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Ever-elusive spinal neutral against tri-planar force! 🔍
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This post is a continuation from my last post about Triplanar Cat/Cow.
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Here instead of mobilizing (MOVING) the spine in a triplanar fashion, I am working to stabilize (PREVENT MOVEMENT OF) my spine against the force of gravity that would extend, rotate, and laterally flexed it.
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I find what I like to call the half X-line of support that goes from the opposite side (contralateral) external abdominal obliques to internal abdominal obliques. (Or, taking this video as an example, from my left low, front ribs to my right side, lower abdomen.)
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From here, just as in regular table, there is any number of directions you could take it. Think Tricky Cat in multiple planes, Thread the Needle and a whole host of other exercises that are often done in a yoga class... but with this new twist...or should I say anti-twist (and perturbation). 😉
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Give it a try and tag me with your ideas of directions you can take from this triplanar stable table!
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Once again, I learned this from my friend @sarahcourtdpt in her awesome Quantum Leap training!
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This exercise from the Movement Logic Pelvic Floor Tutorial is called STANDING & RELAXING.
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We all know that strength is important, but for muscles to function well, they need to be able to both CONTRACT AND RELAX and this includes your pelvic floor + abdominals.
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Are you always ‘sucking it all in’? If so, perhaps it’s time to let go. Hey, it ain’t pretty, but if you can’t do it, odds are you’re creating new problems for your body.
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Tri-Planar Spine In Cat/Cow
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When one hand and knee are elevated on a brick, this uneven surface transfers a little rotation and lateral flexion/extension to the spine.
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Instead of undulating purely in the saggital plane, now your thoracic vertebrae get a little tri-planar massage.
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Functionally, when going about your day to day life, the spine rarely moves in just one single plane. We don’t move on a grid. Our body doesn’t grow into one either.
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The ground beneath us is often uneven, the shape of our joints tend toward spirals and curves.
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Introducing tri-planar movement can be a way to #varytheload and prepare your body for moving in more combinations of ways that it needs to function well.
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Notice if there is one of the two arrangements of the bricks (under R hand L foot or vice versa) that produces more segmental stretch in your mid-back.
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Is that tri-planar arrangement (flexion/extension + lateral flexion + rotation) TO THAT SIDE more or less familiar to your nervous system than to the other side?
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Sensory experience is often your nervous system messaging you consciously to pay attention to novelty. It’s an ancient whisper beckoning, “be present!”
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Don’t we all need a little bit more encouragement to do that these days? This is one of the bio-psycho-social benefits of moving in new ways.
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Addicted to your phone (social)? Move in new ways for nervous system stimulation (bio). Pay attention to that novelty (psycho).
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Movement is not #justmovement and #notyoga. When we pay attention #movementisyoga
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I learned this one in @sarahcourtdpt’s amazing Quantum Leap training a while back. Follow her for more inspiration.
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Yes, love incorporating this movement into warm ups - and thank you for the explanation! Great post!