Biomechanics
DESIGNED TO MOVE | ASYMMETRICAL WEIGHT SHIFT
What is Asymmetrical Weight Shift? Asymmetrical weight shift refers to a movement distortion where there is a shifting of weight towards one side of the body, (i.e., arms, legs, torso) especially...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | ANTERIOR HIP TILT
What Is Anterior Hip Tilt? Anterior hip tilt refers to a muscular strength imbalance in the lower half of the body where the hips are tilted forward and the lumbar spine is pulled into an...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | ATLANTOAXIAL INSTABILITY
What Is Atlantoaxial Instability? The atlantoaxial joint is located between the first two vertebrae of the spine, C1 (atlas) and C2 (axis). It is responsible for the rotating and tilting movements...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | BULGING DISCS
What is a Bulging Disc? The spine is made up of 33 bones called vertebrae. In between the vertebrae are protective shock absorbent rings called discs. As we move around in our day-to-day lives, we...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | CERVICOGENIC HEADACHES
What are Cervicogenic Headaches? Cervicogenic headaches stem from muscular imbalance and strain around the cervical (neck) spine. This can lead to pain and pressure around the top portion of the...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | BUTT WINK
What is Butt Wink? Butt wink refers to a compensation movement pattern, especially during squatting and hip hinging movements, where the tailbone tucks way under and make the hips uneven and tilt...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | PATELLOFEMORAL PAIN SYNDROME
What is Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome Patellofemoral pain syndrome refers to a medical condition where there is pain around the knee joint and kneecap (patella) due to misalignment of the knee with...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | ABDOMINAL WALL HERNIAS
What are Abdominal Wall Hernias Abdominal wall hernias are a medical condition where there is a weakness in the abdominal region and the surrounding tissues or organs perforate through to the other...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | ADDUCTORS AND YOUR CORE
Activate Your Core to Reduce Your Pain! Going Beyond the Simple Often times when evaluating the body, it's easy to isolate areas independently rather than identifying how they play into your...
BIOMECHANICS MONTHLY | WHAT IS MOVEMENT?
What is Movement? Locomotion (gait) Locomotion is described as the ability to move from one position to another. Gait, on the other hand, is defined as the style or manner of walking dependent on...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | THE IMPORTANCE OF BREATHING
Why is Breathing Important? To breathe is to live. Because breathing is second nature to almost everybody, we often don’t think twice about the quality of our breathing. However, our quality of...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | KNEE VALGUS
What is Valgus Knee? Valgus knee refers to a medical condition where the knees internally rotate, often touching each other. This is caused by a pronounced hip adduction, internal hip rotation, and...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | PATELLOFEMORAL TRACKING SYNDROME
What is Patellofemoral Tracking Syndrome? Patellofemoral tracking syndrome refers to the medical condition where the kneecap (patella) falls out of alignment. The kneecap is important because it...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | BODY AWARENESS
What is Body Awareness? Before starting any effective exercise programming, it is fundamental to understand how the body moves in reaction to the physical environment. This is called body awareness...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | SCIATIC PAIN TIPS AND SELF-CARE
What is Sciatica/Sciatic pain? Sciatica refers broadly to pain that radiates down the path of the sciatic nerve. The traditional course of this pain begins in the low back and radiates to the...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | FROZEN SHOULDER
Structures of the Shoulder - Glenohumeral Joint The shoulder is considered the most mobile joint of the body. With that mobility comes an increased risk for injury and dysfunction. While the...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | TERES MAJOR
Shoulder Stability The shoulder is a pretty complicated area of the body. While it has the greatest range of motion of any joint, it has to sacrifice stability for its advantage with mobility. It’s...
DESIGNED TO MOVE | SUBOCCIPITALS AND FORWARD HEAD POSTURE
Forward Head Posture Did you know that neck pain affects roughly two thirds of the population and it’s the third most common type of pain for Americans? That women are more likely to experience neck...
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