Mobility
Why you are Always Stiff, Tired and Sore
If you have been following along, you will know that mobility is incredibly important for optimal health and performance. However, you will also know that it is poorly understood. Today I want to talk about why mobility is a function of our daily lives and the activities we do, along with why we must train…
See MoreThe static stretching debate: what does it mean for CrossFit participants.
by Luke Kane Exercise Physiologist – Movement Specialist “Is it safe to stretch before I train?” I get this question all the time in the clinic. For as long as I can remember there has been some level of debate over whether it is safe, unsafe, good or bad for performance to hold static…
See MoreAddressing a common mistake in thigh/hip flexor stretching aka. the couch stretch.
Not making change with your mobility? You may have mobility ADD
by Luke Kane – MTP Founder, Accredited Exercise Physiologist and Movement Specialist. There is an enormous amount of free health information available on the internet these days. Some great, some good, some average, and some rubbish. Well, a lot of rubbish. And in all categories there are many different experts/pseudo experts giving new, different…
See MoreImprove your squat, attack the adductors
When you are planning your pre/post training regime, what are the big targets on your check list? The must do areas that you would be negligent to leave out? Hip mobility; quads, hamstrings, glutes? Some thoracic and shoulder mobility maybe? Often the forgotten cousin of the lower limb (with the quads and hamstrings getting all…
See MoreWhat is ‘Mostability’? What do I NEED to know about it?
By Glenn Stevens, Chiropractor When we look at the joints in the body and the way in which they are supposed to function, we begin to see a pattern. Mike Boyle and Gray Cook (if you aren’t familiar with them I suggest you check our their books) hit the hammer on the head when…
See MoreTo stabilise or to mobilise? That is the question.
Mobility is very in vogue at the moment, especially in the CrossFit community. Kelly Starrett and his mobilitywod blog has seen an explosion of mobilisation/stretch techniques being used by the masses to improve their position and movement efficiency during training and competing. I absolutely love the mobilitywod resource; Kelly is a very smart man who…
See MoreTight hamstrings?? Don’t blame the victim.
The poor old hamstrings get a bad wrap. I would hazard a guess that around 80% of new patients that come to the clinic claim to have tight hamstrings. The story usually goes something like this: “I’ve always had tight hamstrings, ever since I was in high school, no matter how much I stretched them…
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