Stephen Gangemi, DC, DIBAK, DCBCNWashington DC, September 2015

Natural Movement: Moving Our Bodies the Way They're Designed

to Move

What is...

NATURAL MOVEMENT ?

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As well as how the human animal moves in nature!

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Unnatural Environmental Stressors

WE LIVE IN A ZOO

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What are the essential qualities that make an overall movement practice “natural”?

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EVOLUTIONARY…the way we move has not changed

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ENVIRONMENTAL…connect with nature

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INSTINCTUAL…movement is instinctual; technique is not

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UNIVERSAL…movement belongs to every human being regardless of origin, gender, or age

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PRACTICAL…our movements are based on need

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VITAL…movements help keep us safe and are useful in times of emergency

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ADAPTIVE…movement depends on context; learn to adapt

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Getting Back What We’ve Lost(and maybe never developed)

• Re-establishing our movement patterns and our fascial connections in our body

• Kinesthetic sense: “movement sense”• Proprioception: “joint position sense”• Mechanoreceptors: Sensory nerve endings

which respond to mechanical stimuli, (touch, pressure, muscular contractions), and affect the entire CNS

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(Re)establishing Two Important Movements

• The Deep Squat• Shoulder Mobility

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Deep Squat

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Shoulder MobilityWeightless Range of Motion

Shoulder Elevation Shoulder Depression20

Shoulder MobilityWeightless Range of Motion

Shoulder Protraction Shoulder Retraction21

Shoulder MobilityScapular Push-Ups

Shoulder Protraction Shoulder Retraction22

Shoulder MobilityScapular Push-Ups

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Shoulder Mobility: Hanging

Shoulder RetractionActive Hang: Shoulder DepressionPassive Hang

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Questions, Information & Research Questions, Information & Research

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