Injuries, as related to fitness, are damage or harm to tissues caused by mechanical forces exceeding the body’s load tolerance, resulting in structural damage or functional impairment.
The author reflects on their weekly swimming sessions, highlighting the numerous health benefits of aquatic exercise. Despite initial reluctance, swimming becomes a fulfilling spiritual and physical activity that enhances overall well-being and accessibility for all individuals.
Medical training emphasizes symptom treatment, often influenced by pharmaceutical funding, leading to cycles of dependency on quick relief rather than addressing root causes. Some doctors advocate for holistic approaches, aiming to provide well-rounded healthcare by considering patients' overall well-being and preventative measures.
World Spine Day highlights how sedentary office work contributes to back pain, emphasizing the importance of regular movement and proper posture for spinal health.
Gravity influences body strength and posture, with exercise and inversion boots offering potential benefits against its adverse effects.
Regularly engaging the body's multi-directional capacity through exercises involving multiple planes of motion and joints enhances functional physical capacity. Modern society's sedentary lifestyle leads to physical degradation. Incorporating compound exercises that engage the entire body and challenge biomechanical stability is crucial for maintaining functional longevity.
In the book 'The Modern Art and Science of Mobility', an approachable format is presented for maintaining functional movement capability. This series of blogs will give an outline of the book. There are combinations of movements and therapies contained in the book that will not be presented within this series of outlines.
In the book 'The Modern Art and Science of Mobility', an approachable format is presented for maintaining functional movement capability.
Spinal viability is inexorably linked to bodily wellness. Actions and lifestyle greatly contribute to spinal health. Nerve impulses which affect the entire body can be negatively impacted by when spinal integrity is compromised. Activity, properly executed, will promote health of the spine. Specifically, the six directions of the spine must receive attention. Photo by Mikhail … Continue reading Spinal movements: Summary
Spinal Rotation is a crucial element of spinal movement. The spine is maximally benefited by correctly training this movement.
Side bending (Lateral Flexion – LF) is an underutilized and minimally addressed spinal movement. The physiological structures involved with LF are key for spinal stabilization.
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