COMING IN JULY
I am currently studying on a 5 year degree course to be a Sports
Performance Coach. This will allow me to show you how to understand the way the
body works in a scientific way.
For example, sitting down puts a load pressure of 140% on to L5, the fifth
lumbar spine vertebrae commonly referred to as the small of the back. This can
cause the following symptoms and more:
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lower back pain
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rotated pelvis
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sciatica
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joint sprains
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shin splints
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muscle pain
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muscle weakness
We first need to understand how the body works.
The human body is a very complicated system that we take for granted most
of the time. Today’s lifestyle, poor diet, sitting down too much and exercising
without being assessed are factors that can cause something to go seriously
wrong sooner or later. An assessment is used to see what is and what is not
working correctly.
A simple example of this is to see if your Gluteus muscles are working. If
you sit on these muscles for hours every day, week after week, month after
month, the brain will turn these muscles off because of the repetitive movement
of sitting down. This creates a a faulty nerve pattern making the abdominal
muscles chronically shortened. This pulls the chest downward increasing the
first rib angle, which is commonly associated with shoulder dysfunction and
impingement of the nerves feeding the arm as they exit the cervical spine. It
is also very common to find that a lot of people have chronically shortened hip
flexors due to performing sit ups, leg extension and leg lowering exercises
that are commonly used in abdominal workouts. This will lengthen the hamstrings
and abdominals by pulling the pelvis forward and down, creating pain.
ASSESSMENT TESTS AND EXERCISES
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Comparative range of motion assessment
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Inner unit test
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Outer unit test
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Scientific back exercises for pain and poor posture
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Scientific core conditioning exercises
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Program design , if needed
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Posture testing
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Understanding lumbo-pelvic rhythm
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Understanding physiological load
For Assessments contact Stephen Hunter at Radcliffe Chiropractic Clinic on
0115 933 4544 or 07506691008
