Presents

“The AiM of Corrective Exercise”

Gary Ward

“Breaking the Mould of Human Anatomical understanding”

www.anatomy inmot ion .co .ukJ o i n u s o n F a c e b o o k , T w i t t e r a n d Y o u T u b e

Introduction– What is corrective exercise?– How do we approach it today?

» What’s in your tool box? Are you looking for new tools?– How we approach it?

» PIT STOP» TEST CENTRE» AWARENESS» KNOWLEDGE» KEYS TO THE CAR

– Why motion is the solution» Coupling: centre: 3dSlings: gait relative and feet

– The body as a healer – subconscious awareness (what a tool to have – trust)

– The target & Rate of change – adapting to compensation and avoiding injury

Corrective Exercise?

What is corrective exercise?

What is functional?

Describe dysfunctional?

At what stage can one begin corrective exercise?

Traditional Approach

Postural assessment & joint ROM Proximity to neutral Phasic / Tonic muscles? Stretch & Strengthen TVA/core function testing Stabilise core and mobilise limbs Concentric developmental exercise

The Tool Box

• What’s in your tool box enables you to deal with the job in hand your way

• What tools do you have?– All courses and seminars give you new tools to increase your tool box

• What if all of these tools point to the same thing...... Traditional corrective exercise?

• What if you had access to tools that did the job quicker and more effectively?

There is a massive shift in industry awareness towards the power of using non-traditional tools...

Genuine new tools

Anatomy in Motion teaches these non-traditional tools for your tool box

The use of non-traditional tools and traditional tools together generate a more complete picture

and greater understanding

Traditional tools only cover half of the story and even less possibilities

It is different... And new...

There are TWO sides to EVERY story

Anatomy is no different

Ec c entr i c mo ti o n an d co n c entr i c mo ti o nS tab i l i se an d mo b i l i se

S tati c an d d y n ami c

We live in a world of polar opposites – black, white and shades of grey in between

The AiM approach

» THE PIT STOP» TEST CENTRE» AWARENESS» KNOWLEDGE» THE KEYS TO THE CAR

THE PIT STOP

• The Pit Stop is the time you spend being re-tuned, aligned and optimised by the mechanic (you) for optimum performance

As the car begins to function better so it performs better, with increased efficiency and the greater the expectation of results on the track

It is no different for your clients...

THE TEST CENTRE

The Test centre assesses:

A) full body motion potentialB) Gait analysisC) Musculo-skeletal function

Using technology designed to inform the practitioner of:

faulty gait patterns foot specific assessments Inter relative joint problems The CAUSE of physical inhibitions, pain and injury

The body stores information on past, present & future injuries – we need to know about all of them!

AWARENESS

• Awareness does not necessarily imply understanding, just an ability to be conscious of, feel or perceive...

• Are you conscious of every movement you make... Every breath you take?

• Or is something else in control?

• How your internal system has an awareness of it’s own – far greater than your brain...

KNOWLEDGE

• The body has an inate wisdom.

• Every movement you make incurs a whole body response. Isolation is impossible. The whole structure is active all of the time.

• Function is determined by the body’s ability to override inhibition– To keep going, fulfilling goals & day to day

activities

• It observes the ‘Law of Energy Conservation’

“In a system of constant mass, energy is neither created nor destroyed,but is transformed from one form to anotherwhenever work is performed.“ Albert Einstein

THE KEYS TO THE SECRET• The key to understanding global function in the human body is largely

untaught in the fitness industry

• Understanding the anatomy of the foot and it’s impact on the whole body give you the keys to unlock human potential

• The foots sensory reaction to the ground is in charge of energy distribution through out the kinetic chain.

• It reacts to external forces and acts on internal ones

THE BIOMECHANICS

A)Forces outside the body dictate the body’s motion potential (Gravity, ground reaction force, vibration, momentum & energy)

B)Gravity drives us down (Action) – 9.8m/sC)The ground drives back up again (reaction)D) Vibration = shock (to be absorbed by the joint

system)E)Momentum of Centre of Mass predicts specific

joint system reactionF) Energy must be conserved (universal law)

The other side of the story?

Anatomy in Motion’s rule of thumb:

JOINTS ACT... MUSCLES REACT. . . I n m o ti o n . . .

T h i s d e fi n e s t h e e c c e n t r i c m o d e l o f a n a to my

InMOTION

• The AiM of corrective Exercise is to target the body’s ability to reduce shock through the body when in motion

Gravity = 9.8m/s ca.10NMass of man = 80kgGround Reaction Force = 800N• The accumulative effect of joint interaction is the

absorption and distribution of shock• Inhibition of the joint system means less shock

absorbed

ENERGY FLOW

• A frequency wave (of shock) equal to 800N is thus driven up the body

• Like on a motorway, we expect an even flow of traffic• The lanes of the motorway are the fascial chains that

connect up through the body• Uneven distribution of the shock results in uneven flow –

like a traffic jam (the accordion effect)!– Or an accident hotspot tension

– We call it a kinetic Hotspot compression

• Natural flow is disrupted by inhibited joints and compensation takes place

COMPENSATION

• C o m p e n s a ti o n o c c u r s w h e n s h o c k a b s o r p ti o n i s c o m p r o m i s e d b y a l a c k o f j o i n t R O M– P o s t u r a l h a b i t s ( i n t e r n a l )– E x t r i n s i c s h o c k ( e x t e r n a l ) – p r e s e n t / h i s t o r i c– P o o r e x e r c i s e t e c h n i q u e ( e x t e r n a l )– G u t f u n c ti o n ( i n t e r n a l )– M e n t a l s t a t e ( i n t e r n a l )

WHAT IS THE CAUSE?

Tension & Compression• Uneven flow generates change in the average tension of the

muscle slings and fascial lines

• Even flow occurs when joint function is optimised and internal and external forces are balanced

• Look how this skeletal structure affects muscles attached to it• It’s not caused by long and short – long and short is a response; a reaction. And it’s

instant.

• What we should be looking for is the joint inhibition that caused the muscles to adapt in this way SO WE CAN INDUCE REVERSE COMPENSATION

• Joints work accumulatively to attenuate shock and equally so to compensate for shock. It’s all a whole body response...

• So it’s not one joint inhibition that is the cause but a collection or ‘coupled grouping’ of joints that are causing the problem

GAPinMOTION

• The GAP in Motion is the difference between the norm and reality.

• Finding the GAP in joint motion is key to reintroducing optimal tension to the human system.

• Joints work in couples: when joint A does ‘x’; joint B does ‘y’

relative to the phase of gait muscles adapt accordingly

Core muscles rely entirely on joint function in motion...

CORRECTION

“Corrective exercise is how we tackle the coupling effect

in response to shock, override the compensation effect and restore optimal

joint function”

RESPONSE / EFFECT

• As the coupling effect is overcome and joints are realigned, muscles have to fall into line.

• ALL muscles operate begin to operate at their optimum length– Upper cross syndrome– Lower cross syndrome– Weak core / pelvic floor– Pelvic and spinal alignment– Imbalances through the feet

WHY MOTION IS THE SOLUTION

• Motion- C of M is mobilised- Joints orbit C of M- Muscles respond- Subconscious activation- Joints operate in couples- Evident in gait (motion)- Corrective coupling has

instantaneous response

• Static- C of M motion limited- Muscles move joints- Joints respond- Conscious activation- Joints operate in isolation- No coupling effect- Stretch and strengthen

takes time and conscious activation is forgotten

TRANSFORMATIVE GAIT

• Motion is best highlighted in gait• Gait is full body motion that brings alive the 3dSling systems• Gait reveals Dynamic Coupling in each phase• Gait is split into phases yet is a perfect 360° cycle – what the

foot does in swing is as important as what it does on the ground

• Each phase of the cycle has:– planar dominance– Eccentrically loads muscles– A specific coupling effectAll corrective exercise solutions are learnt here and can be

transferred to static analysis

THE BODY AS A HEALER

• If you cut yourself, you could watch it heal• Compensation in the body is simply a

response to a cause• Injury, pain and inhibition are the result of

compensation in the body• Locate the cause and introduce the following

concept to your repertoire:

REVERSE COMPENSATION

Instant response to having the appropriate parameters for optimal function in placeThe result of:

– Subconscious awareness of joint range potential– Improved shock distribution– Balanced Centre of Mass, Centre of pressure & Centre of gravity– Integrated foot patterns and optimal dynamic coupling

3dMOTION

Corrective Exercise comes in the form of 3dMotion specific to gait and findings born in

our Test Centre

Once you know the couples that run through the body and operate in the gait cycle you are in

possession of a very valuable tool for corrective exercise

THE AiM (TARGET)

The Bullseye is perfection (neutral/centre/zero tension)It’s what we aim for...

As our centre passes further along the blue arrow, we become more and more unstable and risk injury

The cause of injury is not the distance from centre but how quickly we move along the blue arrow

Conclusion

A) The body records and measure vibration (shock)B) The role of the joint system is to distribute shock and load evenlyC) Joints work in couples relative to the gait cycleD) Motion mobilises the centre of mass, dictating joint potentialE) Muscles simply follow the skeletal alignment and postureF) Reverse compensation suggests a muscle can restore optimal length

instantly (providing the appropriate couples are put in place specific to gait requirements)

When was the last time you exercised your feet?

Your clients feet? Or more importantly taught feet to subconsciously find centre?

Here lies the key to the Secret of Human Function

Mobilising joints gives an extra dimension to your training programmes and results potential

Incidentally

The next time someone suggests that spinal alignment holds the answer to the correction of human function...

...have an open mind and remember there are always two sides to every story... An alternative to consider... Then look at their feet!

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