can enhance our recall AND memory of it. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sadly the fitness industry in particular causes many of us to feel we can\'t admit to how bad our A&amp;P memory really is. If we are really honest it’s really poor isn’t it and therefore not surprising many exercise professionals lose confidence in what they are looking at when watching clients move! </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are expected to achieve so much when it comes to improving movement when we cannot even work out the WHY from WHAT we see. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clients are suffering more and more due to lifestyles and our job of choosing the best exercise programme is getting even harder as everyone has SOMETHING limiting them, eh!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our academy we GIVE YOU REASONS to remember your anatomy which gives you increased confidence when watching your clients move. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So while embracing our differences, let\'s start getting serious about understanding human movement and improving confidence in movement, being in our own skin and of course function.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember PERFECTION does not exist…that would be SO dull! In fact... embrace the imperfections!</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />\n\n&nbsp;','Embrace Your Genetics & Imperfections & Why Personal Trainers Should Treat Every Client As An Individual','','draft','closed','closed','','embrace-your-imperfections-treat-every-client-as-an-individual','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7228',0,'post','',0),(7229,0,'2018-05-28 18:34:58','2018-05-28 18:34:58','','Embrace the Imperfections - why personal trainers need to treat everyone as individuals','','inherit','closed','closed','','embrace-the-imperfections-why-personal-trainers-need-to-treat-everyone-as-individuals','','','2018-05-28 18:34:58','2018-05-28 18:34:58','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Embrace-the-Imperfections-why-personal-trainers-need-to-treat-everyone-as-individuals-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7297,3,'2018-06-04 19:40:05','2018-06-04 19:40:05','<h3><strong>All Biomechanical Studies Are Flawed</strong></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pretty bold statement eh?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You see I like to challenge things to enable me to truly understand the information I am processing, don’t you?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you ever discovered something that completely changes your paradigm?  </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/how-a-paradigm-shift-can-change-how-you-feel-in-a-moment/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read my previous blog Paradigm Shifting</a> </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You cannot UNLEARN something can you? Once you hear it and the thought goes in it can shift all of your thinking to another way of viewing things.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me give you an example I have experienced and hopefully explain why I feel that all biomechanical studies are flawed.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanical studies usually start with subjects described as...</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">‘Twenty five subjects volunteered to participate in the study (age range 21-53).......All subjects met the criteria of full range of motion in the joints of the lower limb (</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">McRae 1990</span></i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">). Any subject, patient or staff was excluded if they were suffering from any disease that compromised lower limb function (e.g. osteoarthritis) or who presented with pelvic or spinal problems that can often mimic LLD symptoms. </span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Subjects that demonstrated a functional LLD were also excluded’</span></i>\n\n<b>(The reliability and validity of the `Tape\' and `Block\' methods for assessing anatomical leg-length discrepancy - </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tracy Middleton-Duff, Keith George and Alan Batterham 1999-2000</span><b>)</b>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However I am quite sure, you can imagine, that when it comes to the human body, your clients bodies, it is never just a single answer to our movement limitations. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What does this mean? </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well those 25 subjects may well have all been between certain ages, had a structural LLD and full ROM in the lower limb joints (McRae 1990) BUT was the rest of thier biomechanics assessed for similarities or differences?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What would be an example?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ok literally EVERYONE is harping on about the whole body being connected, kinetic chains, myofascial trains etc BUT who is actually practicing this in terms of analysis for research into biomechanical questions?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>How The Shoulder Influence\'s The Foot.... Or Visa Versa</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So here is a 7 minute video (in case you missed it) where I demonstrate the shoulder influence on the foot…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nhttps://youtu.be/la6jOLuMSiU\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyway being slightly into biomechanics I have read one or two papers around this area and each time I see the subjects description of commonality, I see that they are only ever really compared by age, sex, skills level, sport, injury and maybe duration of training for example. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nowhere have I seen biomechanical studies with a common </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biomechanical</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> start point in terms of pelvic function, spine mobility and strength ratio comparisons, shoulder function, knee and foot stability all giving a common </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">biomechanical </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">start point. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An example might be a study measuring forces at the knee of a group of subjects of the same/similar age, some sport and with a similar training history/duration. However there is not record of their pelvic function, if they have tight sciatic nerves or hinges in their QL - ALL of which could contribute to changing the loads being measured at the knee.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does this make sense? It all means that the more I learn about research, the more I learn about biomechanics, the more I challenge it because of what I have learned. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I see this as a good thing - frustrating but healthy.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n<h3>How To Improve YOUR Squat - The Biomechanical Guide</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now recently I have been getting a lot of messages from those of you who watch my Instagram videos, about comparing your squats to mine. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The most common question being how do you manage to squat A2G or bum to the floor?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This has set me thinking about how the body works as an integrated system and how we all squat differently and probably actually should all squat differently too. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So how would you like me to start a </span><b><i>‘How To Improve Your Squat’</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> video tutorial series?</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over this series of short videos I will endeavour to answer all of your squatting questions and dilemmas and demonstrate some really cool techniques to both test and improve your intrinsic biomechanics function. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like that?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hit me with your squat questions and here are a few that I have on my list already…</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What if we can’t break parallel…what can we do to help that?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Are there more benefits of A2G over say a parallel squat?</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What about knees over toes….?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“How can I get my back straighter during the squat?”</span></i>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All really great questions and I will address each over the </span><b><i>How To Improve Your Squat’</i></b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> video tutorial series.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can follow it on <a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/biomechanics_education/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram</a>, <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/user/rachfit12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube</a> or <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/biomechanicseducation/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook</a></span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','Are All Biomechanical Studies Flawed? And Would You Like To Squat Better?','','draft','closed','closed','','are-all-biomechanical-studies-flawed-and-would-you-like-to-squat-better','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7297',0,'post','',0),(7303,0,'2018-06-04 15:58:40','2018-06-04 15:58:40','','','','inherit','closed','closed','','are-all-biomechanical-studies-flawed_-and-would-you-like-to-squat-better_-biomechanics-coaching','','','2018-06-04 15:58:40','2018-06-04 15:58:40','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Are-All-Biomechanical-Studies-Flawed_-And-Would-You-Like-To-Squat-Better_-Biomechanics-Coaching-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7474,3,'2018-06-13 08:45:00','2018-06-13 08:45:00','<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Functional, multi-joint screening and conditioning has been around for 50 years or more.  We have been using those principles for the last 20 years in our facilities and these principles can have a profound effect on human performance, risk reduction and management.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, having used them for 10 years we began to realise that functional screening is not the panacea for all ills and there are fundamental areas that it does not address. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People still get injured and their performances can still be compromised despite being functionally trained.  The problem with the fitness industry, in particular, is that functional training has only been recently introduced so it\'s not at the point where it\'s been able to work this out yet, it\'s not been around for long enough in this area.  As specialists in rehabilitation and conditioning for elite and recreational sportspeople, we have found that there are huge flaws in only using one type of screening. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last 20 years, we have developed a screen that compliments all other forms of screening, including functional, postural, physiological and even psychological screening. It\'s called Biomechanical screening. Nothing new in the name, but this is ‘Intrinsic’ Biomechanical screening, not the extrinsic, which is usually associated with the word Biomechanical.  Here we work on single joints and systems. The principle is simple; with functional screening, by definition more than one joint is being tested, otherwise it wouldn’t be functional. The problem is that if one joint is dysfunctional, with the body being a master of compensation, other joints can take over and you can still pass a functional screen and you don’t always have a visual movement impairment. In fact, often you don’t. So it is important to have a single joint screen to compliment any functional screen to ensure this does not occur. <strong> In</strong> <strong>fact, we have found with our work that you can have clients who pass a functional screen but still have single joint problems</strong>; and the biomechanical screen picks them up. </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Often we find that by taking someone through a biomechanical screen and getting them through that, they frequently pass a functional screen anyway. The brain is the most sophisticated engine management chip, often you can provide it with the right equipment and it will sort out the functional movement by itself.....that’s what its designed to do, and often far better than any exercise programme you or I can provide.  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even our functional training gurus have started to realise this is true. One of our Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122;, who is also an international Strength and Conditioning Coach, sent a quote from an extract by Mike Boyle from a blog, <em>“[Gray] Cook\'s thoughts were simple and led me to </em>realise<em> that the future of training may be a joint-by-joint approach rather than a movement-based approach. Gray\'s analysis of the body was a straightforward one; in his mind, the body is a just a stack of joints. Each joint or series of joints has a specific function and is prone to specific, predictable levels of dysfunction. As a result, each joint has specific training needs.”</em>  </span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are right, and I’m delighted for their ‘functional disciples’ that they have finally come round to recognise this essential point of view.  Hopefully now they will open their minds to this critical factor now they have ‘permission’.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis post was brought to you by Martin Haines, Specialist <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Biomechanics Coach&#x2122; &amp; Chartered Physiotherapist.</span>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>And I would like to add a few of my own thoughts... I am sure Martin won\'t mind....</em>\n\n<em>This brings a whole host of other questions and thoughts... If you can pass a functional screen but fail a single joint screen, then what is going on?</em>\n\n<em>As Martin says, the body is amazing and will help you create whatever movement you want to. The problem is, often you will create the movement in a way that is not the most efficient. Muscles doing other muscles jobs or compensating for their partners etc.</em>\n\n<em>All this leads to a much higher risk of injury or at best a decrease in performance.</em>\n\n<em>As a movement coach, you have the ability to improve their movement and performance dramatically if you help each joint function better.</em>\n\n<i>So this topic is what has driven my desire to release a series of squat video tutorials and of course also a result all of the questions I receive about squatting!</i>\n\n<em>The squat is an example of one of Gray\'s functional movement screens and also a fundamental human movement required for every day life and yet so many of us struggle with it, why? Well there are so many reasons why due to all of the joints involved and t</em><em>hat is exactly what I will be exploring with you so keep watching....</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>Rachel France</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-split\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Not ready to jump on the full diploma? Then come along to one of our 1 day workshops. You will LOVE these! <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/2018-roadshow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just click here to see when and where they are.</a></p>\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" />','Single Joint Vs Functional Assessments - A Personal Trainer\'s Guide','','draft','closed','closed','','single-joint-vs-functional-assessments-a-personal-trainers-guide','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7474',0,'post','',0),(7476,0,'2018-06-11 08:28:48','2018-06-11 08:28:48','','Functional Movement Tests vs Single Joint Assessment - A personal trainers guide','','inherit','closed','closed','','functional-movement-tests-vs-single-joint-assessment-a-personal-trainers-guide','','','2018-06-11 08:28:48','2018-06-11 08:28:48','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Functional-Movement-Tests-vs-Single-Joint-Assessment-A-personal-trainers-guide-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7522,3,'2018-06-18 14:09:05','2018-06-18 14:09:05','One thing I get asked over and over again is... \"<em>How can I improve my squat</em>?\". I get asked how to squat ass to grass (A2G), or depending on where you are from \"arse to grass\". I get asked about squat mechanics and so much more. I think I get asked about the squat a lot for a few reasons... If you follow me on instagram you will KNOW how much I love the squat and am always talking about it, but really because a lot of people use it as their standard measure of movement.\n\nSo I thought I would put together a video series to help you, and if you are a personal trainer, to help you help your clients achieve a better squat.\n\nSo take a few minutes today to watch part 1..... Just click the play button now... (if you can\'t watch for whatever reason, then you can read the post below the video...\n\nhttps://youtu.be/juSK5KxCEbg\n\nWith the day to day routines that we put our bodies through majorly affect our mechanics.... sat at desk bent over a computer, texting all day on the phone, causes our body to compensate. So first up we have to find out where the limitations in your, or your clients, body are.\n\nSo how do you know if its just simply bad technique or a limitation within the muscular system, skeletal system or your neural system? Watch the video and find out.\n<h3>Can\'t Watch The Video... Read On</h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You squat right?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I KNOW you squat and do you know how I know?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each time to sit and stand you squat (and yes that includes when you poop! see squatty potty <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbYWhdLO43Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE</a> for evidence of this) </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squatting is a fundamental combination of human movements that contribute to your lower body function and yet still THE most common question I get asked is;</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“What’s the best way to squat?”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now I also KNOW that you have seen others squatting, chances are you even asked your client to squat and while watching them you thought; </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Heck that looks really awkward, what on earth is causing them to squat like that?”</span></i>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“Could it be their tight calves? hey no actually it looks like it is their tight pelvis, oh wait a minute maybe it is their stiff spine….?”</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I KNOW you KNOW what I am talking about and it is damned frustrating isn’t it? Especially when you can’t work out what’s limiting them, right?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In my opinion if we try to improve our squatting technique this crosses over into so many other movements this single focus can have a huge impact on our entire movement profile - it certainly did for me!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Having studied the squat for several years and being a real geek when it comes to the squat due to its impact on my own training I wanted to share some of my thoughts and attempt to help you answer some of those squat questions you have been sending me.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, as with my previous squat research (initiated by a nasty trolling experience but which resulted in a 6 piece article) this ‘discussion’ will take more than one blog/video tutorial to cover all of the things we should consider when looking to improve our squatting technique.</span>\n\n<b>Goal Clarity &amp; Context</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the fundamental errors when discussing squatting in our industry is </span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">context</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So let me clarify this first:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider your goal first, with absolute clarity asking yourself;</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why do I want to squat? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I want to perform a specific task?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is it because I have been told I need to be able to squat?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I want to grow my leg muscles?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I want more lower body stability?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do I want to become a competitive powerlifter?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Am I just seeking improved movement?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has my present squat highlighted some movement limitations?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you have decided upon your goal make sure you keep that in focus every time you are choosing which type of squat to practice, whether you will need a load and if so what the load will be and also where will you hold it?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are so many variations of the squat and they often have interesting names too, however, I will always endeavour to clarify the type of squat movement to maintain context for relevance to any points being made. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let me give you an example of 2 quite different squat goals….</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 50 year old who wishes to simply maintain and/or improve their present movement ability.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A 23 year old amateur competitive powerlifter </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both completely different goals, therefore, different squatting programmes are required, even though there are possibly some crossover points within their training. </span>\n\n<b>Technique or Compensation? Assessing The Issues In Your Squat</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another BIG topic for us to discuss will be about extrinsic v’s intrinsic biomechanics or simply put, what we can see and what we can’t see.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As we watch our clients squatting what we see is </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">extrinsic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and while we are experts at coaching great movement using what we see, very often clients can still struggle. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we need to attempt to identify is whether they have any </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">intrinsic</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> compensation that no amount of coaching can settle however by adding some simple moves to their warm up can potentially be easily improved. </span>\n\n<b>Setting A Benchmark For Your Squat</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I have created a short video to kick things off and set up your squat </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BENCHMARK</span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We can reproduce your benchmark over the series of tutorials to monitor your squat &amp; I will introduce you to some great apps to allow you to see your first &amp; final photo alongside each other to see just how much you improve along the way.</span>\n\n<b>Questions Please!?</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So I need your questions to enable me to address issues YOU wish to discuss rather than what I THINK you wish to discuss!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Send your No.1 Squat question to </span><a href=\"mailto:rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</span></a>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feel free to share your photos / videos so we can do this together &amp; I can guide YOU more effectively.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are some examples of benchmarks sent in so far...</span>\n\n<b><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7527\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biomechanics-Coaching-How-To-Squat-Ass-To-Grass-Project-Squat-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" /></b>\n\n<b>Safety Is Paramount</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Never forget to never compromise safety for ROM! This will also be highlighted throughout.</span>\n<h3>Subscribe To The Biomechanics Education YouTube Channel For More</h3>\nStay tuned for the next few videos which are going to guide you through the steps to getting a better squat. <a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCONlszVeKpExJctWwa9sjUQ?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Make sure you subscribe to the Biomechanics Education youtube channel, just click here to do that!</a>\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2><!-- wp:heading --></h2>\n<h2>Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h2><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></h2>\nThen <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer. Our diploma now includes a Level 4 Low Back Pain Qualification as well!\n<h2><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {\"id\":7922,\"align\":\"center\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} --></h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img class=\"wp-image-7922\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Biomechanics-Coaching-courses-UK-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></a></figure>\n</div>\n<h2><!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></h2>','How To Squat Ass To Grass (A2G) - Project Squat - Part 1','','draft','closed','closed','','how-to-squat-ass-to-grass-a2g-project-squat-part-1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7522',0,'post','',0),(7523,0,'2018-06-18 08:11:23','2018-06-18 08:11:23','','How To Squat Ass To Grass - Project Squat - Part 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','how-to-squat-ass-to-grass-project-squat-part-1','','','2018-06-18 08:11:23','2018-06-18 08:11:23','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/How-To-Squat-Ass-To-Grass-Project-Squat-Part-1-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7527,0,'2018-06-18 14:08:21','2018-06-18 14:08:21','','Biomechanics Coaching - How To Squat Ass To Grass - Project Squat','','inherit','closed','closed','','biomechanics-coaching-how-to-squat-ass-to-grass-project-squat','','','2018-06-18 14:08:21','2018-06-18 14:08:21','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Biomechanics-Coaching-How-To-Squat-Ass-To-Grass-Project-Squat-1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(7591,3,'2018-06-25 20:46:24','2018-06-25 20:46:24','Welcome to part 2 of Project Squat! The ultimate guide to helping you (or your clients) reach new depths in your squat!\n\nIn today\'s article and video, I am going to answer the following questions...\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Does Your Pelvis Function Properly?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How would you know?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is good function anyway?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What exactly is good ‘technique’?</span></li>\n 	<li>How do you test for and then improve pelvic function (see the video)</li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well the pelvis is essentially the centerpiece of our body, the powerhouse of the most amazing organ in the world and yet we should be mindful in this series that we must always consider that it is just one part of an integrated system, since it couldn\'t do its job/s without its counterparts, right!?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your pelvis can only produce propulsion when we walk or run via the use of our lower limbs during the gait cycle also through the movement and velocity of rotation being produced through the spine, combined with the swing phase of our upper limbs.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The integrated system is quite fascinating and still to this day challenges us in terms of its complexities. Everyone TALKS about it but how many practitioners really PRACTISE it in application?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But let’s keep things simple, when you want to stand, sit (squat), walk and run you need some degree of pelvic function. For these movements to feel good or natural and free from pain or discomfort we need GOOD pelvic function.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is evidence that suggests that 60% of dysfunction stems from the pelvis &amp; improving movement at the pelvis has both ascending and descending influences on our function.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So this is why we are starting here.</span>\n<h3><b>How Deep Should Your Squat Be? A2G? </b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is a topic of much debate and yet all of the matters covered in this series must be considered before we can identify an individual’s capacity for which depth is appropriate. While there are many factors that should be taken into consideration, it is my opinion that there should be 2 main determining factors:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1) The pelvis &amp; spine, their health, functional capacity and safe degrees of spinal flexion, extension (we will discuss spine next week)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2) The knee, its health, functional capacity and safe degrees of flexion (see Squat Project A2G - Part 5 The Knee)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultimately if the aim of your squat is to optimise the development of gluteus maximus then they should be performed to full range as demonstrated by Caterisano’s work. Using EMG data it was concluded that as the depth of squatting increases, gluteus maximus activity increases by 9-14% from partial range to full. It was also found that the bicep femoris does not appear to be more active suggesting that a deeper squat would not work this hamstring muscle more than a parallel squat. Bicep femoris shows no more than 2-3% more activity between a partial squat, parallel squat and full squat. (Casterisano et al, 2002)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If however, the goal is to target quadriceps, then a squat depth of 90 degrees appears to be optimal, as shown in several of the studies I have come across Van Eijen et al (1987), Signoile et al (1995), Isear et al (1997), Wretenberg et al (2007). Quadriceps activity will gradually increase during the descent of the squat as the degree of knee flexion increases. However, beyond this point the quads are unlikely to enhance their development. On an EMG it has been demonstrated that the 2 vasti muscles produce 40-50% more activity than rectus femoris (Escamilla et al). Narrow or wide stance has not shown to have any greater or lesser effect upon hamstrings and quadriceps activation. VMO activity does increase during greater knee flexion angles as compared to the VL. (McCaw &amp; Melrose, 1999, Signorile et al,1995).</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rules for spinal alignment during the squat change when you introduce a barbell or resistance. (see Squat Project A2G - Part 3 The Spine)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When asked common questions like “</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">how deep should I squat</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?” we should really be asking a series of questions back before we can even begin to answer with any confidence, starting with ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">why are you asking and what are you trying to achieve</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">?’. Understanding an individuals intrinsic biomechanics will also mean we have a more objective method of analysis to increase confidence in your exercise prescription.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Consider your own reasons for squatting or wanting to improve your squat and this will help you moving forwards.</span>\n<h3><b>What Is (good) Squat Technique?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">My ‘technique’, if you analyse my limb alignment, is actually really out of alignment and many have commented on my photos and videos about what I should do to correct my bad technique. The problem is it is the way my body is stacked up on the inside and a portion of that is joint geometry that I cannot change. However, I am injury and pain free so who cares!?!?!</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Also, you can have amazing ‘technique’ but awful intrinsic biomechanics. This could be an issue waiting to happen. But wait lets define technique…..</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Technique is: </span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure, skill or ability in a particular field, a skillful or efficient way of doing or achieving something </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(online Google dictionary)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We are taught in our industry that knees MUST be inline with toes, backs MUST be rigidly straight and upright, joints MUST not lock out etc. Yet even when watching the ‘best’ athletes in the world you will notice in may cases their ‘technique’ may not be perfect even though they can produce phenomenal outcomes and performance. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However to flip that debate we do need some kind of benchmark when coaching clients movement. There are better joint alignments for force production and performance, however, there are better limb lengths for this too of which we have no choice. (oh to have short femurs like those Chinese Olympic lifters! Lol )</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The challenge for us is what is poor technique and what is poor biomechanics?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes even top athletes carry intrinsic dysfunction, having screened a few they are in the same ‘state’ as the rest of us, probably for the same reasons. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Function over technique every time for long term physical health and performance. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have a client who just can’t seem to squat no matter how many of your great coaching tactics you use, well there is a good chance it could be an intrinsic factor. THIS is what we are looking at here when it comes to improving your squat.</span>\n\n<b>Preparation/Performance </b>\n<h3><b>How To Test &amp; Improve Your Pelvic Function</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https://youtu.be/Z7oSs8sxmk0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Watch the video below</a> to see how to demonstrate not only how to test and improve your pelvic function but also how you might apply strength training to ‘move’ towards a more long term solution to improved pelvic function.</span>\n\nhttps://youtu.be/Z7oSs8sxmk0\n<h3><b>Key Points To Understand To Improve Your Squat</b></h3>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body works as an integrated system</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The body is a master of compensation </span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything can influence your body (mood, shoes, sleep, job, exercise, weather)</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keep it simple, start with the least intrusive interventions first.</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Preparation is much more than a 5 minute treadmill walk/jog</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Beyond 90 Challenge </span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be patient!</span></li>\n</ol>\n</li>\n</ol>\n<ol>\n 	<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Move well, THEN Move more (Gray Cook)</span></li>\n</ol>\n<h3></h3>\n<h3><b>What To Expect In Part 3: The Spine....</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So as you work towards improved pelvic function here is what we will be discussing next time…</span>\n<ul>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How you can test your spinal mobility </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(QL Test, Flexion Test, Thoracic Rotation Test, Extension Test)</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Weak Core fallacy </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Break Points </span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Belts or Not while squatting?</span></li>\n 	<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The weak core fallacy</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finally for those of you who enjoy reading research….</span>\n\n<b>Which Muscles? Front Vs Back Squat</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gullett, et al (2008) did a study looking at which muscles are being used in 2 of these variations. The front squat and the back squat with a high bar position. The 15 healthy individuals had been performing front and back squats on a regular basis for a minimum of 12 months prior to the research. Using EMG to measure specifically the activity of </span><b>rectus</b> <b>femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL) </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><b>vastus medialis (VM)</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, </span><b>bicep</b> <b>femoris (BF) </b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and </span><b>semintendinosus (ST)</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ,and the </span><b>erector spinae (ES),</b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">this was what they found:</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When comparing the differences, the back squat had higher hamstring activity to the front squat. The back squat had lower quadriceps activity in VL and RF. VM was equal in both squats. Front squats had higher activity in the erectors of the spine compared to back squats. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When looking at the data this is how it compared:</span>\n\n<b>EMG                                          Back squat Front squat</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hamstrings (BF &amp; ST)                    Higher Lower</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Quadriceps)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vastus lateralis                               Lower Higher</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rectus femoris                               Lower Higher</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vastus medialis                              Similar Similar</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lower back (erector spinae)           Lower Higher</span>\n\n<b>Biomechanical analysis</b>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Compressive force                          Higher Lower</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Knee extensor moments                 Higher Lower</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shear stress                                   Similar Similar</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conclusion</span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: With less weight, front squatting results in the same muscle activation as back squatting with a bigger weight. BUT using a lesser weight to perform the front squat does mean compressive forces at the knee are going to be lower. This would indicate that those who have knee problems such as ligament damage or meniscus tears, or osteoarthritis, should stick with the front squat since compressive forces can damage knee cartilage.</span>\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2><!-- wp:heading --></h2>\n<h2><!-- wp:heading --></h2>\n<h2>Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h2><!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph --></h2>\nThen <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer. Our diploma now includes a Level 4 Low Back Pain Qualification as well!\n<h2><!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {\"id\":7922,\"align\":\"center\",\"linkDestination\":\"custom\"} --></h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img class=\"wp-image-7922\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Biomechanics-Coaching-courses-UK-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></a></figure>\n</div>\n<h2><!-- /wp:image --></h2>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"></div>\n<h2><!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <!-- /wp:paragraph --></h2>','Project Squat - Part 2 - How To Test For & Improve Your Pelvic Function & How It Affects Your Squat','','draft','closed','closed','','project-squat-part-2-how-to-test-for-improve-your-pelvic-function-how-it-affects-your-squat','','','2024-07-16 11:26:33','2024-07-16 11:26:33','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7591',0,'post','',0),(7592,0,'2018-06-25 14:09:59','2018-06-25 14:09:59','','Project Squat Part 2 - How To Test For And Improve Pelvic Function','','inherit','closed','closed','','project-squat-part-2-how-to-test-for-and-improve-pelvic-function','','','2018-06-25 14:09:59','2018-06-25 14:09:59','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Project-Squat-Part-2-How-To-Test-For-And-Improve-Pelvic-Function-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),(7657,3,'2018-07-02 20:13:21','2018-07-02 20:13:21','Welcome to part 3 of the Squat Project A2G, it\'s really important that you follow along in order, so if you haven\'t looked at the pelvis yet, make sure you go back to part 2 and do that first.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you have done part 2.....Did you get a result with the pelvic test and exercises?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How is your caveman squat looking?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hopefully that has got you started towards freeing off your pelvis and kick started your journey towards improving your squat and therefore you entire movement profile. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Remember we are only just starting out and changing your body’s capacity for movement can take time as it adjusts. Maybe the same as it took time to stiffen up! </span>\n\nNow we are going to move up the body slightly and look at the spine and how that can be affecting your squat.\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn how you can assess your own spine too now?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Read on…</span>\n<h2>How To Assess For Dysfunction In The Spine</h2>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The integrated system is a fascinating and wonderful series of pulleys, levers, sensors that all interconnect to produce movement and physical control. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We should ALWAYS consider this ‘system’ and how it works holistically in any exercise programme, including the squat project. Therefore I will always remind you of this throughout this project and how we believe this system impacts upon your movement profile.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine is made up of lots of vertebrae that create a curving structure and is actually extremely robust. The fact many of us are having trouble with back pain is really more shocking than most realise considering the many details within the spine that are designed to protect us. Shock absorbers, strain gauges sensors, lots and lots of muscles and ligaments specifically designed to allow movement but also to limit it and protect the discs and spinal cord.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The spine sits on top of the pelvis and the joint at which they meet is called the sacroiliac joint (SIJ). This is where the sacrum at the lower spine sits into the 2 ilium that makes up the pelvis thus creating a triangular shaped wedge that should allow a certain amount of movement while also creating stability while we walk, move around and of course squat.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What we have hopefully achieved in The Pelvis section is improved capacity for movement around this joint. However, if the spine isn’t functioning well it can also limit or impede what the pelvis can do due to the descending influence. </span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Note: If your pelvis and thoracic spine are both stiff your movement will have to come from somewhere. This could be one big reason why the lower back/spine is the area most commonly linked to injury and discomfort. </span></i>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So squatting down on your haunches (A2G) every day to look in your lower cupboards it won’t matter if your spine flexes somewhat. This is likely to happen anyway as you get lower down due to the femur (thigh bone) hitting the ilium as you get lower down. Squatting with a wider leg position is likely to reduce the effects of this too. But put simply in an average healthy person it doesn\'t matter if you squat with a flexed spine when there is no load. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact your lumbar spine has more capacity for flexion than any other movement. </span>\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7665\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Ranges-of-movement-in-Lumbar-spine-1024x495.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"495\" />\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BUT</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you add load like a bar across your shoulders with some plates on either end we now need to take into account the compressive forces on top of the spine.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Squatting with a bit of spinal flexion (breakpoint or butt wink maybe?) with a back bar load means you are now increasing risk. If it is just a few times you will likely get away with it, maybe even weeks or months. However, what MAYBE happening inside you will start to grumble and compensate at some point and wear and tear of a joint can\'t be replaced. So ideally stop descending into your loaded squat prior to hitting your ‘breakpoint’.</span>\n<h3><b>What Is The ‘Break Point’ In The Squat And Where Is Yours?</b></h3>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stuart McGill refers to what he calls the ‘</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">break point’</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which he explains is; “..</span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">during squatting, there is a loss of the ‘neutral spine’. </span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This loss of neutral curvature is actually how our spines were designed to move while we were sitting on our haunches when cooking, eating or performing tasks on the floor. In some countries this is still the case and in fact, these natives seem to have a very low incidence of low back pain.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We also know from McGill’s work, and others, that each of the facet joints in the lumbar region allows a range of 5-8mm of flexion/extension and 1-5 mm of lateral flexion. This gives a total of about 45-50 degrees of forward flexion from a fully extended position, that we could call safe at the lumbar spine when squatting without resistance. Once we add some resistance, a barbell, for example, this adds a compressive load onto these facet joints, whose main role is to stop excessive movement of the spine.  This movement restriction protects the discs, and reduces their vulnerability and their risk of wear and tear. Consider a healthy, symmetrically stacked and robust spine and this compressive load is pretty safe, now imagine if you have asymmetry, any mechanical dysfunction or improper technique affecting the spines movement capacity and the risk increases further. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So you can see how actually there is much to consider when performing the squat with any kind of load on the spine if we are to maintain a healthy trunk long term.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When considering the forces imposed upon the spine McGill states that:</span>\n\n<i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">“when a more neutral lordotic posture is adopted, the extensor musculature is responsible for creating the extensor moment and at the same time provides a posterior shear force that supports the anterior shearing action of gravity on the upper body and handheld load……Thus, using muscle to support the moment neutral posture rather than being fully flexed with ligaments supporting the moment greatly reduces shear loading</span></i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">” </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What McGill means is the shear force is the force that causes one vertebra to move forwards (or backwards) in relation to the one above or the below and increases the pressure on the intervertebral discs and facet joints. Therefore minimising these shear forces by correct alignment during squatting is more important.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Do you struggle to maintain an upright posture when squatting with or without the bar?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to have a more freely moving spine?</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you like to learn how to test your own spines function?</span>\n<h3><b>Watch this video for lateral flexion, flexion, extension and rotation test...</b></h3>\nhttps://youtu.be/xGmd1gsUhKs\n\nSo get to assessing for and improving any dysfunction in the spine and see if you can start taking your squat to great depths.\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-7666\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Range-of-movement-at-each-spinal-segment-817x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"528\" height=\"662\" />\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Would You Like To Be Able To Reduce Your Clients Risk Of Injury, &amp; Help Them Get Even Better Results?</h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want to be able to help your clients move better, move more freely and get even better results on their programmes?</h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then <a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click here to find out more about our Biomechanics Coach Diploma</a> and how it could help you become an even better personal trainer.</p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https://biomechanicseducation.clickfunnels.com/biomechanics-coach-l4-low-back\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5155\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Biomechanics-Coach&#x2122;-Practical-Assessment-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" /></a></p>','Project Squat A2G: Part 3 - How To Assess For Dysfunction In The Spine','','draft','closed','closed','','project-squat-part-3-how-to-assess-for-dysfunction-in-the-spine','','','2024-07-16 11:26:32','2024-07-16 11:26:32','',0,'https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/?p=7657',0,'post','',0),(7661,0,'2018-07-02 14:24:45','2018-07-02 14:24:45','','Project Squat Part 3 - How To Test For And Improve Spine Dysfunction','','inherit','closed','closed','','project-squat-part-3-how-to-test-for-and-improve-spine-dysfunction','','','2018-07-02 14:24:45','2018-07-02 14:24:45','',0,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Project-Squat-Part-3-How-To-Test-For-And-Improve-Spine-Dysfunction-1.png',0,'attachment','image/png',0),