<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 understand about ‘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>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">The entire nervous system, is a single continuous tract, so it follows that if any part of this continuous tract 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 joint 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 spasm 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>
<h3><strong>Just How Much Can The Nervous System Affect Performance?</strong></h3>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">We know this happens from research performed at Liverpool Hope University College and studies there demonstrate astonishing results. </span>
<blockquote><span style="font-weight: 400;">One experiment showed that a muscle can increase its force output by 14% after a brief preliminary nerve warm-up (just one 15 second workout using this concept).</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Another experiment showed that by following the same concept a 2 minute programme performed daily for 10 days increases muscle output by over 50%! </span></blockquote>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">Remember in most cases we are not even aware we have a problem, but even so you can still achieve these remarkable results. Just imagine what these figures could do you for your performance in your sport, squatting or indeed, on a sedentary level, how the fatigue relief can help after a hard day at the office. </span>
<h3><strong>So How Do We Now Approach Exercise Programming?</strong></h3>
<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 do not give credit for the full implications of the programming. </span>
<h4>How The Hamstring Could Be Affected...</h4>
<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>

<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. <strong>So we are trying to acquire a pattern of movement, not just stretching the hamstrings. </strong></span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Young fit people who have sustained both mild and more serious injuries (in the past) requiring surgery from problems that are the type of problems that occur from nerve tension.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Calf and hamstring injuries are both commonly caused by a tight sciatic nerve for example.  The muscles provide a protective spasm to the nerve during movement and if stretched or loaded sufficiently the muscles can spasm enough to cause themselves to tear, or cramp up - which can FEEL like a tear.  By mobilising the nerve it releases the tension in the muscles and reduces the likelihood of this happening.</span>
<h4>What About The Overhead Squat...</h4>
<span style="font-weight: 400;">The same principle applies to ALL nerves.  In the OH squat, if the median nerve is tight it will reduce the amount the squatter can abduct and extend the arms over head while balancing a load in their hands.  This would be due to the muscle spasm that builds up to try and protect the inflexible nerve. The greater the muscle spasm (which is unbeknown to the squatter as its SUB clinical at this point) the more he'll try and force his shoulder turn, which in turn increases the tension etc etc.  The key to a sound and reproducible OH squat is to reduce any tension in the movement, so as to help with performance. So by mobilising the median nerve, we are helping with ALL of the above.</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Do YOU have any of the above mentioned movement problems?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Would YOU like to learn how to test and mobilise your nerves?</span>

<span style="font-weight: 400;">Would YOU like to learn how to reduce injury risk while increase performance levels in your squat?</span>

Then start by watching the video below....

https://youtu.be/IHKZ6Jeted0

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