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Single Leg Deadlift with mobility band to break your pattern and improve balance.
You may believe you have terrible balance and either hate or avoid single leg exercises. By now, your 'cheat patterns' are very set and have expanded away from your pelvis/hips to go down the legs (as well as up your spine). The correction the mobility band provides cannot be executed properly without the use of the band. You will notice your resistance will need to be reduced, that you may need one or both arms to help maintain form, that muscles you do not typically engag


Interosseous Ligament Release...
Good for the tightened foot structures between each long bone of the foot. Combine release with stretch and you'll find that your midfoot and your toes gain motion/function! This is good for: neuromas of the foot, plantar fasciitis, ability to dorsiflex the ankle better, ability to improve single leg balance, etc. When I say “release”, think trigger point release - find a sore spot, apply tolerable pressure, wait until that spot relaxes, and find another to do the same. A g


Squat, Lunge, Deadlift with mobility band to break your pattern.
The amount of tension your mobility should maintain in order to promote you to shift weight into your habitually limited side will throw you off balance. If done correctly, the only place to perform this safely and effectively are at the Smith machine (except for the less seen squat/lunge apparatus with shoulder pads that leave the back of you open). The correction the mobility band provides cannot be executed properly without the use of the band. You will notice your resis


You have pain... treat BOTH sides!!!
We get brainwashed to stretch, release, strengthen, IASTM/Graston, cup, etc. the pain side and the pain area. While it makes some positive change, does it truly last and has it honestly led to functional change? More often than not, the pain side came to be because the opposite side (where you feel no symptoms at all) got so tight/limited that it forced more work/function/compensation where it could; thus, stressing those structures repeatedly and causing the 'pain side'.


Is it the activity or is it You?
You like to run, but it bothers your foot or knee... You lifted boxes in a move and now your back hurts... You went on a hike and your...


How is your Squat? aka Sit-to-stand-to-sit?
What aspects do you consider when you get up and down from the chair or commode all day? When working on squat form, how many planes or...


Chronic foot pain? Orthotics effective or no?
Have you been in orthotics most of your life? Are your orthotics helping you? Is your treatment regimen for your feet anything more than:...


TOE-OUT GAIT/WALKING
Look down at your feet when walking. Do they both turn out equaly to the same degree? Is there one that turns out more than the other? ...


Tight Quads no matter how consistently you stretch?
Stretching your quads properly, without lapsing into an arched low back, is tough. Consistently tight quads have very much to do with...


Tight Shoulders?
How are: tucking your shirt, looping your belt, scratching your back, hooking your bra, don/doffing a jacket or shirt? Is it tougher to...


Knee Pain/Meniscal Tear
Chronic knee pain? Heard a 'pop' in the knee joint or have a meniscal tear? Considering getting arthroscopy surgery to the knee? Have...


HIP INTERNAL ROTATION!
We lose it so quickly and we need it so much! It is not a purely functional motion we promote during regular work outs nor via usual...


Tennis/Golfers Elbow
Diagnosed with medial or lateral epicondylitis? Using a compression band just below the elbow and icing, but still have pain? Killing...


Lying Prone (on your tummy)
Adults need tummy time too! How often do you lie on your tummy anymore? Can you do it without back pain? Can you do it without neck pain?...


MECHANICAL SCOLIOSIS
Diagnosed with scoliosis as an adult? Did you get diagnosed because you have chronic back pain? Can you tell if one hip feels more...


Pelvis Position for Squat
We know about anterior pelvic tilt... the hyper-arched low back posture. Sway back, duck butt, overactive hip flexor, chronic low back...


Why "Top 5 things for my pain" doesn't work
Notice how all social media, personal trainer, fitness, chiropractic, special tool, etc. accounts tout that doing a certain combination...


Back Extension or Hip Extension?
How many of you bother to lie on your tummies anymore? How many of you have too much low back pain to be able to even try? How about how...


How Symmetrical Is Your Body?
You can practice using both sides in your daily life to prevent lapsing into the same shortened and lengthened sides that you favor! In...


Stretch and Exercise... is it enough?
There is NO denying the benefit of stretching and exercise. If they provide the gains you are striving for and you have not hit a plateau...
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