using basic PRI techniques and a foot orthotic to bring my spine back into neutral position, fixing my posture allowing my muscles to relax, engaging my diaphragm, and getting my muscles, and entire body to finally be able to relax and to breathe (ebb and flow) again.
You don’t have to do stretching/mobility work if your nervous system knows how to keep tissues at lengths and tensions that work for your ideal performance. Postural Restoration techniques are the game changer here. @postrestinst
@postrestinst are leaders in breathing & movement mechanics.
I’ve had issues with my low back & hip since I was 22.
PRI principles & exercises are the only things that help.
Follow @EricCressey he is a top G in this field too. Works with pro athletes.
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Congratulations to the Postural Restoration Trained™ (PRT) Class of 2023!
Back Row: Dan Houglum, Colby Mamigonian, Josh Elleman, Colin Kidwell
Front Row: Ron Hruska, Nick Rosencutter, Aleena Kanner, Jennifer Platt
The neurology that is required to balance our weight is designed around tension. Our integrity of floating compression is like a structural binary tree. We are built around isolated components of anatomy under compression inside us. Loss of this tensegrity leads to inchoate form.
The natural asymmetry of both brain & body & strategies we put into place to manage these internal biodynamics are a major factor in how it influences outward appearances. Might be worth a visit to @postrestinst in Lincoln to speak w/ @RonHruska if you’d like to explore deeper😉
Yes, the knee is supposed to rotate.
No, it shouldn’t be the only show in town (lack of hip and/or ankle rotation).
No, it’s not supposed to live in a single state of rotation (i.e., tibia IR’d or ER’d relative to femur).
(Paraphrasing Dan Houglum)
I&I Day 2
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Humans have 2 basal arches. Structures of bow like or curved outline of anatomy at the lower boundary of the front of the thoracic cavity and at the lower bone (mandible) of the stomatognathic cavity. Both regulate airflow. Check out my free webinar on Aug 19 at the PRI website.
To improve IR, I recommend using positions that bias internal rotation naturally. Good ways to do this are:
- Positions in 90 degrees of hip & knee flexion (bend)
- Activating muscles that create IR (inner hamstrings, glute med, and adductors)
(Exercise credit @postrestinst)
Sometimes it’s necessary to “stretch out” the back hip capsule to improve the ability to slide the femur back in the first place.
If you are struggling, try this:
(This is a modified @postrestinst exercise):