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👆 Lateral spinal flexion with a side of shoulde

👆 Lateral spinal flexion with a side of shoulder flexion. 👆⁣
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Unconscious habitual patterns such as leaning while driving, continually crossing our legs one way, carrying a small child on one hip versus the other, carrying a heavy bag or purse on one shoulder or always reaching down on same side to pick up things encourage tightness on one side of our spines.⁣
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These are all things I do or have done. The seemingly insignificant movements can leave the spine trying to compensate with extension for support and eventually soreness in the low back. ⁣
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Video is in real time. Slowing down this movement ensures nothing is missed in terms of opportunities to find weaknesses. Stance in my my lower half helps keep my pelvis from following along and I’m working to keep my breathing normal and my back flush with the wall behind me. ⁣
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How does your spine move?⁣
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It’s taking a long time to get my ‘elevator pi

It’s taking a long time to get my ‘elevator pitch’ just right. Trying to sum up what I do in a few sentences is tough because yes, I do help post injury rehabilitation and yes, mobility training is strength training and no, it’s not just like yoga and yes, it’s possible to live pain free in your body. Aging doesn’t cause pain - the inability to move the way your body was designed does. ⁣
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So many key messages, so little time. ⁣
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I’m obviously still working on it 🤪, but here is a snippet of one of the things I do - reviewing the program I have designed for a client that I don’t see on the regular. I’m recording a bunch of these right now. Summer is here and schedules change. I’ve always disliked writing out a program for my clients so they get a 5 minute video to refer to instead for a 20-30 minute program they can do anywhere on their own. ⁣
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🔊 Sound on for cueing 🔊⁣
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Spot the differences 1️⃣ - 2️⃣ - 3️⃣⁣
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This simple side lying set up to train hip abduction (and a little external rotation) in hip flexion is aka the 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗰𝗹𝗮𝗺𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗹. This understated yet highly effective movement helps stabilize your pelvis in so many great ways. But here are some subtle ways to miss to work and borrow capacity from other areas in your body:⁣
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❌ Video 1 is probably the most common compensation I see with the top hip roll back with the leg. ⁣
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❌ Video 2 is where there is an increase in hip flexion as the hip abducts. This is also usually accompanied by the top hip lifting up and shortening the top waist - which means the spine is at play too. ⁣
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💰 Video 3 is the winner. ⁣
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Here are easy ways to block the escape routes - ⁣
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🎯 Place a block behind your pelvis and if that block falls you’ve started to compensate. ⁣
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🎯 Make sure the top foot is following not leading the left of the leg. ⁣
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🎯 When you lift the leg feel as though you’re pulling the leg away from your body as it lifts - don’t let it sink into the hip. ⁣
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Happy Friday!! ⁣
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