Everything we do affects everything we do, particularly from a movement point of view.
Spend most of the day sitting at a desk with poor posture and it’s going to have a carryover affect on your body. It’s not only sedentary office workers who are affected.
This morning, I treated a golf pro whose sport has lead to some imbalances in his body that affect the day to day function of his body.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been working more on mobility and strength across a full range of motion doing gymnastic type movements.
I really appreciated that range of motion during the night when I had to go down to let the dog out, we block the stairs off with a couple of chairs and bags to stop him coming upstairs. He’s had a few poo accidents and that is not appreciated on the carpet.
Stepping over the chairs and using the bannister to aid balance had me on full stretch, the same on the way back up. It was easier and less noisy than having to move everything out of the way.
For that reason and the fact that most of the people I treat lack mobility which contributes to their injuries and pain. Tomorrow, we’re going to work on movement.
Start on all fours with knees directly under your hips and wrists under shoulders, then push your bum back to your heels, Childs pose in yoga.
If you find that easy, do the same but lift your knees off the floor and brace with your core as you push back. Then walk your hands back until you are in a deep squat position, put your heels down if you can.
Move in and out of that position slowly for 2-3 minutes.
If you have access to a bar to hang from, try pull ups again or hang for 30 seconds.
Darren “bullseye” Checkley
