(38849,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','<b>The Integrated System</b> has been not only discussed but also sung about since I was little. For example I knew the <i>thigh bone connected to the hip bone and hip bone connected to the back bone</i>… (you know the song)\n\nBut I didn’t appreciate it like I have since becoming a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Specialist Biomechanics Coach™</a> and this is the one of the biggest differences between <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaches™</a> and other professionals. So while other professionals TALK about the body being an <b>Integrated System</b>, here I would like to explain exactly what that means to those in the <i>intrinsic biomechanics</i> world and why I believe others talk about it but don’t actually practice it, and why.\n\nGenerally we only seek help when we have a problem otherwise, <i>why would we pay for advice?</i> is the general attitude right. We service and MOT our cars regularly (by law in fact) and yet we can buy a new car!\n\nWhat about our precious bodies?\n\nWell when we have an injury or some pain we automatically go to the locally recommended therapist, osteopath, chiropractor, physio, sports therapist or even your GP to find out what the injury or pain is, since they are <i>clinically </i>trained and understand how to ‘treat’ the <i>site of pain</i> or injury. Commonly they will then advise you what to do, maybe give you some kind of manual therapy treatment to improve the symptoms at the site of the problem to reduce the effects of the injury and generally try to make you more comfortable.\n\nSo if you are injured from a <i>trauma</i> then it is advisable to seek these professionals services for it because when there is a pathology, this is probably the most sensible way to go.\n\nYet there are many more cases of ‘low grade’ aches, pains and niggles that are <i>insidious</i> and do not fit into this category. The low grade insidious aches and pains we experience from our daily lifestyles are NOT really ‘injuries’ as they don’t always fit into this category of pathological or clinical changes. However this leaves many professionals with a <i>subjective </i>view of where injury has come from; one cause could be from sitting at a desk all day, for example. Yet there are those who sit at a desk without problems, so if it were simply the act of sitting at a desk, would we not all experience exactly the same low grade aches and pains while sitting at our desks?\n\nSo while I agree that the act of sitting at a desk can contribute, ultimately it is the individuals <i>intrinsic biomechanics </i>(part of which is the neuro-musculoskeletal system) that compensates for being static for too long when we are designed to move, maybe like hunter gatherers.  This can then cause the body to ‘grumble’ at the fact we have just been sitting and not using those hip muscles for 8 hrs giving us muscle spasm which tethers nerves and stiffens joints or any variation of those dysfunctions. These issues may initiate without pain but over time become more uncomfortable.\n\n<b>What happens if you gain mechanical compensations like this? </b>\n\nWell, this can happen in any order, but the muscle spasm might pull on a joint abnormally causing the loading to change in a subtle way that over time irritates the tissues and eventually, over time, causing areas to ache a little. If left unaddressed these low grade aches can become much more painful and eventually can result in a what is often thought of as a secondary injury.\n\n<b>How do we categorise injuries?</b>\n\nWell, there are a few ways, but as <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaches™</a>, we like the work of Sahramann when she breaks them down into 2 sections.  One is the <b>PathoKinesiology Model.</b>  This is where the injury (or pathology) causes abnormal movement and this is then picked up on a movement screen as a protective movement pattern.  The other category is the <b>KinesioPathology </b>Model where the movement causes abnormal loading on structures and it is this that causes the pathology (injury).  In these cases any abnormal movements are really compensatory movements, rather than protective movement patterns.\n\nSo, when a movement coach screens a client to look at any abnormal movements, they can not be sure of whether they are looking at a protective or compensatory movement pattern and of course its essential to understand which it is.  If it’s a pathology causing the abnormal movement, then the pathology needs to be dealt with first, but if it’s the movement causing the pathology, it’s the movement that needs to be dealt with first.  Unfortunately from a movement screen, you don’t know which is which.\n\nWith an <b><i>intrinsic </i></b><i>biomechanical</i> screen, it doesn’t matter which came first, as all we are doing is providing the <b>capacity</b> for whatever ‘normal movement’ is for that client.  We are not directly trying to ‘artificially’ change the movement, we are merely providing the building blocks for whatever pattern suits that individual.  This approach truly understands The Integrated System and compliments all other movement specialists work, as we are helping the client to be able to perform the movement patterns as directed by them.  This enables them to provide their movement correction exercises with on more stable biomechanical platform.\n\nSo, do other professionals understand <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">The Integrated System</a>?\n\nYes of course they do, but the <b><i>intrinsic </i></b><i>biomechanics</i> approach is unique and is very complimentary to other approaches.\n\nBut what do you think?','They SAY It But Do They \'Practice\' It?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1365-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','',1365,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38849',0,'revision','',0),(38850,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','Laura Walker has been nominated as Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month!\n\nWe do notice what ALL of our Biomechanics Coaches™ do that are actively promoting healthy lifestyles and ways to improve movement. We wanted to share Laura’s story with you as she is making a real difference with her wonderfully positive and motivational attitude.\n\nThank you Laura, for doing your part in getting the UK moving more freely up north in wonderful Aberdeen!\n\nLaura says…\n\n<i>In June 2015 I was delighted, and relieved, to qualify as a Biomechanics Coach™. Hooray!! </i>\n\n<i>When I was in school, I enjoyed the friendships much more than the school work, so I knew (as did my dad, to his frustration) I ‘could do better\', but I just wasn\'t interested, I was more interested in other things. </i>\n\n<i>Biomechanics Education came to my attention because it was presenting different fitness information. I\'m fascinated with how the body works and how everything is linked. Biomechanics Education gave me this important missing piece of the jigsaw. Despite my best attempts in school to do very little I have actually spent a lifetime learning and Biomechanics Education filled the gaping gaps that had been left by all of my specialist training. </i>\n\n<i>Now I am using Biomechanics Coaching™ &amp; iMoveFreely® with the older adult to improve fitness, strength &amp; balance and their quality of life. Over the last 20 years I have qualified in many fitness disciplines. As a specialist instructor with the older adult (my oldest client is 92) my oldest client in my aerobics class is 84!</i>\n\n<b><i>Where will I be in 10 yeasts time?</i></b>\n\n<i>Well to start with, I will be 63 by then so I\'m hoping I will be retired. But, with a little hard work, maybe not completely. My daughter has joined me in the business this year, which I am delighted about. We are currently working with business mentors to change how we work.</i>\n\n<b><i>To anyone THINKING of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™, THINK no more!!</i></b><i> Take action and invest the time, energy and money. The investment you make in your education, your confidence and your business is more than worth it.</i>\n\n<b><i>My Personal Achievements:</i></b>\n\n<i>Has to be my family. My husband took me to the Queens garden party at Hollyrood Palace this summer. </i>\n\n<i>I have watched my son play rugby for Scotland three years running. </i>\n\n<i>And, my two eldest girls took me to St James\'s Palace last week to collect their Duke of Edinburgh gold award,(and spoke to the duke himself.) </i>\n\n<i>Behind every great man....(or family!)</i>\n\n<b><i>My sporting achievements:</i></b>\n\n<i>These are a few: I played badminton for my university, (when I was there, </i><b><i>many</i></b><i> years ago). I Spent 10 years playing this great game. But I started with fitness in the 70\'s when it was known as Keep Fit and I was a large 10 year old girl. I loved the music, enjoyed being active as it was something I could do, and the fun we had as a group. Nothing much has changed then!!! </i>\n\n<b><i>My Career achievements: </i></b>\n\n<i>Last year I won my very first business award. It has been the highlight of my business career. I deliver fitness to what is termed \'Specialist Populations\' and so work with charities who support people back to work following long term illness or injury, adults with special needs, people who suffer stroke, MS, diabetes and more. </i>\n\n<i>The work I am most proud of is when I worked with NHS Grampian Diabetes department. At the time, the D&amp;O qualification did not exist. I wrote a training programme, delivered it to local instructors and organised a GP referral program throughout NHS Grampian for people with diabetes to receive an exercise and education session, delivering lifestyle and diabetes management and nutritional information. </i>\n\n<i>It\'s still in place today, 10 years later. </i>\n\n<b><i>Something nobody knows about me?</i></b><i> </i>\n\n<i>Some people know I speak Welsh, but few people know it was my first language. I grew up speaking Welsh, and all my education was through the medium of Welsh. I was fortunate to attend the only bi-lingual comprehensive school in Wales, at the time. </i>\n\nFinally Laura says..\n\n<i>Having had several success stories this one is the most poignant…</i>\n\n<i>This year I presented an exercise lecture at the Arthritis UK conference in Manchester. </i>\n\n<i>Those in attendance present with arthritis amongst other health conditions and pain is the one thing that\'s constant. We know as Biomechanics Coaches™ how the anti spasms have the potential help. I was fortunate enough to follow an arthritis consultant lecture. He had just used the same words and phrases Biomechanics Coaches™ use, which helped me to engage my audience with the exercise I was recommending. </i>\n\n<i>His lecture informed the audience:  if you live with pain for 6 weeks or more you\'ll change your movement pattern. This change will cause strain, and disfunction of muscles. </i>\n\n<i>In my session I then reiterated this information and added: if you perform these anti spasms, muscle function is likely to improve and the strengthening exercise will support this, thus contributing to relieving the discomfort of arthritis. </i>\n\n<i>I had a great response from the group after the session. People came up to me after class and generally commented how great they felt. However, two ladies waited till the other delegates had left to came to speak with me. They both said:  \'I  can honestly say that was superb. I\'ve not felt like this for years. I\'m amazed how well I can move\'. </i>\n\n<i>That for me was was job satisfaction. I was so pleased to be able to help those suffering long term pain to feel great. Job done!</i>\n\n<i>Thanks</i>\n\n<i>Laura</i>\n\n<i>&#x1f60a;</i>\n\n<b>Want to learn what Laura\'s missing link was?</b><b>\n</b><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE HERE </a>\n\n&nbsp;','Have You Found Your Missing Link?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1361-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','',1361,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38850',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `6m7_posts` VALUES (38851,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','Walking down the street, training at the gym, watching girls teeter in high heels on a night out or walking knock kneed and 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.\n\nNOOOO I’m not a voyeuristic person (HONEST I never watch reality TV - well not regularly anyway!!) but I am a geek when it comes to watching human movement and analysing physical variations in our body types and the way we move because of those variations.\n\nWhy does THAT happen? Why do THEY walk THAT way?\n\nBeing on holiday the examples of our differences are more obvious with less clothing and what I noticed while on holiday this year was that we really should..\n\n<i>..Embrace OUR Genetics!</i>\n\nHaving 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...\n\nIt really does emphasise human movement variations and of course the variations of aesthetics.\n\nIt 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!\n\nBUT\n\n..in MY opinion using aesthetics as THE goal is possibly not the best way to plan exercising programmes even if that is ultimately the end goal. Creating a goal that is health and/or fitness related will of course still result in improved aesthetics based on YOUR body type, YOUR frame and YOUR 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.\n\n(Here I am talking about the average client as oppose to competitive body builders of course, since body building is an aesthetically judged competition rather than health and fitness being the goal)\n\nThere 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 birth marks that no on else in the world has!\n\nThere is a huge variety of long OR short soleus calf muscles above feet that turn out OR turn in OR <i>flick</i> 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, <i>baggy</i> triceps and bulging ones.\n\nSeriously imagine if we ALL actually looked the same!!! BOOOOOOORRRRIIING!!!\n\nTHEN as PT’s, Fitness instructors, exercise professionals and even therapists we get frustrated that we struggle to understand why people move the way they do.\n\nBUT WE ARE ALL DIFFERENT!\n\nSo of course this will be a challenge for anyone trying to apply a system to human movement…\n\nNO ONE SYSTEM WORKS FOR EVERYONE!\n\nSo we should receive education that embraces the differences between us all rather than EXPECTS us ALL to 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.\n\nYOU do KNOW the MORE you know the LESS you know, right?\n\nSo 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.\n\nWELL did you know you already learnt one of the simplest and applicable methods to analyse human movement (without any fancy equipment) as an exercise professional?\n\nYUP\n\nGroup Action of Muscles is what we call our <i>movement analysis</i> study section in the Spine Biomechanics 2 day CPD workshop, that is part of our Biomechanics Coach™ workshop series. This is where we take our learners back to their A&amp;P training, which often gets forgotten due to 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 this is disguised by lots of soft tissue (muscle, fat, fascia, nerves, skin etc) covering the skeletal system which is the part of the anatomy we use to understand those joint actions.\n\nThis L3 A&amp;P knowledge is the minimum <b>pre requisite</b> for accessing our academy at the appropriate level to understand the screening system we teach. BUT it is very rare that a learner has really come in and easily nailed this session. Yet it is what we are taught right at the beginning of our training!\n\nHere are the reasons professionals give for attending our CPD workshops:\n\n<i>I want to understand the body and movement better </i>\n\n<i>I want to learn more about the anatomy </i>\n\n<i>I want to understand how we move on the inside</i>\n\n<i>I want to understand why people move badly</i>\n\n<i>I want to understand how to help people move better</i>\n\n<i>I want to understand why they ache hurt get injured</i>\n\nIf we remembered out level 3 A&amp;P we would already have many of these skills and be more confident. We also hear…\n\n<i>“but I never use this language with my client!?”</i>\n\n<i>agonist </i>\n\n<i>antagonist </i>\n\n<i>synergists</i>\n\n<i>dynamic stabilisers </i>\n\n<i>fixators</i>\n\n<i>abduction</i>\n\n<i>adduction </i>\n\n<i>rotation </i>\n\n<i>flexion </i>\n\n<i>extension </i>\n\n..of course, me neither !! BUT if we talk to <i>each other</i> this way then at least we can enhance our recall AND memory of it.\n\nSadly 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!\n\nWe are expected to achieve so much when it comes to improving movement when we cannot even work out the WHY from WHAT we see.\n\nClients 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 going on, eh!\n\nPreviously we didn\'t feel we had REASON TO REMEMBER our A&amp;P.\n\nIn our academy we GIVE YOU REASONS to remember your anatomy which gives you increased confidence when watching your clients move.\n\nSo while embracing our differences, lets start getting serious about understanding human movement and improving confidence in movement and of course function.\n\nRemember NO ONE IS PERFECT …that would be SO dull!\n\nThe Spine Biomechanics workshop includes WAAAAAY more than just movement analysis by the way!!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/spinal-biomechanics-3/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','Embrace YOUR Genetics! -  I Confess - I’m A Geek!!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1358-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:35','2024-07-16 11:26:35','',1358,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38851',0,'revision','',0),(38852,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Do YOU wish you knew an easy way to recall muscle attachments?\n\nDo YOU wish there was a CPD that could help you understand the anatomy better from the INSIDE?\n\nWould you like to study human movement and how to improve it with your clients?\n\nAre you INSTINCTIVELY prescribing certain exercises BUT unsure if they are actually right for THAT client?\n\nWell we are confident we can help you with our CPD\'s but we asked Mark Blower, one of our previous learners this question...\n\n<b>What would your advice be to anyone thinking of joining our academy or even becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?</b>\n\n<i>\"Simple.. just do it! </i>\n\n<i>My experience is that it’s a real “through the looking glass” moment once you start with Biomechanics Education, and often it will challenge you and possibly some of your long held beliefs, but you will come out of it the other end on a completely different level as a fitness professional. So do it, keep your mind open and your notepad and pencil handy!\"</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">LIKE THIS?</a>','Are YOU a PT who wishes they could remember their A&P?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1353-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1353,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38852',0,'revision','',0),(38853,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<b>How far would YOU travel? </b>\n\n<b>How much would YOU pay?</b>\n\n<b>What lengths would YOU go to...to find answers?</b>\n\nLet me give you some examples of how much Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122; are in demand and the lengths people will go to find us.\n\nNigel McHolland was one of our first learners many years ago and has also previously been our of the Month. Based in Scotland he practices a blend of skills including Sports and Remedial Massage and he is Strength and Conditioning Coach. So is he just like many of YOU reading this now.\n\nWhat sets Nigel apart is his SYSTEM. The ability to objectively analyse, assess, screen, deduce and monitor which then allows him to understand which skills to apply, when to apply them, how to create an extremely bespoke and personalised exercise programme AND also when to refer to someone else, for each one of his clients.\n\nWe LOVE to stay in touch with people like Nigel, and as many of the people who train with us as possible, because WE are united in our common goal of <i>improving human movement </i>and helping the nation be <i>free to move </i>(and because they are really cool, nice people!)\n\nAnyway Nigel emailed me the other day to share an experience with me and with his permission I want to share it with you because THIS is the REALLY AWESOME sort of thing WE get to experience as Biomechanics Coaches&#x2122;...\n\n<i>Hi Rach,</i>\n\n<i>Below is a testimonial from my Swiss client that visited me for a week recently. Some amazing results!!</i>\n\n<i>Nigel...</i>\n\n<i>Testimonial</i>\n\n<i>“I’m not a prolific reviewer, but I feel compelled to break cover. While on my way to Gullane to see Nigel, sitting on a plane from Switzerland to Edinburgh after having booked a B&amp;B for 5 nights, I thought to myself, “What am I doing? Am I crazy”.  I lead a relatively active life and had become frustrated with little niggles, discomfort and dissatisfaction pursuing the conventional route of doctors, physios, chiros, osteopaths, self-proclaimed wonder programs. Having discovered the world of podcasts, I heard Nigel being interviewed by Christopher Kelly </i><a href=\"http://t.co/pIOtlSUrOh\"><i>http://t.co/pIOtlSUrOh</i></a><i> and it so happens that my one leg was also functionally shorter. I was very interested, but the system he described had not reached Switzerland yet, so after an initial phone call I booked my ticket and accommodation allowing for 3 rapid fire sessions. The system is very simple, but voodoo-like amazing. The mystery quickly clears with Nigel’s anatomical explanations, but the result does not. He is also very open and accommodating to my uneducated diagnosis and clearly has a wealth of knowledge and experience. On the plane back to Switzerland, I felt equipped to manage and even regress my anatomical imbalances and to date my progress is very much upward. In hind sight I would have done this as a first resort, but then again I probably would not have appreciated the simple, yet powerful system. Ps. I didn’t bring my family along, but this trip has opened my eyes as a holiday destination and if you’re into Golf, Gullane has a pilgrimage feel to it.”      </i>\n\nSo if you are thinking about sampling our courses email me rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\n\n&nbsp;','\"AM I CRAZY?\"','','inherit','closed','closed','','1350-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1350,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38853',0,'revision','',0),(38854,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','This Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month nomination is the fantastic Lorna Wilson!\n\nShe is spreading the word internationally over in Amsterdam and we speak regularly every month to discuss all things \'intrinsically biomechanical\' amongst the things.\n\nLorna\'s nomination is not only for flying the Biomechanics Coach™ flag internationally but also for staying so committed and actively up to date even from so far away. She really does an awesome job with her clients - see her case study below.\n\n<b>What made you choose Biomechanics Coaching™?</b>\n\n<i>I felt that I was missing something in my personal training and doing the Biomechanics Coaching™ qualification was suggested by another Personal Trainer.  I jumped right in!</i>\n\n<b>What do you specialise in outside of Biomechanics Coaching™?</b>\n\n<i>I am a personal trainer and mostly trained more with people who had either never trained or hadn\'t trained for a long time.  Often this would be in the own house where they felt most comfortable and also outside.  People who needed a little bit more TLC to get them started.  Also, when I started this job in Amsterdam I worked with a lot of Expats.  At that time personal training wasn\'t very common.  Now I am working more with people like myself who are into running and triathlon.</i>\n\n<b>Where would you like to see yourself in ten years from now?</b>\n\n<i>I would like to have made Biomechanics Coaching™ more known in Amsterdam especially in the endurance world.  Also, I would like to have clients coming from all round the country as they have heard how amazing I am!</i>\n\n<b>What would be your advice to somebody thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?</b>\n\n<i>It is a very powerful tool to add to what you are currently doing.  I feel so much more confident in how I can help my clients than I have ever done before.  </i>\n\n<b>On the journey to where you are now what has been your achievements?</b>\n\n<i>• Personal - Successfully moving away from corporate life and being less stressed and loving what I do</i>\n\n<i>• Sporting - Despite currently planning to run Boston Marathon completing my first marathon still remains one of my sporting highlights.</i>\n\n<i>• Career highs - Being asked to talk at a conference for women doing triathlon.  It really made me feel I had made it even though the conference never went ahead :(</i>\n\n<b>Tell us a secret or something interesting about you that not many people know about</b>\n\n<b>you: </b> <i>I\'ve lived in the Netherlands for more than 14 years and still take Dutch lessons!</i>\n\nFancy joining Lorna in raising the profile of Biomechanics Coaching™Amsterdam? or anywhere?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\"><b>2017 dates are LIVE and the waiting list is immense!</b><b>\n</b><b>Register your interest QUICK!</b></a>\n\nHere is one of Lorna\'s case studies;  <a href=\"http://wilsonsworkouts.nl/success-of-a-runner/\">http://wilsonsworkouts.nl/success-of-a-runner/</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Less Stress in Amsterdam!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1346-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1346,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38854',0,'revision','',0),(38855,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','A ToroPro!\n\nLearn how on this kinesiology taping course with one of The Movement Convention\'s resident international presenters, Mike Grice of Movement Therapy Clinics.\n\nMike was proud to represent Biomechanics Coaches™ throughout the world when he presented 3 workshops on <i>\'Biomechanics Screening for Lumbo-Pelvic Dysfunction\'</i> at the IOC World Conference for injury prevention in Monaco with Dr Marie-Elaine Grant.\n\nHe is also an exceptional Master Trainer and teacher of therapies amongst our things.\n\nExperience Mike\'s classroom first hand\n\nNovember 16th 10am-4pm\n\nBirmingham Movement Therapy Clinic\n\nHarbourne\n\nLearn how to tape the ToroPro way..\n\n<a href=\"http://www.birminghammovementtherapy.co.uk/active-skills/\">BOOK HERE</a>','Kinesio Tape Like A \'Pro\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','1342-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1342,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38855',0,'revision','',0),(38856,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','You want to move more freely, right?\n\nYour clients want to move more freely too, don\'t they?\n\nIn fact, do you know anyone who doesn\'t want to move more freely?\n\nIn many cases, moving more freely also = less pain\n\nIt really isn\'t that complicated to be honest but we do need to consider WHY we/our clients seem to be suffering so much with our movement. Even as fitness/exercise professionals WE often find the hectic lives we lead reduce the time we spend on ourselves and even WE need to regain responsibility for our own physical health to set an example to our clients.\n\nConsidering the average healthy adult (that includes YOU) spends a high proportion of their time (certainly compared to 50 years ago) either sitting at a desk, driving, travelling or hunched over phones for example, it’s no surprise we are suffering these low grade non specific aches and niggles, is it!? Our hips are forgetting they are capable of more than 90 degrees of flexion and our thoracic spine rarely seems to find extension these days.\n\nSo by setting an example to our clients and taking ownership, making a few small changes to OUR own lifestyles (and maybe some bigger ones for some of us too) we can reduce OUR risk of injury, while teaching our clients AND feel the benefits of the freedom of movement with these 6 really simple tips:\n\n<strong>1). See a skilled professional who can assess your intrinsic function BEFORE you have a problem</strong>\n\nNot to be confused with seeing a medical professional who\'s job is to assess medical conditions, find someone who understands intrinsic function like a Biomechanics Coach™, a Movement Specialist or Instructor who specialise in teaching you how to improve your movement .\n\n<strong>2). Do What They Say</strong>\n\nSimple = Own it!\n\nThe information they give you is what you are paying for, TRUST them!\n\nYOU’RE in the state YOU’RE in because of YOUR lifestyle.\n\n<strong>3). Get A Good Sports ‘Style’ Massage Regularly</strong>\n\nFind a good massage therapist and have a massage regularly - the good ones are the ones with a great reputation, they are NOT the cheapest!! You get what you pay for.\n\n<strong>4). Stop Carrying Your Bag On The Same Side</strong>\n\nWe 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!\n\nGo shopping and get a trolley bag or a rucksack!\n\n<strong>5). Burn All Your \'Fashion\' Footwear!</strong>\n\nOk a tough one (specially for the ladies who like to party maybe) but I guess the question is this \"how much fun you gonna have sitting at home crippled with back pain looking ago those pretty high heels in the bottom of your wardrobe?\"\n\nAlso not all shoes are good for ALL feet.\n\nGet 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, lets call them \'finger\' shoes (you know the ones I mean), ballet pumps or converse.\n\n<strong>6). Move More!</strong>\n\nKind of an obvious one but one we still forget once sucked onto 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!\n\nInvest in a raised laptop stand onto of your desk so you can stand (this made a huge difference for me) so your hip muscles of permanently active. Or simply put your keyboard on a stack of books sometimes.\n\nFor more information on what a Biomechanics Coach™ prescribes <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">READ HERE</a>\n\nWe NEED YOU !\n\nDemand is increasing rapidly for this skill set so we need more Biomechanics Coaches™ around the UK!\n\nIs it you?\n\nDo you have what it takes?\n\nAre you prepared to take your profession to another level?\n\nDo you want to become part of a strong inter-professional team?\n\nBecome a Biomechanics Coaches™ <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE </a>','6 Tips GUARANTEED To Improve Your Intrinsic Biomechanics!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1337-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1337,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38856',0,'revision','',0),(38857,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<ul>\n 	<li>Do you have clients who just can\'t move very well?</li>\n 	<li>Do they stretch regularly but still don\'t improve their posture or movement?</li>\n 	<li>Do you wish you had something new in your tool box?</li>\n 	<li>Do you wish you knew more about how to help clients with movement \'issues\'?</li>\n</ul>\nWhat if I suggested to you that not all muscles only need to be stretched and that more often than not muscles may require a low level contraction to improve function? If you have never heard of subclinical muscle spasm or Post Contraction Sensory Discharge please do read on....\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-26985\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/shutterstock_1054776068-scaled-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"755\" height=\"296\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b>Question</b>: What is muscle spasm?<i> …’A muscle that cannot relax’ , </i>Dvorak</span></h2>\nRibot-Ciscar et al has established that a muscle relaxes maximally after it has been contracted sub-maximally and for a prolonged period. He refers to it as <i>Post Contraction Sensory Discharge. </i>\n\nThe anti-spasm, or 20/20 muscle energy technique (M.E.T) as we refer to it (20% effort muscle contraction held for 20 seconds), is described below by E. Ribot-Ciscar, M. F. Tardy-Gervet, J. P. Vedel and J. P. Roll.\n<blockquote><i>Summary</i><i> “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”....they found that “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 alpha and gamma motoneurones during the contraction facilitates the coding of the parameters of forthcoming stretching movements, by the muscle spindles”. </i></blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\nSo in other words the M.E.T exercises like the 4 Sign or Leg Press, allow the muscle to stretch easier after the ‘contraction’, and consequently <b>improves the overall function</b> of the muscle.\n\nNo single method will help all ‘types’ of muscle spasm of course, this is one of many ways that can help. What this technique is great for is a great way to provide your clients with a method that they can help themselves so they’re don’t become reliant on their therapist or trainer. It’s something to empower them to have control over their own movement limitations between sessions with their practitioner.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><strong><img class=\"wp-image-25128 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/shutterstock_1520541617-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"231\" /></strong></span></h2>\n<h2>Muscle in subclinical spasm</h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What it is?</strong></span>: A muscle in spasm is one that cannot relax in other words it is in a state of constant contraction (tension).</span></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Why?</span>: Usually because it’s trying to protect something (a joint or nerve perhaps) or its being loaded from another biomechanical problem remote from that muscle.</span></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Management?:</span> Helped by M.E.T\'s and maybe massage techniques.</span></h2>\n</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Muscle that is \'tight\'</h2>\n<blockquote>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>What it is?</b></span>: A short/inflexible muscle (tight) is one that is not in spasm, it is merely shorter in length than it was</span></h2>\n<img class=\"wp-image-23770 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/shutterstock_1176407491-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"172\" height=\"230\" />\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> intended (or needs) to be.</span></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Why?</b></span>: Often adaptive shortening caused by adapting to inactivity, lack of use through full range, poor posture or poor technique.</span></h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Management?</b></span>: Helped by stretching techniques, some massage techniques may also help.</span></h2>\n</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<blockquote>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><b><img class=\"wp-image-23141 alignleft\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/shutterstock_383061178-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"271\" /></b></span></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Tardeau and Tarbury in the late 90’s found that up to 40% of a muscle can change its composition if its been in spasm for more than 6 weeks to become more tendon-like (none contractile) to avoid the muscle having to exert energy to contract the muscle to protect (a joint for example). </span></em></h2>\n<h2><em><span style=\"color: #808080;\">If the muscle is fibrotic, it requires less effort and therefore is less susceptible to fatigue, it is a body’s way of compensating and being ‘efficient’; not always productive or effective though as its painful of course.</span></em></h2>\n<h2></h2>\n</blockquote>\n&nbsp;\n\n<hr />\n\n<h2></h2>\n<h2>Finally..</h2>\nRibot-Ciscar et al refers to a muscle relaxing optimally after a prolonged sub maximal contractions. Jiri Dvorak (Neuroscientist &amp; FIFA Chief Medical Officer) refers to <i>Post Contraction Sensory Discharge</i>. Ribot-Ciscar looked at human muscle spindle primary endings 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. This physiology has not been shown to be present in a ‘tight’ muscle.\n<h2>Would you like to learn more about techniques like this?</h2>\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a></h1>','Post-contraction Sensory Discharge','','inherit','closed','closed','','1333-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1333,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38857',0,'revision','',0),(38858,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','..if you didn\'t attend The Movement Convention,\n\nWHERE WERE YOU?!\n\nTMC16 was BUZZING!\n\nSocial media STILL IS!!\n\nThe entire even has been such a massive success, social media has been going nuts, I am literally floating and still feel quite emotional.\n\nThis awesome event began in 2014 and really has evolved since our debut! With twice as many attendees and such a fantastic line up of presenters we completely nailed it this year!\n\nI am not sure where to begin to describe this amazing experience but I will have a go with the help of the attendee feedback…\n\nFirstly Friday saw the gathering of the Biomechanics Education Master Trainers for our annual standardisation meeting. Some of these guys drove for 3hrs to attend a 3hr conference only to then drive back 3hrs to service their clients. THIS is the commitment and calibre of trainers we take on!\n\nWith such talent in front of me all feeling passionately about spreading the word and ethos of our academy I felt moved AND responsible. This special team are going to be delivering even more of our education programmes moving into 2017 -\n\nRead on to hear about those already representing us by presenting at TMC16!\n\nThen Friday afternoon saw the largest national gathering of Biomechanics Coaches™, who ravelled from Cumbria, Amsterdam, Dorset, Bristol, Norfolk and all the corners of the UK for a private mentoring session;\n\n<b>Chris Wright</b> - A business mentoring guru who\'s energy infected us all as he shared his skills with humour and vitality\n\nAND\n\n<b>Martin Haines</b> delivered an inclusive and very advanced Movement Analysis session that took our programming to the next level while confirming the INTEGRATED SYSTEM approach that Biomechanics Coaching™ is.\n\nFriday evening was a bit of a social at the Universities, Burleigh Court for a few drinks! Some of whom took great advantage of!\n\nBUT\n\nTMC16 was what it was really all about and so Saturday began at 7am at Loughborough University as the SSSPA crew arrived to help get us set up!\n\n<b>Amber Keats</b>, events manager, was cool as a cucumber organising things as I ran round like a headless chicken, not much use to anyone!\n\nAmber - is an outstanding example of both a stunningly skilled professional AND flipping awesome friend.\n\nEverything apparently fell into place pretty easily although I shouldn\'t have been surprised because the team was well prepared with Amber at the helm!\n\nEveryone arrived to an apple and ginger shot from Mairi of FABfitness, Gandorma coffee from Brendan and Kengan water from Tracey to set them up for the first session.\n\nA very professional, slick and fascinating presentation from <b>Ben Coomber</b> about ‘<i>Recovery &amp; Performance Strategies’.</i>\n\nPost event Ben said<i> “Strong morning presenting at The Movement Convention 2016 run by Biomechanics Education </i>\n\n<i>Rachel France a strong host as ever, quality line up for one day of</i>\n\n<i>learning, get there next year </i><i>”</i>\n\n<b>Brendan Chaplin</b>’s session ‘<i>Forget Strength, Let’s Build Power!’</i> demonstrated his clear knowledge in the very popular subject of strength and conditioning.\n\nPost event Brendan said;\n\n<i>“Enjoyed talking at the movement convention today, great event with a really cool crowd thanks for having me” </i>\n\n<b>Chris Kitson</b> - This up and coming industry influencer is a breath of fresh air and keen to communicate some simple but useful ideas from his session ‘<i>Dealing with Symptomatic Clients’</i>\n\nPost event Chris said;\n\n<i>‘What a whirlwind weekend at The Movement Convention in Loughborough! Met some awesome people and caught up with a few too! Can\'t wait for next year now”</i>\n\n‘<i>Going with the Flow</i>’ was the FABulous <b>Mairi Taylor’s </b>session - She’s seriously passionate and very candid in her sessions expanding on training women through the cycle and post event Mairi said;\n\n<i>“So I am going to share some of take homes from this weekends awesome event as one of them may just resonate with you and ensure you keep following your \"North Star\" - because as Mark Laws</i><i> said \"one should be an eternal white belt\" and one of the great things about this weekend was Rachel France</i><i> had brought some new ( WELL new to me) speakers into the arena and it was so refreshing to hear new and different perspectives on such important aspects of coaching and WELLness ! </i>\n\n<i>\"Stop waiting for permission to live\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Circle gets smaller pain gets bigger\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Focus on innercise\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Let\'s build power\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Sweet taste makes you work harder\" </i>\n\n<i>\"If you put your body in a place where it can recover then it will perform\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Biopyschosocial model\"</i>\n\n<i>\"It\'s about movement and capacity\"</i>\n\n<i>\"Try not to be a wally\"</i>\n\n<i>And of course for me look after your hormones and surround yourself with people who get it - are happy to disagree and have an open minded conversation where we can respect each other\'s maps of the world - unless of course they are a wally!”</i>\n\nLUNCH BREAK included a fabulous healthy choice of salmon with noddles, chicken with rice of tofu noddles all with salad.\n\n<b>Stephen Aish</b> - WOWZERS! My personal favourite 10 minutes of the whole event was watching 70 people completely under his spell of meditation - Emotional for the WHOLE room if you read social media, he literally changed lives in his ‘<i>Mindset Coaching</i>’ session. Perfect after lunch and to relax everyone.\n\nStephen said post event;\n\n“<i>Huge thank you to the superstar that is Rachel France</i><i> for inviting me to speak at The Movement Convention today.</i>\n\n<i>I got to meet friends old and new, hear some fantastic speakers and see the impact some very basic material can have on those ready to take it on board with an open mind and learn.</i>\n\n<i>There is no higher purpose than helping others and I am always grateful for the opportunity to impact lives”</i>\n\n<b>Mike Grice</b> - My all round favourite speaker on my professional subject with the kind of vocabulary I only dream of. <i>‘Working with Allied Health Care Professionals</i>’. Mike’s session was an eye opener for all of us not just the Biomechanics Coaches™ about being mindful of the langue we use with both clients AND other health care professionals to keep us all up to date and have some clarity.\n\n<b>Tom Waldron</b> along with his beautiful sister Rachel gave us an ‘I<i>ntroduction to the Franklin Method</i>’ with a fresh, interesting and very modern approach, Tom had us all on our feet moving which fitted perfectly in the schedule of the day. This presenter is one to watch!\n\nPost Tom’s debut presentation he was rather pleased with how things went stating…<i> “Nailed it!!!!” ..</i>you certainly did Tom!!\n\n<b>Mark Laws</b> - Hilariously honest - LOVE this guy! His session called ‘<i>Surviving the Industry</i>’ had the whole room belly laughing at just the right time in the day when everyone had taken on a lot of new information and really needed some light hearted humour.\n\nMark had made a huge effort to deliver his 45 minute session;\n\n<i>“Made it back to Fitness Fiesta in time for a couple of well earned beers with some fellow presenters!!!!</i>\n\n<i>7 hour, 392 mile, round trip journey to Loughborough was well worth it to be able to start to pay back Rachel France</i><i> for all the awesome things she has done for me in the past!!</i>\n\n<i>Shame I didn\'t get to see anyone else present at the Biomechanics Education Movement Conference but it was a huge honour to be invited to share my ramblings with such a good crowd and close up the day!!!</i>\n\n<i>Today has been a good day!!!</i><i>“</i>\n\n—————————————————————————————\n\nWe had a Twitter competition for the most and the easy winner was Hazel Oliver who took home £30 worth of cinema tickets!\n\nThe TMC16 Raffle was for The Big Cheese Society in honour of Sam who was killed in a cycling accident in may this year. Sam was passionate about helping kids to play sports who may have limited access due to funds. He was also our events organiser, Amber’s boyfriends and so\n\nwe are really thankful to all those of you who helped us to raise over £450!\n\nNow we couldn’t have done this with out our amazing sponsor donations;\n\nIndigo Fitness\n\nGroup X Training\n\niamtools\n\nFABfitness\n\nBTN\n\nS&amp;C Education\n\nThe Strength Academy\n\nMark Laws\n\nMovement Therapy Clinics\n\nTom Waldron\n\nCarbon Claw\n\nJordan Fitness\n\nAwesome Supps\n\nBrasilfit\n\nGrypit\n\nWe also had a small exhibition with;\n\nGrypit\n\nKengan Water\n\nOrgano Coffee\n\nBrasilfit\n\n———————————————————————————————\n\nThe Audience…\n\nNow I did attempt to close the event with a speech of thanks you’s but I got so emotional looking out at all of you and feeling the atmosphere in the room that I couldn’t speak, SO to officially close TMC16….\n\nTHANK <b>YOU!</b>\n\nTo all of YOU who attended the event. Those of you who travelled huge distances, flew overseas and took time out of work, clients and family to INVEST in this stupendous event.\n\nEverything WE do is because of YOU!\n\nSo spread the word, <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/membership/intrinsic-biomechanics-association-membership/\">join the IBA</a>, lets support each other and share our experiences!\n\n———————————————————————————————\n\n<i>TESTIMONIALS…..</i>\n\n<i>Dear Rach,</i>\n\n<i>Totally brilliant my dear!! </i>\n\n<i>I enjoyed last year\'s convention but this year blew it out of the water. Exceeded all my expectations (&amp; they were decently high!).</i>\n\n<i>The presenters today were great &amp; you scheduled them brilliantly - presentations to match energy levels throughout the day. I got seriously good things to take home from every single one.</i>\n\n<i>I\'ve come home on a high, buzzing, motivated, and really excited to be part of such a cool crowd.</i>\n\n<i>Huge thanks to you and the whole dancing team for all your hard work.</i>\n\n<i>———————————————</i>\n\n<i>Those who really know me will vouch that I usually talk rubbish, so this next bit may come as a surprise. I get up every morning with the intention of helping someone, a random act of kindness or helping someone achieve something, today was different,I was invited by Rachel France </i><i>to the Movement Convention 2016 at Loughborough University to meet some fitness professionals and like minded people, I listened intently to some very interesting speakers, however to get to the point, someone who I don\'t know, have never met and didn\'t speak directly to me had a remarkable effect on me, his words meant something to me and has helped me to see that I need to live life in the present, I hold toxic nocebo thoughts from previous jobs, relationships and decisions that spoil the moment that is now, I spend(waste) many hours worrying over things that have already happened or may never happen. I overthink things but now realise that I never actually had an influence on others behaviour, that was all down to them. Tonight I will sleep well, content with my life and my decisions. Tomorrow I resume posting shi7e and rants about BMW drivers just so the world won\'t stop spinning. Good night all x</i>\n\n—————————-\n\n<i>What a superb day at the Movement Convention. Rachel France</i><i> your hard work has paid off. The lectures and lecturers were brilliant, I even got a bit star struck meeting Ben Coomber! </i><i> I have no more words but if I had one, you\'d go in my gratitude book!</i>\n\n—————————————-\n\n<i>Great day at the Movement Convention with Rachel France </i><i>the day flew by with lots of take home snippets for clients this week.</i>\n\n<i>—————————</i>\n\n<i>Just wanted to say briefly how much I enjoyed today, some great speakers but your S&amp;C coach ..... I was guilt initially of being judgemental about meditation but he just made sense of the last 5 years of my life and given me a new perspective in which I can move on, so please pass on my thanks, he will make a difference to so many people in my life, clients, family, friends, I spoke at length to a friend on the way home who is suffering from previous relationships and I can say definitively that I have already made a change to her by relaying some of the info. Thanks again to your wonderful team and if I can do anything to promote them to my members then please just ask ,</i>\n\n<i>———————————</i>\n\n<i>Have had a fab time at the movement conference learning from the best in the movement biomechanics and therapy world. It\'s always a pleasure to spend time with these amazing people thanks Rachel France </i><i>and all the other Biomechanics C</i><i>oaches</i>\n\n<i>——————————-</i>\n\n<i>Hi Rachel! Just thought I\'d text to as didn\'t get a chance to say thank you for the movement convention! I have already learnt so much and loved everybody I met! &#x1f600; see you Thursday morning in London for the shoulder! X</i>\n\n——————————————-\n\n<i>Back safe and sound from The Movement Convention at Loughborough University.</i>\n\n<i>Great event from Rachel France</i><i> and the rest of the Biomechanics Education team.</i>\n\n<i>Enjoyed the lectures today and a few cheeky cold ones last night!</i>\n\n<i>—————————————</i>\n\n<i>An amazing day of learning &amp; listening at the TMC16 </i><i>at Loughborough University with </i><i>Mairi Taylor</i><i>, and a room full of other professionals and of course all the brilliant speakers .. thank you Rachel France</i><i> for such a Fab event .</i><i> </i><i>&#x1f61c;</i><i> </i><i>&#x1f4aa;</i><i> </i><i>&#x1f44d;x</i>\n\n<i>———————————————</i>\n\n<i>Thank you Rachel France</i><i> for a fab day. You have an amazing job and an amazing group of inspirational friends. </i>\n\n<i>Now on my way home back to Suffolk to get booked in onto your iMoveFreely course. </i>\n\n<i>Hope to see you then x</i>\n\n—————————————————————————————-\n\n<i>Hi Rachel- just a quick note to say what a great day it was on Saturday-the range of speakers was good and everyone was so friendly and positive.</i>\n\n<i>I stopped going to lots of fitness industry stuff as it can be very “superficial” but really love the vibe of other biomechanics trainers/coaches.</i>\n\n<i>Have a great week,</i>\n\n——————————————————\n\nFINALLY….!\n\nSomeone asked me what the purpose of TMC16 was and it set me off thinking and this is where we have realised its true purpose…\n\n<b><i>The Movement Convention is a celebration of beautiful human movement and ways to improve human movement through education. Changing lives by empowering others. </i></b>\n\n<b><i>One very special person changed my life by empowering me thus allowing me to do the same for others. </i></b>\n\n<b><i>So through this annual celebration WE share his gift. THIS is the purpose of TMC!</i></b>\n\nWANT TO BOOK NOW?\n\nIf you do it’s ONLY £100 no matter how many days TMC17 is or what the price increase is next year. So book NOW guarantee your place and guarantee your price!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK HERE !!</a>','YOU seriously missed out...','','inherit','closed','closed','','1325-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1325,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38858',0,'revision','',0),(38859,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Having travelled for a number of years around the UK delivering workshops, presentations and lecturing at events and universities I have developed an appreciation of what is needed for me to be fresh and ready from a good nights sleep, feeling safe while travelling and staying away from home alone.\n\nCombine this with having set up 8 companies I have learned, and now understand better, the value of familiarity, knowing what you will and the confidence in my expectation.\n\nNow as I use Premier Inns it was Lenny Henry who not only promised me a good nights sleep guarantee, but he delivered and continues to deliver on this promise...\n\nEvery\n\nSingle\n\nTime\n\nHOW?\n\nBefore 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, enter my room, climb into my bed and anything in between.\n\nI know there will be a restaurant downstairs for food both in the evening and for breakfast.\n\nAND\n\nI 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.\n\nThis hotel’s business model, in my opinion, is superb since they deliver on their promise every - single - time.\n\nThis hotel chain for me has been one of the best examples of customer confidence in knowing what to expect because it is my \'home from home\' even if I sometimes might pay a bit more. I am happy to pay knowing I will get exactly what they promise or I get my money back. There are other businesses that do this really well too…also known as the franchise model\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-36692 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot-2023-08-23-at-08.44.24-300x188.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMcDonalds 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). Listen to Michael E Gerber\'s audio book, The E Myth Revisited and he will tell you the whole story of how Ray Kroc saw the McDonalds brothers flipping burgers back in the 60\' and knew immediately there was something special about their business.\n\nLes Mills is probably the most famous company for setting this trend in our sector. You can go to any country in the world and know what to expect from a BodyPump or BodyAttack class. Now there are numerous examples from Zumba to Pilates and yet why am I writing to you about this?\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-36693 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/Screenshot-2023-08-23-at-08.44.39-300x77.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"77\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;\n\nIt is a bold statement to make a guarantee or promise about your product or service isn\'t it?\n\nDo you believe you could be that confident stating benefits about your services to potential clients?\n\nWhat could be your promise?\n\nConsider how you might develop your \'promise\' and also your client and potential client\'s expectation. Here is one idea.....\n\nIts something I have had to practice gaining confidence about but I am now in a position to make bold statements about my education company because I have proved it over and over again consistently for almost 18 years now. In fact I no longer need to make the statement because my customers do.\n\nEveryone 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, it changes lives. We also take pride in the amount of support we offer even beyond the classroom...\n\n<em>Hi Rachel,</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>I definitely want/need to complete the rest of the workshops as soon as possible.</em>\n\n<em>Thanks again for providing a fantastic course. I am really looking forward to the next courses.</em>\n\n<em>——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————</em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em><img class=\"size-medium wp-image-35285 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_6931-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" /></em>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<em>Hi Rachel</em>\n\n<em>Thank you very much for the Pelvic &amp; Spine 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.</em>\n\n<em>——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-35276 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/DSC_6385-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" />\n\n<em>——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<em>I’m not normally big on writing reviews or testimonials, but I\'m making an exception for this 2 day Pelvis &amp; Spine Biomechanics workshop for a number of reasons</em>\n\n<em>To start,  I\'ve never felt so excited about what I\'ve learnt from a workshop or course before.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>The tools and system that Rachel give you are so powerfulI both for you, and to get your clients onboard, they cannot be ignored.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>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.</em>\n\n<em>Thanks Rachel</em>\n\n———————————————————————————————\n<h2><a href=\"https://www.futurefit.co.uk/personal-training-cpd-courses/biomechanics-coach-course/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">So why not join our academy in 2023/24 ?</a></h2>\nUse the skills the way we teach you to and…\n\nWe promise you will LOVE them!\n\nWe promise they will change the way you think!\n\nWe promise you will want more!\n\nWe promise full support even beyond your training!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.futurefit.co.uk/personal-training-cpd-courses/biomechanics-coach-course/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Now there’s some promises! &gt;&gt;CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT</a></h1>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\" wp-image-36450 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/DSC_6439-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"307\" />','What do Les Mills, Premier Inn and Crunchy McFlurry have in common?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1319-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1319,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38859',0,'revision','',0),(38860,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<b>If you work in the field of martial arts OR feel desperate to connect with other health care professionals keep reading..\n\nThese are 2 of the UK\'s leading presenters and we are really excited that they are coming along to speak to you at;\n</b><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention Saturday 8th October at Loughborough University. </a>\n\nMike &amp; Fletch are special guys and really awesome Master Trainers amongst other things!\n\nJust check out their session content..\n\nFletch - <b>Biomechanics of Combat</b>: <i>\"We have been involved in combat sports as far back as language could be used to talk about it. But is it functional for today\'s human. We look at the requirements of sports such as boxing, kickboxing and jujitsu and how they affect our body.\"</i>\n\nMike - <b>Introduction to working with allied healthcare professionals</b>. Where does Biomechanics Coaching™ fit in? What can the other professions do for us and how we can communicate effectively with each other.\n\nThis uniquely intimate event will allow you to meet them in person and interact with both presenters.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">GRAB A PLACE HERE!</a>\n\nP.S. We will provide a healthy lunch and refreshments are available all day\n\nIncluding a FRESH Juicebar and raw chocolate by Mairi of FABfitness!','YUP Check Out Ma Boys!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1315-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1315,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38860',0,'revision','',0),(38861,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Neil Eriksen was one of the first ever professionals to join our academy back in 2008 and he was also previously nominated as a Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month. Here he wants to share with you one of his life changing moments..\n\n<em>That was a really funny moment I\'ll not forget in my life. This is what happened...</em>\n\n<em>I was on the full Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma, kind of the second time doing it, already done the previous model course way back in 2008 when it was first being delivered by Martin Haines and the team, just starting to put it out there for use in the fitness industry.</em>\n\n<em>The more modern expanded model of Biomechanics Coaching™ I wanted to re-sit had evolved. It had been through years of development so I was keen to get on it to learn any new techniques and refresh on the old ones.</em>\n\n<em>Although I had been practicing the screens and exercise prescription with clients to some degree over the 6 year gap, I definitely felt that I\'d been playing Chinese whispers with myself and lost the way somewhat.</em>\n\n<em>Mostly I simply ‘personal trained’ my clients and put a few bits of the Biomechanics Coach™ programme in there if it seemed applicable.</em>\n\n<em>In fact I remember Martin sending me a nice email commenting on how \'low key\' my website presentation of the system was and that\'s exactly how he liked to see it. I\'d learned about sports injuries, sports massage and remedial therapy in my health and fitness degree so it was just another set of cool assessments…or so I thought.</em>\n\n<em>Back to the diploma;</em>\n\n<em>Rachel had just done my whole body assessment in class at the end of the complete Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma using me as the demo (I basically told her to DO ME! DO ME!). There were a number of things still showing dysfunctional after doing my 4 Sign and Leg Press anti spasms for a number of weeks and my back was still not a nice back to live with.</em>\n\n<em>Things improved but I was not there yet; Downings Sign, Leg Length Discrepancy, Sciatic Nerve, Spinal Flexion, Pec Minor, Median Nerve, Upper Traps, Infraspinatus were all still positive for dysfunction.</em>\n\n<em>So Rachel just tried the anti spasm on my Pec Minor left side, it was showing more tension than the right side, which we duly did. Then the retest of the whole body, all in front of the watching class and we wrote the results up on the flip chart for everyone to follow.</em>\n\n<em>It was surreal over the next few minutes as the retest was being done. I remember the sound of jaws hitting the ground and watching the shaking of heads of disbelief. That was the sound of a paradigm shift in action, it was funny to watch. I didn\'t really feel anything so I was a bit left out of the action as everyone else was seeing the, no less than astonishing, results.</em>\n\n<em>And then Matt made his classic comment \"he\'s a stooge!\".</em>\n\n<em>Was it so amazing that he didn\'t believe his own eyes?</em>\n\n<em>Well yes it certainly was, that\'s the integrated system in all it\'s glory and it appears that seeing is disbelieving!</em>\n\n<em>That one moment has changed my life, not only because since releasing Pec Minor on the left side my whole body has become way more \'bullet proof\', everything changed and I got myself a new upgraded body, but also because my quest is always to find that magic for other people.</em>\n\n<em>Now as Rachel said at that time \"Yeah, that was a good one, it doesn\'t always happen like that!\" Things can become quite confusing/difficult/complicated etc when you concentrate on changing specific things that may well have been adapted to for many years for a myriad of reasons.</em>\n\n<em>So I would to impart some advice to other professionals out there, it has been said before but here it is again: use it as a cool-tool guide but do not concentrate on fixing people with Biomechanics Coaching™, do what YOU do, whether that\'s PT, massage, yoga or whatever. That way when complications arise, and they will, or there is no magic, and sometimes there isn\'t, you\'re still doing you job, but with amazing insights and information from a very special systematic approach.</em>\n\n<em>It is easy to get caught up in a personal quest for magic and forget the client\'s goals or that there\'s more than one way skin the old cat. It\'s got to kind of run as a background programme, it\'s certainly one that I would never uninstall, I\'d rather chop off an arm!</em>\n\n<em>I would love nothing more than to ramble on about the infinitesimal layers of the onion that you peel away over time using Biomechanics Coaching™, maybe I will, but that\'s for another day.</em>\n\n<em>So to Matt, I\'m not a stooge mate, just living the dream ;)</em>\n\n<em>Thanks Martin and Rachel for helping me fix myself and helping me to help others (even when oftentimes they have no idea on what level we\'re working on).</em>\n\n<em>Kind regards</em>\n\n<em>Neil</em>\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nHave YOU been thinking about becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?\n\nMaybe Neil\'s story has helped you to make up your mind?\n\nWhy not join our waiting list for the 2017 Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma workshops series dates?\n\nEmail in reply to this Juicemail\n\nOR\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">CLICK HERE to register your interest</a>','He\'s A Stooge!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1311-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1311,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38861',0,'revision','',0),(38862,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','We have such a lot going on at The Movement Convention, with so many fascinating lectures and people around, it is vital we are all well hydrated throughout the day with our favourite refreshments, coffee and water!\n\nBUT we don\'t have just any coffee and water, nope we have the highest quality coffee and water coming to you from Tracey &amp; Bradley!\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nTracey Peake loves life and spreads positivity and super hydration with her negative ions in Kangen water, and so for your brain buzz see Tracey to get your electric impulses flowing!\n\nTracey is CEO of Kangen Life Club, pharmacist for 32 years, director of Peake Health Ltd, advocate of natural therapies and supplements for health promotion and disease prevention.\n\nKangen restructured electolysed water is alkaline, packed full of antioxidants (free hydrogen) and provides super hydration.\n\nIt is made by a medical device called a Kangen water ioniser, which attaches to your tap in your home to make this anti-aging, detoxifying, health promoting, disease reversing pure, fresh tasting miracle water .\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nBradley Marchant\n\n\"Hi everyone,\n\n..who wants a free tea or coffee?\n\nI’ve been in the coffee industry for quite a number of years now and I know just how many people can’t function without their morning cup of coffee or their fancy made beverages.\n\nBut what if your daily habit was cheaper and actually healthier for you?\n\nWhat if the habit you’ve already established could actually improve your health?\n\nI will be bringing the world’s best Ganoderma infused teas and coffee’s to your cup on this date, so leave your cash at home, this one’s on me!\n\nI look forward to seeing you at The Movement Convention\"\n\nBradley\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nLAST 20 PLACES !\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK HERE QUICK!</a>','FREE Coffee & Water!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1278-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1278,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38862',0,'revision','',0),(38863,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<img class=\" wp-image-35817 alignright\" src=\"https://biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/IMG_4905-1-285x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"237\" />I LOVE hearing from you guys!\n\nTHANK YOU to those who take the time to write to me! Please do always send your feedback and any topic requests. The content I produce is aimed at you so your ideas are really helpful.\n<ul>\n 	<li>Can YOU caveman squat? Send us a photo!!</li>\n 	<li>What would you like to read more of?</li>\n 	<li>Do you have a specific movement or anatomy question?</li>\n 	<li>What do you think of our Juicemail?</li>\n 	<li>Do you have a question or some feedback about anything we do here at Biomechanics Education Ltd?</li>\n</ul>\nEmail me with your movement related questions rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<em>Hi Rachel,</em>\n\n<em>Thank you for such a brilliant day. Excellent content and loved the way you delivered it! It was really informative and am now keen to learn more (and brush up on anatomy too!!) I also realised how dysfunctional my pelvis is atm! Will be working on this.</em>\n\n<em>Once again, many thanks, I really enjoyed Saturday and your patience and humour with us all! Looking forward to hearing from you, Hope to see you again, Aiming to move freely!!</em>\n\n<em>—————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<em>Brilliant course on Saturday, really enjoyed it. Am hoping to use some in my physio classes!</em>\n\n<em>—————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<em>Great meeting you too, again loved your session, very educational and I was left wanting more!</em>\n\n<em>—————————————————————————————</em>\n\n<em>I loved the course, want to do the whole diploma! Your delivery of it was great and funny, looking forward to the day I do the caveman squat with good form and ease and will send you a photo &#x1f606;</em>\n\n——————————————————————————————','Wanting to \'Caveman Squat\'.......!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1274-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1274,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38863',0,'revision','',0),(38864,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','If someone told me, 6 or 7yrs ago, they were going to teach me how to breath I would have laughed. I had been breathing successfully for 47yrs, so how could someone teach me <em>HOW TO BREATH</em>!?\n\nYet I went on to experience 1:1 yoga and meditation with the A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Becs McBride who literally did teach me how to breath. What I discovered was that it wasn’t simply about learning how to breathe but it was a truly wonderful <em>experience</em> that is hugley helping those willing to try it.\n\nBecs became more than my yoga and meditation teacher because she gave me a gift....\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>My fizzy brain</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-34943 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/jared-rice-NTyBbu66_SI-unsplash-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMy experience of yoga and meditation at that time was very limited so we arranged some private 1:1 sessions during which I wanted to learn how to calm my \'fizzy\' brain.\n\nFor me business ideas come constantly and while I do love what I do, my brain literally FILLS up with ideas, my daily schedule, jobs to do, people to see, places to go etc etc. So I wanted some calm, peace and a way to be able to focus on what was important.\n\nBecs taught me how to ‘focus on the breath’, where to breath into my body during meditation and how to breath into positions and poses during yoga poses. The incredible thing was the result of how all of this made me <em>feel </em>and also how long the effects lasted.\n\nIt was all so peaceful and undistracted and literally gave my brain TIME OUT!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>Hoovering my head</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-34812 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_9026-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nBecs taught me how to feel calm and in control by using breath work as if she was running a hoover through my head. YES that exactly how is felt, like she <em>hoovered my head!</em>\n\nWhen considering the meditation aspect, Becs taught me…\n<ul>\n 	<li>imagery</li>\n 	<li>psychology</li>\n 	<li>holistic</li>\n 	<li>mind to muscle</li>\n 	<li>mind and body connection</li>\n 	<li>neuroscience</li>\n 	<li>think yourself…(something)</li>\n 	<li>mindset</li>\n 	<li>cognitive</li>\n 	<li>therapy</li>\n 	<li>the power of the mind</li>\n</ul>\n..and it was MIND BLOWING!\n\n&nbsp;\n<h2>So what?</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-30606 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/luis-villasmil-mlVbMbxfWI4-unsplash-240x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nEvidence suggests we buy based on how we <em>feel. </em>\n\nConsidering potential clients, they too are very likely to invest based on how they <em>feel.</em> How can we make others feel? what skills can we utilise or gain? Would breathwork or meditation be a solution? If it works for me could it work for my clients? Could they be in need of head hoovering?\n\nThere are many in our industry writing about the mind and its neural connection for improving physical health. Lorimer Moseley and Dave Butler wrote the ‘Explain Pain’ from the perspective of neuroscience, describing pain as an input not an output. The Franklin Method teaches imagery for improving biomechanical set up from within.\n\nSo to having a deep connection with the self through breathwork and meditation increased my confidence and allow me to feel more in control and calm...ever tried hoovering YOUR head!?\n\n<a href=\"http://www.becsmcbride.co.uk/classes\">www.becsmcbride.co.uk/classes</a>\n\n&nbsp;','She Hoovered My Head!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1268-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1268,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38864',0,'revision','',0),(38865,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Dear PT,\n\nAs you know I have been working with you now for a while and at first my abundant enthusiasm was matched only by the excellent results achieved in those early weeks.\n\nYou may of noticed that as of late my occasional missing of sessions (because my dog died or I left the oven on, I think I actually did have a date one night) have become more frequent, and this seems to be directly proportional to my dietary lapses and my shape returning to a more familiar form.\n\nI’m not sure if I’m imagining it or not but I perceive a sense of disappointment from you when I DO drag my reverting ass back in to see you. I`m not sure if this is due to my increasing BMI or your reduced income resulting from my absence, but which ever it is…I feel a great deal of shame.\n\nYour training methods are fantastic and <i>initially </i>really helped me overcome my fear of gyms and exercise in general. You acted as a guide and a mentor to help me on this quest to achieve an Olympian rivalling physique…I bought the magazines (great for reading on the loo) I bought the salad and the lean meat, I bought the shakes I even bought the latest gym wear to go along with the subscription to the gym where you ply your trade and impart your wisdom, and all was great in the world. Until..\n\nMy kids rebelled, they don’t really like all this type of food and do prefer a pizza and I know that I should insist that they eat what you suggest, but the reality is that when I’ve done the hour long commute to work, my long day at work and then the hour long commute back, sitting in traffic (I did try to cycle it as you suggested but this added <i>another</i> hour to my day) after that 8hr shift, I have neither the will nor the energy to be cooking separate meals, so my shakes sit un mixed and my salads have withered away and cheese and tomato pizza has once again became one of our staples.\n\nI can see you now, shaking your head and tutting and I feel shame, but in the world of a working parent outside the health and fitness industry our priorities and time management is somewhat misaligned to yours. On a daily basis YOU plan an epic run while WE plan a trip to the shop with little ones in tow, YOU plan a cheat day while WE just dream of a takeaway food so there are no dishes to do because this allows us to relax in front of the TV before having an early night. YOU live YOUR work and YOUR hobby so YOU plan YOUR own time around YOUR client base while US mortals plan babysitters so WE can journey to the gym and then zap our already tired depleted bodies while still trying to appear enthusiastic so as not to disappoint YOU.\n\nSo dear PT, PLEASE be patient, encourage us to eat a bit of rubbish on a regular basis, tell us to miss a session if we don’t feel up to it and we will return, refreshed and without the shameful feeling having let you and ourselves down and guess what, our enthusiasm and gains will return and put us on the road to Olympian status once again.\n\nRegards\n\nFatty\n\nPreviously … <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/a-message-from-fatty/\"><i>A Message From Fatty</i></a>','It\'s Fatty Again..','','inherit','closed','closed','','1264-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1264,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38865',0,'revision','',0),(38866,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Let me give you a tip...\n\nCOME AND LISTEN TO THIS GUY!\n\nIf you haven\'t yet heard of Mark Laws, well then you just aren\'t getting out enough!\n\nWith literally just under 4 weeks to go I am SO EXCITED to have managed to bag this dude for a speaking slot at <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention 2016 Saturday 8th October at Loughborough University!!</a>\n\nHaving known, and worked with, Mark over the last couple of years, as both my client and at events presenting together I have come to really enjoy his attitude towards life/work. He demonstrates integrity and a refreshing honesty which are characteristics you know I respect. So it is with great pleasure I am able to add him to our FLIPPING AMAZING line up!!\n\nMark has worked in the fitness industry full time since 2006 and has worked in a coaching capacity since 1999. He has worked for many mainstream gym chains in the UK and has an extensive background in professional sports - including spells with Yorkshire County Cricket Club, Castleford Tigers Rugby League Club, Sheffield United Football Club, Chinese Football Association, Beijing 2008 Chinese Olympic squad and Great Britain Ice Hockey.\n\nIn recent years Mark has taught educational courses to other fitness professionals on behalf of Jordan Fitness, with whom he still collaborates.\n\nHe currently works as Training Academy Manager for Strength &amp; Conditioning Education (with Brendan Chaplin)– providing a world class mentorship programme, a Level 4 S&amp;C qualification and CPD workshops to coaches all over the world.\n\nMark is one of only two ‘Elite’ PowerWave coaches in the world and is responsible for the training and development of all PowerWave instructors throughout Europe, Asia and Africa.\n\nHe regularly delivers lectures/presentations at international fitness exhibitions and in 2016 will deliver training in Europe, Dubai, India, Singapore and America.\n\nHe is going to be giving a reality check talk on...\n\n<b><i>Short Term Job V\'s Long Term Career: How to Survive in the Fitness Industry.</i></b>\n\n<b><i>The statistic are telling us that 80/90% of YOU that enter into the fitness industry will leave within 12/18 months! </i></b>\n\n<b><i>Find out how to avoid the common pitfalls during this fun and engaging talk that reflects upon all 10 years of Mark\'s experience.</i></b>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">CLICK HERE NOW TO BOOK ONE OF THE REMAINING SEATS!</a>\n\nFacebook – marklaws2011\n\nInstagram – marklaws2011\n\nTwitter - @marklaws2011\n\nEmail – marklaws2011@hotmail.co.uk','Can You Survive The Industry..?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1261-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1261,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38866',0,'revision','',0),(38867,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','So you know how I LOVE to share my moments of wonder at what comes from my JOB, that isn\'t a job but a JOY, well here\'s another one I received this morning from one of my present Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma learners who is just 2 workshop\'s into things...\n\n<em>Hi Rach,</em>\n\n<em>Thanks again for the workshop this weekend, this time I came away feeling like it all made so much sense and starting to be able to see the bigger picture. It\'s such a great learning environment and a really enjoyable weekend.</em>\n\n<em>Thought I\'d share with you my experience this morning as it felt like a bit of a game changer! </em>\n\n<em>So I was asked to do a demonstration for 18 adults who were on a riding camp, it was the last day of their three day camp so there were 18 very tired (and hungover in some cases!!) faces looking back at me. I have done a drama degree so talking in front of an audience isn\'t a problem for me. However this was the first time I\'ve demonstrated my Rider Analysis stuff to a big crowd so I was a little worried about questions I might get asked or whether the software and my knowledge would be enough....it was after all the first time I had seen this rider so I had no idea how they would present. Just to be clear this was a on the horse Rider Analysis and not one of the intrinsic biomechanics screens.</em>\n\n<em>Well, the rider presented with a prominent drop of the right shoulder and lean to the right, her right foot appearing higher than her left. She explained that she has a \'dodgy\' right knee and was seeing a biomechanist about it (will go into more depth with this later). So I explained to the group the integrated system, the fact that if her right knee was \'bad\' meant she would put less weight through this leg, perhaps lifting through the right hip and dropping the right shoulder.</em>\n\n<em>So while she was presenting as having one shoulder higher than the other but I explained to the group I absolutely would not be telling her to lift her right shoulder as that was not necessarily causing the problem and changing that wouldn\'t necessarily solve the problem. (I also explained that what I\'d like to do is a full biomechanics screen to work out exactly what was going on where - but time wouldn\'t permit!)</em>\n\n<em>Instead I thought creatively and got her to do the iMoveFreely® leg press anti spasms on the horse (both legs) in the hope that this might release the pelvis if there was something going on. I got her to ride down the centre of the school again, the only instruction being to put more weight through her right leg...</em>\n\n<em>BOOM she was straight!!</em>\n\n<em>At this point people started to pay a little more attention!</em>\n\n<em>So we moved onto the canter work, from the side view the glaringly obvious for all was that she was leaning forward, on a more detailed view of the footage they started to look beyond the obvious and saw that her pelvis was tilted forward through the whole movement.</em>\n\n<em>Again I explained what she would need is a full biomechanics screen and some more specific exercises, but for the sake of the demo we moved onto some pelvic tilts on the horse (if I\'m honest whilst this was for mobility it was more intended in order for her to feel her seatbones and sit on them!). </em>\n\n<em>She found her seatbones, practiced in the sitting trot and then in the canter. Immediately she sat better in the saddle and the horse went better! The ooohhhs and ahhhhh\'s increased and the whole group seemed to \'get it\'.</em>\n\n<em>The game changer came as I was chatting to the rider. </em>\n\n<em>I was finding out about the biomechanist she is seeing regarding her knee, what he had done with her, how he assessed her and what exercises he got her to do. She has been seeing him for about a year. He got her on a treadmill and looked at her gait in slow motion, had decided there were issues in her pelvis (didn\'t sound like he\'s done screens but he could have?) as well as her knee.</em>\n\n<em>BUT here\'s the catch, he was getting her to do CORE STRENGTH exercises and claimed that by building her core strength it would help get her pelvis back in alignment?!?!</em>\n\n<em>At this point my face winced (couldn\'t help it...I just heard your voice in my head NORMALISE THEN STABILISE)</em>\n\n<em>She has been doing these exercises for a YEAR with NO IMPROVEMENT!!!</em>\n\n<em>So I explained our way of doing it, getting the pelvis functioning first and then strengthening it. I got her off the horse and showed her 4 sign as I figured it is bound to help (obviously checking that her knee wasn\'t hurting whilst she was doing it). She is desperate for a full screening session and totally loved the session!</em>\n\n<em>The game changer for me was how naturally the language of biomechanics slipped off my tongue and how the knowledge was JUST THERE when I needed it. I felt like the expert and like I really knew what I was talking about...but not only that I BELIEVED this was the best thing for the rider and was so EXCITED to see her results!</em>\n\n<em>I cannot thank you enough for opening my eyes and changing my business and helping me be the professional I want to be...for once I feel like the expert...WOW!!</em>\n\n<em>Sorry for the essay,</em>\n\n<em>Tess x</em>\n\n----------------------------------------------------------THIS THIS THIS....\n\nWOWZERS!\n\nI LOVE these stories because I HATE selling this stuff, in my opinion it really should be part of our industry\'s standard L3 qualifications!\n\nSo emails like this one from Tess allow me to show you from the HORSES MOUTH (Sorry I couldn\'t resist it) so if YOU think you would like to try the workshops Tess has done and open up the opportunity to experience the excitement of your work like she has then why not send us your details to be added to our 2017 workshop waiting list by ..\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">REGISTERING YOUR INTEREST HERE </a>','Game Changer!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1255-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1255,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38867',0,'revision','',0),(38868,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Several months ago I received an email from a young lady who had done some of our training many years ago. Amy was now National Education Manager for England Athletics and was an avid reader of my Juicemail.\n\nIt was after reading one in particular she wanted to meet up and discuss an event she was organising with her colleague Paul Moseley, Coach Development and Education Manager.\n\nPaul is one of those characters you will always remember. He is sharp and funny and makes you feel at ease wit his sense of humour and yet its clear he takes his role very seriously with in the organisation. His role was to create a workforce that offered the best education programmes in sport.\n\nSo the reason for us meeting was because they wanted me to deliver a session for their teachers on how to deliver a session with creative facilitation skills, to offer a more memorable experience for their learners and therefore generate a greater positive impact on the wider audience.\n\nAfter a few emails had gone backwards, I kept asking Amy questions about exactly what they wanted…..I mean being asked to teach teachers how to teach…really?!! But as you know, embracing a challenge is something I advocate to my learners.\n\nAs I did more research into their present tutor training syllabus I started to realise how tough this gig was going to be because they were already doing such an awesome job of it!! The content was already packed with all of the regular content you would expect for educating teacher training. So what on earth was I going to bring to the table?\n\nSo I went back over my old Juicemail’s, pulled out all of my DTLLS paper work and assignments and started to consider what kind of session I could run. It needed to be different, memorable and bring something new to the table for these already skilled professionals.\n\nAfter months of planning Amy started to email me about having the resources printed out and ready for the session. This is an important part of teaching and the learners experience, to have great resources for learners to utilise during teaching sessions.\n\nMy handout was virtually a manual!\n\nPaul had agreed that it would be great to actually deliver some practical content into my session which would give the coaches something they could actually use with their athletes AND then my plan was to re-visit HOW it had been taught for that learner lead environment with lots of connection that Paul and Amy were looking for.\n\nHowever I developed an idea to create a deliberate environment to highlight an important point and so if they had a resource well..\n\n1). They would be able to read about it prior to my session which would reduce impact.\n\n2). I didn’t want them to be distracted by such an extensive handout.\n\nSo I created 2 handouts, one very short one for the session and the bigger one for afterward the event with masses of content.\n\nAs the day drew near and everything was arranged for the timings of the day I saw I was up first and the line up was incredible!\n\nWhat on earth was I doing amongst these other super qualified professionals? My old insecurities about being the ‘non-academic’ crept back as I was realised I was going to be amongst qualified teachers, professionals with psychology degree’s and a whole bunch of very experienced coaches. As I discussed these feelings with my colleagues they reminded me of the things I tell my learners about stepping into the unknown and being uncomfortable, the place where we expand and grow, the place where we discover knew abilities and explore areas we might want to work on and realise skills we maybe didn’t realise we had.\n\nThe pressure was being felt and so I had practiced, rehearsed and changed my mind on serval occasions but basically knew what I wanted to do in my session. My idea was to be different and so I had an idea but having never done it before it was certainly going to be a gamble.\n\nThe day before Amy called to check I was all set and I was actually quite excited, while still anxious, but had my colleague, Kate, coming along to assist in the practical section since there was to be 60 x people! I had my bag packed, my presentation and just wanted to be able to finally see the room to allow me to imagine the session and how I would manage the practical stuff in a conference room.\n\nAs usual I arrived mega really to gather my bearings, see the room, see Paul and Amy and get set up. As it turned out there were 43 coming which meant things would be a little easier for managing the session.\n\nIt was great to see Linda Low who was presenting a session later on about team teaching and whom I had met some 18 months ago in Jersey at The Performance Movement Summit and I felt relief when Kate arrived.\n\nAs the 43 sports coach, tutors and others started to filter into the large conference room, I felt really excited and anxious at the same time about my shock opener. I had warned Paul and Amy not be worried when I began, but that there was a point being made.\n\nPaul began the day with a welcome and then introduced me. So I walked to the front, turned my back to the group, slowly took a drink of water, turned and stood pan faced barking orders to cross one ankle over the other, change sides, speaking monotonously while looking upwards with no facial expression, that if they were asymmetrical then there was a good chance they had pelvic dysfunction.\n\nSome smiled, realising that I was making a point, others muttered to their neighbours but they did as they were told and I turned my back again and took another drink of water hearing them still quietly questioning what was going on.\n\nThe discomfort I had wanted to create is what many, maybe most, if not all learners feel stepping inside the classroom. Going into the unknown, like me in this session we were all feeling awkward, unsure, questioning what would happen next and wondering what everyone else was thinking!!?!?!\n\nMy point here was that teaching is not simply passing on knowledge, telling people what you know or how to do a practical skill like this 4 sign pelvic function screen I had just taken around 40 seconds to TELL them.\n\nSo I turned, smiled and introduced myself properly, also asking them to consider how they had felt during my opener.\n\nDid they wonder what on earth was going on?\n\nWhy was I asking them to do that movement?\n\nWhat was the point of this?\n\nWho is this strange woman and why have they asked her to teach us?\n\nI went on to deliver a section of our education programme that TEACHES the background, they how’s, they why’s and the details of this simple practical skill to connect better with the learners, enhance their experience, create relevance to them individually (as much as possible) and hopefully empower them to go on an autonomous learning experience beyond the classroom. Using direct questions, asking names, sports, professional background amongst other things.\n\nPart of my ‘lesson’ is about being in your element, which is something I experience when teaching and is clearly defined by Ken Robinson’s 2014 book THE ELEMENT which I have mentioned in a previous Juicemail. The Element is when you are unaware of time, feel most passionate, are enjoying what you are doing and revelling in the moment.\n\nSO here I am in my element and suddenly I look at the clock thinking “Oh no, time has gone quick, I only have 10 minutes left!”.\n\nMy panic sets in that I haven’t got much time to connect the points of my teaching methods having done the practical stuff. So I organise the group to take a seat, flick through my remaining slides, annoyed at myself for not checking the time more effectively, and I round up my session.\n\nThe applause was slow to come and I thought “oh crap they hated it!”, as Paul came up seeing I was finishing and stated “actually you have another 20 minutes Rachel…”\n\nWHAT?\n\nI had mistimed the wrong way and UNDER timed it!!\n\nDOH!\n\nI was gutted to say the least but Paul handled my massive error superbly and summed up the purpose of my session suggesting we open the floor for a Q&amp;A session to finish off.\n\nHands went up, questions came in and it was clear they had enjoyed the practical session very much as their questions all related to the topic and were fantastically relevant and showed their interest.\n\nUnder the table I was mentally kicking my self and then Kurt Lindley spoke. Kurt, who is Development Lead Officer (Coach Developer) at Sports Coach UK, asked me to elaborate on my experience as a ‘non academic’ and how, and at what point, I overcame the anxiety that I was not smart enough or intelligent enough to be able to run an eduction company AND stand in front of people presenting.\n\nHis question put me back into ‘my element’ of being as honest as I can be about insecurities and that it is something we all face at times. This gave me the opportunity to explain my meeting with my lifelong teacher and mentor, Martin Haines, who believed in me and my capabilities way before I did.\n\nKurt also went onto suggest that there is a good chance my insecurities are connected with my schooling and being told I was not academic but he pointed out that chances are it was translated in MY head as not intelligent/not good enough thus making it understandable that my teaching style and methods will reflect this.\n\nMy final Q&amp;A session came to a close with me explaining what an honour it feels to be in a teaching role and how vital it is we all respect this position of responsibility. Soon I had a queue of people lining up at the front with yet more questions and offering business cards and sharing their experiences.\n\nWhat a great opportunity and experience this was!\n\nI had desperately wanted to stay and experience Kurt’s workshop session about asking yourself “…whether you can hold two opposing views at one time without bias…?” Also Georgina Williams’ (a development practitioner amongst other things) ‘Emotional Intelligence’ session looked fascinating and of course my friend Linda Low and her colleague Jamie French were offering their insights into ‘The Art of Co-Delivery.’\n\nThe point to be raised here is we can all make a mistake and step outside our comfort zones but this is what the learning environment is like.\n\nIt is ok to ‘fail’ so long as you take something from it.\n\nIt is ok to feel uncomfortable if this expands your knowledge/learning experience.\n\nLife is too short to stay with the zones you are most comfortable…\n\nTAKE A LEAP…Who knows what might happen? You might even enjoy it!\n\nYou might even discover YOUR ELEMENT!!\n\nIt could be Biomechanics Coaching!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE </a>','DOH!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1245-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1245,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38868',0,'revision','',0),(38869,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<strong>Congratulations to Lee Hopkins who has been nominated as Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month! </strong>\n\nLee is being recognised for his loyalty and commitment to his own beliefs and also in his self development. This allows him to pass information on during both his fantastic and unique exercise classes and also in the classroom with course students.\nSo much so we have invited Lee to become one of our Master Trainers to help us continue with the high standards of educational experiences all of our learners have in the Biomechanics Education Academy.\n\n<strong>Biography in brief</strong>\n\n<em>My name is Lee Hopkins and I am a fitness professional and sports therapist based in the South West area of London</em>\n\n<em>I have been in the industry for more than 20 years in many different roles ranging from a massage therapist, personal trainer, weight lifting coach, Pilates and yoga teacher, Les Mills presenter and a posture analysis lecturer. </em>\n\n<em>I have always had a passion for movement and a desire to understand how the human body moves/functions and now base a lot of my personal and client training on this knowledge.</em>\n\n<strong>What made you choose <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a>? </strong>\n\n<em>During my career I came across Rachel France who introduced me to the concept of biomechanical screening. Her passion and knowledge really resonated with me and prompted me to undertake a Biomechanics Coach</em><em>™</em><em> Diploma which lead me to completing all of the courses available including the iMoveFreely</em>® <em> programme, which has completely changed the way I move, train and think about the body. </em>\n\n<strong>What do you specialise in outside of <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomechanics Coaching™?</a></strong>\n\n<em>I specialise in Hatha yoga, Vinyasa flow and ‘Scaravelli inspired’ yoga as well as </em>\n\n<em>Pilates reformer, matt and floor classes and private tuition.</em>\n\n<em>I also work on resistance, strength and conditioning including kettlebells and suspension training, boxing one to one and am a qualified sports massage therapist. </em>\n\n<strong>Where do you see yourself in 10 years from now?</strong>\n\n<em>In 10 years from now my aim is to run my own studio in which I’m using my intrinsic biomechanics knowledge on a daily basis with clients to help them achieve an optimum level of fitness, movement and a deeper understanding of how their body works both as private tuition and yoga therapy.</em>\n\n<strong>What would be your advice for somebody thinking of becoming a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" rel=\"noopener\">Biomechanics Coach™</a>? </strong>\n\n<em>I would advise anyone wishing to become a Biomechanics Coach™ to be prepared for hard work that requires dedication and patience and to have the ability to look outside the box as well as a genuine love and interest for the human body.</em>\n\n<strong>On the journey to where you are now what have been your achievements?</strong>\n\n<em>One of my key achievements was working for Les Mills as a Trainer/Presenter in Bodybalance and Body Pump.</em>\n\n<em>Through the education and training I have completed I have developed my own knowledge to allow me to work across the country lecturing in anatomy, movement, posture and yoga for Drummond Education</em>\n\n<em>Having dedicated time to my own yoga practice and learning I have been head hunted to work on a yoga/mindfulness retreat, which I am proud to say I am a part of once a month.</em>\n\n<strong>Tell us a secret…………..</strong>\n\n<em>I used to compete in Latin American ballroom dancing. </em>\n\nFancy some of the skills Lee has talked about here?\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE HERE!</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Lee Confesses His Secret..','','inherit','closed','closed','','1241-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1241,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38869',0,'revision','',0),(38870,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','This Juicemail is dedicated to a gorgeous young lady who I met through my S&amp;C buddy, Boris, at the Elite Sports Performance Expo where I was exhibiting with our partners, the Sports Therapy Association. After a brief chat I also find out she had been training with some of my Biomechanics Coach™ guys for years, Daryl and Rob!\n\nAmber and I hit it off straight away and it was clear she has a really passion for our industry and, to my joy, superb event management skills!\n\nWithin a very short space of time she became our <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">TMC16</a> events manager and so I wanted to introduce you to just one of our newest team members.\n\nThe other person this is dedicated to is Sam, whom I never got the opportunity to meet but I will let Amber tell you about here in her own words...\n\n<i>By day… straight haired, clean cut, smartly dressed, heels when really put under duress - Head of Events for London based corporate agency. Literally feeling my shoulders drag forward, hip flexors tighten and shoulders/traps tense as I sit at my desk striving to meet my next deadline!</i>\n\n<i>By evening and weekend… workout clothes, trainers or lifting shoes, hair up or in lazy curls and after much mobilisation and activations, moving freely – training, lifting, cycling, laughing and pushing myself towards the me I want to be… strong, athletic, healthy and happy!</i>\n\n<i>My professional background is 16 years in the agency world of corporate event management which I do enjoy! I meet amazing people, travel the world and have the privilege of mentoring and coaching a remarkable team in operational event management, client relationships and on a subliminal and sometimes not too subtle level, gently encouraging each of them to balance their diets and the benefits of using exercise as a stress reliever as opposed to that nightly bottle of wine! I have had some success. My proudest is now one of my best friends who has truly changed her mind set and lifestyle; she loves lifting, looks forward to the gym and is well along the way to achieving her goals! Hey I was proud when she was even in the right frame of mind and asked me to help her set goals!</i>\n\n<i>On a health and fitness level, I have always been sporty but never dedicated myself to one particular sport; I just love being active and the feeling of a hard training session! I was introduced to lifting in my early 20’s and instantly hooked! My desire to be thin turned into a desire to be strong and beat PR’s, and then my hobby turned into my passion! My genuine passion found me reading constantly and irritating my trainers by questioning everything! I owe a lot to the fab trainers I’ve worked with over the years whom I can now call my friends, mentors and people I aspire to be like.</i>\n\n<i>It’s simple, I love to train. When the rest of the world makes no sense, I jump on my bike, go for a run or my first thought is straight down the gym, lifting shoes on and pushing myself to achieve more. I love goal setting and smashing those goals. But I live a balanced life and I love to socialise and I still love my food. Lucky I genuinely enjoy good food and have a fascination for nutrition and its effects. More recently my fascination has turned to the psychology of exercise and I am desperate to spread this message and get people helping themselves and being proud of themselves, their achievements, their bodies and having respect for themselves. </i>\n\n<i>So when Rachel asked me to be involved in <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">TMC16</a> and allow me this amazing opportunity to listen to, meet and work with such an inspirational group of industry professionals, how could I say no? I cannot wait for October 8th where you will find me running around keeping the event running smoothly but also sneaking into the back of the seminars to absorb as much information as I possibly can!</i>\n\n<i>More important, I was truly touched when Rachel offered for this years’ <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">TMC 2016 </a>chosen charity to be The Big Cheese Society, a name I appreciate will need some explaining. Cheeseman was the nickname of my amazing, truly unique, huge hearted, loved by all boyfriend Sam Rowley who was in a fatal cycle accident earlier this year. He was training for Lands Ends to John O Groats 900mile Ride Across Britain this coming September. Sam adored cycling and sport in general but his real passion was basketball, he used to say it was in his DNA! My Sam had a huge heart; he was always looking to help others and mentored younger members of both his teams, often going out of his way to pick them up if they were unable to find transport to a match. The only downside of this was you had to join in on his pre-game sing/shout along in the car to his latest pump me up song! </i>\n\n<i>So after his accident, when we couldn’t find a charity which served our primary purpose of helping under privileged children to play the game they love we set up The Big Cheese Society. The idea is grants will be offered to help a team who can’t afford a kit or a child who can’t afford boots or parents who have to work so there is no transport to reach training or a game. We will provide the kit, the boots, the taxi or coach. Keeping children in sport, active, healthy and away from gaming or wandering the streets is our primary aim with the intention the charity will organically grow.</i>\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nFancy joining us in celebrating life and all things intrinsically biomechanical and more....?\n\nRemember this is just part of what is happening at this tremendous annual event and there are very limited seats to create that intimate feel for great Q&amp;A session with the industry leaders presenting... <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">CHECK IT OUT!</a>\n\nI suggest you HURRY UP final seats remaining!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK YOUR SEAT HERE </a>\n\nAND you get to meet the very gorgeous Amber!!','The Big Cheese Society','','inherit','closed','closed','','1238-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1238,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38870',0,'revision','',0),(38871,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','THIS was one of the most profound influences on my own confidence about my knowledge of anatomy.\n\nAs you know (because I keep harping on about it) I am NOT academic, so learning muscles names and where they attach and how they move the joints/bones etc was an area I liked confidence in. This was particularly an issue since my job was teaching about it.\n\nMy wonderful mentor put me in situations that challenged me, with methods to fall back on should I be faced with a question I didn’t know the answer to.  I have since learned (and now practice) to NEVER to give the answer - this is known as a LEARNER LEAD classroom and allows for exploratory discussion about the logical principles of anatomy which makes remembering it much easier.\n\nClearly knowing the anatomy is very important when teaching how we understand movement and the way tissues and structures within the body work and influence each other..\n\nBUT\n\nThe more I have learned the more I have realised just how GREY this subject is ….in that there aren\'t so many hard and fast rules as most of the anatomy books would imply.\n\nHowever we require some clarity using certain rules to follow in the beginning to allow us to understand and comprehend certain things in a layered leaning way. Hence level 2 gym instructor qualifications, followed by level 3 PT and so on…\n\nSo I was lucky enough to have the opportunity to access Keele Medical labs through Master Trainer, Biomechanics Coach and TMC16 presenter, Mike Grice. In fact attended several cadaver days there back in around 2009-2011\n\nNow like most people my initial feeling about seeing a dead body, known in this instance as a \'cadaver\', was one of anxiety about the smell and that kind of weird feeling that you might imagine goes along with being in the presence of someone who is actually not alive any more.\n\nHOWEVER the medical lab technicians were just AMAZING at educating us on everything so that we could in fact just get stuck into learning REAL anatomy, so to speak. The embalming fluid (made up of formaldehyde, glutaraldehyde, methanol and other solvents) did smell a bit funny but ANY chemical does.\n\nAlso the technicians did an excellent job of explaining that these people had offered their bodies to science to educate people like us and to help us all understand all the stuff that is really inside of us a little bit better. This impacted on me in a big way hearing this and how I felt about being in there. So I felt more of a respect for the bodies/people I was analysing than the immaturity of it being weird, if you like.\n\nANYWAY with my hair tied back, aprons and gloves on we were all taken into a seating area at one end of the lab. I noticed there were blue plastic covers over the cadavers as we were offered seats in front of a slide presentation. Here embryology was explained to us in its simplest terms, which was fascinating. It was explained to us how they do the embalming process, how long the bodies were kept and of course the laws, rules and regulations of being involved in touching human tissue of the deceased.\n\n10 minutes later when we turned around, I noticed the blue covers had been removed and we were taken towards the first 2 bodies. The one male and one female actually looked like they were sleeping and they had been dissected slightly differently to show us different things. For example the male\'s chest was dissected to show us the muscle tissue layers on one side but the other side was dissected to show the ribs and then the organs underneath as we were told we could lift each part up and fold them back to see.\n\nWOWZERS!\n\nAny remaining feelings of weirdness simply disappeared with pure fascination at what we were actually looking at and TOUCHING! This wonderful gentleman had wanted US to study HIM from the inside to understand better how to help others.\n\nYou know what, I actually felt honoured!\n\nSo we started to look for the pec minor attachments since we have an assessment we do for this very muscle in our programme. The anatomy books will show you a very sharply defined 2D view of how this muscles looks to represent what, in reality, is not so smooth and more of a rugged texture and the attachments on THIS person did not simply attach to, and stop on, the corocoid process and 3-5th ribs. The ‘striations’ of the fibres actually continued across and down into the opposite hip!\n\nAnother cadaver\'s pec minor presented completely differently again…..we went on to look at all sorts of fascinating things including the now much talked about 5 x quads!\n\nYep 5 QUADS! Tensa Fascia Intermedius, of TFI it has now been named, challenges the very roots of some of what we knew about human anatomy in that they cannot really be \'quadraceps\' if there are actually 5 of them in some people!\n\nI LOVE this because this is the way we teach our learners within our academy. That we should always challenge everything until we can gain clarity and understanding, no matter who is telling or what the books say because they could be out of date of unaware of some new evidence or discovery.\n\nAnyway we moved onto a section of various knee joints all in different states of degeneration and the lab technician suggested we try to determine the order of least to worst degeneration. As we studied them but moving them into flexion to look at the ACL, cartilage and inner surfaces it wasn\'t as difficult as you might imagine. Specially when we found one with a chunk of metal in it!\n\nI rolled a sciatic nerve between my fingers, \'squished\' a healthy lung v\'s an unhealthy one, felt different muscle types, looked at a row of foetus displayed in jars (a bit like at the Body Work\'s exhibitions) at various stages of development and even conjoined twins that had deceased at a few months within the womb. This whole experience was mind blowing, humbling and educational on another level.\n\nWhat was most profound was;\n\nThe realisation that we are all as different on the inside as we are on the outside, maybe even more so!\n\nThat while books are created to enable us to understand anatomy better, they are very general and based on what we know SO FAR.\n\nThat we are still scratching the surface when ti comes to understanding the ways in which the human body works, adapts, evolves and functions.\n\nIf lab technicians who teach medical students anatomy don\'t always know the answer then how could WE exercise professionals expect to!?\n\nWhat I would most like to communicate across in this Juicemail is the lesson I took from my experience in the cadaver labs. That we should know what we NEED to know really well and not feel so much pressure to \'know it all\' because NO ONE does! Not event the lab technicians who teach detailed anatomy to budding surgeons!\n\nBy all means use the books to process the basics but also keep in mind that they are teaching us a very GREY subject area in a black and white way to simplify a very complex subject.\n\nLike one of my past learners who called me and said \"I don\'t agree with what the book is saying because......am I right?\' He had a very logical JUSTIFICATION as to why he wanted to challenge what the book said but he was almost nervous about challenging the book. I congratulated him on this and said the most important thing is that you are thinking like this and using logic from your own understanding and not simply accepting what another is telling you.\n\nENJOY the process!\n\nTry not to allow anxiety or doubt to affect your learning experience and rest assured if you are one of those considering joining our academy we are a constant support for you along your fantastic journey in this wonderful world of the human body and movement!\n\nOur waiting list is growing so don\'t miss out, simply leave us your email to receive our priority email with the 2017 schedule upon release..\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/contact-us/\">JOIN US in 2017 by registering your interest early HERE</a>','Feeling Dead Bodies!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1234-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1234,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38871',0,'revision','',0),(38872,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','PGA advisor, Martin Haines, is back!!\n\nDo you play golf?\n\nDo your clients play golf?\n\nWould you like to play golf without feeling back pain?\n\nWould your clients like to play golf without feeling back pain?\n\nWell one of the luxuries of my job is working with some of the smartest, nicest and coolest people in our industry, as you probably already know because I like to share!\n\nHaving a world leader in biomechanics as, not only a colleague, but also as a close friend means I get to bring this fantastic opportunity to those of you who have an interest in golf...\n\nHere is a sample of the kind of things Martin talks about in relation to golfers;\n\n<i>One of the most disabling and common ailments in our golfers today (and our society in general) is back pain.  In fact according to a top researcher, lower back pain is as common as headaches in modern society. </i>\n\n<i>A recent study showed that if you see your GP with your back pain, if he then refers you to a specialist, who then sends you for X-rays and MRI scans, the accuracy of diagnosis is 15-20%.  A frightening yet little known fact.  Unfortunately the principles of modern medicine mean that the medical profession cannot treat an injury without an accurate diagnosis; so is there any wonder why the incidence of back pain has doubled every 10 years for the last 30 years?  </i>\n\n<i>As you can imagine, the problem is made even worse when you have had back pain for some time, especially if you are a golfer where the high speed spinal movements increase the pressure on your spine significantly.  The problem is that when you have had an injury for more than 6 weeks, another part of your body will start to compensate so you can have new pains as your condition deteriorates.  So you can actually end up with more than one injury due to the mechanical compensations, which makes diagnosis even more difficult. We need to shift the paradigm and look at back pain differently.  </i>\n\n<i>Scientists, called Biomechanists, have been looking at back pain quite differently for some time.  They look at the mechanical causes of back pain rather than focusing on the pain itself. They have found that they get better results by managing the biomechanical causes than many in the medical profession achieve by treating the symptoms. </i>\n\n<i>In fact independent research has shown that if you see at Physiotherapist over a 6 week period for your low grade back pain, your average improvement will be around 39% in functional capacity (the capacity of your back to perform work).  If however you were to perform an exercise programme to manage the mechanical causes of your back pain, your average improvement would be around 140%.  A profound difference and one that cannot be ignored.</i>\n\n<i>This biomechanical approach is rapidly taking over from the medical approach in popularity as a much more effective method of treating back pain.</i>\n\n<i>Of course no single method can be the panacea of all ills, but what we are finding is that if the mechanical causes are addressed, the pain can subside without treatment on the \'injury\', whatever it might be.  Sometimes treatment is also required, however, but often golfers find that once they\'ve committed to an exercise programme to address the causes of their pain, they are then more able to manage the problem themselves.  Then if local treatment is necessary, it is more likely to be successful, as the mechanical causes are no longer present.</i>\n\n<i>Considering the problems that golfers can have with back pain, prevention is important as it’s far less painful, less inconvenient and far less expensive! The same biomechanical principles that can help manage back pain, can be adopted to minimise the risk.  So the ‘take home message’ for them is to find a Biomechanics Coach™, get screened and learn which are the best exercises for you personally.</i>\n\nOR\n\nWould you like to learn more about how you can help yourself AND your golf players?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\">GOLF BIOMECHANICS WORKSHOP</a>\n\nSATURDAY 17th SEPTEMBER\n\nLOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY\n\n9:30AM-4:00PM\n\n£150\n\nBOOK YOUR PLACE NOW','Back Pain Playing Golf?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1231-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1231,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38872',0,'revision','',0),(38873,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Are you caught up INSIDE your business wondering how you can make more AND do less?\n\nor\n\nMaybe you just want to do more of the stuff you LOVE to do?\n\nMarketing magician to the fitness industry, Chris Wright, is changing the working lives of Biomechanics Coaches™ &amp; PT\'s all over the UK, who are just like YOU!\n\nHere in this Juicemail, this super cool guy is offering an insight into his <a href=\"http://biomechanicseducation.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=6f458d653bd47a8a28461394b&amp;id=06352f1f1c&amp;e=5903c8c1c6\">one day business workshop Sat 8th Sept at Loughborough University.</a>\n\nREAD ON MY FRIENDS…\n\n<i>I have tons of memories when that phrase, “It’s right in front of your nose” was shouted at me by my mum or dad growing up…. Ok I’ll be honest, Shelly even said it to me just yesterday :-)</i>\n\n<i>You go into the kitchen looking for something, and you have already told yourself that you don’t know where it is. You look, but don’t see it. Someone else comes in and there it is staring back you in the most obvious place possible. “It’s right there!!!!!” It is literally right in front of your nose…..How did you miss it?</i>\n\n<i>You saw it, you must of have done, it\'s right there, but the brain didn\'t register it because you told it not to. You said, “I am not going to find it because I don’t know where it is”, so the brain did as instructed.</i>\n\n<i>And we do this all the time with our lives, and businesses.</i>\n\n<i>I see this all the time with clients (note this is why it’s always good to have a coach in areas that you are working on). It’s often the things and people right in front of us that could be hugely helpful to us and our businesses that we completely skip over. Not intentionally (sometimes subconsciously), but we just don’t think about it. </i>\n\n<i>We tell ourselves that our friends probably can’t help us, so we don’t even ask. We tell ourselves that we won’t ever meet or connect with certain individuals, so we don’t even try. And then moan that others get lucky when they meet them….they didn’t get lucky. They put themselves in positions to meet them.</i>\n\n<i>I want to first tell you that no one is successful by themselves. Amazingly successful people have teams of people around them, friends, family etc that have all helped them become who they are. </i>\n\n<i>What I want you to do is look at the potential opportunities or relationships around you.</i>\n\n<i>I am going to use an example of a client I have been working with recently, they laughed a lot with this and I hope won’t mind me sharing it, as it will help so many other people.</i>\n\n<i>This person is currently employed and looking to leave their job to do what their true passion is, help people be healthier, fitter have more confidence and just be even more awesome. Best of all, they have a truly supportive team around them that are encouraging them to take the leap.</i>\n\n<i>Looking for ways to launch the business and get it off the ground quickly, I asked….. “How many employees are there in your building?”</i>\n\n<i>Answer: 400 or so.</i>\n\n<i>Me: And none of them want to help with their health and fitness?</i>\n\n<i>Answer: I have never asked!</i>\n\n<i>Me: There are 400 people in your office, and you have never asked even one of them if they would like some help getting fit?</i>\n\n<i>Answer: When you put it like that it sounds ridiculous. I will do something about that immediately.</i>\n\n<i>These people either already know them, or at least are familiar with other people who may use their services.</i>\n\n<i>Me: The boss already knows, likes &amp; trusts you and wants to support you with your leap into your new business. Do you think they might be willing to pop an email round all the employees promoting you, or even set up an employee fitness programme?</i>\n\n<i>Answer: There’s no harm in asking</i>\n\n<i>EXACTLY!! Even if the answer is no...it doesn’t matter!</i>\n\n<i>Put this way… If you set up a group programme and get 20 people to pay you £97/month - you have £1,940/month….. And you have a captive audience of 400! Go get those 20 people :-) </i>\n\n<i>Now not everyone will have this, but I am telling you there are opportunities all around you that you will be missing out on.</i>\n\n<i>So it’s time to make a list :-) </i>\n\n<i>Look at your family, friends, colleagues, your current clients.</i>\n\n<i>Who do they know? Have you ever told them that you are looking to get into certain places or meet certain people? </i>\n\n<i>Have you even told them what your business is about and who you serve? Often the answer is no. And yet how often does someone tell you something, or about a restuarant, or activity they went on, and you go… “You know who would love this… Julie. I will tell her about this”</i>\n\n<i>Where do your friends work? What roles do they have in those companies? They may not be the managing director of a company that has 400 people on site, but could they introduce you to someone who you would need to speak to about setting up a programme to help their employees move better. Of course!</i>\n\n<i>Where do your clients work? Who do they know that would help you grow your business?</i>\n\n<i>Are you part of sports clubs, communities, groups of people? Can you promote through those?</i>\n\n<i>All you have to do is ask.</i>\n\n<i>And that’s the bit everyone really struggles with. Why? Because we freak out that answer will be NO…. why do we freak out about that? It doesn’t matter.</i>\n\n<i>Or perhaps we say we don’t want to ask our friends for help…. Why? If a friend came to me, and asked me for help, and I could help them, or introduce them to someone I would happily do it! </i>\n\n<i>You see it’s our own insecurities that stop us from asking, that stop us from growing. So it’s time to get over it :-) </i>\n\n<i>Also, I do understand that people often don’t know what to ask for, right? Well, this post has hopefully got you thinking, and should as a result have given you some ideas.</i>\n\n<i>Here is how a conversation with a friend could go…..</i>\n\n<i>You: “Hey Mark, I know you work at (insert company name), I would love to come in and do a free talk for your team, who do you think would be best to talk to about that?</i>\n\n<i>Mark: That would probably be John.</i>\n\n<i>You: Great, could you introduce me to them?</i>\n\n<i>Mark: Sure thing. Email ok?</i>\n\n<i>As a Biomechanics Coach™ for example who are you looking for as clients? Who is already serving those clients? Or where are those potential clients? Who do you need to connect with to be in front of those people?</i>\n\n<i>So get out there start looking for the opportunities and start ASKING :-)</i>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/launching-growing-your-business-with-biomechanics-coaching/\">CLICK HERE TO BOOK </a>\n\nLAUNCH &amp; GROW YOUR BUSINESS\n\n1 Day Workshop\n\nSaturday 8th September\n\n9:30-4:00pm\n\nLoughborough University\n\n£180\n\nIf you have enjoyed this post, then make sure you tune in to my new podcast, The Entrepreneur Playbook: Strategies For Success In Business &amp; Life. Subscribe now CLICK ON;\n\n<a href=\"https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/entrepreneur-playbook-podcast/id1133978599?mt=2\">iTunes </a>\n\nor\n\n<a href=\"http://subscribeonandroid.com/level10living.co.uk/feed/podcast/\">Android  </a>\n\nor\n\n<a href=\"https://soundcloud.com/the-entrepreneur-playbook\">Soundcloud</a>\n\nAlso I would love to connect with you, so make sure you come and join the community in these various places:\n\nFacebook: https:<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/YourLevel10Life/\">//www.facebook.com/YourLevel10Life/</a>\n\nTwitter: https:<a href=\"https://twitter.com/YourLevel10Life\">//twitter.com/YourLevel10Life</a>\n\nInstagram: https:<a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yourlevel10life/\">//www.instagram.com/yourlevel10life/</a>\n\nSnapchat: https:<a href=\"//snapchat.com/add/level10living\">//snapchat.com/add/level10living</a>\n\nMy personal facebook: https:<a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/ChrisWright17\">//www.facebook.com/ChrisWright17</a>\n\nAll I ask is that if you connect with me personally, just pop me a message saying HI, tell me a little about you, what most excites you in your world right now, and that you read this and wanted to connect.','\"It\'s Right In Front Of Your Nose\"','','inherit','closed','closed','','1225-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1225,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38873',0,'revision','',0),(38874,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Grace is a 23yr old writer, and a very gifted one at that.\n\nGrace sees value in telling others how she feels and also telling people why she communicates in a certain way or feels better when WE communicate with HER in a certain way.\n\nHow refreshingly simple…To tell others how you best receive and process information!\n\nSurely this should be encouraged in education facilities from schools to colleges, to universities and further education beyond, right…?\n\nI know I certainly appreciate it when MY learners tell ME how they best receive the information in my classroom and in fact the sessions I enjoy most are the learner lead, facilitation session that FEEL more like a group discussion\n\nWHY?\n\nBecause there is far more going on than simply passing on information.\n\nANYONE can pass on information\n\nANYONE can show you an image or some text or read to you or play you a video..\n\nBUT\n\nCan you create an unforgettable experience ..?\n\nHere are what I believe to be 2 of the key factors to delivering really great educational experiences;\n\nManaging facilitation of discussions that remain inclusive and relevant to the aims and objectives of the session.\n\nWhile doing so remaining confident in this style of ‘ad- lib’ teaching that doesn’t come in the lesson plan, isn\'t ‘prepared’ for in the reading the night before, wasn’t necessarily on the syllabus or the curriculum, but at THAT moment, for WHATEVER reason it has come up in a group discussion and the teacher recognises it as a ‘learning rich moment’ for development of those individuals present!\n\nMy own learning expands during MY teaching as I absorb information from my learners experiences, knowledge and expertise during those group discussions. Since I am in an industry where the people I teach are already qualified, insured, practicing and have loads of experience…\n\nWHY WOULDN’T I LEARN FROM THEM TOO…!?\n\nAnyway where was I?\n\nYes, Grace …..\n\nGrace communicates really well how she feels and she does this to enable others to understand how she thinks, feels and communicates and she does this in a positive way for both parties, with a fantastic sprinkle of her humour too!\n\nFor YOU as a PT, exercise professional, fitness professional or therapist do you think understanding how to communicate with clients would be helpful too?\n\nObviously, right?\n\nYet it takes time to learn the best communication techniques for each person, the mediums and motivators that help them flourish and feel successful.\n\nIf YOU would like to learn how some others communicate please take a moment to read Grace’s blog and raise awareness that we..\n\nDO NOT ALL give and receive information in the same way.\n\n<a href=\"http://unwrittengrace.wordpress.com\">READ GRACE\'S BLOG </a>\n\nThank you Grace!!\n\n<a href=\"http://www.autism.org.uk/get-involved/tmi/stories/grace-liu.aspx\">READ MORE </a>','Unwritten Grace','','inherit','closed','closed','','1222-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1222,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38874',0,'revision','',0),(38875,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<b>Another re-post by request, of a Juicemail we published in 2015 to explain the roots of <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a>...</b>\n\nRecently I decided to do some research into the origins of my profession having known, and taught for many years, that the education programmes we deliver all started with ‘Remedial Gymnastics’ (RG).\n\nWhat I found interesting was the definition of the role of an RG still to this day holds true to what a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coach™</a> (BC) does too.\n\nRemedial Gymnastics is a special treatment method that involves the means of preventative physical training to accelerate patients working capacity and avoid consequences of pathological process.\n\nAnother definition I came across based on the understanding of this type of approach was:\n\nUses movement as the basic means for the purpose 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\n\n<strong>AIMS &amp; APPLICATION (of RG/BC)</strong>\n\n<strong>Increase in the scope of movement of the joint</strong>\n\n<strong>Increase in muscle power </strong>\n\n<strong>Maintenance and improvement in coordination of movement</strong>\n\n<strong>Rise in the speed of movement</strong>\n\n<strong>Improvement in general and local stamina</strong>\n\nBy 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\n\nFounder of the Intrinsic Biomechanics method that we call Biomechanics Coaching™, Martin Haines, was originally an RG before it merged with physiotherapy and he went on to become a chartered physiotherapist.\n\nHe recognised the value in having BOTH the RG 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 over come 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 the requiring the attention of a physiotherapist. Therefore the 2 professionals working along side each other is a perfect combination for the overall recovery and improvement in movement of the client.\n\nHowever 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 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.\n\nSo, we as PT’s, Fitness professional’s, Pilates or Yoga teacher’s 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 RG professional since the 1980’s, is having such a massive success in the fitness industry.\n\nThe badge you see above depicts the Society of RG’s crest with the motto in latin;\n\n<em>SPES SIBI QUISQUE</em>\n\n<em>Let each man’s hope be in himself </em>\n\nor put another way, <em>‘rely on his own resources’</em>.\n\nThis is absolutely the ethos of being a BC. 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.\n\nWe 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.\n\nWe form alliances with those who have a 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.\n\nDo You Want To Join Us?\n\nAre you A PT? Exercise Professional? Pilates Instructor? Yoga Teacher?\n\nDo You Want To Help More People?\n\nDo You Want Simple Principles To Gain Confidence?\n\nDo You Want Full Support In The Application Of ALL Of Your Skills?\n\nHurry Time Flies…..Places Are Already Going Fast...!!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST for 2017 WORKSHOPS HERE </a>\n\nArticle References:\n\n<a href=\"http://www.mediclub.az/en/35\">http://www.mediclub.az/en/35</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1986/mar/24/professions-supplementary-to-medicine\">http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/lords/1986/mar/24/professions-supplementary-to-medicine</a>\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\')\">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\')</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/dt_hsu_remedial_gymnast.pdf\">http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/careers/conditions/Awards/dt_hsu_remedial_gymnast.pdf</a>\n\n<a href=\"http://www.feellife.rs/eng/remedial-gymnastics.html\">http://www.feellife.rs/eng/remedial-gymnastics.html</a>','Remedial Gymnastics','','inherit','closed','closed','','1219-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1219,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38875',0,'revision','',0),(38876,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','This message came to me from another learner training in our academy this year;\n\nHi Rach,\n\n<i>My mind was blown today...</i>\n\n<i>I did a biomechanics session with one of my close friends at the yard, it\'s the first time she had done a session with the jacket and the software that I use and she was very surprised to see how wonky she was! </i>\n\n<i>As a bit of an experiment (we hadn\'t done a screening before) I got her off the horse and got her to do the 4 sign exercise. </i>\n\n<i>She then got back on the horse, and with absolutely no other direction or instruction I got her to ride the same line and filmed her...we were both amazed to see the difference in the positioning of her pelvis, feet and the improvement it had immediately on the horse\'s straightness! </i>\n\n<i>I have attached the photos *see right. </i>\n\n<i>I did the screens afterwards and found a huge difference in range and symmetry particularly on the 4 sign test. I have set her about doing the 4 sign test everyday four times a day and we have another intrinsic biomechanics screening session scheduled in a week to see the difference. </i>\n\n<i>I absolutely LOVE seeing the improvement in riders but this stuff is ridiculously good!!</i>\n\n<i>Can\'t wait to learn more and the end of the month!!</i>\n\n<i>Hope you don\'t mind the update but just had to share this!</i>\n\nDo you want to learn these skills too?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','My Mind Was Blown..','','inherit','closed','closed','','1196-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1196,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38876',0,'revision','',0),(38877,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','<strong>My friend sent me this message for all of US...</strong>\n\n<em>I walked into the local chip shop the other day and asked for deep fried Gadus Morhua and similarly prepared Solanum tuberosum, proceeded to my domicile  and processed the afore mentioned through the various stages of my digestive tract along with a large quantity of fermentum….in <u>normal</u> words I went to the chippy and got cod and chips, went home and had my supper with a load of beer.</em>\n\n<em>Simple, no need to complicate and everyone knows exactly what your saying…and this is how life is in general…unless your talking to a health or fitness professional.</em>\n\n<em>Going the gym for the first few times or seeking out a personal trainer can be quite intimidating for Joe or Jill public and it’s great to find someone that is knowledgeable and helpful but please…stop using Latin or medical terms for muscles or movements….to us average Joe’s…we have thighs not quadriceps femoris (or even quinriceps femoris if modern thinking is to be believed)<strong>,</strong> I have an ASS not gluteus maximus, gluteus medius and gluteus minimus…..I have one ASS…I don’t think of it as three different entities. </em>\n\n<em>My point being, why do you feel the need to talk like this? Is it to demonstrate your knowledge or our ignorance? Do you feel the need to intimidate us, beat us into submission with your superior knowledge before we have even lifted a weight? </em>\n\n<em>If talking like that is normal to you…sorry but us ‘lay’ people just don’t talk like you do….and we, the average Joe and Jill, are people. Most of your potential clients won’t say “please stop, I’m a bit thick and I don’t have a clue what you’re talking about”</em>\n\n<em>While we are here in this ‘zone’, let’s also consider the targets that YOU set us mere mortals when WE just want to slow down the ageing process, look good in a t-shirt or keep our asses from hitting the floor when wearing leggings, six packs (or eight packs…because six isn’t enough these days) are things that Olympians and Feather weight boxers have …WE will stick to the gruelling tempo you set and thank you for the pain you have caused us at the end of the supervised session but as soon as we are on our own, we are on the phone texting while having a leisurely stroll on the treadmill. This is because you don’t understand our nature..we are not lazy..we just don’t prioritise in the same way as you. You jog to work, we drive to the shop around the corner, you get up early to go for a swim, we have a lie in because we drank too much the night before. </em>\n\n<em>Instead of screaming for one more rep on the smith machine, encourage us to walk to the shop…help us formulate a long term plan with small changes to our lifestyles rather than giving us a sudden intense shock to our systems….Its not more pain more gain..its too much pain leads us to want to miss gym days and eat ice-cream and ibuprofen in equal measures.</em>\n\n<em>After listening to your Latin lesson and all…you have looked at our diet while grimacing every now and then, you have talked about the evil of sugar, the healthy fats and horrors of low density liposomes, You have described in great detail the wonders of egg whites, whey protein and tuna, you have imparted your knowledge and expertise..jeez..some of you even go as far as supplying recipes for colossal success….guess what…we are going to continue with beer, chocolate and Friday night pizza…but you will catch us with a protein shake at the gym….its even the one you recommended!</em>\n\n<em>So my dear Health or Fitness professional…try to be realistic with OUR goals, help US achieve some semblance of initial success without huge amounts of pain or inconvenience and wonder of wonders we might just stick with it and make it part of our lives instead of just another discarded new year’s resolution.</em>\n\n<em>Regards Fatty ☺</em>\n\n-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nSomething that is a key part of our education programmes is encouraging professionals to communicate more effectively with clients.\nKeeping THEIR goals relevant to what THEY want, THEIR lives, THEIR ideals while managing expectation on BOTH sides.\nWe shouldn\'t push OUR ideals onto THEM.\nYES educate\nYES motivate\nOH YES\nBUT we should be careful of <em>imposing </em>OUR<em> </em>unrealistic goals based on what WE feel they SHOULD do when it does not matter as much to THEM.\n\nLet us know your thoughts...?\nrachel@biomechanicsducation.com','A Message From Fatty...','','inherit','closed','closed','','1193-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1193,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38877',0,'revision','',0),(38878,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','There is a lot of media hype about people don’t move because they lack confidence and this probably isn\'t new to us as exercise professionals. The question is, is there an entire market WE are missing out on because they are actually afraid of exercise?\n\nWe are very focused on those who WANT to exercise OR those who have a specific goal, obviously, BUT what about those afraid of, or intimidated by, gyms?\n\nWhat about individuals who maybe don’t even realised it is not all about sweat, blood and tears or no pain no gain?\n\nOccupational health is a huge problem and possible one of the biggest cases of unnecessary low grade aches and pains many of the workforce is suffering today. However it is not necessarily as simple as asking them to move more…..or is it?\n\nLow grade aches, niggles and recurring injuries are accepted as NORMAL today....WHAAAAAAAAT?\n\nYes, this is what I hear some clients and participants actually saying and even those who are in their 20\'s!!\n\n\"NO THIS IS NOT \'NORMAL\'\n\nit is COMMON not normal \"...I tell them!!\n\nSo why on earth are people just accepting this as what they should live with?\n\nChances are it is because they have sought the advice of clinicians that maybe hasn\'t worked. The problem with this is if it is a biomechanical problem that is simply linked to their lack of movement rather than an actual clinical issue. The therapist hasn\'t \'failed\', they simply didn\'t get to the ROOT CAUSE.\n\nWe, exercise professionals, are perfectly placed to \'set people up\' for movement but what we lack in our exercise education is a basic preparation for movement programme that is required in this day and age. Basic warm ups and stretching is often not enough for an 8hr day sitting at a desk for example.\n\nWith all the compensations going on inside us when we are static for so long, simply jogging for 5 minutes or pre-workout stretching just isn\'t enough anymore. This fear of movement hurting them is putting people off moving and exercising, they are lacking confidence especially if the professional they saw wasn\'t able to help, they are feeling like a lost cause!\n\nThis is why as exercise professionals, we need to understand the body better and have more knowledge on improving movement capacity in our skill set. Not only does it help the \'keeno\'s\' who come to sweat, the newbie who just signed up for a years membership, but it can also increase confidence in those nervous of even leaving their desk to step into a gym, fitness class or exercise facility. So lets start introducing THEM to the safest exercise programme on the planet that prepares the body for movement and creates a safer foundation for exercise and fitness.\n\nInterestingly this programme originates from \'rehab\' but is perfect for \'pre-hab\' and it can literally be done sitting at your desk!\n\nIn studies the<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\"> iMoveFreely®</a> programme helped reduce musculoskeletal absenteeism by 64% within 3 months. It also saved one fire service £64k over a similar period of time for the same reason.\n\nThe beauty of the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">iMoveFreely®</a> programme is that it is the perfect programme to prepare your body for movement and could be called a NO SWEAT ‘work out’ that an office worker could do during their lunch break and they could then repeat as they sit at their desks or while talking on the phone for example. The low grade techniques are simple, safe and evidence based as effective for \'pre- clinical\' issues so that even the most exercise adverse individuals won’t be put off.\n\nThis awesome ‘de-sensitising’ exercise system enables individuals to manage their own physical health without stepping foot in a gym or even getting sweaty - at least to begin with anyway - while they increase their confidence in movement beyond the \'sedentary desk worker\' 90 degrees of hip flexion, for example.\n\nAs the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">iMoveFreely®</a> programme increases their confidence AND ability to move it also therefore increases the likelihood of them moving more and coming to your facility for more.\n\nThis programme is perfect;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">PREPARATION FOR MOVEMENT &amp; EXERCISE</a>\n\nThere is nothing like this in our industry and this can be delivered as a short \'prep clinic\' prior to present classes, one to one sessions\n\nor\n\nblended into your PT session or group exercise class\n\nor\n\ndelivered as a \'session\' or \'class\' in itself\n\nWould YOU like to learn how you can deliver this fantastic simple ‘work out’ into businesses in your local area?\n\nWould you like to generate another avenue for income?\n\nWould you like to be the first to approach local offices with an answer to some  of their occupation health costs?\n\nWould you like some quality education that comes with a huge amount of support beyond the classroom?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','Lack of Confidence','','inherit','closed','closed','','1188-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1188,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38878',0,'revision','',0),(38879,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Keeping Women Moving Freely Through All Stages Of Their Life\n\nMairi Taylor\'s session at <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention</a> 2015 went crazy with interaction and fascination as she gave us evidence based statistics and her expertise on inside out health!\n\nThis year she\'s back! Along with her amazing Juicebar!\n\nHere she gives your a teaser out her session...\n\nThis may come as a surprise to some people but women are not small men and therefore when it comes to working with and supporting them to keep moving freely it may be beneficial to understand where they are in their life cycle and how you can adapt your practice to support their needs from a hormonal as well as physical perspective.\n\nWhether it’s the young female athlete reaching puberty, the pregnant mum wanting to keep moving, the post-natal mum looking to return to fitness, the weekend warrior or elite athlete wanting to go with their flow or the peri menopausal woman looking to stay FABulous and work with her hormones rather than against,  Biomechanics Coaching™, good nutritional advice and lifestyle coaching go hand in hand to create the type of service that will ensure raving fans.\n\nAs a Perimenopausal woman Mairi Taylor not only has the education gathered through training with Burrell Education, The Integrative Women’s Health Institute and Metabolic Effect she is also walking and feeling her way through this key life stage determined to inspire and show other women that life most certainly isn’t over at 40!\n\nAs a Biomechanics Coach™, Pilates Instructor, Women’s Health Coach, Kettlercise™ Coach, Massage Therapist and Natural Juice Therapist Mairi brings all these disciplines together to provide a “whole” list approach to working with her female clients and supporting them at whatever stage of their life cycle they are to look and feel FABulous.\n\nDuring her lecture she will be sharing the impact of the hormonal changes at different stages of a woman’s lifecycle and some strategies for working with them and supporting their needs to ensure they keep moving freely.\n\nBook yourself, and your friends, one of the remaining\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">MOVEMENT CONVENTION</a> seats\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">HERE</a>','SHE\'S BACK!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1183-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1183,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38879',0,'revision','',0),(38880,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Sheila Court has been nominated <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month</a> for skilfully blending her holistic approach and sharing her wonderful and honest knowledge with others in and around Scotland!\n\nShe is also demonstrating why she was voted ‘top student award’ by The Western School of Massage!!\n\nWell done Sheila!!\n\nRead her story here:\n\nI qualified with a B.Ed in Physical education in 1991 and have been teaching since then.  Also R.S.A Qualified, for the last 20 years I have been taking aerobics, step and conditioning classes.  In simple terms, I’m movement and fitness daft!\n\nHaving spent years enjoying an extremely active life and having two fantastic children, I reached the dilemma of not being able to do what I loved without persistent injury and pain.  The hard work and abuse I had given my body, pushing it to the limits and age were starting to have some major consequences.  My lack of function and pain was affecting my job, my lifestyle and basically my well being.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a> has allowed me to sort out the key elements so my body can function to the high levels I still demand of it.  Knowing it’s worth and the benefits I have gained, it had to be something I did for other people.\n\nIn September 2012 I broadened my expertise further to give the best for my clients and qualified in Massage studying with the Western School.  Since then I have gone on to study Advanced and Sports and Remedial Techniques.  These skills couple ideally with <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a> and seem to be the kick start that some clients need to engage in the process.\n\nWhere do I see myself in 2026 is a mega question!\n\nMy family will have hopefully grown up into ‘responsible citizens’ and following their own career paths.  I still plan to be ’moving freely’ towards a happy retirement with the power to be as busy as I choose work wise!!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?</a>\n\nBiomechanics Coaching™ I feel is the missing link to quality and injury free exercise.  <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a> allows me to offer a new concept in rehabilitation and injury prevention.   I offer individual and small group sessions which centre solely on biomechanics coaching, additionally I have integrated it’s concepts into my fitness classes.\n\n2016 saw me take the big leap in becoming full time in my Now Move Freely business.  An enormous step for me after 24 years in teaching, however with the skill set I now have it has allowed me to develop a very busy business, which I love.\n\nSecrets, I’m not really big on.  What you see is what you get with me!! My passion however for fitness and health goes back a long way having been a ‘wee bit on the chubby side’ as a child!','Movement & Fitness Daft!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1166-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1166,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38880',0,'revision','',0),(38881,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','If any of you follow my Facebook posts you will have seen me talk about, and show small videos clips, of my Olympic Lifting progress and coaching experiences with various S&amp;C Coaches and British Weight Lifting Coaches over the last 18 months.\n\nHaving met Stephen Aish at LIW 2015 when we were both presenting on the Jordan Fitness stand, he offered to be my \'demo model\' during my practical demonstration. Following that he gave me some guidance on my lifting technique during his session. His approach was quite different and resonated with me, so much so I booked myself some 1:1 session with him.\n\nLogistics means we meet at Peterborough Crossfit and having achieved 4 x PB\'s on the second session and then 10 PB\'s on my 4th session with him you can imagine how excited I am to have found him!!\n\nWhat I love about his guy is, of course the stuff he says, but also the stuff he doesn\'t say but that he makes me feel and think about in the few wise words he does share with me. To truly understood what I mean you need to meet this awesome character who, our partner Ben Coomber also recognises as a great industry influencer, since Steve also represents BTN on their mindset workshops.\n\nSo now I want to share my sensei with you at this year\'s <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">Movement Convention Sat 8th October Loughborough University</a> so that you can experience some of his wisdom and maybe generate some PB\'s for yourself, your training, your business, your life!\n\nSteve is an international performance coach, mentor, champion athlete and has worked with over 10,000 people. His own journey led to him realising how important the mind is for health and he now dedicates his time to helping people find inner peace and their true potential.\n\nThe Movement Convention\n\nSat 8t October\n\nLoughborough University\n\n9-6pm\n\n£140\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">CLICK HERE TO RESERVE YOUR SEAT!</a>','Sharing My Sensei','','inherit','closed','closed','','1144-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1144,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38881',0,'revision','',0),(38882,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Having had an unsatisfactory education as a youngster and leaving school feeling pretty dumb as a \'non academic\' and then qualifying with QTLS in 2011 I have become very passionate about developing educational experiences for those who choose to enter into our academy.\n\nSo I KNEW I wasn\'t really dumb since I could communicate well, hold an audience captive and was great at inter personal relationships. I could make people laugh and coped perfectly fine living abroad for 6yrs in my early 20\'s, teaching myself to speak greek fluently and Japanese well enough to hold a conversation. My ability to remember choreography was good and I understood drachma and yen currencies.\n\nWhen I came home I got myself a mortgage and ran a house and wondered what the hell was I going to do since I was NOT AN ACADEMIC!!!! Being told this through all of my schooling made me feel like a failure without much hope in many respects, like I was not intelligent, that I had less value to offer and that I should \'make do\' relying on others to help me make decisions. My mathematical skills, in particular, or lack of them, still to this day make me extremely uncomfortable - even with a calculator!!\n\nWhat an unnecessary pressure it has been!!\n\nSince I have come to realise that ALOT of US are \'non academic\'. My \'luck\' of meeting someone who believed in my abilities (long before I did) gave rise to opportunities I had never ever dreamed I was capable of entering into!\n\nOK don\'t worry I am not about to harp on about The Education System, well not too much but there is a point......bear with me!\n\nThe point I want to make is I am the same as MANY, if not MOST, of YOU!!\n\nEven now the idea of sitting my theory assessment for my EPI S&amp;C qualification is making me say to myself....\"pah I dont need the quaification, just do the practical stuff\"...\n\n...because I HATE THEORY EXAMS! They make me SO uncomfortable that I simply want to avoid them! The concept of PROVING my intelligence through a medium I struggle with makes me fear that feeling of FAILURE since it just reminds me of what I have been told I lack!\n\nYet I teach MY leaners that failure is a good thing, something we should embrace since it is when we adjust, stretch our knowledge, correct ourselves, research and learn at a deeper level.\n\nPractical demonstrations are something I have no problem with but THEORY makes me feel really dumb all over again and I am conditioned to feel fear of failure before I even see the questions!!\n\nFEAR is only a thought in your head, nothing has happened, it is simply when we relive the feeling of failing and being told...\"you are not an academic are you\"...  like it\'s shameful!\n\nSo much pressure and yet I could prove my INTELLIGENCE or TALENTS in other ways!\n\nAnyway after watching him on a TED talk, I bought Ken Robinson\'s book\n\n\"The Element - How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything\"\n\nRobinson describes \'The Element\' as the place where the things we love to do and the things we are good at come together.\n\nWOWZERS! This guy is AMAZING!\n\nHe not only made me realise WHY I have been made to feel like I am not bright but he also showed me that not only am I NOT unintelligent, he helped me understand what INTELLIGENCE actually is and also what is, or should be, important.\n\nThere are many forms of intelligence, including academic intelligence BUT also\n\nARTISTIC intelligence, EMOTIONAL intelligence\n\nRobinson makes statements like...\n\n“How intelligent are you…? whats wrong with this question? we take the definition of intelligence for granted..”\n\n“Great education depends on great teaching”\n\n“Understand the conditions under which human talents flourish or fade…”\n\nHis ideas, explanations confirmed to me that I AM INTELLIGENT after all, that many of us are made to feel that we are lacking intelligence when we are assessed through certain mediums. This is why we have developed a broader, and in my opinion fairer, assessment process for our learners. One where we work WITH you to allow YOU to become autonomous in your own educational development so that you continue to grow beyond our academy.\n\nConsider how YOU feel about YOUR education experiences and how YOUR teachers, tutors, trainers made YOU feel?\n\nWould you like to experience an inclusive classroom?\n\nWould you like to find YOUR medium for demonstrating YOUR intelligence?\n\nWould you like to have your talents encouraged to flourish?\n\nWould you like to experience great teaching?\n\nBiomechanics Education Ltd is proud to offer all its learners a positive learning experience with full support bespoke to your needs.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">READ MORE ABOUT THE ACADEMY HERE</a>','Education Is Rubbish!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1128-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1128,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38882',0,'revision','',0),(38883,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Tom Waldron is, in my opinion, an up and coming star in our industry.\n\nHaving been lucky enough to experience his gorgeous open personality in our learning environment I have thoroughly enjoyed his questions and thoughts into human movement. He has been such a joy to have around that I wanted YOU to share the experience of his knowledge combined with a quality of character that is not often found in our industry.\n\nSo on <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">Saturday 8th October at Loughborough University</a> 9:00-6:00pm Tom, along with is college and fellow Franklin Method practitioner Rachel, will be presenting at The Movement Convention.\n\nHere he gives a hint at what they will be delivering for your benefit, an insight into what is becoming a powerful tool to use with your clients...dynamic imagery.\n\nThe Franklin Method uses dynamic imagery, anatomical embodiment and educational skills to create lasting positive change in your body and mind. In this practical class we\'ll be exploring the intrinsic biomechanics of the shoulder girdle. Discovering that through imagery techniques and touch, we can improve the function of the shoulder girdle. Increasing flexibility, co-ordination and strength by strengthening the mind body connection. In the Franklin Method we say \'embodying function improves function\'\n\nIn this workshop you will learn new and fun techniques to improve the mechanics of your shoulder girdle. Perfect for athletes who are constantly looking for better ways to train or for those who simply want to have a better experience of their shoulders in daily life.\n\nNot got your seat yet?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">OMG CLICK HERE QUICK!!!</a>','The Franklin Method','','inherit','closed','closed','','1124-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1124,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38883',0,'revision','',0),(38884,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','But You Misunderstand Me…\n\nOne of the hardest things about marketing a unique practical skill is promoting what you do in text. This is why I do a lot of videos but still it won’t give you ALL of the methods, ideas and ethos that we deliver during our training because that would, well…give it away!!\n\nThis does however leave us open to being challenged about the content we deliver and what we also endeavour to communicate during our workshops.\n\nIn one respect I don’t care what the trolls say because business is doing very well thank you and we are empowering thousands of professionals to improve the quality of life of their clients (see testimonials) while increasing their confidence (and income) as practitioners.\n\nBUT\n\n...on the other hand the trolls are actually aiding the QUALITY of our marketing and HOW we communicate what we do by challenging us which is, in fact, increasing our sales and getting even more bums on seats.\n\nSo trolls, we thank you!!!\n\nThe most important thing for us about business, and our partnerships and collaborations, is integrity. This is something my mentor and the founder of the programmes we deliver, Martin Haines, taught me in the early stages of our business relationship and we have also maintained between us ever since.\n\nThat means not to ‘bite’ to the haters and also to stick to your morals and ethos without letting them get to you negatively.\n\nIt means I sleep at night since the methods of maintaining integrity allow me to stick to what I deliver but also to be transparent enough that I admit ideas, concepts and language is likely to change with development of new evidence and information over time.\n\nThis also crosses over into the partnerships we have with other industry leaders like Ben Coomber and Brendan Chaplin, who have experienced similar \'trolling\' through social media.\n\nBUT\n\nThese superb professionals maintain their integrity through openly discussing them.\n\nI have ultimate respect for the strength of character Ben Coomber has demonstrated publicly in super honest videos showing his transparent nature that his ideas can also change with time and with new evidence and experience.\n\nIn doing so I would trust him over someone who uses aggressive methods of communication in an attempt to impress others, undermine the competition and even slating old methods that they probably used themselves without mention of it!\n\nExpanding, growing and no fear of admitting being wrong, just honest people trying to help others to move better feel stronger and eat healthier\n\nWhat’s wrong with that, eh???\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Come &amp; meet me, Martin, Ben AND Brendan amongst others </strong></a>\n\n<strong>Saturday 8th October 9-6pm £140\nThe Movement Convention\nLoughborough University</strong>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hurry though this is an intimate event</a>!!!','Thank You Trolls!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1118-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1118,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38884',0,'revision','',0),(38885,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Now I KNOW you know I LOVE my job but I believe in sharing moments of joy where possible and so I wanted to share the joy of one of my learners with you that brought ME joy this year!\n\nI received this fantastic message from Bruce;\n\n<em>\"Hi Rachel </em>\n\n<em>I just wanted to thank you for all your help.</em>\n\n<em>The Biomechanics Coach™ workshop series has really blown me away and over the last couple of weeks two things have happened that have really boosted my confidence. </em>\n\n<em>The first was sitting in the first session of my level 4 sports massage class while everyone there was soooo much more experienced than me, and way more qualified, but I found myself actually educating the others on how the body works as an integrated system. I actually felt like I belonged and could contribute to the class. </em>\n\n<em>Yesterday I met up with a friend who has been struggling with lower back pain and recurring leg and knee injuries. She had been seeing an osteopath for 18 months who had identified a leg length discrepancy through an imbalance of the hip. Anyway she was going every few weeks for them to \'put the hip back\'. 8 weeks ago when I did a \'practise\' screen I gave her the 4 sign exercise to do. I went to do a full screen last night as she is going to be one of my case studies. It turns out she has not had any issues at all with leg, knee or back and her LLD had completely disappeared. The Downing\'s Sign pelvic function screen had massively improved from before. That was the first time I\'ve seen the long term benefits of what we do first hand and it blew me away! Anyway hope this fits as a testimonial as I am proper buzzing over it</em><em> </em><em>&#x1f600;</em><em> </em><em>Thanks again, Bruce.\"</em>\n\nSo may I suggest you don\'t put it off anymore, listen to Bruce\'s words, take his word for it not mine and take this opportunity to grab one of the last remaining seats on our Pelvic Biomechanics workshop Aug 11/12 in London.\n\nLove Your Work!!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics-2/\">BOOK HERE</a>','Felt Like I Belonged','','inherit','closed','closed','','1114-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1114,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38885',0,'revision','',0),(38886,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','FINALLY… (I am actually confident that this is in fact NOT the last mention of the squat topic)\n\nAll of the research studies I have read over the years, and even more recently, are deemed valid, reliable and sound in evidence terms in that they give the standard detail required about their subjects start point (i.e. age, sex, ability). My question to this is that without a common ‘biomechanical’ start point or measurement then is all of this research flawed?\n\nNone cited details of a commonality in intrinsic biomechanical set up of the individuals taking part. There is no evidence of biomechanical screening for pelvic function, neural tension, muscle spasm, foot function and joint mobility prior to the research or, in fact, as part of the research. Therefore we could argue that the results are likely to be questionable, as while in some instances individuals have been deemed ‘healthy’ which <em>suggests</em> the same starting point, each participant\'s biomechanical set up will have affected the performance results differently according to that individual\'s intrinsic biomechanics.\n\nNow I appreciate that can be argued for all factors relating to physical analysis research projects. Height, weight, medical history, genetics, prior training experience etc… but when performing a research project looking into the effects on internal structures during movement this is what makes finding valid and reliable evidence challenging. So while we can surmise a certain degree of information from these many research papers, just how valid and reliable are they?\n\nHaving been involved as a director of an education company I recognise that we are faced with this challenge on a daily basis and therefore feel very passionate about making as much evidence as valid and reliable as possible for analysis.\n\n<strong>How does intrinsic biomechanical dysfunction affect the squat you perform and what does this mean?</strong>\n\nDue to our modern lifestyles we sit at desks, drive for hours, perform repetitive movements and perform tasks we were not actually designed to do. What this means is the body has to compensate somehow and has attempted to evolve in some way, the result is that the compensations are causing problems. The 3 systems (nerve, muscle and skeletal) typically compensate for dysfunction in each other, such as; muscle function being affected by protective spasm. Prolonged muscle spasm can cause muscle fibrosis, which may enable the body to preserve energy by not having the whole muscle in spasm, thus creating tension in other muscles along the nerve’s pathway and compromise their function as they attempt to lengthen during activity.\n\nResearch tells us that 60% of biomechanical dysfunction in the knee comes from the pelvis. So having your hips muscles in this protective spasm can commonly result in a rotated pelvis that can create a leg length difference (LLD), for example. What I would now like to explain is what happens mechanically during a squat when you have a LLD as just <strong><em>one example</em></strong> of how the body would need to compensate to allow the body to perform this movement.\n\nThe way the pelvis works is to rotate forwards and backwards on either side alternately and independently when you walk. For example when your right leg moves forwards the right side of your pelvis rotates backwards. Then as your leg moves through gait it ends up behind you and your pelvis that side will rotate forwards. It can be at any point during this action of the hip extension and flexion (during gait or any other activity) that the muscles can become ‘stuck’ or sub clinically go into a protective spasm. The theory is that if it is during hip flexion, the leg on that side can appear shorter when measured next to the other one and vice versa. Often both hips can become ‘stuck’ leaving you with a twist to both sides. More often than not we are totally unaware of this as it can cause no discomfort directly from this type of spasm, However…\n\n…Several things could happen…\n\nThe femur or thigh on the longer leg could rotate inwards to allow for the extra length meaning the knee/s has a tendency to turn in during the squat\n\nThis means the knee of the longer leg will be under more stress on the inside/medial ligaments. They could become stretched, weaker and damaged over time.\n\nThe shin or lower leg could also rotate inwards adding to this problem from below the knee joint as well as above.\n\nThe foot could pronate excessively and roll inwards leaving the squat unstable and increasingly less stable the lower you go in depth.\n\nWhen standing, the side of the pelvis with the longer leg may appear higher than the opposite side resulting in scoliosis or a curvature of the spine. This can leave you with a ‘hinge’ in the back and weaker spots between facet joints during the squat risking damage or wear and tear. The facet joints job is to protect your discs and so it is vital we do not put them at risk.\n\nThe result of this spinal curve, known as ‘functional’ scoliosis, means local muscle spasm and loss of spinal function and mobility during the squat. If you do not have full mobility and a level pelvis, then add 100kg of compressive load on top and then squat you will be restricted in depth to maintain good, safe form intrinsically.\n\nLoss of spinal mobility translates directly into the upper body and creates tension through the musculature of the shoulder and neck meaning there can be difficulties in bar positioning, particularly with low bar or front squats. These problems are likely to be asymmetrical too.\n\nIf you lose full shoulder capacity then problems can arise in the rotator cuff, elbows and even the wrists\n\nFinally just as an aside; a common reason for an inability to squat to a preferred or lower depth without passing your ‘break point’ (see The Squat Part 2/6) is poor thoracic extension capabilities caused by pec minor spasm. Yes, release the chest and you could, like I did, find you can squat lower. Mike Boyle &amp; Shirley Sahrmann are both advocates of developing thoracic mobility (<em>A joint by joint approach</em> Mike Boyle &amp; <em>Diagnosis &amp; Treatment of Movement Impaired Syndromes </em>Shirley Sahrmann).\n\nEach of these would, over time, be likely to result in discomfort, Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI) type symptoms and/or energy leaks while putting the structures at risk of an injury. So if you had pain in any of the above mentioned areas it is vital to understand that the site of discomfort or pain is not necessarily where the problem is coming from.  Each of the examples given above are as a result of some tiny muscles in the hip going into a <strong>sub clinical</strong>(asymptomatic) protective spasm. This is one of the reasons many are losing faith in the medical world. Medics and therapists are trained, and skilled up, to treat the site of pain. While some therapists do look for and address the cause of pain, it is common for this not to be done. This means that without addressing where it came from the symptoms can return and this is where you get recurring injuries and niggles that some professionals can be scratching their head over!\n\nRemember that this is just an example, there are many more ways the body can compensate for what YOU do during your squat, with your body type, your medical history, your genetics and your biomechanical set up.\n\nThe most important thing to remember if you do suffer low grade, non-specific discomfort, pain, recurring niggles or loss of performance when you squat it could have come from anywhere! Treating the site of pain may not be a long term solution. If it comes back you have not addressed the root cause and ultimately you need to try something else!\n\nSo when you have a question about your squat technique, the depth you should go to, the type of squat you should do, the position of your spine during the squat, consider all of the things that could be affecting it because interestingly <strong>your foot could be causing your shoulder pain!!</strong>\n\nDuring the writing of this article I improved my own break point &amp; technique through releasing pec minor and increasing my thoracic extension mobility……☺ so now bear with me while I start to add some weight to the bar!\n\nHAPPY SQUATTING!!\n\n<strong>Do you want to start improving your squat?\nDo you want to start improving your clients\' squat?\nDo you want to start with improving movement ability at the pelvis?</strong>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE...</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<strong>References</strong>\n\nCaterisano et al (2002) <em>The effects of the back squat depth on EMG activity of 4 superficial hip &amp; thigh muscles</em>\n\nCroisier et al (2008) <em>Strength imbalances &amp; prevention of hamstring injury in professional football players</em>\n\nColado et al (2009) <em>Technique &amp; safety aspects of resistance exercises: A systematic review of the literature</em>\n\nEscamilla et al (1998) <em>Biomechanics of the knee during closed kinetic chain &amp; open kinetic exercises</em>\n\nEscamilla.R.F (2001) <em>Knee biomechanics of the dynamic squat exercise</em>\n\nEscamilla et al (2001) <em>Effects of technique variations on knee biomechanics during the squat &amp; leg press</em>\n\nEsola et al (1996) <em>Analysis of lumbar spine &amp; hip motion during forward bending in subjects with &amp; without a history of low back pain</em>\n\nFortenbaugh.D et al (date unkown) <em>The effects if weight lifting shoes on squat kinematics</em>\n\nFry et al (2003) <em>Effects of knee position in hip and knee torques during the barbell squat</em>\n\nHewett et al (2001) <em>Rationale &amp; clinical techniques for ACL injury prevention among female athletes</em>\n\nGullett et al (2009) <em>A biomechanical comparison of back &amp; front squats in healthy trained individuals</em>\n\nIsear et al (1997) <em>EMG analysis of lower leg extremity muscle recruitment patterns during an unloaded squat</em>\n\nMcBride et al (2006) <em>Isometric squat force output &amp; muscle activity in stable &amp; unstable conditions</em>\n\nMcCaw et al (1991) <em>Biomechanical implications of a mild leg length discrepancy</em>\n\nMcCaw.S, Melrose.D.R (1998) <em>Stance width &amp; bar load effects on leg muscle activity during parallel squat</em>\n\nMcCurdy.K, Langford.G (2005) <em>Comparison of unilateral squat strength between the dominant &amp; non-dominant leg in men &amp; women</em>\n\nMcGill et al (1996) <em>Appropriate placed surface EMG electrodes reflect deep muscle activity (psoas, QL, abdominal wall) un lumbar spine</em>\n\nMcGill et al (1996) <em>A revised anatomical model of the abdominal musculature of torso flexion efforts</em>\n\nMcGill et al (2000) <em>Changes in lumbar lordosis modify the role of extensor muscles</em>\n\nMcGill et al (2007) <em>Co-activation alters the linea versus non linea impression of EMG torque relationship of trunk muscles</em>\n\nMcGill et al (2009) <em>A comparison of ultrasound &amp; EMG measures of force of activation to examine the mechanics of abdominal wall contraction.</em>\n\nMcLean et al (2005) <em>Evaluation of a 2 dimensional analysis method as a screening &amp; evaluation tool for ACL injury</em>\n\nMurray et al (2001) <em>Pelvic femoral rhythm during unilateral hip flexion in standing</em>\n\nNelson et al (1995) <em>Relative lumbar &amp; pelvic motion during loaded spinal flexion/extension</em>\n\nNinos et al (1997) <em>Electromyographical analysis of the squat performed in self-selected lower extremity neutral rotation &amp; 30</em><em><sup>0</sup></em><em> of lower extremity turn out from the self-selected neutral position</em>\n\nSchoenfeld.B, Williams.M (date unknown) <em>Are deep squats a safe viable exercise?</em>\n\nSignorile et al (1995) <em>The effect of knee &amp; foot position on the electromyographical activity of the superficial quadriceps</em>\n\nVan Eijden et al (1987) <em>Forces acting on the patella during maximal voluntary contraction of the quadriceps femoris muscle at different knee flexion/extension angles</em>\n\nWilliams (1980) <em>Biomechanical factors in spinal injuries</em>\n\nWilke et al (1996) <em>A comparison of tibiofemoral joint forces &amp; electromyographical activity during open &amp; closed kinetic chain exercises</em>\n\nWretenburg et al (1996) <em>High &amp; low bar squatting techniques during weight training</em>\n\nWretenburg et al (1993) <em>Joint movements of force &amp; quadriceps muscle activity during the squat exercise</em>\n\nWytch (1991) <em>Biomechanics of foot &amp; ankle injuries</em>\n\nYu et al (2007) <em>Mechanisms of non contact ACL injuries</em>\n\nZernicke et all (1977) <em>Human patella tendon rupture</em>','The Squat Part 6/6 - The Conclusion & References','','inherit','closed','closed','','1108-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1108,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38886',0,'revision','',0),(38887,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','In fact it is my belief that ANYONE promising pain relief might be promising too much since ‘<em>YOU own YOUR pain’</em>, as Lorimer Moseley (&amp; Dave Butler) would say (Explain Pain).\n\nThe expectation of our clients has become pretty steep and as a result of this we then expect too much of ourselves. We start to believe it is our JOB to remove pain and yet it is not. WE are exercise professionals and therefore experts in exercise prescription. For those of you who are manual therapists this goes for you too! Offering the suggested promise of pain relief is a risky business. This might be shocking news for some readers so let me explain...\n\nNow it would be fair to say that prescribing some exercises can reduce, or even rid, someone of pain AND that using manual therapy techniques can do the same but this is why we are faced with this very problem.\n\nDue to the complexities and uncertainties surrounding the causes of pain it is often a dilemma to understand how it actually occurs and how to get rid of it with any absolute surety. This is not only a dilemma for US but also surgeons, practitioners and in fact any professional involved in human movement or therapy.\n\nHowever <em>selling </em>pain relief is SEXY and compelling for attracting a MASSIVE market of people walking around in pain these days. So when we are SOLD professional education that TEACHES us how to <em>remove pain</em>, we are going to be tempted to use this in our marketing, right?\n\nWRONG!\n\nNot YOU, nor I, nor anyone can PROMISE pain relief at least until we find the root cause and therein lies this problem again...\n\nWHAT CAUSES PAIN?\n\nEveryone has experienced it in some form, or knows someone who experienced it, and there are many ways we can feel it. The causes are still being researched and it is so individual and subjective that it would be difficult, probably impossible, to teach education programmes that PROMISE pain relief.\n\nSo the <u>expectation</u> does not match what we can <u>promise</u>.\n\nNow saying this doesn\'t mean we CANNOT reduce our clients\' pain because if you find the root cause then you will be better placed to intervene. It is finding the root cause that is a challenge.\n\nSOOOOOOOOOO what CAN we do?\n\nWell much of what we teach within our academy is about safe practice, duty of care, confident referral and enhanced inter-professional relationships. With more than one professional involved, more than one opinion, more than one skill set, more than one set of exercises and more than one expertise WE can TOGETHER provide more chance of finding the root cause through safe elimination of possibilities.\n\nHOW do <strong><u>WE</u></strong> do this?\n\nThrough the Intrinsic Biomechanics Association (IBA) membership and also our fantastic partnerships we are proud to be able to offer a huge amount of SUPPORT which includes FREE workshops, we introduce you to other professionals, share our skills, ideas, experience and expertise to bring all of our worlds together rather than attempt to do things alone thus providing more confident services nationwide.\n\n<em>\"No one has ever been successful alone.\" </em>\nRichard Branson\n\nThere is nothing I enjoy more than being in a room with a group of open-minded, honest, intelligent, multi-skilled professionals who are passionate about enjoying sharing their thoughts on helping people move better with less pain.\n\nNow something else I would like to say is this:\n\nIF we are able to do assessments of our clients\' movement using our knowledge of their history and anatomy, combined with what we understand about the way we <em>should</em> move AND from evidence based programmes that offer at least some chance of understanding WHY our clients move the way they do, well then we are in a better position to help, right?\n\nSo while Biomechanics Coaches™ CANNOT PROMISE pain relief, IF we do identify some areas that don’t move too well and then have experience and knowledge in how to empower our clients to move better, while taking advice from our peers then, well, we MIGHT, just MIGHT, enable THEM to REDUCE or even REMOVE THEIR pain. However in THIS environment the chances of it being more long lasting are increased AND the feeling of empowerment and success for the client is increased. This MUST only be a good thing, don’t you agree??\n\nWould YOU like to JOIN ME in the IBA and start to make a difference to a culture of inflated expectation to improve OUR duty of care, our clients\' experience and results through shared skills, networking, healthy open discussion with no judgement and of course A LOT of fun at the same time!!!??\n\nTo all fellow GEEKS of human movement and anatomy….\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/iba-workshops-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>JOIN ME NOW</strong></a>','Sorry,  Biomechanics Coaches™ DON’T Promise Pain Relief!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1101-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1101,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38887',0,'revision','',0),(38888,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Not only do we have nutrition guru Ben Coomber but also leading strength &amp; conditioning master &amp; true industry leader, Brendan Chaplin, is back at TMC16, Saturday 8th October Loughborough University!\n\nThe \'Power of 3\' is a term Ben, Brendan &amp; I have been using for our ideas of future work together and, while we each already feel strongly about our partnerships, this is where it really begins!\n\nPreviously Head of Performance at Leeds Met Uni, Brendan now delivers the first &amp; only L4 S&amp;C qualification in our industry!!\n\nSo if you\'re a PT, passionate about strength training your clients and conditioning their performance or maybe you want to stay ahead of the game, simply find out what S&amp;C is all about and actually meet one of the leading experts .... Well then come and listen to Brendan.\n\nI guarantee you will not be disappointed!\n\nWith over half the seats now gone at this one day annual event, we predict a sell out with these 2 fantastic industry leaders headlining!!\nBut there\'s so much more too!\n\nLOOK......\n\n<strong>More AMAZING presentations\nFREE FABulous juice bar\nFREE awesome coffee\nFREE wonderful filtered water\nFANTASTIC Goodie bag\nFree un-beige healthy lunch\nGREAT Raffle prizes </strong>\n\nAs you know I\'m already super excited and it\'s only July!\n<strong>But I don\'t want any of you to miss out so ...</strong>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BOOK HERE NOW</a>','A True Industry Leader','','inherit','closed','closed','','1098-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1098,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38888',0,'revision','',0),(38889,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Cat Booker is a fantastic Biomechanics Coach™, amongst other things, and has been contributing to the improved performance of skiers. Here she shares her experiences.....\n\n<strong>Ski Biomechanics - Race Training:</strong>\n\n<em>I am Cat Booker, and I work as a personal trainer and advanced Biomechanics Coach</em>™<em>, as well as being a fitness presenter and master trainer for some U.K. and International brands.  </em>\n\n<em>Last November I spent one week working with top-level BASI Ski Trainers who work in Espace Killy, France.  How did I get the gig?  I have known one of the Directors, very talented skier and trainer Martin Jeffers, for 14 years having met him when I was working in the Three Valleys, France as a Sports Massage Therapist and Chalet Host. We have been firm friends since and followed each others progression in our careers.  So there is some background.</em>\n\n<em>Skiing and me go back a long way, and I have been very lucky to ski with some fabulous ski coaches and someone from Team GB. Anyway, let\'s move on from the name dropping, I love skiing.  I have always wanted to get involved in ski training in some way and this bright idea of mine and Martin\'s just took off.  Now, Martin runs BASS (British Association of Skiers &amp; Boarders).</em>\n\n<strong>What Was The Week About?</strong>\n\n<em>The objective of the week was to work with the trainers who were putting the ski racers through daily training, to identify technique issues that the ski trainers were looking at from an extrinsic point of view.  As intrinsic biomechanics study is my background, coupled with my extrinsic, functional assessment experience, we were looking to identify ways of improving the trainees movement to be better racers, technically, and to get faster!</em>\n\n<em><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\"To be honest, with what Cat was noticing in the trainees individually and the functional tests also helped the guys see the difference in their fitness compared to others, and some light-bulbs were going off I can tell you. This type of assisted training from another coach off the hill is unheard of in these training camps at the moment, and we were certainly the talk of the training piste that week.  The funny thing is the lads were expecting to be smashed by a physical trainer; but it was quite the opposite and was amazing\".  </span></em>Martin Jeffers - Trainer and Director of BASS MVT.\n\n<strong>Who were the trainees?</strong>\n\n<em>The all male group of trainees varied from the age of 19 years to the mid-thirties, and their goals vary within the industry, but essentially they had exams to pass, and one of which is bespoke to being able to teach in France, the Super G - speed test.</em>\n\n<strong>What happened during the race week I was there?</strong>\n\n<em>I could wax-lyrical about the great days on the piste watching the training, and the racing, including their final day of each training week, which always finishes with a gated slalom race experience. </em>\n\n<em>This means they all have to warm-up, mentally prepare, wear the race suits, have prepped their kit, food, and their study of the course before they set off for three goes and a best time</em>.\n\n<em>Every morning was an early start and all coaches got the first train through the mountain to the glacier. The gates would be skilfully laid out on the allocated pistes, after the queue for the ticket booking which the trainer had to secure the night before came through.</em>\n\n<em>The gates were left overnight on the mountain, secured in bundles in allotted spots. The race trainees would be up the hill about an hour later, ready to do warm-up runs, have skills and drills training, and then the would observe the course by snow-ploughing nearby the gates and chatting with the trainers about their focus for the day, and everyone was filmed.</em>\n\n<em>A picnic lunch (to keep the budget down for them) and then a 2pm departure as it tends to get a bit warm and everyone has trained enough by then.  This is where I came in.</em>\n\n<strong>Where did biomechanics and getting functional fit in?</strong>\n\n<em>A week is not a long time with a group size of 12, but it is enough.  </em>\n\n<em>There were trainee worksheets, pre-planned intrinsic assessments, and extrinsic functional tests to study.  The group assessments included partner work and group analysis where the guys would go through the intrinsic biomechanics protocol, as well as be filmed and observed jumping and on landing, including Mike Grice inspired work after attending the Convention last October</em>.\n\n<em>Thank you Mike!</em>\n\n<em>The agenda for the week started with their assessments, and everyone\'s case study sheets were updated, discussed with the trainers, and their notes incorporated in terms of what the racers had to achieve, and I was there to suggest how dysfunction could be holding them back. I took them through mobility and anti-spasm exercises, and some of the instant results were incredible.  We focused in small sub-groups on specific areas where the guys had similar needs, like tight posterior function, weaker core, restricted squat depth, yes I hear you cry, and this is a skiing demographic.</em>\n\n<em>The fact is some of the fellas were very fit, and invariably they were better in all the tests. However they had some dysfunction, but their range of movement was generally better. So we had a group who need to improve on becoming better as racers, and they were the same people as the ones who were less fit, mobile, or balanced.</em>\n\n<strong>What stood out more than the sub-groups and fitness levels?</strong>\n\n<em>As a group, their back rotation was really impressive. The skiers need the ability to move from the ground up and separate movement in order to move the legs underneath and achieve the appropriate angulation for the speed, style, and slope.  </em>\n\n<em>It was noticeable that the guys with better hamstring function and strength in relation to the quadriceps were generally better at squats, lunges, and incorporating the core posture technique.  Tests like the Nordic curl, leg dominance, standing overhead squats, step off, hop-test, and knee flexion range helped with this area.</em>\n\n<em>The other factor was neutral spine. For some this wasn\'t a posture they were used to, and the biomechanics core function tests as well as their position in movement proved this to be so.  Even in one week techniques and mind-sets started to change.</em>\n\n<em>As well as the assessments and exercise programs given for the week, we had workshops on Yoga and Pilates exercises for the skiers. This also encompassed myofascial and triggerpoint sessions which was another point of the week to help the guys learn how to assist their muscles in function and recovery.  Some of the group had the GRID rollers, but it was very new to most. </em>\n\n<em>As well as the assessments, anti-spasm workshop, functional assessments, release and core work, we had a circuit training format, of which different variants were left with them for training weeks to follow. They were coached in core, leg and stamina based circuits which gave them an idea of where they needed to improve fitness, which was really supportive to the BASS trainers as well, who joined in from time to time.  </em>\n\n<em>By the end of the week, each trainer had a one-to-one feedback based on their development on and off the piste in the sports centre in Tignes where we all stayed and trained.</em>\n\n<em>The success of the week was giving the trainees a better understanding of movement (particularly in their sport) and some ideas on where to focus to improve all of this for their end goal which is to pass their Speed Test (which is expensive, infrequent and their passport to having a career and life in the mountains of France).</em>\n\n<em>I love skiing but this is the one time I was on the mountain and spent the least time skiing in my life.  It was fascinating listening to the coaches, and how it synchronised with my expertise to deliver results and a new outlook on training for some potentially inspiring and dedicated British ski coaches.</em>\n\n______________\n\nCat Booker\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE</a> to find out how YOU can become a Biomechanics Coach™.','You Ski?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1093-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1093,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38889',0,'revision','',0),(38890,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','Mark is not only a Specialist level Biomechanics Coach™ but also one of our UK leading Education Provider, Master Trainers.\n\nThis nomination is in recognition of his outstanding professionalism and superb delivery of our education programmes in Liverpool!\n\nHere he shares his story...\n\nBiography in Brief\n\nI started my fitness career after leaving the military in 2007; I instantly loved it and threw myself right into it, which put me in a position to open a studio in 2009. Since then I have worked from the studio as a Personal Trainer and Biomechanics Coach™. At the studio we follow my method of MOVE-EAT-TRAIN SUSTAIN and the biomechanics assessments are pretty much the first thing that every new client will do, Biomechanics Coaching™ underpins each client’s training right from the first session.  As well as the work from the studio and within Merseycare NHS Trust creating and delivering physical health projects for a wide variety of mental health units and the local community.\n\nWhat made you choose Biomechanics Coaching™?\n\nI had done a lot of educational courses and research to try and improve how I trained and helped my client’s before choosing Biomechanics Coaching™. I had recognised that pretty much every client that came to me were not “physiologically perfect” and I could see how this would influence their movement and in turn, either had or could lead, to issues and injuries. I found that everything that I was learning could be applied with clients at the appropriate times but there was nothing that just pulled everything together as I was finding unanswered “gaps” in everything that I was learning, which I started to find frustrating. I came across an advert for the Biomechanics Diploma ™ and after a couple of conversations with Rachel I was intrigued. After the first 10 minutes of my first workshop I knew I was in the right place!\n\nWhat do you specialise in outside of Biomechanics Coaching™?\n\nTo my clients I’m a Personal Trainer but where I specialise is coaching lifestyle changes to improve quality of life though physical activity, which I realise, is what we all do to some degree! I just make it clear to my clients that whatever their goals are that I am there to facilitate the changes no matter how big or small and only by doing that will they achieve their personal goals and sustain them. Because of my work at studio and in the NHS I have an extremely diverse client group, so improving someones quality of life through physical activity can range from engaging with people for weeks and sometimes months just to get them to even considering exercising, to training people for expeditions and marathons. The outcome is relative to the client but being part of their journey and seeing how far they have come, to me, is thrilling!\n\nWhere would you like to see yourself ten years from now?\n\nI’d like to be a more involved in the education and career development of Biomechanics Coaches™ and other fitness professionals. Along with that I’d like to develop a hub for a network of Biomechanics Coaches™ and Trainers here in the North West.\n\nWhat would your advice be to anyone thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?\n\nSimply.. just do it!\n\nMy experience is that it’s a real “through the looking glass” moment once you start with Biomechanics Education and often it will challenge you, and possibly some of your long held beliefs, but your come out of it the other end on a completely other level as a fitness professional. So do it, keep you mind open and your notepad and pencil handy!\n\nOn your journey to where you are now what have been you achievements?\n\nPersonal\n\n(Cheesy comment alert)… The achievement of just being happy! Often we are dealt a hand in life that you either didn’t want or expect, it’s what you make of it that matters, if you can still smile along the way then you achieved a lot.\n\nSporting\n\nThe one that stands out the most was an ultra-marathon; it was to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the operation to capture Pegasus Bridge. We ran the route that the gliders took from RAF Tarrant Rushton in Dorset to Bénouville in Normandy. It took me 14 hours, it was an amazing event and  we managed to raise funds for a memorial to be placed there remembering every member of the unit involved in the operation, of which there were only 4 still alive.\n\nCareer Highs\n\nI trained a team to run 5 marathons in five days, none of them would of described themselves as runners prior to taking this on, in fact on the first team run (3 miles) only 3 of the 8 managed to get all of the way around without walking. I spent 10 months training the team and by the end of the training and the event they had not only changed physically but most had changed in other ways that had further reaching positive impact on their lives, we are also became and still are really good friends.\n\nTell us a secret or something interesting about you that not many people know about?\n\nMost mornings I start the day with a cold shower. I started doing this a few months before an expedition to Greenland, I felt that my life was getting a little bit too comfortable and I wanted to introduce so minor hardships, this was one of them and it stuck. I would recommend giving it a try, you do actually get sort of used to it after a few days and if you need to be sharp for an early morning meeting this defiantly gets you into focus quickly!\n\nBrief Case Study\n\nI was working with a 28 year old female client who was a teacher. Due to pain in her knees she had gone from running and exercising 4-5 times a week to now struggling to get though a full day at work due to her job requiring her to be standing most of the day, this was having a major impact on her quality of life. Following an assessment and with the prescription of some anti-spasm exercises she had reported a significant reduction in the pain in her knees within 4 weeks while in work. Within 3 months I had her back in the gym following an exercise programme, which was her main goal.\n\nDO YOU WANT TO LEARN WITH MARK?\n\nWebsite: <a href=\"http://banhus.co.uk/classes/biomechanics-trainer-workshop/\">www.banhus.co.uk</a>\n\nContact: mark@banhus.co.uk','Mark Blower is Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month July!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1087-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:36','2024-07-16 11:26:36','',1087,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38890',0,'revision','',0),(38891,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','My friend Steve Whittle has been a great contact in the industry for many years now and more recently as a client.\n\nAs he was connected to the PureGym group he recently asked if I would do him a favour and introduce our education programme to 4 x East Midlands PureGym PT teams.\n\nThe mini workshop attracted 35 of the self employed PT’s to leave their paying clients for a couple of hours to step into the learning environment with me and my team and see what they could pick up and learn to further help their clients movement ability and recurring injuries.\n\nSo I called in a couple of the team, Chris Kitson &amp; Mairi Taylor. Both long term Biomechanics Coaches™ with years of experience in teaching and presenting. Between us we were able to facilitate this massive group of inquisitive exercise professionals.\n\nWe discussed A&amp;P and muscle spasm with Kyle, Sam and AJ. Ricardo corrected my extrinsic biomechanics and Mia let us assess her length length. Jay and Greg tried the muscle release techniques and in fact everyone took part in some way which made the session great fun and super dynamic!\n\nThe skills we introduced them to are ones they would be able to use immediately when they returned to their clubs, to impress and attract new clients and also to understand their present clients movement capacity better.\n\nAfter a conversation with manager, Josh, we are now really excited to be putting plans into place for an PureGym In-House Fast Track Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma.\n\nWhat a great group of people though and what a joy to be able to call days like this my job!!\n\nWould you like to host a mini workshop like this one for your team?\n\nEmail me now; rachel@biomechanicseducation.com','PureGym PureFun!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1083-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1083,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38891',0,'revision','',0),(38892,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','...is presenting at <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention Saturday 8th October</a>??\n\nYEP I sure did my Juicy Friends!!\n\nSo just incase you have been hiding under a rock or taking time out from social media and hadn\'t heard...\n\n\"BEN COOMBER is presenting at <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention Saturday 8th October!!</a>\"\n\nSo you KNOW that I am excited about his presence and if you are still wondering WHY then you need to get your self booked in to one of the remaining seats to access time with this dude!\n\nSeriously this is deliberately an intimate event to allow you to get up close and personal with industry leaders like this very cool, smart (and handsome) young man.\n\nPersonally I have followed Ben\'s nutritional advice for a few years now and we have rubbed shoulders at events and both recognised that our communities are the same people.\n\nYOU!\n\nFor this reason we are starting to form a close collaboration now to look after YOU even more! The idea being that we recognise that value BOTH of our academy\'s can bring to trainers, coaches and athletes like YOU!\n\nSo this <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">Saturday 8th October </a>at the stunning Loughborough University I have managed to book YOU an hour of Ben\'s time so he can share some of his methods and ideas with all of you.\n\nStill not booked your seat yet????\n\nC\'MON or you will kick yourself because once all of those seats have gone, they are gone!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK HERE NOW</a>\n\nThis is the first in a series of Juicemail\'s coming your way over the next few weeks that will be informing you all about each one of the 7 fantastic presenter\'s lined up for this amazing annual event.\n\nAND\n\nAll of the additional goodies INCLUDED in your ticket price as well as the CONTENT packed sessions...\n\nComplimentary Healthy Un-Beige Lunch\n\nAwesome Goodie Bag\n\nFABulous FREE Juicer with Mairi Taylor\n\nCaffeine Fans Coffee Bar with Sheryl McHale\n\nFine Filtered Water with Matty Grice\n\nStill not clicked...??\n\nBOOK HERE NOW\n\nP.S. Watch out for an superb article about dieting coming soon from one of Ben\'s team...Tom Bainbridge!\n\nBen Coomber is a performance nutritionist (BSc, ISSN) speaker and writer. Ben run’s Body Type Nutrition, an online nutrition coaching company that also runs a multi-level 2-20 month online nutrition course, the BTN Academy. Ben has the UK’s #1 rated health and fitness podcast on iTunes ‘Ben Coomber Radio’ with regular Q&amp;A’s and expert interviews. Connect with Ben over on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, or Instagram.\n\nFor everything else visit: <a href=\"http://www.bencoomber.com\">http://www.bencoomber.com</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Did I Say Ben Coomber .....','','inherit','closed','closed','','1077-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1077,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38892',0,'revision','',0),(38893,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Several years ago we had a young triathlete/PT along to one of our workshops. He then went on to do our sports massage course along with his wife, who was also a PT. Together they owned a small independent gym in Dronfield, Sheffield called <a href=\"http://www.woodlandsfitnesscentre.co.uk/corrective-exercise\">Woodlands Fitness Centre</a>.\n\nThen Matt Sanderson asked if we would deliver a private Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma for his entire team at his gym and so it all began with Pelvis Biomechanics in August 2014…\n\nThe 9 x strong team who are all PT’s, massage therapists and group ex instructors work together delivering a fluid system that really is second to none and, in my opinion, exactly how ALL gym facilities should run when it comes to the way they communicate with each other and also the way they deliver their services.\n\nWith pretty much everything included within the membership; compulsory biomechanics screening and 1:1 training from fully qualified staff with diverse skills that allow best duty of care to each member. The inter referral system really is of a high standard.\n\nEach member of the team specialises in either PT, group ex, nutrition or massage but ALL of them are now fully qualified Biomechanics Coaches™. The Biomechanics Coach™ model is what seems to have cemented their connection and was the missing link which has allowed an even smoother system of cross referral and communication.\n\nWhat has struck me most about this group is not only the bond and respect between them all but the quality and efficiency in their service to their members who receive the highest standards possible.\n\nTheir members really do come first.\n\nWith all of their case studies successfully completed they can now be recognised as the largest group of fully qualified Biomechanics Coaches™ working together under one roof in the UK.\n\nEach time I have visited their facility I have noticed more and more how they excel at what they do and how Matt has created possibly one of the best clubs in the UK. With organised workshops to educate members, exciting events to encourage members to create goals, a brand new display board each visit, iMoveFreely® classes, inductions, systemised training, exercise plans with bespoke prescription, online client monitoring system, every member known by name and this beautiful fluid system of communication between everyone that results in a confident team effort that is all about looking after members and each other.\n\nWhile this might be classed as a ‘small family run’ gym I still feel the core ethos Matt has developed is how ALL gyms should run their services and the proof is in the client retention and staff turnover.\n\nHaving delivered each workshop at Woodlands myself I have to say this was a real pleasure for me and then over the last few weeks reading their case studies confirmed the level of this group. The TEAM strength is what makes the difference and I can imagine how much job satisfaction it would bring to be a part of TEAM Woodlands!\n\nAre you faced with the challenge of bringing a team together?\n\nWould you like to know more about how to find the missing link for your team?\n\nDo you want to get ahead of the game at your facility?\n\nEmail rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\n\nor\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE</a>','Largest Team of Qualified Biomechanics Coaches™ ','','inherit','closed','closed','','1072-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1072,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38893',0,'revision','',0),(38894,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','With over half the limited seats already gone for this years AWESOME <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\'Movement Convention\'</strong></a> at Loughborough University it is countdown time for grabbing the ones that are left!\n\nThe line up is complete and I can barely contain myself!\n\nCHECK THIS OUT…\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\"><strong>Saturday 8th October</strong></a><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\"> </a>\n\nIf it is not in yet PUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY NOW….\n\nStarting with the controversial but very cool <strong>Ben Coomber </strong>of Body Type Nutrition, who has offered to come along and share some of his health and nutrition knowledge bombs with you all.\n\nHE’S BACK!! our good friend <strong>Brendan Chaplin</strong> was a debut TMC14 presenter. Brendan has literally set the industry on fire with the very first REPS L4 Strength &amp; Conditioning mentorship course.\n\n<strong>Mike Grice</strong><strong>, </strong>with his superb delivery skills as always, is going to be bringing some new evidence based ideas for us ALL to think about.\n\nThe very passionate, <strong>Mairi Taylor</strong>, will not only be offering her FABulous juice treats ALL day, she will also grab your attention in this session.\n\n<strong>Tom Waldron</strong> is one to watch! He is making waves in the industry educating us on visualisation techniques from the Franklin method.\n\nTHE fantastic BODY MECH, <strong>Fletch</strong>, is getting personal with his session…come and find out!\n\nMy own personal strength and conditioning coach, the BOSS <strong>Stephen Aish</strong>, will share his skills on mindset.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" rel=\"noopener\">BOOK TICKETS HERE</a>\n\nWhat do you get for the ticket price of just £140?\n\nMinimum of 7 content packed sessions from industry leaders\n\nFREE healthy lunch\n\nFREE Goodie bag\n\nFREE FABulous juicebar all day with Mairi Taylor\n\nFREE Coffee with the lovely <b>Sheryl Mchale</b>\n\nFREE Filtered water with everyones buddy <b>Matt Grice</b>\n\nThe chance to win <b>Tim Drummond’s</b> new book - coming soon!\n\nAmazing networking opportunities to take you, who knows where!\n\nBUT WAIT….. ARE YOU a Biomechanics Coach™?\n\n..well there is even more in store for YOU guys!!\n\nLOOK…\n\n<strong>Friday 7th October</strong> 1:00-5:00pm\n\n(*Biomechanics Coaches™ ONLY &amp; as part of your <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" rel=\"noopener\">TMC16 £140</a> ticket price)\n<strong>IBA Members all this for just £100\nINNER CIRCLE members all of this FREE </strong>\n*Open to those working towards their diploma\n\nYou cannot miss <strong>Chris Wright</strong> of <a href=\"http://www.level10living.co.uk\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http://www.level10living.co.uk\">www.level10living.co.uk</a> who will be teaching you how to earn more money as a Biomechanics Coach™ but for less hours!!\n\nThis fantastic young business/marketing guru has lived and breathed it and I am so excited to have him coming along to speak to you. He has been where you are but is now living the dream and has offered to share with you how he did it.\n\nAND\n\nYes the main man himself and founder, <strong>Martin Haines</strong>, has been reserved for a facilitation session of challenging tasks to stretch your Biomechanics Coaching™ imagination to another level!\n\nAND\n\nTo share the brand new evidence based foot screening system that will be updating your skill set to the very latest level.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" rel=\"noopener\">BOOK TICKETS HERE</a>\n\nFinally if anyone would like to join us for dinner Friday 7th (at your own expense) please confirm in an email to <a href=\"mailto:rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\">rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</a>. More details coming soon.\n\nDo you plan to make a WEEKENDER of this event?\n\nWe have an allocation of 45 bedrooms on hold for you at <strong>Burleigh Court</strong> on the university campus so walking distance to all the sessions over the entire weekend.\n\n<strong>Double Exec for Sole Occupancy</strong> - £77 including VAT per room\n\n<strong>Double Exec for Double Occupancy</strong> - £87 including VAT per room\n\n<strong>Lodge for Sole Occupancy</strong> - £56 including VAT per room\n\nTo obtain these special TMC16 rates please use the reference number <strong>259233 call </strong>Sean Perkins on 01509 633091\n\nHave I said this already....?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\" rel=\"noopener\">DONT MISS OUT BOOK NOW!</a>\n\n&nbsp;','Well I Could Literally Explode!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1067-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1067,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38894',0,'revision','',0),(38895,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>Belt or no belt?</b>\n\nA brief one to discuss this commonly asked, often controversial, question.\n\nIt can be a confusing subject and I would suggest you do what you feel is right for you however in McGill’s book <i>‘Ultimate Back Fitness &amp; Performance’</i> he explains what some of his research demonstrated:\n\n1). <i>Those who have never had a previous back injury appear to have no additional protective benefit to wearing a belt\n2). Those who are injured while wearing a belt seem to risk a more severe injury\n3). Belts appear to give people the perception they can lift more and may enable them to lift more\n4). Belts appear to increase intra-abdominal pressure and blood pressure\n5). Belts appear to change the lifting styles of some people to either decrease loads on the spine or increase the loads on the spine\n6). But for athletes there is no question that belts add stiffness and assist to move more load</i>\n\nIn summary considering the pros and cons it would probably not be advisable for healthy amateur lifters to wear a belt during routine exercise. However the temporary use of belts may help some individuals return to \'normal\' lifting capabilities after injuries. Extreme athletic lifters use belts to move more weight in their sporting discipline NOT for enhanced health.\n\nMany will use a belt for one of these reasons\n\n•    They have seen others wearing them and assume it’s a good idea\n\n•    Their back is sore and they believe the belt will help\n\n•    They want to lift more and feel the belt will help achieve this\n\nNone of these reasons are consistent with what the literature states or for the aim of good health. If you want to lift a few more kilos then wear a belt BUT if you want to improve and \'groove\' your own motor programming strategy and a stable trunk, then it’s probably a good idea NOT to wear a belt.\n\n<b>COMING SOON! - The Squat Part 6 - The Conclusion</b> <b>&amp; References</b>\n\nDon\'t worry if you have only just joined the Juicemail you can find all the previous Squat Articles Parts 1-4 by following these links ....\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/the-squat-part-46/\">Part 4/6 The Foot </a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/the-squat-part-36-re-released-by-request/\">Part 3/6 The knee</a>\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/the-squat-part-26/\">Part 2/6 The Spine</a>\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/the-squat-part-1/\">Part 1/6 The Pelvis</a>','The Squat Part 5/6','','inherit','closed','closed','','1064-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1064,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38895',0,'revision','',0),(38896,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Did you know stretching might be the worst thing you could do for a ‘short’ muscle?\n\n(Another past article for those who missed it and those who have asked for it!)\n\nEver heard of sub-clinical muscle spasm?\n\nNo me neither until I became a Biomechanics Coach™ and now I see 95% of my client base has sub-clinical spasm as oppose to what I previously would have assumed were \'tight\' muscles - how do I know? Ok bear with me I will get to that bit but first lets talk about what sub-clinical spasm is..\n\nLifestyle compensations\n\nWe have come from a lifestyle of being hunter gatherers but over the last 50 yrs we have seen the most dramatic evolution in our lifestyles to date with the advancements in technology\n\nOur bodies are trying to adapt to our changing lifestyles by putting muscles into different states to compensate for the fact we aren’t using them in the way we are have done in the past.\n\nEvidence suggest that our muscles are gradually going through different states of compensation prior to them actually becoming what we know as ‘tight’.\n\nWhat is it?\n\nSub-clinical spasm is the first state that more often than not we are completely unaware of. This state is a protective mechanism trying to look after a vulnerable joint, for any amount of reasons, and is easily addressed by performing an anti spasm exercise.\n\nIf unaddressed the muscle starts to become fibrotic and (research tells us about 40% of the muscle can become fibrotic) this can potentially also be addressed by using an anti spasm exercise.\n\nif still un-addressed the muscle will finally start to become ‘tight’ which is like a more ligamentous state and requires a more aggressive exercise like stretching or sports massage. The stretching debate is something I am reading around at the moment so when I have more to report I will write about that.\n\nSo you want to know what this anti-spasm exercise is now don’t you? Let me tell you its gold dust and a badly kept secret amongst all Biomechanics Coaches™, iMoveFreely® Instructor and their clients\n\nLess is more..?\n\nIf you consider that tightness requires more aggressive exercises like stretching or sports massage then it might be obvious that using a low grade 20% contraction just wont change it.\n\nSo all we need to do is identify which state the muscle is in to be able to safely address the compensation.\n\nThe problem with this is that this is virtually impossible even with EMG equipment, let alone without it.\n\nHow do I know..?\n\nThe most effective method would be to do a biomechanical assessment, perform the safest option of exercise (anti-spasm) then re-test. If there is a change you can safely assume the muscle is in spasm and so continue using this exercise. If after a couple of weeks of using the anti spasm nothing has changed then we can probably assume it needs a more aggressive technique to release it.\n\nIt is so simple anyone can do it!! It takes just 20% effort - (when do we ever do something with 20% eh?). Imagine a muscle in sub-clinical spasm is like a rope with knot in it and to stretch it could make it worse as it tries to hold on protecting the joint.\n\nClick here to see previous blog for a screen that you could use to pick this up\n\nHow to do it..?\n\nWhat does an anti-spasm look/feel like? It is a muscle contraction held at 20% effort for 20 seconds and evidence tells us if we do 4 repetitions, 4 x daily for a period of up to 6 weeks this can give the muscle the ability to fully contract and relax again.\n\nOf course this needs to be combined with addressing the reasons for being in this state as well (lifestyle) and some conditioning exercises (strength work) but its effect can work like magic on muscles you may have been stretching for weeks or even months and experiencing no change.\n\nWhere did it come from..?\n\nThe anti-spasm has been tried and tested in a study by Ribot-Ciscar et al to understand its effect on muscle spindles and releasing a muscle (Ribot-Ciscar, 1991) and Jiri Dvorak, Director of FIFA Medical Centre of Excellence (HQ Zurick) reported to have replicated the research and got corresponding results.\n\nReference:\n\nRibot-Ciscar, 1991, Post-contraction changes in human muscle spindle resting discharge and stretch sensitivity\n\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1836997\n\nDo you teach groups?\n\nDo you teach one to one?\n\nDo want to learn more about this technique to help your clients/participants?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/imovefreely/\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE</a>','Worst Kept Secret In Our Industry ','','inherit','closed','closed','','1060-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1060,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38896',0,'revision','',0),(38897,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','With half the limited seats already gone for this years AWESOME \'Movement Convention\' at Loughborough University it is countdown time for grabbing the ones that are left!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention</a>\n\nSaturday 8th October\n\n9:00am-6:00pm\n\nLoughborough University\n\n£140 which includes NOT ONLY those previously mentioned; this fantastic lot...\n\nBen Coomber\n\nStephen Aish\n\nTom Waldron\n\nBut also.....wait for it...\n\nThe flippin\' awesome Brendan Chaplin YESSSSSSSS!\n\nBrendan owns the industry\'s first and only REPS L4 S&amp;C qualification. Having known Brendan for over 6 years and having him previously present at TMC in 2014, we are REALLY excited to tell you he is going to be in our line up for TMC16 giving YOU yet more high quality gripping content!\n\nOur very own cool and compelling, Mike Grice!\n\nThis modest and astoundingly knowledgeable professional gives you masses of fabulous information in a beautifully simply manner. (Biomechanics Coaches™ you need to attend this one!!)\n\nThe fantastic fight guru, Fletch!\n\nHaving completed one of his bucket list items this year and travelling half way round the world to Australia he is generously offering his precious time to present to YOU this year too!\n\nAlso the sizzling &amp; massively popular Mairi Taylor who\'s FABulous brand is scorching the industry with LOADS of amazing content about Juicing AND her FAB JUICEBAR will also be available again!\n\nThere is as always the free un-beige lunch, goodie bag and a promise of an electric atmosphere of \'knowledge bomb dropping\' for a breathtaking 8 hours!\n\nIf you miss this you WILL kick yourself because these people are all dominating the industry and with the focus of TMC being quality content all packed into one amazing day\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK TICKETS HERE</a>\n\nThe lecture content is Coming Soon!\n\nBiomechanics Coaches™ don\'t worry Martin Haines has been booked for your annual Training Camp Friday 7th Oct. This private facilitation session will give you the experience of witnessing the expertise that he is renowned for and that you all enjoy so much.\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK NOW!</a>','OMG CONFIRMED!!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1054-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1054,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38897',0,'revision','',0),(38898,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Having read ALOT recently not only are my eyes hurting but I have once again been reassured that my own views are mirrored by other professionals, even when I get ‘trolled’ by others.\n\nWhile we demand Evidence Based Practice (EBP) to increase our confidence and to be our best and we also advocate research or data collection as a wise method of practice, ACTUALLY, when you really break it down, what is it that really matters?\n\nResults\n\nHappy Clients\n\nBetter Movement\n\nEducated Movement\n\nLess Pain\n\nHealthy Bodies\n\nConfident Practitioners\n\nConfident Clients\n\nTHIS might actually be achieved by stepping aside from what the evidence suggests, the research, the systems and methods you learned because YOU have a JUSTIFIED REASON for doing so based on the information YOU have or the feedback from YOUR client.\n\nNever under estimate YOUR ability, experience and expertise HOWEVER using EBP as a <i>platform</i> to base your decisions is still probably a smart starting point.\n\nDuring our Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma we require our learners to commit 12 weeks to working on case studies (at present I am thoroughly enjoying marking 9 reports). The whole point of this requirement is for individuals to self reflect on best practice FOR THEM, for THEIR CLIENTS and ALWAYS  to consider WHY they make each decision, giving JUSTIFICATIONS for them. It is this kind of practice that offers best <i>duty of care</i> and enables us to provide what our clients need for success in their goals.\n\nIf your INPUT results in achieving the desired OUTPUT when you are the professional with all the data, with the relationship with that client, who knows their motivators, their foibles, their options and their abilities then YOU are best placed to help them. If you feel you lack something then communicate with and/or REFER them to someone who has the skills or EDUCATE yourself further.\n\nThe more I have read research papers, articles and information relating to anything applicable, the more I have recognised the limitations of EBP as all of these guys also suggest….\n\n<strong>Robert Guntzberg </strong>\n\nhttp://www.helpinspire.org/DirectorProfile1.php\n\n(Former Chair of the European Spine Society) was right when he said that…\n\n<b>Evidence + Experience = Expertise</b>\n\n<strong>Dave Nicholls</strong>\n\nhttp://criticalphysio.net/2016/05/30/is-it-time-to-end-the-tyranny-of-evidence-based-practice/\n\n<strong>Trisha Parsons </strong>\n\nhttp://shoptalk.physiotherapy.ca/if-you-want-to-deliver-real-evidence-based-medicine-read-this/\n\n<strong>Todd Hargrove</strong>\n\nhttp://www.bettermovement.org/blog/2016/are-models-of-pain-accurate\n\n———————————————————————————\n\nBUT PLEASE do tell me what do YOU think?\n\nCome along and voice your ideas at an <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/iba-workshops-2/\">IBA Discovery Day workshop </a>\n\nSaturday 20th August\n\nLoughborough University\n\n10:00-2:00pm\n\n*INNER CIRCLE &amp; IBA members FOC\n\n*First time visitors FOC\n\n<b><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/iba-workshops-2/\">Non Members £40 </a></b>\n\n*Simply email your intention to attend and reason for attending to rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/iba-workshops-2/\">ALL ARE WELCOME!</a>','Evidence Based Tyranny...','','inherit','closed','closed','','1049-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1049,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38898',0,'revision','',0),(38899,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Does Personal Training education give us skills to be ‘personal’ enough?\n\nThis is a topic I hear so often as a training provider in the fitness industry from PT’s and I want to explore it with you now.\n\nFirstly lets look at an example of the things clients ask of PT’s to understand what we is <i>expected</i> of us:\n\n•Lose weight\n\n•Tone up\n\n•Get fitter\n\n•Run faster\n\n•Gain muscle\n\n•Reduce body fat\n\n•Achieve a specific health or fitness goal\n\n•Motivation &amp; answerability\n\n•Learn why they hurt when they move and how to move better\n\nPT education does of course give you the ability to help clients achieve almost all of the above. Yet you see how I underlined the last line on the list, well this is the part that I think is one of the biggest challenges for any PT.\n\nThis point wouldn’t necessarily be an issue for PT’s if we were trained to understand how to assess and therefore PREPARE our clients bodies to move with BESPOKE exercise prescription designed for THEIR intrinsic set up. What I mean by this is that if we were trained to do simple neuro-musculoskeletal assessments simply for FUNCTION &amp; MOVEMENT capacity (which are the 3 sub systems of our clients INTEGRATED SYSTEM that our exercise prescription directly influences) we would have more confidence in which clients are actually our remit or which need to be referred to a clinician.\n\nOR\n\nIf they were set up with perfect intrinsic biomechanics when they came to us the chances are that this would never be an issue because we can simply apply all of our ‘extrinsic biomechanics’ correction techniques we are taught like “knees in line”, “back upright” or “head in line” for example.\n\nHowever exactly how many of our clients DO NOT have some kind of dysfunction, previous injury, poor posture, problem areas, stiff or aching joints that we, as PT’s, are more often than not told we probably shouldn’t be dealing with?\n\nBut we do take them on because if we didn’t we wouldn’t have any clients!\n\n<b><i>*Note: Just to be perfectly clear on this point, I am not suggesting for a minute you work with clients outside of your remit or that you are not insured to work with. </i></b>\n\nHaving read a few articles after googling <i>‘Top reasons for employing a PT’ </i>this point below stuck out for me in relation to the above;\n\n<b><i>6.</i></b><i> </i><b><i>Put the “personal” in your training </i></b>\n\n<i>A skilled trainer will assess your specific needs, injuries, health conditions or training goals (that 10km race you’re dreaming about, for example). The trainer will then develop a personalised plan with clear timelines and short-term achievement goals that will safely and effectively enable you to succeed.</i>\n\nAssess?\n\nSo what kind of assessment?\n\nWe are <i>trained </i>to go through verbal questioning and writing the answers on a ParQ - which, might I add, if the client did in fact tell us all of their aches, injuries or health conditions we are generally advised to refer them.\n\nHow many clients have none of these?\n\nHonestly?\n\nIt’s usually the previously injured, overweight, inactive people with biomechanical issues that ask for our help!!!\n\nAnd do you know what I find crazy?  ….we as PT’s are the ones <i>perfectly placed</i> to help these people should we possess the right skill set to have the confidence to do this, since we are the professionals they often see more than once a week, the one’s who are around the gym offering support even outside of sessions, also very often delivering their classes too since many of us are hybrids these days and surely <i>injury prevention</i> is better than cure - don’t you agree??\n\nSo What?\n\n(My favourite question) I was one of those fitness professionals who tried to ‘make’ clients keep their spine ‘neutral’ when squatting or keep their knees in line with their toes as i had been trained and I got frustrated when they did not do what I was teaching them, wondering how on earth they couldn’t do something as simple as keep there knees in line?… for gods sake!!\n\nThey also kept asking me\n\n<i>“what is the best exercise to help my back stop aching?”</i>\n\nErrrrr… go and see a therapist, I have no idea!?\n\nThe question I keep asking myself is;\n\nShould we as PT’s even be able to get any insurance for working one to one considering the rarity of those clients ‘technically’ within our remit or should PT education be more advanced?\n\nTricky considering most PT’s are demanding lower priced courses and more online learning, with less face to face education due to their low income and their need to be working as much as possible. In my experience no great knowledgeable PT is just a PT as they often realise the need for more information/skill’s to be able to truly PERSONALLY train someone confidently around all the issues they come to us with.\n\nBut this is just my opinion, whats yours?\n\nhttp://fashion.telegraph.co.uk/beauty/news-features/TMG11096954/Fitness-Truths-how-to-find-a-good-personal-trainer.html\n\nhttp://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/benefits-of-a-personal-trainer\n\nhttp://www.freshvancouver.com/index.php?option=com_content&amp;view=article&amp;id=140:top-ten-reasons-to-hire-a-personal-fitness-trainer-&amp;catid=49:health&amp;Itemid=108\n\nBecome a confident PT\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Become a Biomechanics Coach™ </a>','Is Personal Training \'Personal\' Enough?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1044-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1044,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38899',0,'revision','',0),(38900,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<h2>How can you protect your clients against injury?</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-34808 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_7541-300x270.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"270\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThe way we exercise and work has changed in the last few generations. Our bodies were designed to be hunter/gatherers.  Our very physical make-up enables us to hunt, escape, harvest and gather by performing an almost unlimited number of movements like walking, running, throwing, bending, twisting and turning. As the technological revolution has enveloped our lives, these tasks are no longer necessary and our bodies have begun the process of de-conditioning in biomechanical terms. Problems then arise when we then ask our bodies to train in a gym in this biomechanically de-conditioned state; our bodies become adept at compensating for our biomechanical problems, like a rotated pelvis, leg length discrepancies, tight thoracic spines, stiff sciatic nerves and many others, which are significant factors in why we get pain despite being ‘fit’.\n<h2>Repetitive motion</h2>\nAn often unrecognised problem for us is that our training programmes are by their very nature repetitive.  Where our muscles were once responsible for performing a variety of different movements throughout the day, they are now performing, semi-static, repetitive movements when we work on our laptops or larger repetitive movements when we are in the gym.   The body does not respond well to repetitive movements; nerves in particular go through a process of de-conditioning.  De-conditioning is a mechanical phenomenon where the nature of structures (in this case, nerves) actually changes and as they do, your muscles go into a protective spasm.  Remember this is while performing exercises; this is another reason for us having pain despite being fit.\n<h2>Predisposition to injury</h2>\nWhen you look at Meeuwisse’s work in 1941, he showed that the injured individual is predisposed at a number of different levels. If you apply this to your clients when lifting weights and strength training, you can see the loop that they will commonly go through from pain to returning to training (and indeed working through pain).\n<h2>Injury Causation Factors</h2>\nAge, Somatotype, Previous Injury, Flexibility, Intrinsic Biomechanics\n\nPredisposed individual\n\nExercise\n\nExposure\n\nSusceptible\n\nInciting event\n\nInjury\n\nRehab\n\nThese same principles apply to you too.  If you do actually stop for a while to let your injury settle, even with therapy, you are still predisposed to injury if you are not correcting the biomechanical problems.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-34811 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_9501-300x221.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nLet’s look at some more of the specific problems with repetitive movement:\n<h2>Joint loading.</h2>\nIf a joint is subjected to prolonged pressure when repetitive movements in your training are performed, the cartilage begins to lose its elasticity and therefore becomes vulnerable to damage, (Oleyede &amp; Broom 19942).  A biomechanically efficient joint will cope better.\n<h2>Tension, stress and relaxation</h2>\nTendons are visco-elastic in nature and are therefore subject to the mechanical phenomena of preconditioning, creep and hysteresis when subjected to repeated stresses and strains.  This means they will adapt to the loads being imposed upon them, but if they are unnatural loads or the technique is performed incorrectly they will adapt to the incorrect movements and over time this will increase their risk of injury.\n<h2>Muscle work</h2>\nHigh repetition work in training can lead to muscle fatigue and in some cases, Delayed Onset Muscle soreness (DOMS) and overuse syndromes.  DOMS is associated with increase in muscle tone and faulty excitation of muscle, (Janda 19833).   This phenomenon is termed \"The Calcium Paradox\".  In this state the muscle is no longer able to contract and relax properly which means the muscle is in spasm i.e. it cannot relax.\n\nIn a normal individual this chronic state is avoided because we naturally move giving the muscle a normal sensory input and allowing it to relax, if however we ignore the warning signs and continue to exercise in our training, the continual irritation of the now-shortened muscle leads to physical changes within the muscle6.  Up to 40% of muscle can be replaced in a shortened muscle by connective tissue (Tardieu &amp; Tarbary).  Once this occurs normal mechanics are no longer possible without biomechanical correction (Janda 19833).  This increases your risk of injury.\n<h2>Nerve tension</h2>\nNerve is visco-elastic in nature which means that the greater the velocity of stretch applied to your nerve then the less stretch is available and the greater the stress on the nerve.\n\nIt can be seen when a nerve is subjected to repeated stretching in training as it begins to react in an abnormal manner.  When a nerve is first stretched it begins to lengthen, but as the stress is removed and then reapplied, it reaches a certain point when repeated applications of stress cause no increase in nerve length.  Sometime after this point has been reached and if tension is continually removed and reapplied the nerve under stretch begins to show a greater resistance to elongation, (Barrow 19944).  This is similar to the mechanical concept of pre-conditioning found in other materials.  As the nerve becomes pre-conditioned, local muscles go into a protective spasm, which can cause pain and certainly compromises the quality of the movement you perform in your training.\n<h2>So what can you do?</h2>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-34812 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/IMG_9026-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThere are key areas that you can work on to improve yours and your clients biomechanics:\n<h2>Reduction of muscle spasm associated with repetitive movements</h2>\nMuscle release exercises are designed to encourage the muscles in spasm to relax.  Studies by Ribot-Ciscar5 have established that a muscle relaxes maximally after it has been contracted sub-maximally and for a prolonged period.  So if you think one of your muscles is unduly tight or is not responding to stretching, then try low grade endurance isometric contractions of that muscle to release the spasm.  Contract the muscle for 20 seconds, using about 20% of your maximal contraction.  Repeat up to 4 times and then do this 3 – 4 times per day. iMoveFreely® will take you through this in more detail.\n<h2>Prevention of postural abnormality</h2>\nMany of your clients will have fundamental intrinsic biomechanical problems and these need to be addressed to have a good chance of their posture improving.  Even if they work on their posture, if they do not have the capacity to adopt and maintain good posture, that work is less likely to be effective.   Ensure they have good biomechanical foundations and their ability to adopt and hold a better posture will be enhanced.\n<h2>Nerve protection</h2>\nIn the gym we sometimes get ‘hung up’ on what type of stretching we should be doing; static, ballistic, dynamic etc.  But it has been shown that nerves can be at least as important as muscles; as a tight nerve can cause muscle and joint injuries.  So as part of your clients warm up and cool down, it’s helpful to mobilise your clients median and sciatic nerves in particular.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nMartin Haines\n\nSpecialist Biomechanics Coach&#x2122;\n<h2>References:</h2>\nMeeuwisse, W.,H., 1994, Clinical Journal of Sports Medicine 4 (3) 168\n\nOleyede &amp; Broom.  Complex nature of stress inside loaded articular cartilage.  Clinical Biomechanics 1994.\n\nJanda V. Muscle function testing.  London, Butterworths, 1983.\n\nBarrow N.  Recent advances in the use of robotic dynamometry - Measurement of Neural Tension.  European Isokinetic Congress 1994\n\nE. Ribot-Ciscar1, M. F. Tardy-Gervet1, J. P. Vedel2 and J. P. Roll1 Post Contraction Sensory Discharge.\n\n1. Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Humaine, Université Aix-Marseille I, URA CNRS, 372, Avenue Escadrille Normandie-Niemen, F-13397 Marseille Cedex 13, France\n\n2. Laboratoire de Neurosciences Fonctionnelles, CNRS-LNF3, 31 Chemin Joseph Aiguier, B.P. 71, F-13402 Marseille Cedex 9, France\n\n6. Edwards RHT.   Muscle fatigue and pain.  Acta Med Scand Supplement, 1987.\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1>Would you like to learn how to identify and correct these types of issues with your clients?</h1>\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE HERE</a>','Repetitive Motion','','inherit','closed','closed','','1038-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1038,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38900',0,'revision','',0),(38901,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>If you had been sitting beside me last week when I sent out the\n\"Why DON\'T You Read Our Emails?\" <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">Juicemail</a> you would have probably wondered what the hell was going on!</b>\n\nThe constant ping of emails coming in responding to the SMALL PRINT would have probably driven you nuts, for me it was mind blowing!!\n\nSeriously I am stunned and humbled and so grateful to EVERY single one of you who took the time to reply….\n\n<i>Thank you for the chance to win a free 1 day workshop.  I loved your sessions at the Spin Convention in Blackpool and think you are almost the only one that keep sending information and e-mails, which I love! After studying for 2 years and not sorting things, I ended up with 1500 mails in my inbox...slowly but surely now I am getting my life back to normal and more organised. So yes, if the mail is too long I am now quick to just unsubscribe and move on.  Have to say, yours are always perfect to read as I move in between my appointments daily. Thank you for all the interesting reads, I am constantly learning and love it!</i>\n\nMH\n\n<i>Your emails keep me questioning my commitment to my professional development and my clients and that keeps me on my game!</i>\n\nRD\n\n<i>Read the small print lol. Love these emails they keep me motivated to learn more</i>\n\nDS\n\n<i>informative, educational, and easier and quicker to do than \'juicing\' in a blender!\nRead, absorb, practice….</i>\n\nSH\n\n<i>Love the emails thanks and will be booking onto courses soon!\nCheers</i>\n\nJT\n\n<i>Ha!  I do save them and read them in a block but I like to do that.\nWith doing cricket 6 days a week this term I have NO head space for anything else so with half term from tomorrow you know what I will be doing!\nLooking forward to catching up with them.</i>\n\n<i>Lots of love</i>\n\nTT\n\n<i>I love reading your emails! They are factual ground breaking information that helps and inspires me when I need it most! Please keep sending them out I receive nothing else quite like it.\nBest wishes </i>\n\nSD\n\n<i>I love your emails!\nI read, I share and I store for future reference!\nOne particular favourite was about the book Body by Science, which I bought and devoured! My husband has been following it and has recorded amazing results - I am constantly sharing little gems from the book to friends, clients and anyone who will listen! I think book sales have probably rocketed since your blog - you should get a commission!\nI hope to enrol on your coaching course in spring 2017 when I\'ve completed some further Pilates training this year.\nKeep it up - hugely inspirational and informative!</i>\n\nHL\n\n<i>I enjoy reading the emails – I’ve just proved it by even reading the small print!  Hope I win!</i>\n\nKW\n\n<i>Hi Rachel\nPersonally I love receiving your emails &#x1f60a;.\nI find them interesting and the articles very useful in improving my knowledge.\nI would love some information on becoming a biomechanics coach, and have a question: I noticed that the biomechanics coaches who have written articles are qualified in sports massage. Is this a qualification you recommend having before doing the biomechanics coach qualification? It is one I don\'t have at the moment.\nKind regards</i>\n\nAR\n\n<i>I enjoy your emails, they make me think about my daily practice and thanks for sending them.</i>\n\nRK\n\n<i>Absolutely love getting your mails … keep ‘em coming!</i>\n\nGPW\n\n<i>I try to read them as much as possible, some absolute gems of info and thought provoking content. :) </i>\n\nMC\n\n<i>Yes, I read the emails – it’s great to read about proper movement technique how different issues can be explored and fixed with biomechanices.  Please keep them coming.</i>\n\nJR\n\n<i>have not read a bad post yet, all very interesting thanks</i>\n\nD\n\n<i>I love reading <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">“Juicemail”</a>, it is a quick and concise way to keep up to date. Keep ‘em coming and thank you!</i>\n\nSC\n\n<i>Hi Rachel, you send too many emails for me. One a week or even a fortnight I could cope with.Cheers</i>\n\nMS\n\n<i>i do read them. brief enough?</i>\n\nIC\n\n<i>Love your emails and philosophy x x</i>\n\nSB\n\n<i>Hi Rachel Yes I would miss reading the emails it\'s my bedtime reading!! Thxs</i>\n\nEC\n\nCongratulations to the Winner...\n\n<i>Hi Rachel,</i>\n\n<i>Very interesting timing!  I have red flagged your email ‘assumptions’ as I wanted to reply to it...but so far have just not had time!   I do read all your juicemails with interest (apart, I must admit, from the golf ones, where I try to be interested but loose it on the 5</i><i><sup>th</sup></i><i> paragraph of detail about swing and torsion!!).</i>\n\n<i>The more I have learnt over the years, the more confusing my job as an exercise teacher becomes.  It used to be short &amp; tight = stretch it    long and weak = strengthen it!   Now I realise there can be any combination of those issues, along with issues involving the nerves, psychological factors, all with many different ‘methods’ of help/intervention/relief.  How can I possibly know how to help when I am only an exercise teacher and there are so many possible ‘issues’ which I could make either better – or worse – during my classes?  So, is it a 50/50 chance of improvement?  Even if I did a 1:1 screening, would the rate of improvement be better?  How do we even define improvement? </i>\n\n<i>Minefield! </i>\n\n<i>I remember during FFY training, being in awe of Jayne Nichols when she said bravely “ I tell anyone with injuries to ‘Get Out of my class’!”  I could definitely not do that with my customer base, I would have nobody left!   Although I would love to do some ‘hard-core’ workouts, I have to learn to manage the injuries/restrictions/limitations that present themselves along with my loyal customers.</i>\n\n<i>I use a combination of many different approaches over the course of my pilates classes.  Gentle mobility – stretching – prickle ball release – anti spasms – and a variety of progressive strengthening exercises, in a bid to cover all bases.  I explain the benefits/pitfalls and hope that my customers will find something in the ‘toolbox’ that works for them.  The more I expose myself to different techniques and learn more, the deeper my toolbox becomes. </i>\n\n<i>I am lucky to have regular customers, allowing us to ‘trial’ different methods and then be around to see the effects.     But even gentle exercises can destabilise the fine balance of a body ‘coping’.  When releasing restrictions, we have to make sure we then give the body another means of support.  I regularly see emails/ articles advocating the 20/20 technique, describing how to release away all the restrictions, but with no mention of the ‘strengthening’ and toning which should follow up.  So even the gentlest intervention can be problematic.</i>\n\n<i>I used to wish I could be more precise, but now I am not sure that is either advisable, or possible.    Even if I know the exact issue a person is working with, I cannot predict how their body will respond to, or control the individual’s ‘performance’ of,  a given exercise.   How do I know an exercise won’t hurt somebody, worsen their condition or create new problems?  The answer is, I don’t, all I can do is add to that toolbox.</i>\n\nCongratulations CM!!\n\nYou highlighted some great points that I am sure many of us feel too!\n\nI will email you about claiming your FREE iMoveFreely®  Instructor workshop ;)\n\nAnyone who\'s reply and initials are posted above will also receive £100 credit towards one of our <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma workshops 2016</a>/17\n\nOR\n\n£50 credit towards <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention sat 8th Oct 2016 Loughborough University.</a>\n\nThank you ALL!','Just Ridiculous!','','inherit','closed','closed','','1034-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1034,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38901',0,'revision','',0),(38902,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Now those of you who have been in a classroom with me will probably have heard me say at some point that I am a slow learner, that its takes me a while to work things out and that I am not \'naturally\' bright nor academic (as my old school teachers may have mentioned a few times). If I have a technical question in my head it takes me a while to find a way of making sense of it.\nLike many of us right!?\nWell I\'ve had a question or 2 challenging me for a while and so having spent some months reading research papers about LLD, pelvic function, sacro iliac joint (SIJ) pain, symmetry of the pelvis, methods of measuring LLD etc, as a Biomechanics Coach™ I found it interesting that so few of the papers I found related simply to function, or how to correct it. Almost all the papers were connected to ‘clinical’ findings or ‘medical’ issues and ‘symptoms’.\n\nI mean why on earth would you research something that isn\'t a problem?\n\nWell to <em>prevent</em> the problem maybe?!\n\nAs Biomechanics Coaches™ we assess and prepare our clients to move better to avoid symptoms and clinical problems, pathology and pain. This preparation for movement is vital considering the lives we now lead amongst technology and equipment etc that make our lives ‘easier’, less effort, quicker and in fact less active than ever.\n\n<strong>My project was because I wanted to understand the relevance of a leg length discrepancy (LLD) based on as much evidence as possible.</strong>\n\nI found papers that discussed pelvic position, structural leg length discrepancy (SLLD) even functional leg length discrepancy (FLLD) and some looked at whether the LLD affected LBP\n\nMy question was - <strong>Does evidence tell us that a LLD affect low back health? and is there a difference between SLLD and FLLD and their influence on back health?</strong>\n\n<strong>Definitions;</strong>\n\nSLLD - or structural leg length discrepancy.\n\nAn example of this is the individuals femurs are genetically different in length therefore creating a structural difference that cannot be changed without surgical intervention.\n\nAnother example might be someone who has broken a bone and therefore now has a structural difference caused by the trauma\n\nFLLD - or functional leg length discrepancy.\n\nThis is discussed often in research papers and describes a twisted or rotated pelvis, around the SIJ which creates the <em>appearance</em> of a LLD. Should the dysfunction causing the rotation or twist be removed the LLD can also disappear.\n\n<strong>How do we know if we have either an SLLD or FLLD?</strong>\n\nIi is m understanding that, in podiatry, if there is a LLD that is less than 11mm it is classed as ‘insignificant’\n\nAlso in the research it almost always seems to be assumed there has a to be a clinical significance if there is a LLD present.\n\nWhile in my very limited experience as a Biomechanics Coach™ most LLD (and they are more often than not UNDER 11mm) are FLLD that are NOT clinical and can be addressed/corrected with simple exercises. The presence of a FLLD  seems to coincide with the degree of low back pain they experience.\n\n<strong>So WHY is this?</strong>\n\nLet me give you the low down about what I found out:\n\nStarting with the pelvis - there is evidence from Rose McDonalds work, when she was head physio at Crystal palace athletics club, that the hips/pelvis are at least partly responsible for 60% of lower limb injuries from a biomechanical point of view.\n\nAlso in my 10 years experience of using pelvic muscle anti spasms, particularly on the hip rotators, flexors and extensors, it has has had a huge impact on all of my clients, in particular their appearance of a FLLD.\n\nTheir ROM improves, pain is reduced, strength has increased, they report feeling more stable and overall feel they move better.\n\nNow there are groups and individuals out there who still challenge everything, which as you already know from previous Juicemails I encourage my learners to do, and they have challenged me on my methods and the evidence based programme I use.\n\nDo you know what.... it is the times when I am confronted and challenged that I grow an expand the most. When at my most uncomfortable is when I learn and absorb information best. When someone questions the very core of what I do in my practice and the method I teach in the academy, the thing I am most passionate about.\n\nThis happens sometimes and it happened recently and I am thankful for the challenge because it took me on a little journey of exploration through reams and reams of research papers and books and conversations with peers and mentors and colleagues and what fun i have had in the ‘growth zone’!\n\n<strong>Do you know where I ended up?</strong>\n\nApart form writing this for you guys of course….\n\nWell after reading complex equations, difficult language, conflicting evidence, fascinating arguments, strange opinions and lengthy articles I ended up with\n\nSO WHAT?\n\nDo you remember the SO WHAT article?\n\nWell yes thats where I ended up asking myself SO WHAT?\n\nWhat am I trying to achieve with my clients?\n\nNO\n\nHang on….what AM I achieving with my clients??\n\n<em>Their ROM improves, pain is reduced, strength has increased, they report feeling more stable and overall feel they move better.</em>\n\nSo 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?\n\nSo please feel free to read away to your hearts content some really interesting papers listed here but ultimately does your input get the desired output?\n\n<strong>References;</strong>\n\nAllyn.L e al, 1984, <em>Leg length discrepancy assessment:accuracy &amp; precision of 5 clinical method of evaluation</em>\n\nArumugam et al (2012) <em>Effects of eternal pelvic compression o form closure, force closure &amp; neuromotor control of the limbo-pelvic spine.</em>\n\nBeattie et al (1990)<em> Validity of derived measurements of leg length differences obtained by use of tape measure </em>\n\nCalvilla et al, 2000<em>, Anatomy and pathophysiology of the SIJ</em>\n\nCibulka (2002) <em>Understanding SIJ movement as a guide to the management of a patient with unilateral low back pain</em>\n\nConnell (2007) <em>A case study report - concept of assessment &amp; treatments of anterior knee pain related to altered spine &amp; pelvic biomechanics </em>\n\nCooperstein, Lew (2009)<em> The relationship between pelvic torsion &amp; anatomical leg length inequality</em>\n\nCummings et al (1993) <em>The effects of imposed leg length difference on bone pelvic asymmetry </em>\n\nCusi (2009) <em>Paradigm for assessment &amp; treatment of SIJ mechanical dysfunction</em>\n\nDillen et al (2008) <em>Hip rotation ROM in people with &amp; without LBP who participate in rotation related sports.</em>\n\nDonTigny (1985) <em>Function &amp; pathomechanics of the SIJ</em>\n\nDonTigny (1989) <em>Anterior dysfunction of the SIJ as major factor in etiology of idiopathic Low Back Pain syndrome</em>\n\nDuff et al (2000) <em>The reliability &amp; validity of the ‘tape’ &amp; ‘block’ methods for assessing anatomical leg length discrepancy.</em>\n\nForst et al (2005) <em>The SIJ; Anatomy, physiology &amp; clinical significance </em>\n\nFryer (2004) <em>Methods used by members of the Australian osteopathic professional to assess the SIJ</em>\n\nFryer (2005) <em>Factors affecting the inter-examiner &amp; inter-examiner reliability for supine medial malleoli asymmetry</em>\n\nGoode et al (2008) <em>3 dimensional movements of the SIJ </em>\n\nGurney  (2001)<em> Leg Length Discrepancy</em>\n\nHungerford et al (2003) <em>Evidence altered lumbo-pelvic muscle recruitment in the presence of SIJ pain</em>\n\nJacob, Kissling (1994)<em> The mobility of the SIJ’s in healthy volunteers between 20-50yrs</em>\n\nKasis et al (2008) <em>External fixator assisted acute shortening wit internal fixation for leg length discrepancy after retool hip replacement </em>\n\nKiapour et al (2012) <em>Relationship between limb length discrepancy &amp; load distribution across SIJ </em>\n\nKrawiec et al (2003)<em> Static innominate asymmetry &amp; leg length discrepancy in asymptomatic collegiate athletes</em>\n\nMcCaw, Bates (1991)<em> Biomechanical implications of mild leg length discrepancy</em>\n\nMcGrath (2004) <em>Clinical considerations of SIJ anatomy; A review of function, motion &amp; pain</em>\n\nMiddleton-Duff et al 2000,<em> The reliability and validity of the `Tape\' and `Block\' methods for assessing anatomical leg-length discrepancy</em>, Harcourt Publishers Ltd\n\nPel et all (2008) <em>Biomechanical analysis of reducing SIJ shear load by optimisation of pelvic muscle &amp; ligament forces</em>\n\nPreece et al (2008) <em>Variation in pelvic morphology may prevent the identification of anterior pelvic tilt </em>\n\nRichardson et al (2001) <em>The relation between the TVA, SIJ mechanics &amp; low back pain</em>\n\nSabharwal, Kumar (2008)<em> Method of assessing leg length discrepancy </em>\n\nSantaguida, McGill (1994) <em>The psoas major muscle; a 3 dimensional geometric study</em>\n\nSturesson et al (1999) <em>A radiostereometric analysis of movements of the SIJ’s during standing hip flexion</em>\n\nSuter et al (1999) <em>Decrease in quadricep inhibition after SIJ manipulation in patients with anterior knee pain</em>\n\nTakasaki et al (2008) <em>The influence is increasing SIJ closure on the hip &amp; lumbar spine extensor muscle firing pattern</em>\n\nVan Der Wurff et al (2006) <em>A multitest regimen of pain provocation tests as an aim to reduce unnecessary minimally invasive SIJ procedures.</em>\n\n<em>V</em>an Der Wurff et al (2000) <em>Clinical tests of the SIJ </em>\n\nVleeming et al, 2003<em>, Stabilisation of the SIJ in vivo: verifications of muscular contribution to force closure of the pelvic</em>\n\nVleeming et al (2012) <em>The SIJ: An overview of its anatomy, function &amp; potential clinical implications</em>\n\nWinderden et al (2003) <em>Stabilization of SIJ in vivo</em>\n\nWoerman et al (1984)<em> Leg length discrepancy assessment; Accuracy &amp; precision in 5 clinical methods of evaluation</em>\n\nWoodfield et al (2011)<em> Interexaminer reliability of supine leg checks for discriminating leg length discrepancy</em>\n\nWylde et al (2008) <em>Prevalence &amp; functional impact of patient perceived leg length discrepancy after hip replacement</em>\n\nWould you like to learn how to assess pelvic function?\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','Pelvic Function Research Papers Simplified','','inherit','closed','closed','','1029-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1029,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38902',0,'revision','',0),(38903,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Says Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month Amanda Swallow.\n\nMany of YOU ask us what entering our academy can do for YOU and YOUR business so the BCOTM programme not only gives recognition to special people and smart professionals in our industry, it also allows YOU to see what it might be like for you to become a qualified Biomechanics Coach™.\n\nAmanda is a great example and has been nominated for her consistently positive attitude towards her work and others around her. We are so pleased to nominate her as June\'s Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month!!\n\nYour Biography in brief.\n\nMovement and music has always featured heavily in my life.  I was a semi professional ballroom, latin and jazz dancer in my younger years. In 1994 when aerobics was becoming popular in sport centres and professional clubs I fell in love with teaching group exercise, the way it brought people together, sharing the buzz, music and health benefits. I was able to combine my love for creating choreography with music and movement. I indulged my passion for fitness knowledge further by going back to Leeds University part time and completed my exercise &amp; fitness diploma and certificate, all pre-internet.\n\nDuring my first pregnancy I discovered the benefits of Yoga, later I trained in Pilates and nutrition. Being self employed in the fitness industry enabled me to work around my kids, teaching the exercises that make a difference to my clients whilst making lifelong friends.\n\nWhat made you choose Biomechanics Coaching™?\n\nI had the pleasure of meeting the amazing Rachel France when she delivered an iMoveFreely® Instructor workshop in 2011, exposing me to the amazing world of intrinsic biomechanics. After completing the certificate I always knew I had to take it further as it totally revolutionised the way I approached my teaching. It had given me an insight into a different world and how to serve my clients better.\n\nDue to family commitments this was put on the back burner until finally in 2015 I was able take advantage of the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma.\n\nThe intrinsic biomechanics programme is now integrated into every area of my life. I am able to keep myself injury free whilst educating my clients to identify potential imbalances that lead to an inevitably increased chance of injury.\n\nWhat do you specialise in outside of Biomechanics Coaching™?\n\nMind and Body Retreat days, Pilates, Yoga, Group exercise, within the community and private clubs.\n\nWhat would be your advice to somebody thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?\n\nEach of the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma workshop is incredibly informative and in depth. Once you complete your training the professional back up network that Rachel has developed constantly support, nurtures and expands your new skills.\n\nIf you want your clients to understand how their bodies work and why they sometimes break down do the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma.\n\nIf you want to understand why you are prescribing an exercise and whether it is actually suitable for your clients do the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma.\n\nIf you want to make permanent improvements to your clients using a tried and tested system then do the <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma.</a>\n\nPersonal Achievements\n\nTwo wonderful kids who continue to surprise &amp; challenge me on a daily basis and sharing 28 years with my soulmate Paul. Rachel France and many of the fabulous Biomechanics Coaches™ have inspired me to blog about health and fitness through my Move Freely Forever Facebook page reaching more clients.\n\nSporting Achievements\n\nI’m not very sporty but I love to dance and was a junior Ballroom and Latin dance champion, competing In Blackpool tower when I was 16.\n\nCareer Highlights\n\nStill loving being self employed in the fitness industry for over 20 years.\n\nMy thriving very special move freely forever class using the iMoveFreely® exercises to benefit clients suffering from a wide range of problems like MS, ME, Parkinson, arthritis etc.\n\nHolding my 25th Tierra Madre Experience Mind and Body retreat on October 2016.\n\nBecoming a Biomechanics Coach™.\n\nShare a secret about you.\n\nBeing a back packer with my husband at 32. Travelling overland from Anchorage, Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, Chile for seven months.\n\nWhere do you see yourself in 10 years time?\n\nHelping women thrive as they age by providing a first class service delivering courses which integrates Biomechanics Coaching™, Nutrition, Pilates and Yoga.\n\nHaving more time to travel again.\n\nCase study\n\nMy 66 year old client was suffering from arthritis in his right hip and finding everyday tasks such as climbing stairs and even putting on his socks unbearable.  After just 6 weeks on the Biomechanics Coaching™ programme he is now a regular at my weekly Pilates class, enrolled in a dry stone walling course and returned back to hill walking after 10 years.\n\nThe system works with any client who acknowledges that their lifestyle needs addressing and is prepared to change.\n\nFundamentally, if a client takes responsibility to fix themselves, with the knowledge and regime I can then provide, they will move more freely.\n\nWould You like To Join This Band Of Elite Professionals?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE</a>','\"Revolutionised My Approach\"','','inherit','closed','closed','','1026-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1026,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38903',0,'revision','',0),(38904,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','The Foot\n\nFirstly I would just like to clarify this section relates to foot ‘position’ directionally, not foot width during squatting (see part 3/6 for width during squatting)\n\nThe Foot Direction\n\nIn my opinion, and from the evidence in the papers I have read, there is really only one deciding factor in the direction your feet should point during the squat and that is where they fall naturally for the width of squat you have chosen. So while the width may determine the degree of stress on the knee there is no substantial EMG evidence to determine that changing the foot angle or direction hits any muscle more or less. Therefore to reduce injury risk allowing the feet to fall where they want to is probably most prudent.\n\nThe reason for this is the relationship between the joints sitting above and their descending influence of load and force through the foot and ankle. We discussed previously, in The Squat Part 1/6, how hip rotator muscles, like Piriformis, can become dysfunctional with muscles spasm and so it might be prudent not to ‘fight’ this problem by ‘forcing’ feet into directions that simply don’t feel right.\n\nI experimented myself with a concept promoted by some in the industry that we should ensure a forward pointing foot. However this demonstrated that for me I was at a higher risk of a knee injury in this position (see The 10 Minute Squat Test Article)\n\nKlein’s book ‘The Knee In Sports’ states that “…the toes should be kept directly beneath the knees or slightly inside. This allows the normal relationship to be maintained between femur and tibia in the flexion movement”. However in Rippetoe’s ‘Starting Strength 3rd Edition’ he describes the need for feet to be turned out at a 300 angle. The problem arises when these types of statements are taken out of context. So I would like to clarify, the types of questions we should really be asking are ‘what is my biomechanical set up?’ and ‘what do I want to achieve from this movement?’\n\nAs stated above, during the performance of a squat, several authors have recommended various positions for placement of the foot. However a review of the literature failed to demonstrate how foot placement and lower extremity turn out during the squat affect the activity of the leg muscles (Ninos et al 1997)\n\nFootwear\n\nSomething we must consider in relation to the foot is footwear since what we wear on our feet directly impacts on the foot and how it functions. Let me explain…\n\nMany a debate is heard over what footwear should be worn when squatting. This is ultimately down to our individual biomechanics and the way we are ‘stacked up’. The foot, knee, pelvis and spine all influence each other. These influences can be ‘descending’ or ‘ascending’, in other words, if there are certain structural issues with the shoulder, this can influence what is happening at the foot (Descending) and vice versa the foot can influence what is happening at the shoulder (Ascending). This article is going to explore what these influences are and things we might want to consider as a result.\n\nTo enable you to make a choice about footwear during squatting first of all you would need to understand where your foot falls ‘naturally’ below you and then where it needs to be for stability during a squat. McBride, et al 2006, demonstrated that isometric squatting on an unstable surface significantly reduced peak force &amp; rate of force development. Which confirms that we might want to stabilise the foot and ankle during the squat. Yet if a biomechanical problem is present, loose Mid Tarsal Joint (MTJ) or Sub Talar joint (STJ) or even pelvic dysfunction then we may need to consider at least 2 ways of addressing these common (not normal) problems for when we want to squat most efficiently.\n\nIf the mechanical problem is ascending, loose or too mobile MTJ or STJ examples above, then orthotics can be prescribed while working on the biomechanics of the rest of the body, however if the issues are descending, i.e. pelvic dysfunction is present, then orthotic prescription should be avoided until the problems higher up have been eradicated.\n\nFor example in the case of a descending pattern: Jane has pelvic dysfunction that means her knees buckle inwards (knee valgus). This creates a ligament dominance which puts the medial ligaments and ACL at risk since they are taking much of the load/force through the knee during squatting or upon landing during gait. This in turn puts a rotational load around the lower leg, which directly influences the degree of pronation that occurs at the STJ, often presenting itself as OVER pronation at the foot.\n\nBy releasing the muscle spasm that created the problem in the pelvis and then strengthening these muscles using a specific and bespoke programme, Jane may be able to regain some supination capacity which may then remove the need for orthotics. Had orthotics been prescribed for this appearance of over pronation, in this particular case, they may have compounded the problem at the pelvis. I can sense some of you readers for whom orthotics failed you, nodding away out there!\n\nNow in the example of an ascending pattern: John has feet that OVER pronate because his MTJ/STJ’s are loose or ‘floppy’ . This means his feet are unable to ‘stiffen’ or ‘lock’ into enough supination naturally to ensure sufficient rigidity in his foot when he squats, or even walks. Better alignment will likely help him with his balance, and potentially his power generation, during squatting.\n\nHowever using some orthotics during the squats means the support is already there and his feet are ‘assisted’ to supinate better, giving him a more rigid foot and ankle, thus maintaining better alignment upwards through the knees, pelvis and beyond. Without the orthotics John may suffer with back problems later.\n\nWeightlifting Shoes\n\nThe effects of weightlifting shoes on squat mechanics is a subject for which I struggled to find evidence. However I did find a study by Fortenbaugh et al .(2003). They concluded that “In this study, the combined amount of anterior (forward) bar movement and posterior (backwards) hip movement was significantly less when wearing weightlifting shoes (as oppose to running shoes)….this study did not exhibit any other kinematic differences when using weight lifting shoes versus running shoes”. So this suggests the weight lifting shoes allow for a more vertical trunk position during the squat, which is what is recommended for low back health and reduced loads on the knees.\n\nTo summarise all of these points:\n\nFoot position advice should be more about where they land naturally in relation to the pelvis and width of stance.\n\nFootwear advice should always consider everything above the foot, as well as foot function, in relation to the individuals biomechanics rather than shoe ‘fashion’ or a generic concept of what should be worn.\n\nWe are all different!!!\n\nThe Squat Part 5/6 – A short one on the question of belt or no belt?\n\nLearn how to assess how the pelvis influences the knee &amp; foot during squatting in a practical 2 day workshop with No Exams!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','The Squat Part 4/6','','inherit','closed','closed','','1023-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1023,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38904',0,'revision','',0),(38905,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Biomechanics Coach™ Dictionary of Definitions\n\n<i>Normalised</i> = a level and moving pelvis and spine\n\nWe as Biomechanics Coaches™ work to a pyramid approach of exercise prescription. Normalise is the first tier of that pyramid. Without Normalisation, core training could be ‘gluing’ us/our clients into a wrong position or dysfunction.\n\nOur concept is based upon the idea that muscles, joints and nerves all affect each other through the Integrated System. The iMoveFreely® programme provides techniques to effect the entire system through each individual sub system.\n\nThe initial series of iMoveFreely® techniques, to assist Normalisation, consists of muscle releases (or anti spasm exercises) based on Ribot-Ciscar’s work (1991).\n\nThen there are also some very cool nerve mobilisation techniques based on David Butlers (The Sensitive Nervous System, 2000)\n\nwork that allow the nervous system to find its ‘normal’ range should it be tethered down in some way.\n\nThen our ‘pure’ joint mobilisation approach is modified, from much of what is seen in our industry today, to very isolated joint mobility in an attempt to encourage the parts that don’t move well to move more freely.\n\nThe common way for mobility to be performed is often <i>cheating</i> us of improvement. If you ask your client to rotate their thoracic spine, to improve thoracic spine rotation, they will do whatever they can to perform that movement. Chances are that will include scapular rotation and possible some movement at the hips. The extra movement allowed at the scapular and hips creates the <i>effect</i> of great ROM, and is indeed a more ‘functional’ way to move. However the parts of their bodies that move well can actually limit the joints that don’t move so well from improving.\n\nSo while functionally we probably do want to rotate using all of these areas, if one portion isn\'t doing it’s part, we are at risk of an injury occurring from the overload in the other areas.\n\nWe can say we have <i>‘Normalised’</i> someone once their pelvis and spine are moving correctly, for that individual.\n\nLearn how to Normalise yourself AND your clients\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST HERE</a>','Are You Normalised?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1017-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1017,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38905',0,'revision','',0),(38906,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','It depends!\n\nMuscle spasm, nerve tension, stiff joints, inhibited muscles, tightness are a few common (not normal) dysfunctions we and our clients may experience due to our lifestyles today.\n\nEach of these impact and relate to each other as our body is an integrated system AND a true master of compensation.\n\nWhen you consider that the nervous system sends messages to the muscles to move them, the muscles create tension and pull on the bones as levers to produce movement and that this movement is noted by the proprioceptors, controlled by the nervous system, it would be prudent to accept that a problem in one area can directly influence another, don\'t you agree?\n\nSo What?\n\nSo how does that influence YOU as a PT or exercise professional since we are not trained to diagnose, nor treat, nor in many cases even assess these things in our clients?\n\nWell it would most certainly influence your exercise choice since these type of issues can result in injuries, eventually BECOME painful, also limiting, when we ask clients to move we may see strange things happen AND eventually they can also result in more clinical issues like RSI, sciatica, disc herniations, impingement issues and ligament problems etc.\n\nIn fact WE are perfectly placed to reduce these risks and prepare our clients better for movement since we see them regularly for exercise advice. So if we can recognise issues like these and address them BEFORE they become a more clinical issues this would be a great thing wouldn\'t it!?\n\nOne example of this is the common issue of \'tight\' hamstrings which we hear all of the time. Maybe your client, or even YOU, have apparently \'tight\' hamstrings that do not seem to improve even when stretched religiously?!\n\nDuring our professional education we are trained to stretch short or tight muscles however this is assuming that they are in fact \'tight\' (see previous blog ASSUMPTIONS).\n\nIf you are stretching and your hamstrings and they are not improving then it might be smart to consider that they may actually be \'hanging on\' for different reason!\n\nWhat\'s the problem?\n\nOne of the most common intrinsic biomechanical issues relating to hamstring problems is when the sciatic nerve becomes tethered. The sciatic nerve runs down the back of the leg in close relationship with the hamstring\n\nNow this tension, as mentioned, is often not a clinical issue (although if unaddressed can become one), you may have no pain but simply notice limited range and restriction.\n\nSo WE as PT\'s and exercise professionals are really best placed to understand how to assess and correct dysfunctions like mobilising and improving range though the nervous system which includes the back of the leg.\n\nWe will be directly influencing these areas when we ask our client to squat, deadlift, down dog, burpeez or even sit down, so should we not be preparing areas like the nervous system for these moment too?\n\nOften the tethering can be caused by muscle spasm in the pelvis - muscles like piriformis, which also has a close relationship with the sciatic nerve, and this then restricts the range available to the nervous system with movements around the hip like hip flexion. for example.\n\nUnaddressed this can result in more clinical issues like Sciatica which go beyond our remit and require us to refer to a good therapist.\n\nWhat can WE do?\n\nA combination of muscle releases and sciatic nerve mobilisations are a good way to find your hamstrings true full range. If we use a more subtle approach it can have astounding affects and in my professional experience it more often than not does!\n\nIt is not ALL about stretching!!!\n\nLearn how to assess the sciatic nerve AND release it...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\">CLICK HERE</a>','Stop Stretching?','','inherit','closed','closed','','1014-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',1014,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38906',0,'revision','',0),(38907,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','It seems a lot, if not most, people use assumption in our industry.\n\nWhy are articles also often written based on assumptions?\n\nAlso why do a few of the people who read <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/blog/\">MY articles</a> make assumptions about what I am actually saying, even when I\'ve clearly stated the example specifics for clarity of explanation?\n\nSO WHAT?\n\nWell within <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">our courses</a> we discuss the idea that the body is a master of compensation and it does so for a variety of reasons AND in a variety of ways.\n\nWe use words like to desire the compensations like;\n\nSub-clinical Muscle Spasm\n\nImmobility\n\nTightness\n\nInhibition\n\nInstability\n\nWeakness\n\nNow MOST professionals know how to address the above with these interventions;\n\nRelease/ anti spasm\n\nMobilise\n\nStretch\n\nUn-inhibit\n\nStabilise\n\nStrengthen\n\nThese are all techniques that are all relatively simple to do and understand right?\n\nSo what\'s the problem?\n\nWhat is it that makes these interventions so controversial, problematic and debatable in, not only articles, but also in practice?\n\nWhy are many still making the error of assumption?\n\nWell its pretty tough to truly objectively KNOW which of the above problems is present.\n\nIn other words …..\n\nis ‘it’ WEAK or INHIBITED?\n\nis ‘it’ TIGHT or IN SPASM?\n\nis ‘it’ UNSTABLE or WEAK?\n\nis ‘it’ INHIBITED or TIGHT?\n\nEach 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 os TIGHT but in fact it is inhibited or in spasm as a protective mechanism, it could react by ‘holding on’ even more.\n\nA common issue might be the appearance of ‘tight’ hamstrings that are ‘held’ short 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 shorter position, due to their close relationship with the sciatic nerve, to protect the nerve which is lacking its full capacity.\n\nNow consider if you tried to \'stretch\' this apparently ‘tight’ hamstring..!\n\nSo what should we do??\n\nObviously <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">screening</a> helps but even then the screen may identify there is a problem but not which one exactly as they can ‘appear’ the same.\n\nSo possibly all we are left with is to prescribe the safest, or least contraindicating, technique first to reduce risk.\n\nUsing the lowest grade methods is surely the wisest move, don\'t you think?\n\nIn the same way a therapist might release or rub the antagonist to the injured muscle to more safely influence a damaged agonist we could consider similar concepts for clearing dysfunctions.\n\nBlood flow is key and can still be encouraged through very subtle means or even more aggressive methods.\n\nAn example of a subtle intervention might be a l<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com\">ow grade 20% muscle</a> release technique (Ribot-Ciscar,1991) whereas something like stretching might be seen as more aggressive by comparison.\n\nSo surely it makes sense to START with the subtlest option?\n\nWhat are you thoughts?\n\nAlso let me know your thoughts on the concept of maintenance and developmental stretching as taught on personal training courses verses other methods of improving muscle function?\n\nEMAIL ME rachel@biomechanicseducation.com','Assumptions','','inherit','closed','closed','','940-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',940,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38907',0,'revision','',0),(38908,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Something that brings me an immense amount of joy is hearing from people who have been through our academy and are thoroughly enjoying implementing the system we provide.\n\nJane Thomas is one such person and she has even written an article about it which I would like to share with you……\n\n<i>We Pilates teachers know our core, we know our balance and we know our alignment ... right? So how come we can get people to recruit their deep core muscles and do all those magnificent Joseph Pilates moves with the all singing, all dancing, spinning plates and humming the theme tune ... and yet they still wake up in the night with hip pain, or their lower back becomes uncomfortable if they sit at their computer for too long, or they come back from their run and their hamstrings feel tight and their calf muscles go into cramp? How come, eh?</i>\n\n<i>Because of course there is more to it, and as wonderful as Pilates is ... and believe me I am passionate about my Pilates and my teaching ... we know that there is always something else that needs to be taken into consideration.</i>\n\n<i>I had been happily teaching Pilates for 12 years doing mat work group classes and 1–to–1 training at my studio, and I loved what I was doing and the results I was getting with my clients. But because the left and the right side of my brain is fairly evenly balanced my left side, the analytical side, was always questioning that there could be more I could do to help my clients keep moving. Luckily for me I found the Biomechanics Education courses and in 2012 I began my training with them. Honestly, it was a bit daunting on the first day, for a couple of reasons, one I was a bit older than most of the other participants, and secondly I struggle to remember every single muscle name, its origin and attachment, in detail, and I knew this would be tested. But hey, stepping out of my comfort zone and into scary s**t zone for a few days wouldn’t do me any harm!</i>\n\n<i>Almost immediately I recognised the missing link for me — what’s the point of having a strong core if it is holding your pelvis in a dysfunctional position.</i>\n\n<i>In other words, if your pelvis is tilting and twisted your strong core will simply help to keep it tilted and twisted if there are muscles in spasm holding it there, and your movement will continue to be inhibited with muscles trying to produce movement they aren’t designed to do.</i>\n\n<i>Our intrinsic biomechanics system — how our muscles produce movement — needs our attention. Our pelvis needs to be in a position to enable the right muscles to do the right job. After that everything begins to function correctly: we can stretch effectively and we can work on our core strength to maintain this; then movement becomes more free. In other words — and in the words of <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaches™ </a>— we normalise, we stabilise, we functionalise. It all made complete sense.</i>\n\n<i>As the training days progressed my clients kept popping up in my head as I realised what I needed to do with them in order to give them those marginal gains that would make huge differences to how they felt and how they would perform and function.</i>\n\n<i>Since using the techniques and offering this facility to my clients it has made the Pilates so much more important and so much more effective as our 1–to–1 bespoke training programmes have become more specific and tailor-made. When we say our Pilates packages are bespoke, they really are bespoke, as a result of using <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a>.</i>\n\n<i>The training courses give you a depth of the knowledge needed to take your work to the next level. If like me, you are passionate about keeping people moving and active, intrinsic biomechanics training provides you with the scientific knowledge to do exactly this.</i>\n\n<i>Our clients are fully benefiting from our packages too. One client said that as a result of her programme her sons had told her they felt they had their old mum back, because she was moving more freely, more active, doing the things she wanted to do with them that she had stopped doing due to pain. Plus I feel that I continue to learn as I practice my <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a> and my teaching of Pilates has taken another step up because of this added knowledge. My aim is to get all my instructors qualified as <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coaches™</a>, so that our bespoke Pilates/intrinsic biomechanics Programmes are our standard package, which will fully benefit all our clients.</i>\n\n<i>Jane Thomas is a Pilates teacher and <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Specialist Biomechanics Coach™</a></i>\n\n<i>Would you like to become a <a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">Biomechanics Coach™</a>?</i>\n\n<i><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE</a></i>','Where Form Meets Function!','','inherit','closed','closed','','936-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',936,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38908',0,'revision','',0),(38909,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','If you were to google ‘<i>professional</i>’ these are the kind of definitions you would get;\n\n<i>relating to or belonging to a profession.</i>\n\n<i>worthy of or appropriate to a professional person; competent, skilful,  </i>\n\n<i>engaged in a specified activity as one\'s main paid occupation rather than as amateur</i>\n\n<i>a person engaged or qualified in a profession</i>\n\nBut how much do we actually really THINK about the real meaning of\n\n<i>professionalism</i>? It is a term that we tend to use quite often in our industry and yet what FEELING does it give us when we are describing someone who is <i>professional</i>? What image does it conjure up for you?\n\nCompetent, skilled?\n\nQualified?\n\nLooks the part/smartly dressed?\n\nSpeaks well/nicely?\n\nKnows their stuff/ is intelligent?\n\nThink of a moment when you FELT that you received a truly <i>professional</i> service and ask yourself;\n\n“What was it exactly that I appreciated?”\n\n“How did it make me FEEL &amp; why?”\n\n“What made my experience feel like the provider was being a true <i>professional</i>?”\n\n<b>Now ask yourself;</b>\n\n“What could I do to make MY clients FEEL like that?”\n\n“Is that the kind of service I already provide?”\n\nDo you GIVE what you would EXPECT from someone YOU receive a service from?\n\nWhen you REALLY think about it, it is more often than not the small stuff, right?\n\nFor me personally its definitely the small stuff….you can be competent, qualified, intelligent and sound like you know your stuff, you could even be super SUCCESSFUL!\n\nBUT the WAY you do something means a hell of a lot more.\n\nThe best mark of a TRUE <i>professional </i>in my opinion is someone who GOES THE EXTRA MILE.\n\nThis isn’t necessarily at any extra cost to the client nor immediate benefit to you, other than making the client happy or happier.\n\nWhat I would like to do is give you some examples of what I believe to be TRUE <i>professionalism</i> at its best including some of my own personal experiences and why.\n\nFirstly let’s take eating out as an example we should all appreciate.\n\nImagine YOU just ate the best food you have ever tasted but the service was awful. The waiter BEHAVED like you were unimportant to them and like they didn’t want to be there bringing your food.\n\nHow would that make you FEEL? Chances are you would be dissatisfied, wouldn’t you? How many friends would you tell about the bad <i>unprofessional </i>service?\n\nAnyone can cook a meal but its the EXPERIENCE we PAY for, don’t you agree?\n\nEven food that ISN’T that great but comes with a <i>professional</i> service and great attitude can save the evening, or even still be enjoyable should the waiter be accommodating, or apologetic for example, which demonstrates that they CARE how you FEEL.\n\nSomething I was taught in my very first job as a silver service waitress was by someone who, if I am honest, scared me stiff, however she ran an extremely popular restaurant that was reputed for its high end service and <i>professionalism.</i> This was what she literally demanded of ALL the staff\n\n<b>The customer is ALWAYS right!</b>\n\nNow I know you have heard that before and it is not new to you but again, what does it mean exactly ?\n\nBecause of course clients are NOT always right and more often than not its the very fact they are wrong that they are seeking your help, am I right?!!?\n\nBUT even when they are wrong we don’t necessarily TELL them that or at least we should consider how we make them feel, using our best EMPATHY skills. This can be the underpinning skill that makes you THE most professional person in your area.\n\n<b>Can you truly empathise with your clients? I mean TRULY ?</b>\n\nWhen someone has low self esteem are you able to sense that and make them feel good about themselves?\n\nDo you remember your clients birthday and buy them a card or even just text, email or call to say Have a nice birthday?\n\nDo you take joy in committing random acts of kindness for clients ?\n\nHow far would you go to make a client happy?\n\nWould you even provide or do something that actually COST you to simply make a client happy?\n\nIn his book ‘CRUSH IT’ marketing &amp; social media expert, Gary ‘VEE’\n\nVaynerchuck, describes a time when there was a problem with a wine order for an elderly client who was expecting a delivery of wine around the festive season and there was no way his team could organise a courier in the snow at that time of year in time for this client to get her order.\n\n<b>Do you know what he did?</b>\n\nHe personally drove hours and miles in the snow to deliver that order right to her door himself. Costing him a long day of his own time and way more than the order would commercially make his company.\n\nBUT..\n\nGary wanted to prove a point to both his team and his client that he would go to great lengths to demonstrate the ethos of his wine company, that <i>professionalism</i> was a priority when it came to customer service and CARE.\n\nI LOVE that story because that is how I feel about <i>professionalism</i> and I really hope it comes across to my clients that I would go to great lengths to make them happy.\n\nHowever when you love your job and love your clients, driving miles in the snow on your day off can still bring YOU pleasure to know your client is happy.\n\n<b>Isn’t that what makes YOU happy? Making others happy?</b>\n\nEven when working with a business partner or another company things that mean a lot to me are the indications from them that I am important to them. <b>Susan Findlay of North London School of Sports Massage</b> is one of THE most <i>professional</i> ladies I have ever come across.\n\nIn the last 10 yrs I have contacted, organised and hired many venues for use as a classroom and if I\'m honest it has been the bane of my life too!\n\nWhile some individuals have been helpful or polite and have even offered an adequate service, I knew I was just another client. I was always nervous driving to the venue, worried if everything was going to be provided as expected, the space would be ready, available etc. Inevitably and sadly it often went wrong.\n\nPeople like SUSAN, and her entire team, offer a service that not only makes me feel like they CARE but the give me confidence in them providing exactly what they promised when I book and hire their venue. I KNOW they will ALL go to great lengths to make me happy as their client. Having that TRUST demonstrates professionalism. So much so that I feel strongly enough that I want spend my morning writing about it!\n\n<b>HOW exactly does Susan do that?</b>\n\nA room containing the equipment I need\n\nA bowl of fruit or packets of biscuits being left for my learners to help themselves to\n\nEffort to provide information well in advance when there was some building work limiting the parking\n\nThe staff arriving early to allow me entry so I can set up\n\nPrompt replies to emails and questions\n\nPhone calls to check if I need certain equipment so that they can provide alternatives if they do not have it ALL the above ALL the time over and over again.\n\nNow read back and consider the actual COST of all of those things.\n\nMany of them COST nothing but she ALWAYS delivers her promise because she knows how important that is to me!\n\nSo what does <i>professional</i> mean to YOU as PT’s, exercise <i>professionals</i> and fit pro’s?\n\nOK so you can deliver a PT session really well, you can name the attachments sites for quadratus lumborum, you know a like a million exercises for the quads, you can list all the foods that contain iron and of course you LOOK the part in your branded kit!\n\n<b>Does this make you <i>professional</i>?</b>\n\nSending a text or a birthday card, treating someone to a bite to eat or a beer, actually answering your emails and texts is respectful let alone <i>professional</i>, remembering personal details for their benefit - these small inconsequential things can actually demonstrate to someone that they are valued by you because you thought about them or spent extra time with them.\n\nSo ask yourself.......\n\n<b>Exactly How <i>Professional </i>Are You?</b>\n\nWould you like to join a community of <em>professionals</em>?\n\n<strong><u><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/membership/intrinsic-biomechanics-association-membership/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE</a></u></strong>','How Professional Are You?','','inherit','closed','closed','','873-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',873,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38909',0,'revision','',0),(38910,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','WOW what a great weekend eh! How did you spend yours?\n\nWere you learning?\n\nRelaxing in the sun?\n\nSeeing family?\n\nDoing some crazy obstacle racing event?\n\nOne of the important lessons I have learned like most of us, from getting it wrong sometimes, is to get a balance of all of the above by remembering these 2 things I would like to share with you;\n\n<strong>The 4 Legs of Life</strong>\n\nThe ‘quantity’ of each of these may differ for each of us but we should all be mindful to consider how happy we are in each of these areas and maybe what we could do to improve the ones we neglect;\n\n1.Family\n\n2. Healthy nutrition\n\n3. Exercise/recovery\n\n4. A job you love\n\n<strong>The 3 x R’s</strong>\n\nHave you ever considered that ‘recovery’ comes in different forms and we actually may need a balance of each?\n\n<em>Rest</em> - Take a minute - this could be sitting down for a moment or stretching your legs if you work at a desk.\n\n<em>Relax</em> - Socialise, chill with friends or family or a bit of tv, something that takes your mind away from work.\n\n<em>Recuperation</em> - Sleep - plenty of it where possible!\n\nFor me this weekend was for enjoying my job and so after 2 days teaching knee &amp; foot biomechanics in London, I spent Saturday with 7 fantastically passionate and knowledgeable professionals discussing iMoveFreely® techniques for preparing or participants for our group exercise classes.\n\nAll thanks to Jayne Nicholls, GXTraining Ltd who is our partner for this workshop.\n\nThen the awesomely sunny Sunday was another IBA Discover Day workshop with the members and we had a guest with us too, since all professionals are welcome!\n\nThought I would share our IBA Discover Day workshop day with you so you might see how much there is to take way from these mini workshops - including CPD’s from both REPS and STA.\n\n10:00-10:10am - Welcome &amp; plan of the day - attendees were asked to write down what they wanted to gain from the workshop as part of registration as usual .\n\n10:10-10:20am - Introductions - finding out who we are networking with.\n\n10:20-10:30am - Up Dates on partnerships &amp; collaborations this year that offer IBA members special rates.\n\nWe also discussed the list of new one day workshops Biomechanics Eduction is hoping to put together to expand their portfolio.\n\nAdvanced Movement Analysis\n\nTennis Biomechanics\n\nSwimming Biomechanics\n\nRunning Biomechanics\n\nCycling Biomechanics\n\nOlympic Lifting Biomechanics\n\nBand workshop for equipment specialised function drills\n\n10:30-10:35am - We discussed all the benefits of being an IBA member including;\n\nIBA Discovery Day workshops (Aug 20th Lboro Uni, Nov 12th Scotland)\n\nMentor support\n\n*£150 voucher towards your education (*upon purchase of a 2 day pelvic biomechanics workshop)\n\nOur cool branded T shirt - one for every year of your membership!\n\nDiscounted rate &amp; priority access to TMC\n\nPriority access to events, with opportunities to shadow present &amp; demo screens\n\nDiscounts on partner courses, products &amp; equipment\n\n10:35-11:00 - Business section - This is where we discuss questions relating to business, stern up, marketing, selling and promoting what we do. We considered 3 questions put to us by our marketing specialist, Chris Wright of www.Level10Living.co.uk;\n\nDo you want to take your business to the next level?\n\nDo you want to earn more?\n\nDo you struggle to get new clients?\n\nChris has become an invaluable asset to Biomechanics Education ltd, to support our learners beyond their technical skill training. Many of our learners are (or are looking to become) self employed and feel in need of more evidence based ideas and techniques on exactly how to market their new skills, how to stand out in their area, charge more, be happier, an increased confidence in what they are doing and, the much coveted, MORE FREE TIME!\n\nThe techniques Chris teaches have done that for me and he is now also offering to our academy learners.\n\n11:00-11:10am - This was our technical section were we discuss theoretical anatomy and technical issues with clients.\n\nQuestion 1:  “Can clients get worse before they get better?”.\n\nIn response we talked about the fact that if someones intrinsic biomechanics have been out of alignment, they have had a twisted or rotate pelvis due to compensations from their lifestyle for example their brain may have become familiar with this asymmetry and so not sensed a problem as such.\n\nThus when the pelvis is de-rotated, or function is corrected the brain senses a change and alteration in loading through the joints and tissue this can potentially mean the client feels different, off centre, or even a little more uncomfortable temporarily. With close monitoring and re-assessments confidence should be restored for both practitioner and client as measurements improve. If not refer onto GP or a therapist who can offer further tests.\n\nThe other consideration might be that while you may have prescribed an exercise, and particularly when its a very low grade one, the client might perceive this as the cause of their discomfort. However upon further questioning it become obvious they didn’t account for other things that are more likely influence our biomechanics like;\n\nnew shoes\n\nan event the day before\n\ncarrying heavy shopping\n\nsleeping funny or in a strange bed\n\na day of gardening\n\na heavy night out\n\nSo we should always set up an appropriate level of expectation for our clients from our consultation and then our continuous re-assessing, questioning and evaluating of all the things they do that can influence how they feel.\n\nQuestion 2: “what direction should our feet point during the squat?”.\n\nWhile we did discuss this, there is a Juicemail on its way that explores this very point. However I also suggested that individuals might be able to form an idea for this during the next section as we look at foot and ankle biomechanics.\n\n11:10-12:00pm - This was our practical section and of this workshop the emphasis was on foot biomechanics.\n\nWe began by looking at the main bones and joints:\n\nCalcaneous - heel bone\n\nTalus - sits onto of the calcaneous and underneath the fibula and tibia.\n\nSubtalar joint - the joint surface between the talus and the calcaneous.\n\nWe discussed the tri- planar motions of pronation and supination and the fact we NEED BOTH to happen:\n\nPronation = dorsiflexion, eversion, abduction is for shock absorbtion\n\nSupination = plantarflexion, inversion, adduction is for propulsion.\n\nAlso the potentially misguiding phrase \'OVER pronation\' might be more accurately described as \'LATE supination\'.\n\nWe practiced the Jack’s test of the windlass mechanism which demonstrates whether your clients foot has the CAPACITY to re-supinate.\n\n12:00-12:30pm LUNCH BREAK\n\n12:30-1:20pm - Back to the foot and we looked at the alignment test. This uses the 2 talus ‘heads’ to locate a neutral position on the client while weight bearing. Once we find that ‘neutral’ position, we ask the client to relax and see what movement occurs at the foot and ankle.\n\nWe also discussed what could be done (if anything) by an exercise professional to contribute to improving foot/ankle function. With clini-bands we tried some simply but very challenging exercises which one of the attendees found virtually impossible due to his limitations so we adapted it into something he should be able to manage and to improve his foots ability to pronate - since he is a ‘supinator foot type’ and lacking an ability to dissipate shock (pronation) during the gait cycle.\n\n1:20-1:35pm - We shared some of our best case studies/client experiences and looked at some \'before and after\' shots of some athletes who have been through the iMoveFreely® programme with a qualified Biomechanics Coach™.\n\n1:35-1:50pm - At this point we put 2 very important dates in our diaries - Friday 7th Oct Biomechanics Coach™ training camp 1-5pm &amp; Saturday 8th Oct The Movement Convention 9-6pm both held at Loughborough University.\n\n1:50-2:00pm - The shop opened and orders were placed for branded clothing and quadrant mats.\n\nThis workshop ended way too soon again even though the sun was still shining outside!\n\nWould you like to join us for our next IBA Discovery Day workshop Sat 20th August at Loughborough University for free?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/membership/intrinsic-biomechanics-association-membership/\">FIND OUT MORE</a>','The 4 \'Legs of Life\'','','inherit','closed','closed','','856-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',856,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38910',0,'revision','',0),(38911,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b><i>Intrinsic Biomechanics for Personal Trainers, Pilates and Yoga teachers</i></b>\n\nYou as Personal trainers, Pilates or yoga teachers and other exercise professionals are well educated in how to teach exercises. There are many courses available to learn this critical skill, however I bet sometimes you feel anxious about whether you chose the right exercises for some of those tricky clients, right?\n\nDo you have the tools to assess your clients to identify which are the best gym and free exercises to perform relative to their personal biomechanical needs? And when the client has low grade back pain for example, do you feel confident about training them safely?\n\nDo you feel you need a simple system to fill this critical gap and answer some of those common questions?\n\n<b>The Health Continuum</b>\n\nYou need to identify where your clients are on a ‘health continuum’, which is a scale from, potentially illness/injury to wellness and on to higher performance over time. Your clients will be somewhere on this scale and you need to find out where they are before you can prescribe their conditioning exercises. Most exercises are suitable to most people; the problem is that invariably they are prescribed at the wrong time. For example, lunges can help some people and hurt others.\n\nIf someone has a rotated pelvis and a leg length discrepancy with associated muscle spasm in their hips, then lunges will most likely not be good for them. If they are functioning correctly around the pelvis, then lunges shouldn’t encourage injury or pain. That is one simple example demonstrating why some of your clients can do some of the exercises you prescribe, but others can’t.\n\nTo be able to identify where your clients are on the health continuum, you need to perform an intrinsic biomechanical assessment. These assessments are simple to perform and can take as little as 10 minutes. Once you know where they are on the health continuum then you can progress them through a sequence of exercise progressions.\n\n<b>The Biomechanics Coach™ System</b>\n\nIn the Biomechanics Coach™ system, these progressions start by improving your clients inner system by ensuring their fundamental pelvic and spinal mechanics are ‘Normalised’ and level to provide the foundation for normal movement.\n\nIn this first phase any muscle imbalances are corrected with simple release techniques and tight nerves are sorted out using nerve mobilisations. This phase is referred to as \'Before the Core\', because typically people will start their early exercise programmes with core stability-type exercises and they are simply not ready. That is why Pilates helps some people and hurts others.\n\nMany Pilates Instructors are recognising they dont want to stabilise someone in a biomechanically incorrect position. So \'Normalise\' them first, then \'Stabilise\' them. If we are not careful all we are doing is training people to compensate for their biomechanical problems rather than training correct movement patterns.\n\nSo, once the Normalise Phase has been completed the client is then progressed to the next stage which gives them the ability to consolidate and learn new motor programming strategies in the ‘Stabilisation’ phase. Here they are progressed through a series of isolated stability exercises and then work towards more functional stability patterns.\n\nThe final phase is where they learn to use their new motor programming strategies in a more functional way and then progress on to functional velocity training. Here they work towards the functional patterns and velocities that are relevant to their ‘purpose’.\n\n<b>Philosophy</b>\n\nWe should always be challenging the latest \'current\' thinking. Just because something new, like functional training and perhaps Pilates comes along to the industry, does that mean all the work you’re doing at the moment doesn’t work anymore? Of course not, it just means we have something else to integrate into what we are already doing, not necessarily discredit them.\n\nThe industry is often seduced by the \'next big thing\', but invariably this is simply another way of achieving certain targets for your clients, not necessarily the ONLY way and it certainly doesn’t mean you should be forgetting what you were doing - unless it’s been directly disproven. Nothing should ever be done in isolation, as the exercise model suggests, a series of progressions is the most effective way to progress exercise.\n\nWe should focus our attention to real issues, and using all the proven methodologies available to us, answer questions like,:\n\n•    How do I know which exercise to give to my clients – how do I know which will help them and which will hurt them?\n\n•    Apart from increasing the number of reps and sets, how should I be progressing my client’s exercise programmes?\n\n•    Why choose one particular exercise over another that seemingly does the same thing?\n\n•    Should I be using gym balls in their training and if so, when?\n\n•    Should I be using machines anymore? Are they ‘functional’? Does that matter?\n\nIt is often difficult to answer these questions for all our clients with any degree of honesty and accuracy with the assessments that are in place at the moment. Until the industry’s understanding of intrinsic biomechanics and its implications to exercise prescription is better understood our exercise prescription will not be as good or as safe as it should be.\n\nHave you ever asked yourself any of these questions?\n\nAre you a PT?\n\nDo you teach Pilates or Yoga?\n\nWould you like to experience some of the Biomechanics Coach™ System?\n\n<b><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach/\">READ MORE </a></b>','What? When? Why?','','inherit','closed','closed','','853-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',853,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38911',0,'revision','',0),(38912,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>Back Squat v Front Squat</b>\n\nWhich is better for the knees?\n\nThinking in terms of loads and forces, there are compressive forces and shear forces to be considered here. When considering the knee, a compressive force will squeeze the cartilage.\n\n<b>The Knee</b>\n\nFirstly with regards to the knee during the squat there is a lot of evidence out there about what forces are being transferred through the knee joint and its structures. Things that need to be considered when referring to research are the health and biomechanics of the individuals, circumstances of the project and the limitations or variables of specifics to the research study. The difficulty is then for the reader to decipher what this may indicate for them as an individual. The translation of this information is often where things become distorted so I will try to be as precise as I can be with the information I have gathered, while generalising with safety in mind.\n\nQuadriceps, hamstring and gastrocnemius activity increases as knee flexion increases, which supports athletes with healthy knees performing the parallel squat (thighs parallel to the ground) between 0 and 1000 knee flexion. It is also demonstrated that the parallel squat is not necessarily a problem to knee health.\n\nFor those of you with healthy knees, the parallel squat is recommended over the deep squat (A2G or squatting down as far as possible until the posterior thighs and lower leg make contact with each other) because the risk of injury to the menisci and cruciate and collateral ligaments is likely to increase during the deep squat. The squat itself does not compromise knee stability though and in fact when performed correctly with good biomechanics, it can enhance stability. Large decelerations during the squat generate huge forces through the knees during the decent of the squat which is why this part of the movement should be performed in a slow and controlled manner to avoid higher risks of injury.\n\nFor those of you who find yourself ‘forward flexing’ or ‘trunk tilting’ the greater hip flexion has been shown to eliminate ACL stress, as stated above, mainly due to the increased hamstring activity. This could therefore indicate quadriceps dominance (Hewitt 2004). In other words the hamstring to quadriceps ratio is likely to require some form of conditioning of the hamstrings to regain a balance. What is paramount is what type of conditioning work and what must first be established is the reason for the imbalance in the first place.\n\nAt 60deg of knee flexion the forces in the knee joint change from greater posterior force to a greater anterior shear force which increases throughout the ascent. Hence performing squats at knee flexion angles of less than 900 will minimise the risk of knee injury.\n\nFry et al (2003) did a study looking at the effects of allowing the knees to move over the toes. This study found that while the NSCA cite the knees should be kept from moving forwards over the toes or to keep the trunk in an upright posture, in order to optimise the forces involved on all the joints, it may be a good thing to allow the knees to travel ‘slightly’ over the toes. This allows for a more even distribution of load through ankle, knee, hip and spine.\n\n<b>Squat width with regards to forces at the knee;</b>\n\nWhen considering the width of the squat it has been demonstrated that the wider squat has been shown to generate 15-16% significantly greater compressive forces through the knee joint than a narrow stance, McCaw et al (1999).Thus a narrow stance is a better choice if you wish to reduce the risk of compressive forces going through the knees.\n\n<b>To summarise on these points; </b>\n\nFor those with healthy knees a greater angle of knee and hip flexion is ok so long as the loads are not heavy. Periodisation techniques should always be used when performing the squat, in that the training is divided into light, medium and heavy cycles throughout the year. This also enables an individual to perform a variety of squat depths.\n\n<b>Next time: The Squat Part 4/6 – The Foot &amp; Footwear</b>\n\nFirstly I would just like to clarify part 4 relates to foot position not foot width (see part 3 for width)\n\nDo you worry about adding squats to your clients programme?\n\nDo you struggle to squat?\n\nDo you use the leg press because squatting hurts your back?\n\nWant to learn fundamentals about the pelvis when it comes to squatting?\n\n<b>Pelvic Biomechanics workshop COMING SOON!</b>\n\n<b><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\">REGISTER YOUR INTEREST </a></b>','The Squat Part 3/6','','inherit','closed','closed','','829-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',829,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38912',0,'revision','',0),(38913,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','You may recognise<b> Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month</b> <b>Josh Ford.</b> He wrote the recent golf article and has been nominated for BCTOM for his continued commitment to the profession, his specialism in golf and his commitment to continuous self improvement.\n\nNice work Josh!!\n\n<b>Your biography in brief;</b>\n\nI have been working in the fitness industry for 10 years now. After leaving school I played full time football for 3 years, with that I developed what can be best described as a habit for training and it seemed natural to go into the fitness industry. I have since qualified as a personal trainer, sports massage therapist as well as a Specialist Biomechanics Coach™. Having worked mainly as a personal trainer in a few different gyms, I am now back in the gym I started in, Total fitness Bolton.\n\nAlong the way, because of my Biomechanics Coaching™ skills, I have worked with professional golfers and football teams as well as amateurs of many different sports and these are the types of clients that I really enjoy working with.\n\nNow I have also achieved a career goal of a full time position with a professional football team. Sadly it was short lived however after realising that being involved as staff rather than a player was very different.\n\nOutside of work I am recently married, golf obsessed and a frequenter of as many food establishments as possible.\n\n<b>What made you choose Biomechanics Coaching™?</b>\n\nI first came across Biomechanics Coaching™ when Martin presented a seminar to a personal training company I worked for. First of all, I really enjoyed Martin’s style of presentation and his way of thinking, but the content is what really resonated with me. I then looked at the website, found out a little bit more and booked onto the course at my first opportunity.\n\nAt the time I didn’t have much of a plan to take it forward but I certainly knew I needed to have this knowledge and this better understanding of how the body works. And above all else I thought I owe it to my clients to be training them properly.\n\n<b>What do you specialise in outside of Biomechanics Coaching™?</b>\n\nI specialise in sporting performance, particularly golf and football as I play both of these which enables me to have a good understanding. Particularly golf as it a more popular discipline to train for.\n\n<b>Where would you like to see yourself in ten years from now?</b>\n\nIn ten years’ time I hope to be reaping the rewards of what I am building now. Currently I am working on a website to help golfers train properly with online coaching. Also I am studying hard to improve my knowledge of the actually golf swing, which is possibly the most complicated thing I have come across so it’s slow progress. However in 10 years I hope that it is up and running and profitable.\n\nIt would be great to have a few high profile clients whose intrinsic biomechanics I could work on, preferably PGA tour players. This would nicely raise my profile and get the word out about the magic of Biomechanics Coaching™.\n\nI would also like a have plenty of spare time to spend with the wife, hopefully a family and play golf of course.\n\n<b>What would be your advice to somebody thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coach™?</b>\n\nTo anyone thinking about becoming a Biomechanics Coach™ I would say you really should do it. Most education within the fitness industry feels like an add on course but this is genuinely a new way and approach to exercise. You will get a far better understanding of how to train you clients safely, you will get better results, you will not lose clients due to injury and you will gain clients through reputation. It will, as it has done for me, open up a lot of other opportunities. The way of thinking you gain as well will certainly benefit you.\n\n<b>On the journey to where you are now what has been your achievements? </b>\n\n<i>Personally</i> a great achievement of mine is building a business that allows me to both enjoy my work and have plenty of time for my many hobbies.\n\n<i>Sporting </i>wise, an achievement of mine is making a hole in one in a pro-am event\n\nMy <i>career high</i> was consulting for West Ham United.\n\n<b>Tell us a secret or something interesting about you that not many people know about you:</b>\n\nA secret might be that I play the guitar pretty well but it’s not that interesting so I should admit.\n\nIf I didn’t enjoy what I do so much, I would like to be a traffic warden, no joke!\n\nLOVE your honesty Josh!\n\nThank you and well done....would you like to join our academy and gain some of the skills Josh has?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/\"><b>READ MORE</b></a>\n\n&nbsp;','\"I Would Like To Be A Traffic Warden\"','','inherit','closed','closed','','826-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',826,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38913',0,'revision','',0),(38914,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>PGA advisor, Martin Haines</b>, delivered the extremely popular <a href=\"http:/\">Golf Biomechanics</a><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\"> workshop</a> for us recently. We had PGA trained golf coaches, next to PT’s, next to manual therapists, next to Biomechanics Coaches™ all discussing ways to help their clients <i>hit further</i>. <i>Hitting further</i> ultimately being the aim for anyone involved in improving theirs, or their clients, game.\n\nWe discussed swing faults, slicing, the ‘ideal’ planes for the swing and we also looked at video footage of pro level golf swing variations.\n\nThen we discussed shoulder function, common limitations, influences of these on the swing and how to correct them. Also how thoracic rotation limitations can dramatically decrease velocity through the swing and how to correct it. There was considerable discussion about pelvic function and how a common dysfunction like a leg length discrepancy can change the swing and weight shift AND of course ways to correct a ‘functional’ leg length discrepancy. Finally we explored core strength and its considerations for golfers.\n\nThe 16 attendees were set tasks throughout the day to work out what, in each of these intrinsic problems, might influence what we see during the golf swing and how each might limit velocity, therefore limiting <i>hitting further</i> - the ultimate aim in golf.\n\n<b>Josh Ford is a </b><b>Specialist Biomechanics Coach™ </b>and attended this Golf Biomechanics workshop several years ago with Martin. He also has a special interest in playing golf himself and helping golfers improve there game. Here he raises some interesting points and explains the above much better than I do!\n\n<b><i>Weight Shift, Piriformis &amp; Lots of Dollars!</i></b><i>\n\n</i><b><i>The value of the weight shift in golf;</i></b>\n\n<i>The weight shift (also known as weight transfer) is widely acknowledged as a fundamental part of a good golf swing. According to Chuck Quinton, a successful golf instructor based in Florida, 14.4% more club head speed is added with correct weight shift. This will have a significant effect on performance. Being longer off the tee by this much will leave a shorter club when approaching the green, so instead of being 175-200 yards away, you may now be 125-150 yards. The nearer you are to the hole after your drive, the more likely you are to be closer after your second. And again, the nearer you are before taking your 3rd, the more like you are to get it in the hole or leave a ‘tap in’ for your 4th.</i>\n\n<i>Adam Scott, who is currently leading the PGA tour for earnings this season, when 175-200 yards has an average proximity to the hole of 24 feet 9 inches after his approach shot and is tied second in accuracy from this distance. When you get to the 125-150 yard mark the proximity becomes, for Adam Scott, 16 feet 6 inches, 3rd on tour. Okay so 9 feet doesn’t seem that much different but it can increase the amount of putts you hole, the more you hole, the lower the scores. </i>\n\n<i>Ernie Els who is top of the putting charts from 20-25 feet has a conversion rate of 25%. He is only 3rd best from the shorter distance but his conversion rate from 15-20 feet is 36%. 11% more putts made. After the longer tee shot and the second shot that has left the ball lying closer, the chances of making bogey (one over par) has diminished and there is a lot more chance of making a birdie (one under par) which can only lead to better scores. Put that into account over the standard 4 round competitions and assume it comes up only on the par 4s, which is around 10 of the 18 holes. Then there will be 3 birdies made per round instead of 2. That’s 4 shots per competition, which will be a massive difference in standings and earning. Again 1 shot per round doesn’t seem a lot but it’s the difference of this seasons current points leader Adam Scott and 45th place Jhonattan Vegas. Or money wise Adam Scott’s seasons earnings of $4,362,198 versus Jhonattan Vegas’ $535,612.</i>\n\n<b><i>What are the mechanics of the weight shift?</i></b>\n\n<i>The weight shift is simply the transfer of body weight from one foot to the other during the golf swing. Initially, as the club is drawn away, weight is partially shifted onto the right side as internal rotation of the right hip occurs. The amount of weight shifted varies from player to player and some players use a different technique called ‘stack and tilt’ which means no shift to the right, however a very high percentage of professionals will start by loading their right side. </i>\n\n<i>When the golfer reaches the top of his or her back swing, and in some cases slightly before, almost all of their weight will start to be shifted to the left side to initiate the downswing and the left hip joint will have moved from an externally rotated position into an internally rotated position as the golfer uncoils their spine. Intrinsically, if we have a leg length discrepancy, we can struggle with this fundamental of the swing. A functionally longer right leg can make it harder to shift our weight to the right during the back swing. Not only that, if your body is compensating by creating a scoliotic spine, then your facet joints can have difficulty in rotating easily, so we have noticed that the spine tends to side bend towards the hole to gap the facet joints and allow easier rotation - this can lead to a more upright swing. This changes the swing plane, club path and angle of attack and consequently the flight of the ball. </i>\n\n<i>A functionally longer left leg can make it difficult to get their weight back onto their left where they need to be for solid and well timed impact, and we have noticed that it can also cause them to lean their torso to the right in order to enable easier rotation of the spine.  This changes the swing plane, club path and angle of attack and consequently the flight of the ball. </i>\n\n<i>Another factor that will effect weight shift is if they cannot internally rotate either of their hip joints. This may reduce the normal weight shift and we have noticed that players sometimes slide their hips forwards instead, taking away the need for the rotation element. Also, with the golfers’ head needing to stay central over the ball and the hips moving over the left side on the downswing, the left quadratus lumborum would have to be functioning correctly. This should make it evident that having biomechanical dysfunctions can be inhibiting distance and therefore scores as well as affecting technique and therefore consistency. At the highest level of the sport, improving a players’ intrinsic biomechanics may only improve their scores by one or two shots over an event or even a season but those shots can mean millions of dollars in earnings. The lower the standard of golf, the more that golfers struggle with consistency and distance and therefor their need for biomechanical correction is still there and have a greater effect on performance.</i>\n\nWritten by;\n\n<b>Josh Ford </b>\n\nSpecialist Biomechanics Coach™\n\nRegister YOUR interest NOW in the <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\">Golf Biomechanics workshop</a> and take a priority place on the waiting list for the next one which we hope to run at Loughborough University later this year;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\">CLICK HERE</a>','Weight Shift, Piriformis & Lots of Dollars!','','inherit','closed','closed','','813-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',813,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38914',0,'revision','',0),(38915,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','The plantar fascia is a band of connective tissue (rather like a ligament) which runs from the heel, along the bottom of the foot to the base of each of the toes. It fans out from the heel as it moves forwards to the toes and is a tough, fibrous structure.  Its role changes depending upon at what part of the gait cycle your foot is in contact with the ground.  Initially at impact it helps shock absorption and it stabilizes the metatarsals as you absorb shock by pronating your foot.  Then from mid-stance to push off it its helps to re-supinate the foot to make it more of a rigid leaver to improve the mechanical leverage to help propel you forwards.\n\nThe plantar fascia bears an immense amount of load when you run, in fact it has to deal with loads of up to 3 times body weight with each step and you can take as many as 90 steps per foot per minute when you run.  So an injury to the Planter Fascia can be very painful and difficult to rest, it is even loaded when you walk and stand.  It is therefore quite a common injury and occurs in about 5-10% of all running injuries and about 10% of those who see a doctor for the condition have the problem for more than a year.  It is therefore quite important to discuss how you can recognize it and the ways that you can help to manage it yourself.\n\nOutside of athletics, it affects mainly over 40’s and mainly women, but in athletics there are a number of causes that mean it can affect anyone.\n\nThe extrinsic (external) causes of plantar fasciitis include running on different surfaces, wearing inappropriate shoes, increases in body weight, as well as increased pressure through the plantar fascia as with a sudden increase in speed or hill training or block work.  Outside of athletics, if your job requires that you stand for prolonged periods, this can have a profound affect on the plantar fascia, as can being over weight, these are the two main causes of plantar faciitis in non-athletes.\n\nIntrinsic causes (internal factors within your body) of plantar faciitis consist of poor foot biomechanics (typically too much pronation or pronation that is too quick), tight calves (which can increase the amount of pronation in the foot), leg length discrepancies (which can cause the foot to over pronate), abnormal pelvic rotations (which can cause leg length discrepancies) and even tight sciatic nerves (which can cause a protective spasm of the calf muscles which can cause them to become inflexible).\n\nThe pain is usually felt just in front of your heel.  It is usually tender to touch and it is felt often in the mornings or after long periods without bearing weight through the foot.  As you walk about gently the pain usually subsides, but any over activity often aggravates it again.  On a day to day basis you can often feel pain if you misjudge a step and take weight through your forefoot rather than the whole of your foot, as the load is taken straight through the plantar fascia.  If you walk abnormally to avoid loading the plantar fascia, you can then get other symptoms as you load other structures abnormally, typically you can get pain on the outside of the foot, your knee and even your hip for this reason.\n\nWhen you have plantar fasciitis you can also develop a heel spur.  This is an area of calcium which is deposited within the plantar fascia where it suffers most damage, usually at the front of the heel bone.\n\nThere are a number of ways that you can help your plantar faciitis.  Some of these suggestions will help and others won’t, see which are best for you.  Calf stretching (with your knee bent and additionally with it straight), a temporary heel raise, applying ice to the affected area and massaging the plantar fascia can all help.  You may find it difficult to reach the sole of your foot to massage it yourself, so try sitting and putting your foot on a cricket ball pressing down on that while you roll the ball under the sole of your foot.  You can also try rolling your foot on a wine bottle or rolling pin in the same way.\n\nStretching the plantar fascia can also help.  Remember though, the plantar fascia is not a flexible structure, it stretches an additional 2% of its overall length when you take weight through your foot as you run, and it is this rigid spring-like action that is critical to its correct function.  So while we don’t particularly want to increase the flexibility of the plantar fascia, stretching can be helpful to improve its pliability and so its ability to accept load at higher speeds. Stretching the big toe upwards, while you are stretching the calf with your knee bent, can help with this.\n\nOrthotics can be very helpful when trying to manage plantar fasciitis, but do make sure you see a podiatrist who works closely with therapists who understand the biomechanics of the pelvis and spine.\n\nAnti-inflammatories, cortisone injections and surgery can sometimes be helpful but are not the first choice and all other possible options should be tried first.  In more severe cases there can be some relief from pain by using splints at night to gently stretch the Achilles tendon and the plantar fascia.\n\nPrevention is obviously important and you need to check the extrinsic and intrinsic causes listed above and deal with any of them that may be relevant to you.  You may also find that managing them will help if you currently have plantar fasciitis as this can reduce the load on the foot considerably.\n\nMartin Haines\nSpecialist Biomechanics Coach™\nChartered Physiotherapist\n\nAre you in London?\nAre you a PT? Pilates teacher? Exercise professional? Manual therapist?\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Would you like to understand more about knee, feet and your client\'s plantar fascia?</span>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/knee-foot-biomechanics-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE</a>','Plantar Fasciitis - What Is It?','','inherit','closed','closed','','803-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',803,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38915',0,'revision','',0),(38916,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>Tom Waldron</b> really is a breath of fresh air!\n\nThis smart, fun and incredibly patient nice guy is super keen to share information, ideas and even a small part of his Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma theory assessment for you to see the kind of thing I read in these reports. This will also give those of you considering entering our academy an idea of what to expect.\n\nHere are some of the Diploma report assessment criteria;\n\n<b> 1 Produced a brief and succinct introduction to case studies (ie: age, ability level, sport)</b>\n\n<b> 2 Give a brief account of all case studies in no more than 2000 words </b>\n\n<b> 3 Describe the strengths of the screening process and where it worked really well</b>\n\n<b> 4 Describe the areas for improvement of the screening process and what you found difficult</b>\n\n<b> 5 Describe how case study findings have changed the way in which you practice </b>\n\n<b> 6 Justified ALL actions taken with the clients in the case studies</b>\n\n<b> 7 Summarise thoughts in a succinct manner</b>\n\n<b>Tom wrote;</b>\n\n<i>Undertaking the Biomechanics Coach™ qualification has already drastically changed my business model and career path (no exaggeration). I’ve already dropped 3 classes which I have been teaching for the past 2 years (fitness and pilates) to dedicate more time educating myself on intrinsic biomechanics and to fill those hours up with biomechanics 1:1 assessments.</i>\n\n<i>It has been incredibly clear that this is a new and higher paradigm of exercise prescription. If we are exercising with dysfunction then we are training and strengthening that dysfunction, increasing our chance of injury. </i>\n\n<i>If we are exercising while considering and eradicating dysfunction (through measuring and re-screening), then we are encouraging healthier and more liberated movement.</i>\n\n<i>This is my ethos moving forward with clients, be it 1:1, group or workshops. Having a system in place (with 25yrs of evidence behind it) that measures a persons function has given me a great deal of clarity when approaching exercise prescription options for clients.</i>\n\n<i>Having the harmony between fitness and health goals has been an invaluable perspective to take on board. I’ve also made stronger partnerships with physiotherapists and osteopaths. Having a deeper appreciation of their skills and expertise, while being able to communicate with them on a higher level than before.</i>\n\n<i>We work together to deliver the best possible experience for our clients which has been incredible fun and I hope my partnership with other health professionals will continue to blossom and grow.</i>\n\n<i>Over all I’ve decided to steer further away from group fitness classes, with the intention of getting the best result possible with clients, (incongruence with their goals and needs) spending more energy and time promoting 1:1 classes and programmes. </i>\n\n<i>By fully optimising the intrinsic biomechanics screening system I know I am helping people to achieve their goals and improve their movement through Biomechanics Coaching™.</i>\n\nTHANK YOU for sharing Tom!\n\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTom is also one of <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">The Movement Convention presenters Saturday 8th October at Loughborough University</a>\n\nCome and meet Tom at TMC16\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK YOUR PLACE HERE</a>','His Theory Report Made Public!','','inherit','closed','closed','','769-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',769,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38916',0,'revision','',0),(38917,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','...of <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\"><b>The Movement Convention 2016</b></a> line up!?\n\nBoth TMC14 &amp; TMC15 have seen superb responseS to our amazing presenter line ups and TMC16 is going to be even more stunning!\n\nPUT THIS DATE IN YOUR DIARY NOW….\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\"><b>Saturday 8th October</b></a> at the incredible Loughborough University the very fabulous <b>Ben Coomber</b><b>, </b>Body Type Nutrition (BTN), an online nutrition coaching company, will be headlining at 9am which I KNOW will cause a stir because of his superb knowledge and attitude towards educating professionals about nutrition. This guy is leading the entire industry right now with common sense logic and evidence based information to give PT’s, trainers and coaches confidence when advising clients about nutrition goals.\n\nMy own personal strength and conditioning coach, <b>Stephen Aish</b>, BTN mindset coach and also owner of The Strength Academy will be talking. His coaching has given me 4 PB lifts within 2 sessions from his mindset skills! Details of his presentation will be coming soon.\n\nAlso the very cool <b>Tom Waldron</b>, Biomechanics Coach™, will be presenting his take on the Franklin method. In his practical session you will learn new and fun techniques to improve the mechanics of your shoulder girdle.\n\n<b>Friday 7th October </b>\n\nNow if you are a Biomechanics Coach™ we have an extra special WEEKENDER package for you guys that means YOU also get the chance to attend a very exclusive Biomechanics Coach™ Training Camp with the founder himself, <b>Martin Haines</b><b>, </b>Specialist Biomechanics Coach™.\n\nNot only that we also have the nicest guy in sales &amp; marketing, <b>Chris Wright</b><b>,</b> Biomechanics Coach™ delivering a short session especially for Biomechanics Coaches™ and I genuinely cannot recommend Chris’s advice highly enough.\n\n<i>This is only HALF the line up! </i>\n\nMore details COMING SOON!\n\nSomething YOU need to know is that we have sold almost half the seats already as this is a pretty intimate event to allow attendees the opportunity to  interact with these during the presentations.\n\nONLY 100 SEATS!\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">Sat 8th Oct TMC16</a>\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK TICKETS HERE</a>\n\nBUT if you’re quick and missed the SUPER EARLY BIRD you still have a few days to grab an EARLY BIRD seat!\n\nBook <b>BEFORE April 30th 2016</b> &amp; it is ONLY £130 (Normally £140)\n\n*Biomechanics Coaches™ YOU get the Training Camp Friday 7th Oct 1-5pm FREE as part of your Biomechanics Coach™ Weekender package\n\nIBA members contact Rachel@biomechanicseducation.com to secure your special rate seat at £100 for the entire weekender!\n\nWhy not subscribe to our Biomechanics Education YouTube channel and check out videos of TMC14 &amp; TMC15 presentations..?\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/events/tmc16/\">BOOK TICKETS HERE</a>','Want A Sneak Peek..?','','inherit','closed','closed','','765-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',765,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38917',0,'revision','',0),(38918,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<strong>Article Synopsis</strong>\n\nThis article examines how the needs of personal training clients have evolved in recent years, and subsequently, how we as trainers must adapt as a result.  It also dissects the existing functional training paradigm in terms of its competency in serving these ever-changing client expectations.\n\n<strong>Article  Objectives</strong>\n\n1    Understand the strengths and weaknesses of functional training.\n\n2    Explore new ways of preparing your clients for exercise to mitigate the risk of injury.\n\n3    See how an additional skill set will increase both client retention and sales.\n\n<strong>The Evolution of Personal Training &amp; The Health Continuum</strong>\n\nThe role of the personal trainer has evolved significantly in recent years to accommodate growing client needs and demands.\n\nIn the past, clients consulted personal trainers primarily with weight loss or general conditioning goals. These same consumers now expect personal trainers to have a broader scope of practice, including exercise prescription to mitigate back stiffness or soreness, along with a whole host of other musculo-skeletal issues.\n\nMoreover, the role of a personal trainer will quite likely change as a result of a financial downturn. During such challenging economic times, people are even less inclined to spend money on specialised healthcare professionals for what they perceive to be minor issues. This additional expense and inconvenience is often replaced by the preference to visit their personal trainer, whom they already know and trust. It is therefore critical to identify our client’s position on what we call the health continuum – a scale that spans from illness, to wellness, to elite performance. You will find each one of your clients somewhere on this scale, and before any trainer is serious about exercise programme design, the exact location must be determined. Most exercises are suitable for most people, but they can easily be prescribed at the wrong time. An example of this is core stability training: it can help some people but hurt others (McGill 2003). Similarly, biomechanical issues such as a rotated pelvis and leg length discrepancy, with associated muscle spasm in the hips, will likely be aggravated if an asymmetrical exercise such as a lunge was prescribed. Conversely, in the absence of any pelvic dysfunction, the risk of performing lunges would decrease.\n\nAs a result, we, as fitness professionals, must be cognizant of these parameters and guard against taking a “jack-of-all-trades” approach when engaging our clients. Knowing only enough to be dangerous can unfortunately be just that: dangerous! Therefore, as we scan the health and fitness education marketplace searching for new science, modality concepts and delivery methods, we must not only be conscious, but extremely sensitive to the changing demographic that forms the majority of our target audience. Being finely attuned to these consumer trends and needs may very well be the differentiating factor between our competition and us. So while we should not cross medical boundaries by becoming “pseudo-therapists”, we must accept the need for change and ultimately, professional growth.\n\n<strong>1. Functional Training Defined</strong>\n\nThe body is an integrated system, with each of its component parts linked together to provide coordinated movement in our daily lives. With its origins in rehabilitation, functional training helps us prepare for these tasks and engrains the correct movement patterns with which our brains are familiar rather than training isolated muscles.\n\nThere are many variations on the definition of functional training, including:\n\nI    An exercise continuum involving balance and proprioception, performed with the feet on the ground and without machine-assistance, such that strength is displayed in unstable conditions and body weight is managed in all movement planes (Boyle, 2003).\n\nI    Multi-joint, multi-planar, proprioceptively-enriched activity that involves deceleration (force reduction), acceleration (force production) and stabilisation; controlled amounts of instability; and management of gravity, ground reaction forces and momentum (Gambetta &amp; Gray, 1995; Gambetta, 1999).\n\nI    A spectrum of activities that condition the body consistent with its integrated movement and/or use (Santana, 2000).\n\nMany experts also believe that training tasks should be chosen according to their mechanical specificity and relationship to the activities of daily living (ADL). In other words, their basic mechanics – but not necessarily appearance – should correspond to one or more target activities (Santana, 2000; Baechle &amp; Earle, 2000; Siff, 2003; Zatsiorsky, 1995).\n\n<strong>2. The Functional Training Paradigm and its Flaws</strong>\n\nNeedless to say, common definitions and understanding of functional training are quite similar. And predictably, they conform to the same, existing paradigm.\n\nIn 1962, Kuhn defined <em>paradigm</em>s as “universally recognised scientific achievements that for a time provide model problems and solutions to a community of practitioners.” According to Burrell and Morgan (1979), a paradigm provides a conceptual framework for seeing and making sense of the social world. They also suggested that a paradigm “stands for the entire constellation of beliefs, values and techniques, and so on shared by the members of a community.”\n\nParadigms are shaped based on our prior observations and understandings of the world. However, they also contribute to consensual thought processes, which invariably lead to restrained innovation and progress among the community of practitioners. So even as we evaluate the current functional training paradigm, we instinctively look for ways to better deliver variations of it rather than forge forward and penetrate the confines under which we operate. This conformity is evident in most research, too.\n\nKuhn (1962) also recognised that a paradigm inherently gives rise to problems more frequently than it provides a framework for solving them. For solutions and innovation, one generally needs to depart from accepted norms and apply unconventional wisdom in order for system failings to be elucidated.\n\nIn the years that functional screening and training has existed in rehabilitation, many physical therapists found that, although helpful, large gap were apparent and client’s issues persisted. One key gap identified was the body’s ability to compensate for isolated biomechanical flaws, while maintaining acceptable positions during a functional screen.\n\nThis is well demonstrated with a traditional squat pattern. There are three main joints that perform this movement: the hips, the knees, and the ankles. Because the body is a master of compensation, it is entirely possible that your client could have a dysfunctional knee, yet still pass a functional screen due to the hip’s and ankle’s ability to compensate for it. In fact, it could be argued that abnormal functional movement patterns are merely a visible demonstration of the body’s amazing ability to compensate for its biomechanical flaws. In other words, we are very good at cheating - and the more athletic we are, the better we get.\n\n<strong>Biomechanics Defined</strong>\n\nThere are two types of biomechanics: extrinsic and <em>intrinsic</em> (Siff, 2003). Extrinsic is the study and measurement of movement patterns of a particular task.  This is widely recognised and is often on the syllabus of the university programmes in modules in the sports science courses.  This constitutes the existing paradigm and can be seen in many different types of functional screening programmes where the movement itself is the focus of assessment. An <em>Intrinsic</em> biomechanics emphasis, however, falls firmly outside of the current paradigm. It is a discipline in science that enables the analysis and assessment of an individual’s mechanical disposition and how that structure facilitates movement.  Traits can be genetically inherited or influenced by extrinsic factors such as sitting at a desk, driving, doing the wrong gym exercises or running in the wrong shoes.  <em>Intrinsic</em> biomechanics frequently affects extrinsic biomechanical performance.\n\n<strong>3. A new Paradigm and its Benefits</strong>\n\nGiven the intractable challenges we face when introducing completely new ideas and ways of thinking within a well-established paradigm, let us step outside of it for a moment and consider the following: Should we primarily focus on movement patterns and preparation for ADL tasks; or should we be more interested in the way each joint or system is actually intended to move and the best way to utilise or leverage that existing structure?  As we mentioned earlier, consider that each individual has unique, unconditioned (genetic), and conditioned (acquired), reflex codes that determine movement over the course of their life (Karel Lewitt).  Each person starts with unconditioned codes and during their life, for a variety of reasons, begins to acquire conditioned movement codes, more often than not to compensate for injury and biomechanical flaws. Compare this knowledge to the methods we currently employ under the precepts of accepted health, fitness and wellness care and a stark contrast is apparent: The current paradigm encourages us to accept that by patterning a movement ‘correctly’ we automatically ingrain the ability to perform the pattern instinctively, without taking into account the causes of the conditioned movement codes.  The new paradigm proposes to <em>first</em> identify and manage the conditioned movement codes, <em>before</em> teaching and prescribing relevant functional movements.\n\nWhile recognising the effectiveness of functional movement to prepare for function, it would seem that the logical, precursory step would be to add an <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanics component. This would illuminate unconditioned and conditioned movement codes and better prepare our client for the onset of functional movement training. By adding this practical foundation to our current training and delivery methodology we would mitigate detected biomechanical flaws. We would also remove the need for the body to intrinsically labor and compensate for flaws a functional screen would otherwise not detect.\n\nSimply put: isolate and integrate. This approach is already in use by “early adopters”, and as usual with cutting-edge science, in time, the “followers” will follow, ultimately resulting in a new and improved paradigm.\n\n<strong>    1    Conclusions</strong>\n\nThe movements we are required to perform nowadays are quite different from those performed by our ancient ancestors. The rigorous and varied movements essential for the survival of our hunter/gatherer cousins have transformed within a hundred years. Activity these days is often limited to small static movements such as typing, steering and using TV remote controls. While some people do exercise, the vast majority does not. So if functional movement and training is defined by its ability to prepare people for ADL, why are we not considering these activities when prescribing exercise in our health, fitness and wellness facilities? One might raise an eyebrow in response to this logic, but actually if we are not following this logic we are simply not adhering to the definition of function (Boyle, 2003; Gambetta &amp; Gray, 1995; Santana, 2000). Therefore, we must deduce that either the definition of, or our approach to, functional training is currently incorrect.\n\nAs functional concepts start to transcend medical fields into fitness, it is important to recognise that biomechanical screening must too. Functional and biomechanical screening and training are very important aspects of an overall conditioning program for any sport or activity and are complementary in every way. However, there are many people who pass a functional screen, yet fail a biomechanical screen. Therefore the two modalities, while both detecting different factors, provide the personal trainer and, indeed the therapist, with essential tools for safe and effective prehab, rehab and general exercise prescription.  At this point is always worth pointing out that you must always be prepared to refer to someone who is more qualified than you to perform any kind of screening, especially if you are inexperienced in the field.\n\nFundamentally, we need to develop our understanding of specific-joint biomechanics such as the pelvis, spine, shoulder and knee. We must also consider nerve biomechanics and function within this new paradigm. Once we understand these <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanics principles, how to objectively analyse screens, and how best to implement them as a system, we can prescribe the most efficient and relevant exercises to meet our client’s goals. After these biomechanical issues have been resolved, functional training and/or any other modality of training has a much greater chance for success, not to mention reduced exposure to injury for our clients and members.\n\nMany professional sports teams and organisations around the world have already adopted this <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanics approach. And daily they are realising that <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanical screening and corrective exercise prescription is a critical precursor to functional screening and training. It provides a solid foundation for movement patterns that can otherwise be flawed. On the cutting-edge of our industry you will already find “early adopters” practicing <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanics as part of their personal training client care. There are some fantastic courses currently being run in the US, the UK and many other countries, so attend an <em>intrinsic</em> biomechanics course and become a more complete trainer or therapist as a result.\n\n<strong>Martin Haines </strong>\n\n<strong>Biomechanics Coach</strong>&#x2122;\n\n<strong>References</strong>\n\n1    Boyle, M. (2003). <em>Functional Training for Sports.</em> Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.\n\n1    Gambetta, V., &amp; Gray, G. (1995). Following a functional path. <em>Training &amp; Conditioning </em>5(2): 25-30.\n\n1    Gambetta, V., &amp; Clark, M. (1998). A formula for function. <em>Training &amp; Conditioning </em>8(4): 24-29.\n\n1    Gambetta, V. (1999). Force and function. <em>Training &amp; Conditioning </em>9(5): 36-40.\n\n1    Santana, J.C. (2000). <em>Functional Training.</em> Boca Raton, FL: Optimum Performance Systems.\n\n1    Baechle, T.R. &amp; Earle, R.W. (Eds.). 2000. National Strength &amp; Conditioning Association. <em>Essentials of Strength Training &amp; Conditioning</em> (2nd ed.). Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.\n\n1    Siff, M.C. (2003). <em>Supertraining</em> (6th ed). Denver CO: Supertraining Institute\n\n1    Zatsiorsky V.M. (1995). <em>Science &amp; Practice of Strength Training.</em> Champaign IL: Human Kinetics.\n\n1    Kuhn, T. (1962). <em>The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. </em>Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.\n\n1    Burrell, G. &amp; Morgan, G. (1979). Sociological Paradigms and Organisational Analysis: Elements of the Sociology of Corporate Life. London: Heinemann.\n\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, \'helvetica neue\', helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: medium;\">Learn how to assess your clients intrinsic biomechanics </span>\n<b><u>rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</u></b>\n\n&nbsp;','The Evolution of Functional Training','','inherit','closed','closed','','761-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',761,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38918',0,'revision','',0),(38919,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','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 a given but that they should gather enough information to come to a conclusion that THEY are satisfied with for their own conceptualisation, logic and application.\n\nHaving 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 over information, which I know I have written about before, but I cannot stress this point enough.\n\nThere 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 <i>smartest</i> people I know are not naturally ‘academic’ and some cannot even read that well or write grammatically correctly (me for one!), does that stop them, us, me being intelligent? Clearly it comes back to how you measure intelligence.\n\nSo with so many educators out there lets say we were looking for who we should be guided by when it comes to intelligence. Let us consider how we are measuring this ‘hierarchy’ of intelligence so to speak.\n\nor\n\nMore to the point how SHOULD we measure it?\n\nWell I guess that would depend upon the industry or relevance. So lets take our industry since this is the one that has inspired me to write this article.\n\nNow 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.\n\nYet it stuns me how badly some of these really smart people communicate that intelligence.\n\nLet me give you a couple or simple examples and you tell me..\n\n(This is simply an example to make a point by the way):\n\nExample 1:\n\nThe 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.\n\nCompared to;\n\nThe PT who is not as well read or so extensively qualified but has AMAZING communication skills and makes ALL their clients feel fantastic in their company. This means they achieve client adherence and this PT is extremely successful commercially.\n\nHe is financially doing really well and has a great sense of job satisfaction.\n\nWhich PT is the <i>INTELLIGENT</i> one?\n\nExample 2:\n\nThe presenter who delivers fantastically complex information of their thoughts and ideas and concepts so mind boggling it <i>‘blows your mind’ </i>but while you’re impressed you are struggling to work out how YOU can apply the awesomeness you just heard.\n\nCompared to;\n\nThe presenter who uses economy of words, offers very simple concepts while possibly much less information overall BUT they offer you ideas to allow you to apply what they are sharing with you\n\nMy 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.\n\n<i>“if you cant explain it simply you do not understand it well enough”</i>\n\nAlbert Einstein\n\n<i>“simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”</i>\n\nLeonardo Da Vinci\n\nIs it good enough to simply hear smart people telling us what they know?\n\nOr 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?\n\nOf 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?\n\nNow back to my classroom where I do my very best NOT to answer questions raised by my learners. (Yes it is true, ask them!)\n\nWhen I qualified with QTLS (Qualified teacher status) one of the primary things I came away with was that a <i>‘Learner lead’</i> 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 along side a justification for the way they have presented it, don’t you think?\n\nSo back to my point;\n\nSurely it is also healthy to accept that we may not agree on certain views or opinions again due to different experiences and back grounds, right?\n\nWe 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.\n\nIn my experience many people in our industry are not necessarily ‘academic’ types, certainly I myself and a lot of my learners are generally more kinaesthetic leaners 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 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.\n\nMy 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 us such that we have to take a clini-band to a skeleton to really understand what muscles do 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 <i>less</i> intelligent people.\n\nCommunication 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.\n\nWe should accept being challenged as a compliment that someone is seeking our ideas and in put but we should also <i>respect</i> their response when asking for it don’t you agree!?\n\nWould you like to experience our academy?\n\nAre you keen to sample our \'learner lead\' classroom?\n\nTake a look at the schedule and try one of our INCLUSIVE workshops, I personally guarantee you will not regret it!\n\nFor (Intrinsic) Biomechanics made simple;\n\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\">CLICK HERE </a>','How Intelligent Are You?','','inherit','closed','closed','','758-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',758,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38919',0,'revision','',0),(38920,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<strong>If a client did 100 push ups a day for 20yrs would this have a negative impact on the mobility and strength of the shoulder?</strong>\n\nRepetitive movements are performed by us all during our everyday life. However, the movements we are required to perform now are quite different from those we were originally designed to perform several million years ago. What were once natural movements performed in a variety of environments for a number of different reasons, have become more static and repetitive in nature as we have changed from active hunter-gatherers to ‘office loungers’.\n\nOver a period of only 100 years we have become inactive; going from active work to sedentary office jobs where the main activity is walking from the house to the car and then to the office. When we are active these days, it’s often only to perform small static movements such as typing, steering and pressing the remote for the TV. It has been widely reported, in particular by University College London, that repetitive movements are responsible for many of our occupational health issues when it comes to musculoskeletal injuries. Much of this comes from the negative effects of repetitive movement on our soft tissues, including our nerves.\n\nLet’s take a look at some of the effects of repetitive movements. They have a negative effect on joints because, when subjected to prolonged pressure, the cartilage begins to lose its elasticity and become vulnerable to damage.1 Tendons are visco-elastic and repetitive movements subject them to a mechanical phenomenon known as creep, which means they deform when subjected to prolonged stress (or repetitive movements). Nerves are also visco-elastic, so fast movements are difficult without the proper training, and repetitive movements cause them to resist elongation and so muscles have to go into a protective spasm to reduce the load through them.2 High repetition work can also lead to muscle fatigue and, in some cases, Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness (DOMS) and overuse syndromes. DOMS is associated with an increase in muscle tone and faulty excitation of muscle.3 In this state, the muscle is no longer able to contract and relax properly, which means the muscle is in spasm.\n\nThere is some evidence to suggest that repetitive movements are not good for us, but exercise is repetitive; so is exercise actually good for us? As always, it depends upon how you do it. If we are to provide our clients with receptive movements, then we had better make sure they are adequately prepared. Adaptation is the whole purpose of exercise training. Adaptation requires a systematic application of exercise stress. The stress should be sufficient to stimulate adaptation, but not so severe that breakdown and injury occur.4 Using the principles of overload and specificity, researchers have shown that muscles will adapt to the stresses imposed upon them, but those loads have to be progressive. Progressive overload principles were pioneered by Thomas Delorme, MD, after World War II, and with time these principles allow the body to adapt. Ignoring these principles will likely result in poor results and, more often than not, injury.\n\nSo, having explored the background principles to the answer, let’s get back to the initial question. Put simply, if the client understood the principles of progressive overload and sensibly built up to those reps, using a technique that suited the biomechanics of his shoulders, the chances are his body would adapt to the stress and it would have a positive effect on his shoulder mobility and strength. But then there’s more to it isn’t there? A good PT and coach will recognise that working within a training system that develops the whole body as a unit is critical to avoid muscle imbalances. They will also look to understand the reason for doing 100 push-ups a day and establish whether doing that is effective.\n\nAdditionally, a biomechanics coach™ will look to understand the biomechanics of his shoulder; median nerve tension, spasm in Pec Minor, Subscapularis, Infraspinatus (and others). Any issues in these structures will compromise the function of the shoulder joint, and even if the progressive overload principles are adhered to, the muscle imbalances are minimised and the technique is excellent, if the joint is not functioning biomechanically correctly, the risk of injury is increased.\n\nSo, to reduce the negative effects of repetitive movements, it’s important to ensure the correct biomechanical function of the individual joints and systems of the body, then progressively work through a combination of training programmes that suit the needs of the client. Those needs may include strength and conditioning, functional training, bodybuilding, sports specific work, Pilates, etc., combined with the relevant cardio work and anything else that helps him achieve his goals. So would doing 100 push-ups per day for 20 years be good for a client? The answer is – only if it’s part of an overall conditioning programme and if their biomechanics were suited to performing them.\n\nMartin Haines\nBiomechanics Coach™\n\nMartin, who is also a PGA advisor, will be delivering our extremely popular Golf Biomechanics workshop this month April 22nd in London - we have just one place left;\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>BOOK NOW</u></strong></a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;','100 Push Up\'s Daily For 20yrs','','inherit','closed','closed','','734-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',734,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38920',0,'revision','',0),(38921,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When I was first approached by Fiona Mackie back in January to deliver an iMoveFreely® instructor workshop on the Isle of Man I felt excited for several reasons;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A). iMoveFreely was clearly continuing to spread!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">B). A trip was in the cards! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">C). I could visit my cousins who I hadn\'t seen in a decade! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">But when I saw the attendee list that Fiona had gathered it amplified my excitement even further!</span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Physiotherapist</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Chiropractor</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">PT</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Yoga teacher</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Sports Masseur</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Gym instructor </span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Sports therapist</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Bowen practitioner </span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Holistic therapist </span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Fitness instructor </span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Pilates instructor </span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Like WOW! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This workshop was going to be seriously fun AND talk about a diverse range of professionals to challenge my facilitation skills! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A couple of months later with everything booked and a stunning line up of 14 learners, I flew from Birmingham with my mum, who was coming for a mini break and to catch up with some relatives we have who live on the island.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Fiona kindly collected us from the airport at the Isle of Man and dropped us at the hotel for the duration of the stay, Englewood Lodge. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">OMG this place is amazing!! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Classy, stylish, luxurious and our host, Margaret, couldn\'t do enough for us. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In our stunning room, with heated floors, Molton Brown toiletries, beautiful decor and furniture, we settled in. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We decided to have a nice meal and having decided to walk by the marina we came across the ‘Little Fish Cafe’. We ate scallops and lobster (yes lobster!!) then taxied back to our room later where we both fell asleep grinning I\'m sure.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The following morning Fiona collected me and I left mum to a day of sight seeing!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">14 professionals arrived, manuals ready with that quiet nervousness you get on workshops where you are going to spend time with new people learning new things that may challenge you. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Every workshop I deliver I give myself a little challenge too. It is to learn every single name of those present as quickly as possible. I shake hands, look in their eyes, introduce myself and ask their name repeating it a few times in my head (and sometimes out loud!) as I smile and as a few questions.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you were to ask about the ethos of Biomechanics Education Ltd, this workshop really was the epitome of it.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To have clinicians, exercise professionals and hybrids altogether in one room learning alongside each other and I could barely contain my excitement! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A mild apprehension about ensuring my delivery was appropriate to all and applicable to each individual as I raised each point, reminded me how much I care about this ethos and my learners experience. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As a teacher, or rather I prefer facilitator, I take pride in delivering this content simply and effectively to passionate and caring people like these guys. This is the crux of why I love my job, my life and all the experiences I have the opportunity of having. I want to share the joy it brings me and judging by the response during this workshop I sense I may have succeeded in doing a little bit of that. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">A fantastically open minded Physiotherapist, chiropractor and other therapists worked on tasks alongside smart gym instructors, pilates/yoga teachers and PTs. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Questions were challenging but excellent and certainly offered me the chance to learn from them too. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another luxury of my job is mixing with super smart people.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So during the iMoveFreely® Instructor workshop we discussed movement analysis, muscle energy techniques, research, tricky clients, challenges we face in our industries, referral opportunities and of course the iMoveFreely® system of improving function and movement to reduce injury risk and improve performance by preparing the body for exercise.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All with a huge emphasis on knowing our remit!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Each professional would apply these techniques differently but had now found each other to cross refer to when they felt it necessary.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After a good 7hrs of learning it was time to demonstrate the magic they had all just acquired. The group watched as I showed them how we as iMoveFreely® Instructors have the ability to change orthotic prescription by releasing Pectoralis Minor in 1 min 20 seconds!! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Blew them away!! &#x1f633;&#x1f61c;&#x1f44f;&#x1f3fc;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So as we came to close all I heard was</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\"Can we have more?”, “Will you come back again?”</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well you KNOW what I said right? </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">“Of course and there\'s lots more!\" </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So as I write this while mum and I fly home, Fiona and I have already set the wheels in motion to take Biomechanics Coaching™ to the Isle of Man. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Would YOU like a Fast Track Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma in YOUR area? </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you have a venue available?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Call me 07976833113</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Or </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Email me Rachel@Biomechanicseducation.com </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">TOGETHER by working inter professionally we demonstrate our duty of care. Let\'s get this nation moving more freely and with less pain!</span></p>','Excitement Amplified!','','inherit','closed','closed','','721-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',721,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38921',0,'revision','',0),(38922,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','<b>The Spine</b>\n\nIn part 1 of this series we discussed the various types of squats that you may have experienced or come across and some of the aspects that may influence your decision on which squat is most appropriate to you. In part 2, I would like to discuss more specifically the bodies biomechanical effects on the spine during squatting movements both with and without resistance.\n\n<b>The ‘Break Point’</b>\n\nStuart McGill refers to what he calls the ‘<i>break point’</i> which he explains is; during squatting, there is a loss of the ‘<i>neutral spine’</i>. 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.\n\nYou will see in the photo on the left an example of a break point whereas the image on the right does not have a break point:\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-712\" src=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-08-at-20.57.10-300x111.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-08 at 20.57.10\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" />\n\nWe also know from McGill’s work, and others, that each of the facet joints in the lumbar region allow a range of 5-8mm of flexion/extension and 1-5 mm of lateral flexion. This gives a total of about 45-50<sup>0</sup> 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.\n\nSo 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.\n\nThe images below should help to explain what the ‘break point’ might mean to you and your technique.\n\n<img class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-713\" src=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Screen-Shot-2016-04-08-at-20.57.18-300x114.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2016-04-08 at 20.57.18\" width=\"300\" height=\"114\" />\n\nThe image on the left shows that if there is a break point, or spinal flexion, during a weighted squat, the position of the bar/resistance in relation to the gravitational pull is too far forwards for the best balance through the feet i.e. maintaining efficient centre of gravity alignment. This increases the risk of damage to the intervertebral discs as the load on the front of the discs is disproportionate to the on the back.\n\nWith no break point, or spinal flexion (see right), the weight in relation to the gravitational pull is in a far more advantageous position for foot stability and the intervertebral discs and facets are stacked evenly and within safer ranges thus reducing the risk of incurring damage or injury.\n\nWhen considering the forces imposed upon the spine McGill states that:\n\n<i>“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” </i>\n\nWhat 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.\n\n“What does this mean when translated into my squat technique”? You might be thinking, well ultimately your own reason for squatting needs to be clear but here I will try to cover as many possibilities as I can starting with this example:\n\n<b>Depth of squat</b>\n\nThis 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 <i>capacity</i> 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:\n\n1). the pelvis &amp; spine, their health, functional capacity and safe degrees of spinal flexion, extension\n\n2). the knee, its health, functional capacity and safe degrees of flexion (see The Squat part 3)\n\nUltimately 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\n\nthat 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)\n\nIf however the goal is to target quadriceps, then a squat depth of 90<sup>0 </sup>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).\n\nTo summarise on these points;\n\nThe rules for spinal alignment during the squat change when you introduce a barbell or resistance.\n\nWhen asked a common question like “how deep should I squat?” we should really be asking a series of questions back before we can even begin to answer with any confidence, starting with ‘why are you asking and what are you trying to achieve?’. Understanding an individuals intrinsic biomechanics will also mean we have a more objective method of analysis to increase confidence in your exercise prescription.\n\nComing next….\n\n<b>The squat part 3 - The knee</b>\n\nWould you like to learn how to assess for spinal hinges and what causes them?\n\n<b><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/spinal-biomechanics-2/\">READ MORE HER</a>E</b>','The Squat Part 2/6','','inherit','closed','closed','','711-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',711,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38922',0,'revision','',0),(38923,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Seriously I could burst at the seams sometimes but that just wouldn\'t be good for my biomechanics!!\n\nHowever today I want to share with you why...\n\nHave you ever thought about doing one of our workshops or even the whole <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\">Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma workshop</a> series right?\n\nYou hear your phone ping, then read the Juicemail, absorbing what you can by scanning the words quickly on the screen of your mobile phone or laptop right?\n\nWell keep reading and let me share a little bit of my fantastic world with you and see if you would like me share even more of it with you.....\n\nThese are the kind of emails I get after a workshop....\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nThanks Rachel, I did a screen yesterday, it all went well and I found the underside of the PSIS easily, now I know I was looking for the wrong point before. I found some interesting dysfunctions and am looking forward to seeing if I can improve these by following the system.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nHelloooooooooooo,\n\nI just wanted to send a quick note (although knowing me it won’t be THAT quick) to say a big thank you for last weekend. Anyone who has asked me how my course was is greeted with a massive grin when I reply with hand on heart “AWESOME – I have never found feet so disgustingly fascinating” – and that’s the truth!\n\n...... all I can tell you is how EXCITED I am to put all this into practice.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nThanks for the feedback Rach... thanks for ur support xx\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nHi Rachel thank you for another amazing day. Lots to take in.\n\nHead is screaming for more knowledge haha.\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nHey &#x1f60a; thank you so flipping much for a brilliant weekend! Genuinely think I\'ve found the direction I want to go in... <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\">Biomechanics Coaching™</a> is probably the most fascinating thing I have ever come across and the passion you show when your delivering the information is unbelievable &#x1f44c;\n\nThank you for the feedback, the paperwork feedback made me chuckle &#x1f604; spot on though... I\'m determined to get my hands on as many people as possible now..already have three people who want to be my case study, there will be loads more but at least I\'ll have lots to choose from &#x1f60a; can\'t tell you how much I appreciate everything you\'ve done for me... your my hero &#x1f44d;\n\n----------------------------------------------------------\n\nAWWWWWW\n\nHey would you like to experience some of things these guys did?\n\nCome and find out why I love my job so much!\n\nCheck out our schedule <a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\">HERE</a> where there is something for everyone!','You Are My Hero!','','inherit','closed','closed','','708-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',708,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38923',0,'revision','',0),(38924,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','If you were at my Foot Biomechanics lecture in Blackpool last month, this article will expand on that information and if you were NOT there this is the kind of stuff we were discussing, including the fact that we as PT\'s, fitness professionals, Pilates and Yoga teachers really should know a little bit about foot function!\n\nThis is an article, my colleague and friend Fletch wrote some time ago and so I thought you might like it...\n\nThe foot is a mechanical masterpiece; it has never been re-created by man even with all the computer and technological power that we possess. This wizardry comes from the harmonious link between the 3 “separate” systems Nerve, Muscle, Joint.\n\nThe sub talar joint is one of the major reasons that an artificial foot is so hard to produce. With its infinite axis and complex articulations it is the key to the body’s ability of shock transfer. When the foot hits the floor we experience ground reaction force (shock). This force is the very reason that the subtalar joint exists, pronation is our protection against these repetitive shocks or loads.\n\n<b>We Need Shock:</b>\n\nWe have developed the ability to pronate not because we want to be rid of shock but to have the ability to control it. Shock is a major player in allowing the pelvis and spine to move properly, this shock could otherwise be explained as a pulse or signal that de rotates the pelvis and spine and evokes tensegrity in our structure (Gracovetsky 1988)\n\nThere is no discussion that we need to heel strike when it comes to walking; the interesting debate starts when we bring speed into the equation. With an increase in speed comes an increase in the potential forces that you might encounter. So when we run we put larger forces through the body and this is something the body has to adjust for. Everything in the body is kept in an exact balance, tip that balance and at best compensation is needed, at worst injury or disease can present its self. This pulse from the foot to the pelvis is no different; it has to be just enough to de-rotate the spine and pelvis but not too much so that the knee and hip have to dissipate the excess.\n\nThis pulse is also our major economiser, it allows us to switch between our muscular and fascial systems to save energy and maintain a constant work load. This oscillation between muscle and facia is achieved by the pelvis and spine receiving the perfect pulse from the heel strike.\n\nWe do have a time when a forefoot strike is perfect. Sprinting is a high power low duration gait that will require us to run on the forefoot. The stretch reflex of the gastrocnemius and soleus muscles along with the ridged supinated foot allow a large amount of power to be generated. This form of gait obviously does not produce the pulse needed to de-rotate the spine, requiring extra muscular effort to do so, but this is immaterial as the duration of the activity is only around 10-20 seconds.\n\nSo we have the 2 extremes identified. Walking is a heel strike and sprinting is on the forefoot. The big debate is what technique should the middle and long distance runners be using? There a little research out there at the moment that point to a forefoot strike and there are others that point to the heel strike.\n\nThe forefoot strike is being named as the most efficient way to run and for some populations this is probably true. If someone is lacking the ability to pronate then they will need to have another form of shock absorption, this is where the forefoot style can be used to reduce ground reaction force by the ankle joint plantar flexors acting eccentrically.\n\nHowever to suggest that forefoot striking is right for everyone is a challenging concept.  Is one technique ever suitable for anyone?  When looking at the research published in support of forefoot striking, consider whether the authors or the organisations that pay for the research, have anything to gain from the results.  If you go looking for something you are guaranteed to find it.  To reduce bias the study should include \'outside un-bias researchers\' performing the full methodology of the study.  If the outcome is the same, then the study is known to have inter-rater and intra-rater reliability and any less is merely commercial hype and too much of this exits in the fitness industry and some of it refers to the forefoot striking research.\n\nAnother variable that is not taken into account in any study that we have come across is that of intrinsic biomechanical dysfunction. Dysfunction in the pelvis for example could lead to a functional difference in leg length; this has been shown to be a predictor of injury1. So was it the type of foot strike or the dysfunctional pelvis (or one of the many other intrinsic biomechanical issues that can present) that led to the results gathered in the current research out there?\n\nThe best coaches see what the athlete’s body is doing naturally and then refine their technique to suit their natural running style rather than fit everyone into the same box.  From a coaching point of view, we need to recognise that the brain has the most amazing ability to make decisions to allow us to move our body and to compensate for any abnormal movement patterns and some biomechanical problems.  If we attempt to artificially change its instinctive genius we can easily disrupt the body’s ability to control movement.\n\nThe take home message from this is that there is a lot more work needed in the field of research on this subject.  There are as many arguments for forefoot striking as against, and while forefoot striking certainly is suitable for some runners who’s intrinsic biomechanics suit that style, there are others who clearly do not.\n\n1. Friberg O. Leg length asymmetry in stress fractures: a clinical and radiological study. J Sports Med Phys Fitness 1982; 22: 485-8\n\nAnthony Fletcher\n\nSpecialist Biomechanics Coach™\n\nThe Body Mechanic\n\n<b>Would you like to be able to assess knee and foot function?</b>\n\n<b><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/knee-foot-biomechanics/\">READ MORE</a></b>','We NEED Shock!','','inherit','closed','closed','','705-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',705,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38924',0,'revision','',0),(38925,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','Not Any More!!\n\nThis gorgeous young lady is April\'s Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month!\nShe was nominated for being our first ‘home grown’ Specialist Biomechanics Coach™ who took on a completely new career with 100% commitment and determination to expand her knowledge as much as she could.\nCongratulations Libby!\n\n<strong>Your biography in brief </strong>\n\nI’m a self-employed Health and Performance Coach, a Specialist Biomechanics Coach™, Sports Masseur and Nutritionist. After working 10 years in corporate and incentive events and travelling around the world,  I wanted a career change, something that I could combine with looking after my daughter. I’ve been doing this for over six years now and I absolutely love my job! I help people become pain free, move more freely and start enjoying life as they should.\n\n<strong>What made you choose Biomechanics Coaching</strong>™<strong>? </strong>\n\nI wanted a career that was flexible but most of all rewarding, both financially and emotionally. After ten years working in events, travelling eighty days a year and sat at a desk for the rest, I wanted a different future. I wanted to be fit, healthy and happy, I wanted some family time and most of all I wanted to help other people achieve this too. So, the fitness industry was calling. I started studying nutrition and taking personal training modules. Then one day in the gym changing room I met Rachel France - and I ended up changing more than my Nikes! After speaking to her, I knew Biomechanics Coaching™ was what I needed to build my knowledge, my skills and my business. I begin to study gaining my Biomechanics Coaching™ qualification and my lower back specialism. I also passed my sports massage course with the company, which works perfectly alongside the Biomechanics Coaching™.\n\n<strong>What do you specialise in outside of Biomechanics Coaching</strong><strong>™</strong><strong>? </strong>\n\nAs well as Biomechanics Coaching™, I offer sports massage and nutrition coaching to my clients. This enables me to increase clients’ performance, health and well being. A complete package. It’s truly what’s inside that counts!\n\n<strong>Where would you like to see yourself in ten years from now? </strong>\n\nDoing what I do now, still learning and developing, but maybe overseas…where the sun is shining everyday :-)\n\n<strong>What would be your advice to somebody thinking of becoming a Biomechanics Coaching</strong><strong>™? </strong>\n\nInvest in the qualifications and stand out from the rest. You will have these tools in your pocket for life, not only benefitting your clients but giving you the best foundation for a successful career in health and fitness. <strong> </strong>\n\n<strong>On the journey to where you are now what have been your achievements? </strong>\n\nProbably the biggest achievement is gaining my qualifications while working and being a single parent. At times it was hard, but it was all worth it. Then building my client base from nothing, to the successful business it is today. It means a lot to me that most of my clients come from recommendations.\n\n<strong>Personal Sporting Career highs</strong>\n\nI was never into sports as a child and I didn’t start training until I was in my twenties, but now weight lifting is a huge part of my life. It’s my release; it keeps me strong for my job as well as looking the part. I’m still looking to expand my skills in sport though, maybe tennis or hockey. Watch this space.\n\n<strong>Tell us a secret or something interesting about you that not many people know about you: </strong>\n\nI used to melt a mars bar over a packet of crisps in the microwave, the unhealthiest snack ever! I can’t imagine what effect this had on my body. My diet has improved luckily for my health and career.\n\nWhere you can find me:\n\nWest Bridgford, Nottingham\n\nt 07983 592 147\n\ne <a href=\"mailto:libby@libbyupton.com\">libby@libbyupton.com</a>\n\nw www.libbyupton.com\n\nDo you have passion for helping people like Libby?\nWould you like a career like Libby\'s?\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u><strong>READ HERE</strong></u></a> how you too can become a Biomechanics Coach™','Melt Mars Bars Over Crisps!?','','inherit','closed','closed','','702-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:37','2024-07-16 11:26:37','',702,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38925',0,'revision','',0),(38926,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Re-released by request another awesome insight into the thoughts of the Master of Intrinsic Biomechanics, Martin Haines. This article will fascinate anyone who trains athletes, plays sport or anyone who hasn\'t yet considered the impact of nerves within the \'integrated system\'.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Understanding nerves…..</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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 ground breaking. The same applies to nerve tension and its application to athletic performance and fatigue relief.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Research</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We know this happens from research performed at Liverpool Hope University College and studies their demonstrate 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 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 worlds largest database of its kind and have included the outcomes of the auditing of this information in the Biomechanics Coaching™ Courses.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On the course 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 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 worlds 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></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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 or indeed, on a sedentary level, how the fatigue relief can help after a hard day at the office.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Terminology</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Example</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lets 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. 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></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to test nerves...</span><span class=\"s2\">\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/\"><span class=\"s3\"><b>READ MORE</b></span></a></span></p>','Test Your Nerve','','inherit','closed','closed','','682-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',682,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38926',0,'revision','',0),(38927,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While I was waltzing around Blackpool, the awesome Chris Kitson was at Brendan Chaplin\'s event. Here is his report of his experience...(SO wish I could have been there!)........</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What a whirlwind weekend at the very first Strength &amp; Success Summit! An amazing event that was filled to the brim with education on training, nutrition, and movement by some of the best guys in the industry.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I was lucky enough to be in that line up of speakers and OH. MY. GOD. I loved it! The weekend was host to some of the most motivated and switched on Strength &amp; Conditioning Coaches and Personal Trainers in the country. A buzzing atmosphere from the start. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The event kicked off with some witty remarks from Mark Laws taking a pop at each presenter as he gave the audience a run down on each presenter and what to expect from their sessions. Of course I had a lovely picture of a lady in a leotard doing some crazy gymnastic style movement as my background.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Next up the main man Brendan Chaplin, one of the top UK Strength &amp; Conditioning Coaches. Brendan ran us through some top business tips that helped him to reach where he is now. Hitting the audience with some solid principles to build upon with their own business. His 7 killer questions were very revealing and I\'d tell you them, but I\'d have to kill you...</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once I\'d been inspired by Brendan, it was my turn to take the lead and introduce my group to the world of intrinsic biomechanics. We explored what this consists of, and also how it could fit in to their current practice right now. We got physical and started looking at how different sections of the body were affecting each other, as well as explaining how the skeletal, myofascial, and nervous systems were very much interrelated. Some common injuries that commonly prop up were mentioned with no answers given, but simply a thought process as to what might potentially contribute towards them. I\'m never one to give a straight answer if I know I have people in front of me that can figure things out by themselves. The session was greatly received and I had a blast presenting it to a talented group.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There was plenty of time for networking in the break times and there were some great new partnerships formed. Our first break led us on to the next key note speak, Karl Tanswell. This guy scared half of the room simply by walking in to it. He\'s a renowned fighting coach who has worked with many of the greats including Connor McGregor. Karl took us through a step by step process of how he deals with his fighters and how he focusses on the basics. Weakness get worked on and drilled until they become strengths. I can only imagine trying to disagree! An excellent session with lots of solid principles in there. A great guy to chat to as well!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Everyone\'s favourite part of the day now which is lunch time. The hotel supplied a sterling buffet lunch which was plentiful and very good quality food (you know that\'s important). </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After everyone had filled their stomachs, it was time for a lesson in business from the one and only Russell Jolley. I remember nearly crying with laughter for most of his presentation whilst picking up some solid business tips too. Well known for the blue air when he enters the room, there was a tally running on the table in front of my counting up the swearing content, to which I believe over 120 swear words were counted over the 60min presentation. Now that\'s some going! It wasn\'t all about the language however, Russell covered important topics including; knowing your avatar, common programmes to use, how to market on social media sites, as well as how to build trust and a community within your business. Top stuff.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Brendan Chaplin was up again after Russell to give us some key information on the new level 4 Strength &amp; Conditioning course being launched through Strength &amp; Conditioning information. This is NOT to be missed. The content simply looks awesome. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">On to session 2 for me of the day, looking at the same intro to intrinsic biomechanics with another amazing set of S&amp;C coaches, Personal Trainers, and therapists. The nerves had calmed by this point and again I had a blast. We had some wow-ed faces as we demo-ed some basic skills on one of the participants. A leg length discrepancy and shoulder issue that could be adapted with 1 simple pelvic exercise. Easy when you know how! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Presenting at the same time as myself on both session (and I\'m gutted as their content sounded great) was Steven Gordon the Kettlebell master, and also Simon Herbert from Body Type Nutrition. Ste covered the Turkish get up and kettlebell swing, whilst Simon covered Explosive Sports Nutrition. From what I hear they were great!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The end of day one drew in with some group photos of all the participants and presenters and there was a real sense of community, shared learning, and mutual respect. Not an ego in sight. That to me is priceless. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">After surprise 30th birthday party on the Saturday night I was a little worse for wear Sunday morning but had to make it in to see some more knowledge bombs. On arrival it seemed I wasn\'t alone either, which made me feel slightly better.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Day 2 kicked off with a solid presentation from Brendan Chaplin on his principles for training and programming. The content was gold dust. Brendan took us through his thought process and gave some examples of clients that he works with including videos of exercises showing development of reactions as well as some more specific goal-driven exercises. The notepad was out and all ears were wide open in this seminar for sure. Just a reminder that the nice guy that we\'d been chatting with over the weekend was in fact one of the UK\'s top S&amp;C coaches and VERY good at what he does. His athletes are testament to that.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The breakout sessions day 2 included the one and only Ben Coomber covering how to optimise recovery for our athletes/clients. This was a very up close and personal talk in a room where we were free to ask questions and talk things through which was great. Ben covered the basics of optimising recovery, and threw in some interesting bits of research for us to look up too. Plenty of suggestions on what we can do to optimise all aspects of recovery, not simply nutrition alone. A solid talk with no questions left at the end. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">At the same time we had Darren Stratton delivering a practical session on mobility, where I\'m told the ankle and low back were the main focusses. I missed this however due to being in on Ben\'s talk. All participants reported great things from Darren\'s session however.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also in the break out sessions was Mark Laws demonstrating some great body weight conditioning exercises that people can try out with their clients. Again, unfortunately I missed this due to being in Ben\'s session, but the feedback was great from the participants. I know Mark has launched a body weight training workshop that is touring the UK currently, so if you see it don\'t hesitate to jump on that.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The second key note speaker was James Vincent who was there to speak about mindset and how it can be used to drive your business forwards. James has worked with many top businesses and coaches CEOs on a daily basis. He talked us through potential and performance and how to bridge the gap. Identifying myself as a \'workhorse\' during the talk aids me in moving forwards with my own business and plans for the future. James presented us with an update on setting SMART goals with 3 simple steps:</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Think big</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Act Small</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Move Quick</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This hit home for me and inspired me to re-think some of my current systems and processes in my business. Just 3 simple phrases can change everything. A fantastic talk from James.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Unfortunately at this point I had to leave due to family commitments but I would just like to say that I\'ve never been to an event with such a great atmosphere (apart from TMC of course!) and filled with so many talented individuals. I feel absolutely honoured to be a part of the speaker list and hope to be back again in the future.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">If you\'re thinking of going to the next event, then I can\'t recommend it enough. Seriously. For the price point, the level of content along with networking and lunch etc is insane! I would recommend any of the line up\'s courses after speaking with them. These guys have some serious experience and knowledge that will help you take the next step forwards in your career, whichever path you may choose.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Kitson, Biomechanics Coach™, Master Trainer</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Want to do one of Chris\'s workshops?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Trainer™ 2 day workshop JUNE 4th/5th</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/biomechanics-trainer-4/\">BOOK NOW</a></span></p>','Strength Summit Report','','inherit','closed','closed','','677-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',677,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38927',0,'revision','',0),(38928,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This topic is something that follows on from my previous Juicemail about communication (Bother Me….PLEASE!) and is a question I always ask at the beginning of a workshop, presentation or lecture. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">“Why are you here?” </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I am sure you have asked it of your client/s in the past right? Its the same situation in many ways.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We will have a certain level of expectation when attending sessions based on the limited details given in flyers, brochures, adverts or promotions. We may read a session title and a short paragraph and then from that form some level of expectation. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So prior to starting any session or presentation it is vital to understand this expectation. This then clarifies the level, or angle, to pitch or deliver the session for the audience present thus allowing relevance and a better connection to them.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">No point using rugby or strength training anecdotes in a room full of ballerinas or pilates teachers now is there!?  Also no point guessing what they want to learn about when you can simply ask them right!?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So I was at The International Fitness Showcase (IFS) Blackpool Winter Gardens over the weekend with our partners Spinning® &amp; Athleticum®. This is one of my favourite working weekends of the whole year and this year was no different, leaving me still buzzing a few days later! So much so I wanted to share my weekend of fun with you!! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The weekend was spent with thousands of sweaty fit pros seeking the adrenaline high of a fitness class, the calm flow of mind and body and also the experience of some new ideas in education.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Pelvic Biomechanics lecture</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Friday I asked my Pelvic Biomechanics audience why they were at my lecture? Why had they chosen my session over the other 6 or 7 sessions that were running at that time? </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">They told me they wanted to: </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn more about pelvic anatomy</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to assess pelvic asymmetry</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to correct it </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">….nice and simple considering that is exactly what the content was about for this one!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The session was fully booked and drew a keen crowd of professionals amidst which we had chiropractors, pilates teachers, therapists and PT’s. It always excites me that we get the cross over of professionals together in our workshops. This practical demonstration looked at simple evidence based techniques to assess our clients pelvic function and then how to correct it as I gave a  sample what you can learn on our Pelvic Biomechanics 2 day workshop.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Core Screening lecture</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Core screening (Spine Biomechanics) workshop which was also fully booked and so as usually I started with ..</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">“Why are you here?” </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This group said they wanted to;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to maintain good core control</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to get a strong core</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn how to help people with LBP</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn about improving posture</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Learn the best core exercises</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Their responses made me realise they were not necessarily going to be getting what they expected but that’s the point of education isn\'t it? To be taken into areas of the unknown, to have our knowledge challenged, to enable us to develop and expand.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This practical session had 2 volunteers undergo 4 screens to understand their isometric core strength ratios, and therefore their injury risk, along with which areas of their core strength required focus in training</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This session brought up some really great, interesting questions and discussions amongst the group like;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What is ‘weak’ anyway?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Are we GIVING clients back pain unknowingly?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Is core work gluing the wrong position?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How do we correct core strength ratio’s?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">All of this gave those present an idea of what we discuss during our 2 day Spine Biomechanics workshop.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Foot Biomechanics lecture</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">While the final day is relatively quiet and only a half day, I wasn\'t quite prepared for the response to our Foot Biomechanics presentation which was not only fully booked - but jammed to the rafters!!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">50 People squished into every corner of the room, standing in the doorway and on every inch of floor space to hear what we had to say about foot biomechanics. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">“Why are you here?” </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">These guys wanted answers to all sorts of questions;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How can I help plantar fasciitis?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How do feet affect running gait?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How does running gait affect feet?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What are the best exercises for feet?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Does genetics affect foot function?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There was certainly a deep fascination from the audience recognising we really should understand foot function better. By breaking down this complex joint into what we, as PT’s, NEED to know, we then discussed what we CAN do to help our clients in relation to their feet. By increasing our understanding of both descending and ascending biomechanical influences we are better placed to refer, prescribe the right exercises or at least do something pro-active. We look at this in much more detail during our 2 day Knee &amp; Foot Biomechanics workshop. Interestingly I had a podiatry student in the lecture who came to speak to me afterwards and stated \"you have just made my entire degree make sense\"!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Since Monday morning I have been inundated with emails, texts and FB messages from the IFS attendees wanting to secure workshop dates before they all go - so I guess you liked it right!? The whole event was full of support and proves just what a fantastic industry it is;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The Spinning® gang are always super supportive and this year was no different.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We also had 2 volunteer Biomechanics Coaches™, newly qualified Stuart Farmer and trainee Matt Gibbs. These guys gave up valuable free time simply to support their training academy Biomechanics Education! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thank you guys!!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There was a change of help. A group of super excitable and extremely supportive friends who come to my classes, wanted to come and see what the event was all about and again volunteer valuable free time to get involved and help Biomechanics Education.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Thank you SSSPA crew!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you want to learn more about the content of lectures?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/schedule/\">READ MORE</a></span></p>','Why Are You Here?','','inherit','closed','closed','','674-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',674,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38928',0,'revision','',0),(38929,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\">As <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaches</span><span class=\"s1\">™ you</span> are professional technicians NOT marketing experts right?</p>\n<p class=\"p1\">BUT if you are self employed well then you had better be a marketing expert too because thats how you get business!</p>\n<p class=\"p1\">I am SO excited to have <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coach</span><span class=\"s1\">™ AND marketing expert, Chris Wright write this blog specially for YOU <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaches</span><span class=\"s1\">™!</span></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Chris says;</p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Stop trying to sell the features of Biomechanics Coachi</b><strong>ng</strong></span><strong><span class=\"s1\">™!!</span></strong></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you struggle to get across to people what Biomechanics Coaching</span><span class=\"s1\">™ </span><span class=\"s1\">is? Do you struggle to charge higher rates than other personal trainers in your area? Are you struggling to grow your business?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So often I see people set up their business, put up some form of website and hope and pray that people come in and buy their services.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\">Hope and pray is not a marketing strategy that I like to rely on!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">I thought I would put together an introductory guide for Biomechanics Coaches</span><span class=\"s1\">™ </span><span class=\"s1\">so you can get the ball rolling.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">This is step 1 to marketing your business, there is way more to it but we have to start here.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Step 1: Know Your Perfect Client</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">And NO, it’s not everyone. When you try and market to everyone you end up hitting absolutely no one!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">So you need to know your ideal client. Who is the type of person you most enjoy working with.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">When I say know them, I mean know them. Here are a few things you should know….</span></p>\n\n<ul>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Gender</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Age</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Married?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Kids?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Where do they live?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Sports?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Injuries?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Physical Pain?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Emotional pain?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">House value</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Household income</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Job?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">What they spend their money on?</span></li>\n	<li class=\"li5\"><span class=\"s1\">Where do they spend their time?</span></li>\n</ul>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Now that you know this we can now market much more effectively. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">For example, it might be that your perfect client is…</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">A 48 year old male, lets call him John, who works in finance, earns £60,000+/year. Likes to keep fit and play golf, but is plagued with low back pain, headaches and high stress. His pain stops him playing golf and football with his 12 year old son. He has no energy in the evenings is grumpy from being in pain all day and is not being a good husband or father.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Now can <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaching</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span> help John?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">YOU BET!!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">If he worked with you I have no doubt that he would become a better father, husband, probably do better at work as he is in less pain, his mood would improve, the benefits are amazing!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">BUT when he looks at your site, or comes into contact with your business you don’t tell him that!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Yet what I see day in day out is <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaches</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span> trying to sell <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaching</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span>. Let me explain what I mean. All over their websites (and yes I have researched lots of them) I see long, and I mean long, pages on in depth explanation of what <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaching</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span> is. That its intrinsic biomechanics, that looks at muscle spasm of the piriformis, the sciatic nerve, that is a screening tool used to assess discrepancies in the body, the list goes on and on and on.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Does John need to know all that? Does John care? Do you need to explain the ins and outs of <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coaching</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span>? 100% NO!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">John wants to know that he is going to be able to sit at his desk all day pain free, play a round of golf pain free (maybe even hit the ball further), be able to kick a ball around pain free. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Show John this! This is your marketing. Your website should speak directly to John (or whoever your clients are).</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Oh and by the way, when you use Facebook as an example, you can set up ads so that they are only seen by the John’s in your area. This is something we can talk about at a later stage.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>Exercise for you to do:</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Write now grab a piece of paper and pen, and start scribbling. Who is your ideal client, what pains and frustrations do they have that you can solve?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">In fact, I challenge you to put this together then post in the <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coach</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span> Group on Facebook and tag me in the post so I know you have done it. I am in the group, I am a <span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics Coach</span><span class=\"s1\">™</span> myself after all :-) </span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">For more articles to help with marketing your business head on over to <a href=\"http://www.level10living.co.uk\"><span class=\"s4\">www.Level10Living.co.uk</span></a> Be sure to leave me a comment on a post when you get there too.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Have a great day!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Chris Wright</span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"http://www.level10living.co.uk\">www.Level10Living.co.uk</a></span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/YourLevel10Life/\">https://www.facebook.com/YourLevel10Life/</a></span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https://twitter.com/YourLevel10Life\">https://twitter.com/YourLevel10Life</a></span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/yourlevel10life/\">https://www.instagram.com/yourlevel10life/</a></span></p>','Marketing For A Biomechanics Coach™','','inherit','closed','closed','','654-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',654,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38929',0,'revision','',0),(38930,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">During over 2 decades in the health and fitness industry some of the most commonly asked questions are about squat technique and how to improve it. So I decided to start a little project which had 3 aspects to it:</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>a). How does one decide on which squat technique to use?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>b). How do we then improve on the technique?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>c). Could I improve my own technique?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>So lets begin with;</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The problem</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The squat is a basic fundamental movement that we use every day when we stand up and sit down, and yet when we perform them as an exercise, generally we are not doing a very good job of it. This is probably due to a variety of factors from; a lack of functional capacity (some of which we shall discuss in future articles) to poor education. By poor education I mean that maybe we were never actually taught the correct technique or we were taught incorrectly or we have been confused over which ‘style’ of squat is the most appropriate for the desired goal. So here I will be discussing many of these issues and hopefully offering some ideas into how we may be able to improve our squatting techniques and make them more efficient and therefore more effective. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Which squat?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">There is much controversy surrounding squatting and which technique is the best. So my aim is to determine, with a logical approach, what a <b><i>good</i></b> squat might look like. However before we can do this, there needs to be some definition of which <b><i>type</i></b> of squat we are talking about. There are many variations of the squat, front and back squats, wide stance and narrow stance, high bar and low bar, deep and shallow squats, and which squat you choose should be determined by what your goals are. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Another vital component to consider is that for many of us there are often intrinsic biomechanical dysfunctions present which will affect the performance of our squat technique yet may not necessarily be obvious from an external or visual perspective. This therefore highlights the need for correcting those dysfunctions but also the safest technique possible which can only come from appreciating the risks we may be taking in performing squats badly or even ones that may be deemed <b><i>relatively</i></b> good squats.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let’s take a look at some commonly used, and often misinterpreted, squat variations:</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Front squat</span><span class=\"s1\"> – this technique requires the bar to be resting across the anterior deltoids, the front of the shoulder. For this reason this style expects lighter loads as the weight is dependent upon the strength of the shoulder musculature to bear the load on top of the shoulder flexed to 90</span><span class=\"s3\"><sup>0</sup></span><span class=\"s1\">. This then also creates a shear force at the lumbar spine due to its forward position and downwards force more towards the forefoot, thus resulting in what I term the Jenga effect. The shear force on the spinal vertebra replicating the perpendicular force required to push a Jenga stick (potentially a vertebra) from within the stack (the spine). </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Back squat</span><span class=\"s1\"> – probably the most commonly used technique with the bar or load resting across the upper back. This transfers the pressure to a more compressive load on the spine due to the bar being closer to the centre of gravity (CoG), above the mid-foot.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">High bar position</span><span class=\"s1\"> – This, like the front squat, is a favourite with athletes who desire quadriceps development and uses a more upright trunk position. With the load resting on the meaty part on the top of the upper traps or the spine of scapular, away from the neck, below C7, this is a relatively high position on the back. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Escamilla (2001) states “..<i>because the high bar squat is similar to the squat movement performed during the clean and jerk, it is preferred by weight lifters”.</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Low bar squat</span><span class=\"s1\"> - This position requires the bar to be resting down on the mid part of the scapular and upper back muscles are pinched to support the load. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">“<i>Powerlifters typically use a low bar squat position and greater forward trunk lean….primarily to lift more weight, because a powerful trunk (eg. Erector spinae, glutes and hamstrings) musculature is involved in this position compared to the high bar squat. Therefore a low bar squat produces greater hip extension torque and less knee extensor torque compared to the high bar squat…” Escamilla, (2001)</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This means that the low bar squat is great for reducing the stress on the ACL and forward knee movement. This does however translate into greater injury risk for back musculature and ligamentous structures. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Which muscles?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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 <b>rectus</b> <b>femoris (RF), vastus lateralis (VL) </b>and <b>vastus medialis (VM)</b>, <b>bicep</b> <b>femoris (BF) </b>and <b>semintendinosus (ST)</b> ,and the <b>erector spinae (ES),</b>this was what they found:</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">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></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When looking at the data this is how it compared:</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>EMG                                                                                  Back squat                 Front squat</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Hamstrings (BF &amp; ST)                                                Higher               Lower</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Quadriceps)</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vastus lateralis                                                         <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">  </span>Lower                 Higher</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Rectus femoris                                                             Lower              Higher</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Vastus medialis                                                           <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\"> </span>Similar              Similar</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lower back (erector spinae)                                       Lower                Higher</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Biomechanical analysis</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Compressive force                                                       Higher               Lower</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Knee extensor moments                                              Higher               Lower</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Shear stress                                                                   Similar             Similar</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Conclusion: </span><span class=\"s1\">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></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finally, leg pressing can have up to 30-40% higher shear forces through the knee compared to front and back squats (Escamilla 2001), something to bear in mind if you have ACL problems.   </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">To keep things as simple as possible I will refer, in the second part of this squat article series, to the ‘<b><i>basic sports squat</i></b>’ in which the barbell is across the high bar position on the upper back, feet at shoulder width, depth down to thighs parallel to floor with an upright body posture, keeping knees in line with the centre of the foot and a ‘<i>neutral spine’</i> <i>(in this instance a ‘neutral spine is: the individuals normal spinal curvature, in standing, with no biomechanical dysfunction present – McGill, 2006).</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Coming Soon…</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Squat Part 2</span><span class=\"s1\"> -<b>The Spine</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here I will discuss and demonstrate with photos what the ‘Break point’ is as described by McGill, 2006. We will look at the spine with regards to the depth and the degree of hip flexion. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Squat Part 3</span><span class=\"s1\"> – <b>The knee</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Here I will discuss back squat v’s front squat in relation to knee biomechanics also with consideration of squat width and the loads </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Squat Part 4</span><span class=\"s1\"> – <b>The foot</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">What position should we place the feet in to perform a squat and which footwear is advised?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Squat Part 5</span><span class=\"s1\"> – <b>Belt or no belt?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Its all in the title…..</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">The Squat Part 6</span><span class=\"s1\"> – <strong>The conclusion</strong>, ALL references &amp; the effects of our intrinsic biomechanics</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Learn how to assess your clients pelvis &amp; improve their squat..</p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/pelvic-biomechanics/\">CLICK HERE TO BOOK YOUR </a>Pelvic Biomechanics Workshop</p>','The Squat Part 1','','inherit','closed','closed','','651-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',651,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38930',0,'revision','',0),(38931,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','Communication is a vital skill for practitioners in a service industry like ours.\n\nIt is pretty alarming how many professionals are lacking a basic understanding of the simple skills required in this vital component to our business.\n\n<em>How hard can it be? </em>I can hear you thinking\n\nWell it can be really <em>simple</em> but the true <em>skill </em>is often lost in the ‘noise’ in our brains as we live our lives a million miles per hour.\n\nAsk yourself…\n\nDo you hold eye contact with the person you are listing to?\n\nDo you have the right body language to show you are <em>truly</em> listening?\n\nDo you know with the right body language is?\n\nDo you know additional skills that will make people WANT to be in your company? Like prospective clients!\n\nDo you smile at people when you see them? Like a BIG smile!\n\nDo you wish you could be better at motivating your clients?\n\nDo you sometimes wonder how on earth you will get (NAME) to do what they need to do to achieve the goals they have set?\n\nCommunication skills are so important when it comes to how you make another person feel and this can improve your ability to encourage their motivation as well as wanting to book another session with you. We, as a race, have a desire to feel valued and accepted by others and this happens through communication, in particular the skill of listening.\n\nSo now ask yourself…\n\nDo you have the ability to <em>truly</em> listen?\n\nCan you <em>demonstrate</em> you have listening skills?\n\n<em>How</em> can you demonstrate that?\n\nWhat are the benefits &amp; to whom?\n\nWell in my experience the ‘best’ and most successful professionals out there do not necessarily have the highest qualifications (how many clients have asked to see your certificates anyway?).\n\nHowever they have a skill in listening to what their audience or clients are saying by using methods that for some people seem to come naturally and for others need to be learned, practiced and honed.\n\nNow those who do this naturally are probably the types of people you like to be around. Watch your friends, particularly those who\'s company you enjoy and see what they do that makes you feel good. See how many of the list below they do naturally.\n\n1). <strong>Paraphrasing</strong> - This technique is when you relay back to your audience/client what they have just said for example <em>“So if I am right in understanding what you just said was</em>…….?” by repeating their words back to them your audience feels heard, cared for and important to you.\n\n2). <strong>Eye contact</strong> - look interested by looking them directly in the eye, holding that eye contact lets them know they have your full attention and what they are saying holds value.\n\n3). <strong>Body language</strong> - Folding your arms creates a barrier so using ‘open’ body language by keeping your arms open and turning your body to face your audience/client you are showing them they have your attention.\n\n4). <strong>Physical touch</strong> - The power of human contact has been demonstrated in studies over and over again to have a huge impact on the way people respond to you. For example if someone is selling you something and they gently touch your elbow you are more likely to trust them and therefore buy from them.\n\nRead more about the power of touch;\n\n<a href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2014/01/28/why-you-should-reach-out-and-touch-someone/#1c293111324c\" data-cke-saved-href=\"http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2014/01/28/why-you-should-reach-out-and-touch-someone/#1c293111324c\">http://www.forbes.com/sites/carolkinseygoman/2014/01/28/why-you-should-reach-out-and-touch-someone/#1c293111324c</a>\n\n5). <strong>Remember little personal details </strong>- By asking how their pet Fido is getting on they will feel <em>heard</em> and cared for because you remembered their precious pet’s name.\n\nWhat are the benefits to YOU?\n\nWell if you want your clients to do what you ask, understand it and buy into what your saying then you need to make them feel <em>heard</em> first.\n\nThey will tell you why they want your services right? So you have to demonstrate you have heard by responding appropriately otherwise they may well go elsewhere.\n\nThe ability to listen will also tell you what language to use in response, how to explain what you want to explain and which motivators to utilise for the best results with this particular client based on what THEY HAVE SAID.\n\nSell them what they came for, using their reason for visiting as your response!\n\nWe all have a different dynamics when we are in the company of different types of clients and their different characteristics. This doesn’t mean we are acting or not being ourselves, it is simply the way we communicate with this person.\n\nYou also want them to listen to you and so if you demonstrate this skill they are more likely to WANT to listen to what you have to say.\n\nConsider this the next time YOU want to be heard.\n\nIf you don’t <em>truly</em> listen you can miss out on a lot of useful information and it could make your job a whole lot easier and WAY more fun.\n\nBy <em>truly</em> listening we achieve several things:\n\na). Identifying what the client REALLY wants - chances are they may not realise what will be required for them to achieve their goal and it may take a true listener to understand what they are actually asking for.\n\nFor example they may say <em>“I want to lose weight” </em>but actually they don’t care what they weight they simply want to feel good about themselves.\n\nb). An understanding of how we are going to help them achieve their goal - if we do not listen to them telling us that they do not enjoy running and then we give them running as an exercise we are have clearly not heard!\n\nc). A bond with that person that makes them know you care - when you feel heard you feel important and valued which is comforting and what we are all seeking.\n\nd). Each of the above results in a higher chance of compliance and therefore success - It would be crazy NOT to evaluate your communication skills and consider implementing the techniques listed above and others.\n\nAs a teacher I have engrained myself into the habit of self reflection after every session I deliver. So literally every time I teach, present or lecture I evaluate my own communication skills/performance and reflect on what went well and what could have been better. Then I create an action plan to improve the things I wasn\'t completely happy with so that should the same scenario occur again I hopefully make a better job of it next time around.\n\nMaybe this is something you might consider doing at the end of each session or day? Consider your communication skills, how effective they are and whether you could employ some new techniques to improve your listening skills for example.\n\nWhy not write and tell me about it too?..…..\n\nBother Me PLEASE, because I care!!\n\nDo you want to learn how to truly listen?\nJoin our academy\n<a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com   \" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com   \" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE</u></strong></a>\n\n&nbsp;','Bother Me.....PLEASE!','','inherit','closed','closed','','647-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',647,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38931',0,'revision','',0),(38932,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b> ...and the Subtalar Joint.</b></span></p>\n\n<h2>A brief discussion....</h2>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">After reading about Kelly Starrett\'s suggestion of the 10 minute squat test I began to think about how it may be influenced by the rest of the body, &amp; in particular, in relation to the subtalar joint (STJ) since he mentions the forward foot position \'...<em>to encourage STJ neutral.</em>.\'</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Question: <b><i>What influences the STJ during a 10 minute squat test/exercise?</i></b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">With our industry being taught common generic teaching points like \'<em>toes inline with 2nd/3rd toe/centre foot\'</em> I wanted to explore this concept for an ideal to gain a deeper level of understanding from the \'intrinsic\' biomechanical view point.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">If the tibia\'s ideal positioning is true in your client then this teaching point would be correct, however if not then a different teaching point maybe required. The reason I noticed this was my own \'normal\' tibial positioning when I tried to practice Starrett suggestion of ideal alignment, did not feel great at all. In fact it felt quite wrong to the point of being at risk!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">If we consider that in anatomical terms, the tibia\'s typical natural alignment is with about 3-5 degrees of lateral rotation from the midline, maybe we should first discuss what influences this positioning from above &amp; below to therefore consider how many of us are in fact in this \'typical\' start point. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">For example in a pronated foot, the STJ will make lateral rotation of the hip more challenging for a \'good\' squat position. From the foot perspective the forward foot position is probably a good position but when considering the structures above the foot they could create secondary issues: i.e. rotated pelvis, resulting in a functional leg length difference or ligament dominance causing knee valgus.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So all things considered there are several things that will influence the position on the STJ during the 10 minute squat test.  </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Then there\'s the question: <em><strong>Could practicing the 10 min squat mobilise the STJ if it were considered to be stiff?</strong></em></span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The STJ moves through 3 planes, the 10 min squat coached with the feet forward simply takes it through the sagittal plane which would therefore encourage dorsi flexion of the STJ. However if you are looking for more all round mobility, the other 2 planes would need to be considered. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>So to conclude in brief</b>: To make a decision as to whether to practice the 10 minute squat with a forward foot position we must first assess pelvic biomechanics. Pelves will be as diverse as any other body part so its maybe advisable to consider this when coaching clients to squat. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Also in this instance, being able to assess the laxity of the STJ, would give us the advantage of a measured start point to help us best advise our clients on foot angle along with the hip width &amp; even squat depth.</span></p>\nFinally I agree with Starrett when it comes to practising positions, movements or shapes we dont do enough of or maybe even at all, to improve movement however we will always need to consider the entire picture, the integrated system, the whole client &amp; all the things that influence them before we accept any quick fix....right?\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">COMING SOON....... feet &amp; footwear! </span></p>\n&nbsp;\n\n<img class=\"size-medium wp-image-5309 aligncenter\" src=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Is-there-a-right-shoe-for-you_-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" />\n\n&nbsp;\n<h1><a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Would you like to gain a deeper understanding of your client\'s bodies?</a></h1>\n<a href=\"https://www.biomechanicseducation.com/biomechanics-coach-diploma-2/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why not get in touch to find out more? &gt;&gt;CLICK HERE&lt;&lt;</a>','The 10 Minute Squat Test...','','inherit','closed','closed','','616-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',616,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38932',0,'revision','',0),(38933,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<em></em>We are always exited to run this workshop due to such a high demand to learn from one of the best in the industry!\n\nMartin Haines is a Biomechanics Coach™ and therapist.  He is also proud to be a European Tour Performance Institute Advisory Board Member and he brings this unique golf workshop to you personally.  His own interest in the game of golf, and his work with a number of past and present tour professionals, provides a unique perspective on current thinking.\n\nThe workshop will show how you can maximise the player’s own biomechanical performance to help their golf, and reduce their risk of injury.  It is based upon Martin’s study of how the intrinsic biomechanics of the body impacts upon the swing and the evidence based education he has provided to many of the European Tour therapists.\n\nAt the end of the workshop you will have learnt some quick and simple manual tests you can perform on your players to identify any biomechanical flaws that may be preventing them from progressing and developing their swing, as well as some simple techniques you can show them to help themselves.  The principles can be used to help improve golfer’s performance, reduce their risk of injury and identify whether any biomechanical flaws are causing pain.\n\nFor existing Biomechanics Coaches™ the workshop offers a unique insight to how your existing knowledge can be applied to golf, so that you can start to understand how golf coaches and players think, and the language they use.  This will help not only your understanding of how to manage golfers that you see, but also how to pitch your services to them in a way they will understand.\n\n<em>“The variety of golf swings that exist demonstrates the variety of ways the body can compensate for its intrinsic biomechanical flaws.  Understand them, and how to improve them, and you’ll play better golf, become a better teacher and understand why injuries may be recurring ”. </em>\n\n<em>Martin Haines, Biomechanics Coach</em>™<em>.</em>\n<strong><u><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\" target=\"_blank\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\" rel=\"noopener\">BOOK</a></u></strong><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/workshop/golf-workshop/\"><strong><u> NOW</u></strong> </a>','Golf Biomechanics Workshop!','','inherit','closed','closed','','595-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',595,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38933',0,'revision','',0),(38934,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Previously I have written, and raved about, the book; ‘<i>Body by Science’</i> by Doug McGuff and John Little, for its volume of research and the logical approach to the point they were making.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">More recently I have read another book, and been reminded of, a point they make about health and fitness being quite different goals. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">‘<i>Intervention’</i> by Dan John is a no brainer investment for any strength training fan by the way. In this book the clarity of his logic is based on 3 decades of experience as an S&amp;C coach and he is completely honest about his failings, which also enhance his coaching. This is something I a familiar with, as I am sure you are..</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">When you get it wrong, you learn!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">John explains, with great reasoning, the differences between health and fitness and that many clients do not realise which of these is their goal. This then interferes with the PT’s programming since the client asks for what they THINK their goal is.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">John’s view is that <i>health</i> is the homeostasis of an organism and <i>fitness</i> is simply the ability to perform a task.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">McGuff’s definitions;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>HEALTH</i></b><i>: Is a physiological state in which there is an absence of disease or pathology and that maintains the necessary biological balance between the catabolic and anabolic states.</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><i>FITNESS</i></b><i>: The bodily state of being physiologically capable of handling challenges that exist above the resting threshold.</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So the common theme is not only that they are not the same thing but also that it is important to understand how they can, and often do, impact upon each other and negatively.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>The Problem</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Example one;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Training for a marathon, for example, demands hour and hours of repetitious high impact on hard surfaces for long periods of time. Not necessarily the best thing for our joints right? Yet many people really enjoy that challenge and feel great for achieving the distance/time they set out to do. So their <i>‘fitness</i>’ goal outweighed the <i>health</i> implication of wear and tear on their joints.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Example two;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Preparing for a weight lifting competition requires heavy lifting loading joints beyond what the may have done previously. Again this would stress joints and yet could bring me personally so much joy should I ever get to the desired weight I wish to snatch over my head. Therefore the training goal is ‘<i>fit’ </i>for the task rather than safest for my joints.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Example three;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Weight loss means eating less calories than the body is used to and so for many this could be a ‘<i>health’</i> related goal to reduce sugar intake for example. However if they also started running to increase calorie expenditure this could start to tip their journey into a <i>‘fitness’</i> goal should they decide to enter a race. Then we need to consider this implications of requiring MORE food again due to this higher calorie expenditure.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finding a balance of homeostasis, while maintain optimal health is really NOT that easy when you think about it since..</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The body is a MASTER OF COMPENSATION. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Once it has adapted something will change for either the better or worse. How you gauge better or worse is an interesting thought when you consider the goal. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>“I completed my first marathon…..but my knees are shot”</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>“I lost 2 stone …..but I feel shattered ALL the time”</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Also simply being <i>‘healthy’</i> may not have the excitement of a race or competition and so there is possibly less of a sense of ‘achievement’ as how do you measure it? I may have one example for you later…</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Now I am not suggesting it is impossible but as PT’s and fitness professionals it is essential that we have the skills to help or clients realistically and with their goal in mind. Part of that maybe keeping them on track and educating them on the implications of changing their goal as they progress, which is highly likely in many cases.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">We should have the skills to best prepare our clients for movement, be able to suggest general advise on eating well, ensure our clients exercise efficiently, wisely and safely to obtain success in reaching their desired goal.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Could we go as far as to say exercise is bad for you?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Well that depends on the alternative!? </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sedentary is not good</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ultimately movement is good </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As is consuming the right food</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">I think you understand where I am coming from, right?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>So What Do We Do?</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Let’s clarify the true desire of the client, without making assumptions, right up front by asking questions that will give more clarity on what their start and end points REALLY are. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Educate the client on risks or possible outcomes and the difference so they recognise the importance of moderation and appropriate adaption.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Mots importantly, and one of the things Dan John also discusses over and over again is, the importance of assessment - REGULARLY! Every 2-6 weeks at least. “<i>If you ain’t assessing you’re guessing”</i> John states.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">So what kind of assessment/s do you do now?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">ParQ?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Weight/Height?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Waist/Height?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Sit &amp; Reach?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Body Fat?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">1 rep max?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">VO2 max test?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Lifestyle Q&amp;A?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Food diary?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">FMS?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Video analysis?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Biomechanics assessment?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How valid do you feel each of these test are in relation to your clients start point and end goal?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Do you feel you are adequately equipped to assess your clients start point?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Then can you regularly and easily re-assess AND monitor their progress objectively?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Assessment and re-assessment is vital in demonstrating both progression and regression to allow you/the client to adapt what is being done whether it be diet, preparation for movement, exercise, number of hrs sleep, routine, recovery, lifestyle factors and so on.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Without a clear training goal, which is likely to be either <i>health OR fitness</i> predominantly, and without the ability to assess and monitor we lose specificity in our planning. We need to be able to celebrate achievement by demonstrating progress through out assessment tools!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">One size not fit all.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Case by case.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Every client is a new challenge.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">How exciting it is to all be so different - don’t you think?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/diploma/dp/\">Would You Like To Be Able To Assess Your Clients Biomechanics?</a></b></span></p>','Health V’s Fitness - Can Being Fit Stop You Being Healthy?','','inherit','closed','closed','','591-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',591,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38934',0,'revision','',0),(38935,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','Was asked a question recently “Do we need to massage the ITB?\"\n\nIt\'s a common thing to see gym members rolling the outside of their thighs on a foam roller wincing in pain\n\nAs a sports massage therapist this raises for me a similar question along with others\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhy?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nDo they know what they are doing? Or have they ever seen a qualified sports massage therapist? Is something so painful the right thing to do?\n\nIs there really any benefit to doing this? Is there a better, less painful or safer option?\n\nNow in my experience controversial topics are usually very reasonable ideas taken out of context so I did bit of my own research around this area and would like to offer some thoughts from my findings. However I always encourage you, the reader, to do a bit of your own research and feel free to come back and offer your thoughts so we can all learn from each other.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo firstly lets look at the anatomy of the ITB or iliotibial band;\n\nThe iliotibial band (ITB) or tract is a lateral thickening of the fascia lata in the thigh. Proximally it splits into superficial and deep layers, enclosing tensor fasciae latae and anchoring this muscle to the iliac crest. It also receives most of the tendon of gluteus maximus. (Standring, 2004 Grays Anatomy; the Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice)\n\nDue to the angles of pull and its attachment sites it is a knee stabiliser in both extension and partial flexion of the knee joint. This means it is in constant use during gait, walking and running. It is in fact one of the main supports of the knee against gravity\n\nSo this raises a clear point for me, if the ITB is a knee stabiliser and its role is as the main support on the knee against gravity then surely it requires a good amount of tension running through it to do that. We also know that the whole point of manual therapy, massage, foam rolling, trigger pointing etc is to create blood flow by releasing tension.\n\nThis therefore might tell us that actually for a fit and healthy individual foam rolling the ITB is not good news as it may well reduce that tension and create problems of stability around the knee joint.\n\nOk so I know what you are thinking, most people do it because they have knee pain or ITB syndrome or they ‘feel tension’. Well this is different again because we should consider WHY they have these issues before assuming any are in relation to the ITB. Well let me share with you a couple of quotes from Karel Lewit a world renowned manual therapist way ahead of his time and unafraid to challenge current thinking and also open to change from his own original views:\n\n“He who treats the site of pain is lost”, “Where do you have pain? On my MRI” Karel Lewit <a href=\"http://www.rehabps.com/DATA/Karel_Lewit.pdf\">http://www.rehabps.com/DATA/Karel_Lewit.pdf</a>\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSo back to the question: “Do we need to massage the ITB?”\n\nPoint one: Not everyone and particularly if you are fit and healthy.\n\nWhat about those who are diagnosed wit ITB syndrome?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWhat is ITB syndrome?\n\nit is commonly known as inflammation of a bursa from overuse during running, cycling etc. However there are recent studies showing it could be more related to deep fat to the ITB. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2100245/\n\nOk well what would we do about ITB syndrome then considering both suggested causes once again I would ask WHY? Since not all runners or cyclists suffer ITB syndrome. So my train of thought is well if the ITB inserts into the TFL &amp; Glutes should that be somewhere to consider assessing? Sure thing! I certainly know some screens that involve understanding if this muscles are dysfunctional. In fact due the body being an Integrated System I would suggest that is probably a good places to start combined with the research that states 60% of dysfunction does for the pelvis.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWe might also consider that if this tension in the TFL, Glutes is present then maybe that would be a less painful more sensible places to massage, foam roll etc.\n\nTo my mind the biggest problem that might occur from gym members foam rolling their ITB is they are not a sports massage therapists and therefore may no be aware of the anatomical structures they are pressing on, what pressure is appropriate, the risks and contraindications. Sports Massage Therapists are skilled at being able to modify for that individual, for that particular day and how the client feels and presents from the biomechanical assessment they should be making prior to the treatment.\n\nMassage should NEVER be painful but let me define pain.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n0/10 = No pain\n\n10/10 = Excruciating like having the arms ripped out of the sockets.\n\n0/10-7/10 = Discomfort which the client is able to tolerate.\n\n8/10-10/10 = Inappropriate level of pain which is likely to increase tension thought the clients body.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nThis model is in my opinion - happy to hear other professionals ideas on this.\n\nYou might have someone argue they feel better after doing foam rolling on the ITB.\n\nPoint one - The Integrated System = what you feel may not relate to the area you feel it (see Karel Lewit quote above)\n\nPoint two - By influencing one area of the body you may well have released another i.e. You released TFL, Glutes rather than the ITB itself- so which would be the sensible option? Foam Roll the painful fascial bit that is supposed to be tensioned or try the muscles higher up that can be better controlled for discomfort during rolling?\n\n&nbsp;\n\nSummary\n\nIf we are totally honest nobody really knows what is happening inside our bodies during these methods, even with evidence and research some projects contradict others and so it is always case by case.\n\nFOAM ROLLERS DO NOT REPLACE HUMAN HANDS!!\n\n&nbsp;\n\nWith this in mind I would suggest the most sensible would be to visit a recommended, qualified manual therapist over and above any form of foam rolling as by far a much safer, hopefully less painful and much more logical option. Ask them lots of questions about self management and then do what they advise rather than ignore it.\n\nIf part of what they suggest is to self massage in some form then it should be clear what you do and how you do it, if not ASK!\n\nIf you are not happy then see someone different but research their background and ask to look at certificates and insurance papers. We gain them for a reason and no client has ever asked to see mine.\n\n&nbsp;\n\nHappy to discuss …\n\nTell us what you think?','Do We Need To Massage The ITB?','','inherit','closed','closed','','575-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',575,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38935',0,'revision','',0),(38936,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><b>Congratulations Maura!</b></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>This nomination is for her commitment to both her personal development and fully embracing her diverse skills sets - well done Maura!</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Maura says;</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Since 1997 I have been teaching group exercise and working in gyms.  In that time I’ve lost count of the number of courses I’ve done, some good, some bad.  I have also worked as a club manager but missed the teaching aspect of fitness, so I have now come full circle</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Following the birth of my daughter (7 years ago) I went self-employed, year by year increasing the number of classes and getting an increase in demand for 1-2-1 sessions.  This was the area I was lacking confidence, skills and knowledge. So much so that when a client presented with a faulty movement pattern I questioned what I could do to help them or, ideally, what the client could do to help themselves.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">I looked at repeating my PT course, but then remembered the iMoveFreely® Instructor workshop I did with Rachel many years earlier, and an amazing exercise called the 4 sign.  So I got in touch and after a couple of conversations, I decided to book on and go for the course due to its content.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">My main area of teaching is Pilates with Biomechanics and 1-2-1. (though I do still like to dabble in the cardio/combat). Following the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma I have completely changed how I teach and I can’t believe the massive difference the course has made to all aspects of my teaching. I have managed to form a good bond with some local osteopaths and Chiropractors, some of whom attend my classes and all refer clients my way. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">I believe Pilates/biomechanics/ corrective exercise is my pathway going forward, so I have also completed the L4 Sports Massage course with Mike Grice, Director of Active Skills/ Birmingham Movement Therapy Clinic is also a Master Trainer and Biomechanics Coach™</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">If you are thinking about enrolling on the Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma, then do not hesitate! </span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Yes you will be taken outside of your comfort zone!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Yes you will question what you have learned before!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">There is definitely no spoon feeding here!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Just fab content and a chance for self-development.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Achieving the both Biomechanics Coach™ Diploma and the Sports Massage while working and juggling a family, has been slightly challenging at times, but a big personal achievement for me. As for the rest of my achievements,  none on the sporting front I’m afraid, I love to take part but am definitely not a medal winning athlete. However I did award myself a Gold Star for opening up my own little studio with a colleague of mine 18 months ago!!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p3\"><span class=\"s1\">Would you like to know more about Biomechanics Coaching™?</span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"https://www.www.biomechanicseducation.com/\"><b>READ MORE</b></a></span></p>\n','Maura Knight is Biomechanics Coach™ of the Month!','','inherit','closed','closed','','561-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',561,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38936',0,'revision','',0),(38937,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>...Be Brilliant!</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\">I am</span><span class=\"s1\"> really excited to tell you how busy I have been and why. Firstly because of the new website!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Go check out the 2016 schedule and KEEP WATCHING as we add MORE DATES because I have joined forces with the A.M.A.Z.I.N.G Brendan Chaplin and the A.W.E.S.O.M.E Ben Coomber.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Fantastic things are happening this year TRUST me!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p4\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http://summit.strengthandconditioningeducation.com/summit-teaser-rf\">The Strength Summit</a></span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>March 19th/20th Leeds</i></span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">While I am truly gutted I cannot be there YOU need to be!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">This event is all about developing yourself in 2016. The fitness industry is a fast evolving environment where we owe it to our clients and athletes to stay one step ahead. Thus meaning we are better placed to unlock their potential. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">You can’t simply be a <i>good </i>trainer or coach anymore, not when there are so many of us and while there are some awful, some good and some great ones YOU can be BRILLIANT!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So join Brendan, Ben, Biomechanics Education\'s Master Trainer Chris Kitson, and other industry leaders, who will all be presenting and kick start YOUR journey into being brilliant in 2016!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">On Saturday 19th Brendan will be sharing with you his blueprint to get amazing, long lasting results and having known Brendan for 6yrs take it from me - HE KNOWS! You will also learn 6 steps he has a used to grow multiple businesses. </span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">After all it\'s no good being a brilliant trainer or coach if you can\'t reach the right people.</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">No one wants to miss out on helping those keen clients that, without a great business, you would never reach. Who knows they may go on to be the next Olympic champion!</span></p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Your special offer code is <b>BIOMECH10</b></span></p>\n<p class=\"p5\"><span class=\"s3\"><a href=\"http://summit.strengthandconditioningeducation.com/summit-teaser-rf\"><b>CLICK HERE TO BOOK NOW</b><b></b></a></span></p>\n<p class=\"p6\"><span class=\"s1\">Exciting Times!!</span></p>','Don\'t Be Good..','','inherit','closed','closed','','556-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',556,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38937',0,'revision','',0),(38938,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','Welcome to <a href=\"http://the7.dream-demo.com/demo/\">The7 - Ultimate WordPress Theme Sites</a>. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!','Hello world!','','inherit','closed','closed','','164-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',164,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38938',0,'revision','',0),(38939,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','<strong>BEN COOMBER of Body Type Nutrition, is someone who\'s work I admire, respect and enjoy! </strong>\n\n<strong>Having met and chatted on a number of occasions we are super excited to be working more closely throughout 2016 to bring YOU even more fabulous information and insights.</strong>\n\n<strong>\nTo broaden the Juicemail contributors and sources even further can only be a good thing right!?</strong>\n\n<strong>So in this article Ben talks to you about strength training....</strong>\n\nThere are two different types of people in the weight room (well, there are loads, but you know what I mean). There are those who are there to make improvements and there are those who are there to show off. One big distinction between these two groups is that one of them will tend to use more weight for everything than the other.\n\nNow, I’m not going to turn this into ANOTHER article about why you shouldn’t use bad form and just shift weight from A to B in any way possible. That’s boring, old information and you won’t take anything from it – everyone now knows that half-repping and using momentum to do things isn’t going to make you stronger. What I’m going to do here is take a different angle and tell you that people who make progress over time train hard – really hard – but they don’t always lift as much weight as possible for a given rep range.\n\nIf we were to take an average lifter (most of you) then we are able to roughly predict the amount of reps they are capable of performing with a given percentage of their 1 rep max. It generally goes something like the image above.\n\nThe problem with this information, however, is that it only really takes an acute session into account. Sure, you should be able to perform 4 sets of 8 using 77% of your max – it’s well within your strength ability – but then what?\n\nTotal volume, frequency of training and intensity (load on the bar) are all inter-linked factors which must be considered when creating a program for someone. What this means is that we need to make sure they are training hard enough and often enough with an appropriate amount of total volume (sets x reps x weight over the course of a week or other microcycle) to create a growth response.\n\nWe know that a load of around 65%-85% is the most effective range to work in for improving strength and size, and we also know that 2-3 sessions per week is probably as close to optimal as possible for the majority, so that leaves total within-session volume as the variable that we want to play with the most.\n\nVolume, however, is a tricky thing to maintain when intensity gets too high. If we were to perform the aforementioned 4 sets of 8 with 77% of our max it should theoretically be do-able, but the chances are that – because of total CNS and PNS fatigue - it will take a really long time to do and an even longer time to recover from. Taking multiple sets that close to failure can impact the rest of the session and even the rest of the week depending on your own personal ability to recover from lifting heavy, and that means that your performance in the rest of your training can suffer. Poor performance in other sessions will obviously hinder your ultimate results.\n\nNot only that, but beyond training volume, intensity and frequency there is one other overarching factor which we must consider in order to get stronger and bigger – progressive overload.\n\nTrain with the perfect intensity, drive up training frequency to a point where you are training as often as possible while still recovering optimally and increase sets and reps as much as you like, eventually you need to add some weight to the bar or you’re not going to get anywhere. Go too heavy and overload is going to be all but impossible.\n\nSo, lets take our 4x8@77% example above and put some real numbers in, to give you an idea of what I’m talking about.\n\nAssuming your max is 100kg for sake of ease, 4 sets of 8 at 77.5% gives you (4 x 8 x 77.5kg) 2,480kg of volume. Great. Now let’s say you complete that and want to add some weight to the bar, so we move up to the next available increment, 80kg.\n\nNot only have we moved up in weight, we have now moved up to 80% of your max, which means that we are now only able to perform 7 reps if we go to our maximum potential on each set, which would of course be all but impossible. You can’t go to absolute failure and expect performance not to dip – so let’s go to 4 sets of 6 with 80% - should be manageable, just.\n\nThat’s all well and good, but now we are only getting (4 x 6 x 80kg) 1920kg of volume, which is way less. We haven’t gotten anywhere but it’s not likely that we’re going to be able to do another set, and we certainly can’t do more reps or go heavier. We have nowhere to go and have therefore stalled.\n\nYou see it all the time in gyms. Guys will make initial progress and then stall out. They will get to a certain weight on a certain exercise and, despite evidently training REALLY hard, never actually manage to add more weight to it. It’s not uncommon to see someone busting their ass for YEARS and not actually adding weight to the bar and therefore, not actually getting any stronger.\n\nIt’s time to leave the ego at the door.\n\nSure, you may be ABLE to start off a program doing 4 sets of 8 at 77%, or any other similar rep range and intensity, but this will be exhausting as well as very, very difficult to improve upon. When looking at all successful training protocols (Smolov, Sheiko, Cube method etc) you will see that the average intensity will be somewhere around 70-73% but the rep ranges will usually leave you with 2-3 ‘in the tank’. What happens here is that the trainee is able to use a higher bar speed (thus producing more force per rep), is able to keep form perfect owing to the greater degree of control that <strong>not</strong> grinding out ugly near-to-failure reps offers you, and are, most importantly, given the opportunity to build up a progressively higher amount of total volume over time and thusly make IMPROVEMENTS.\n\nSure, you’re not going to failure and yes, this is comparatively ‘easy’ in a lot of ways to the typical ‘GO AS HARD AS POSSIBLE OR GO HOME’ advice thrown around on the internet or in magazines by guys and girls who have certain ‘advantages’ which means that they get better in spite of, rather than because of, what they do. It’s a little less taxing, but much more effective.\n\nTraining is about going into a session with the intention of doing what is necessary to improve, not with the intention of burying yourself. This means that we need to think about the variables we can control and the means by which we can alter them in our favour. Training is NOT about lifting as much as you can for as many reps as you can, it’s about planned progression.\n\nTrain smart, don’t just train hard, and you’ll go a lot further.\n\nDid you enjoy this article from Ben?\nWould you like to hear from him again in the Juicemail?\nWhat questions do you have for him?\nEmail me your questions: <a href=\"mailto:rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\">rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</a>','Building & Displaying Strength – There’s A Difference!','','inherit','closed','closed','','286-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',286,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38939',0,'revision','',0),(38940,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','Having spent a day last week with 300 sports science students at Exeter University I really enjoyed their questions and was able to do what I love to do..\n\nTalk about intrinsic biomechanics\n\nHow easy it is to apply\n\nHow it can change the way you move\n\nNow these super cool driven young people were buzzing they were so passionate about their chosen subjects but they didn’t really have a clear idea of what they wanted to do with their skills\n\nWhat profession to aim for?\n\nWhat skills they needed beyond their degrees?\n\nEven which industry to work towards?\n\nIt reminded me of how confusing it was for me at roughly that age!\n\nHaving an hour ago just done a talk to all 300 students about MY professional journey just after Dr Steve Ingram (!) they came to the Biomechanics Education exhibition stand I found myself in that situation that I experienced with my own learners and I shared with you previously.\n\nAs they were asking about my opinion I realised they actually CARED about my opinion.\n\nThat feeling of responsibility…\n\nWith a group of about 20 students around the stand I demonstrated a few simple assessments on one young American Football player, explaining and showing them all what I was doing at each point.\n\nWe then released his right pec minor using the 20/20 anti-spasm technique.\n\nWELL..\n\nIf I could of captured their faces, upon doing the re-screen that showed releasing his pec minor had affected his leg length, pelvic function and both shoulders for the better, it would have been priceless!\n\nThen came the questions..\n\nWhat course to do next?\n\nWhat career prospects they had?\n\nHow they could get internships?\n\nSo what am I supposed to say?\n\nI didn’t KNOW what I wanted to do until my late 30’s!?\n\nI never had the education you\'re getting!?\n\nI am not very smart!?\n\nI was in the bottom class in maths!?\n\nAgain I was stunned they were even asking me\n\nThen it dawned on me\n\nWhat I have ALWAYS done\n\nThat it isn\'t about BEING the best\n\nIt is DOING YOUR best\n\nME? I always just did what I LOVED doing!\n\nNow I also recall thinking that I was just going to have fun and do what I enjoyed until I decided what I wanted to do or until a PROPER job came along!\n\nBut actually I just kept doing what I enjoyed\n\nhahaha and now ….. well you know what I do\n\nNow at my ripe young age, I realise the important of LIVING and not just BEING.\nTHINGS don’t make you happy\n\n(An Audi R8 might be nice)\n\nBut by being honest, true to yourself by doing something that fulfils you and your ideals, something you could do everyday for free THAT is how you become great at what you do.\n\nIt is easy to remember information about a subject you enjoy\n\nSpending time with likeminded people makes that time great fun\n\n(I get to hang out with cool dudes like Ben Coomber &amp; Brendan Chaplin!!)\n\nand\n\nYES you can have fun AND work or earn a living\n\nSo that is exactly what I told them..\n\nGet yourself out there\n\nBe helpful\n\nBe open minded\n\nBe nice!!\n\nEVERY single person you meet COULD be your next life changing connection.\n\nThis is how I ended up where I am now and seriously should it all end tomorrow\n\nI have had a blast!\n\nWhat Do You Love To Do?\n\nWould You Love To Do What I Do?','Do You Love It?','','inherit','closed','closed','','289-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',289,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38940',0,'revision','',0),(38941,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','Recently I have been amongst 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.\n\nCalf 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.\n\nThe same principle applies to ALL nerves.  In the golf swing, if the median nerve is tight it will reduce the amount the player can complete his back swing and adopt the best position at the top of his swing.  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 player 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 swing is to reduce any tension in the swing, so as to help with timing and rhythm.  So by mobilising the median nerve, we are helping with ALL of the above.\n\nTight calves can cause over pronation.  The dorsi-flexion (moving the ankle upwards) is not available from the ankle joint due to the tightness in the calves, so it has to come from the sub talar joint.  It comes as part of the pronation mechanism though and so increases the amount of pronation as well.  This causes shin related injuries as well as knee and Achilles problems.  Remember that tight calves is often from a tight sciatic nerve, so by mobilising the nerve, we can help with all these injuries as well.\n\nA rotated pelvis can also go unnoticed for many years until the compensations start to cause problems.  Typically a leg length discrepancy (LLD) can result from a rotated pelvis and the leg must compensate for this.  It\'ll either flatten the foot (pronate it), bend the knee more, or drop the hip more.  Pronation will increase the load on the leg (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.  A vicious circle if ever their was one!  So by reducing the spasm in the piriformis, in other words preventatively, (and also if necessary), then we are helping to reduce all of the above.\n\n<strong>Interesting fact;</strong>\n\nWe tested quad strength output on a pro rugby player before and after mobilising his sciatic nerve. After 2 x 15 reps his quad strength output increased by 14%. After 10 days of nerve mobilisations it increased by 50%!!\n\nDo YOU have clients that might have any of the above mentioned dysfunctions?\n\nWould YOU like to learn how to screen and mobilise the nerves?\n\nWould you like to understand special techniques to release piriformis muscle spasm?\n\nWould YOU like to learn how to reduce injury risk while increase performance levels in your clients/athletes?\n\nEmail now <a href=\"mailto:Rachel@biomechanicseducation.com\">Rachel@biomechanicseducation.com</a>','Nerve Tension?','','inherit','closed','closed','','293-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',293,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38941',0,'revision','',0),(38942,0,'2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','In sports and fitness training a common injury 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, Personal trainer and sports science qualifications are much stronger and more valuable if they have a dual Biomechanics Coaching™ qualification.\n\nThe adductors comprise of five 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 main function is to pull the legs together (adduction) and it is used extensively when playing football or rugby, sprinting, hurdling and horse-riding.\n\nAn important factor not to overlook is the risk of an adductor strain being confused with a sportsman’s hernia as 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.\n\nMost 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.\n\nMuscle 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.\n\nInjuries 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.\n\nThis 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 is 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.\n\nThe 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 resistance band to start working the adductor muscle again.\n\n<strong>How to prevent it</strong>\n\nTo 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. 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.\n\nMartin Haines\nBiomechanics Coach™\nChartered Physiotherapist\n\nDo You Want To Become a Biomechanics Coach™?','Adductor Strain','','inherit','closed','closed','','267-revision-v1','','','2024-07-16 11:26:38','2024-07-16 11:26:38','',267,'https://biomechanicseducation.com/?p=38942',0,'revision','',0),