16 Sep 2009 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Exercise Is Exercising the "core" doing more harm than good for your spine? Here is an interesting read from the New York Times Health pages very kindly brought to my attention by Jan M. The article challenges the current trend to "deepen the navel to your spine" or "hollow the tummy" as an isolated strengthening exercise to increase spinal support, stability and therefore pain. I agree on the notion that "a core exercise program should emphasise all the muscles the girdle the spine, including but not only concentrating on the abs" as put forward by Canadian Spinal Mechanics Professor, Stuart McGill. There should be a balance about the lumbo-pelvic and shoulder girdles of all supporting musculature, rather than highly isolated deep abdominal activation. These muscluar support systems should also be strengthened and challenged in functional postures and within normal movements to maximise the spinal stability in everyday activities. I do feel however that time spent teaching isolated activation of the pelvic floor sling, deep abdominal muscle (transversus abdominus) and diaphragm needs to be established and ensured early in a core stability program. This allows for efficient and more importantly, appropriate trunk stabilisation when exercising, elimintaing all of those mal-adaptive postures and compensations we develop when in pain, or with poor postural habits. This is the role of your physiotherapist or fix instructor, and something I feel we do very successfully in our Beginners program and beyond. Enjoy the read. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/core-myths/?em
Here is an interesting read from the New York Times Health pages very kindly brought to my attention by Jan M. The article challenges the current trend to "deepen the navel to your spine" or "hollow the tummy" as an isolated strengthening exercise to increase spinal support, stability and therefore pain. I agree on the notion that "a core exercise program should emphasise all the muscles the girdle the spine, including but not only concentrating on the abs" as put forward by Canadian Spinal Mechanics Professor, Stuart McGill. There should be a balance about the lumbo-pelvic and shoulder girdles of all supporting musculature, rather than highly isolated deep abdominal activation. These muscluar support systems should also be strengthened and challenged in functional postures and within normal movements to maximise the spinal stability in everyday activities. I do feel however that time spent teaching isolated activation of the pelvic floor sling, deep abdominal muscle (transversus abdominus) and diaphragm needs to be established and ensured early in a core stability program. This allows for efficient and more importantly, appropriate trunk stabilisation when exercising, elimintaing all of those mal-adaptive postures and compensations we develop when in pain, or with poor postural habits. This is the role of your physiotherapist or fix instructor, and something I feel we do very successfully in our Beginners program and beyond. Enjoy the read. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/core-myths/?em
04 Sep 2009 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Sydney CBD Fix CBD opens on a Friday For our next term, term 4, Fix CBD will once again open for Friday classes. These will be available early morning and at lunch times. Katrina will be moving to instruct on a Friday as we see the return of Sue Kinner to Fix after 7 months maternity leave. We all look forward to having Sue back teaching as a part of the Fix team. Watch for her classes as the Term 4 timetable is finalised in coming weeks.
For our next term, term 4, Fix CBD will once again open for Friday classes. These will be available early morning and at lunch times. Katrina will be moving to instruct on a Friday as we see the return of Sue Kinner to Fix after 7 months maternity leave. We all look forward to having Sue back teaching as a part of the Fix team. Watch for her classes as the Term 4 timetable is finalised in coming weeks.
04 Sep 2009 BY Katrina Tarrant POSTED IN Sydney CBD Term 4, 2009 is Fast Approaching Term 4 will commence on Monday 12th October and finish Friday 18th December. Please note that we are starting this term after only 1 week break instead of the usual 2. This means for all of you with school kids, that the October school holidays will be in their second week as we start up again. If this poses a problem, discuss this with your instructor as we near fourth term start date.
Term 4 will commence on Monday 12th October and finish Friday 18th December. Please note that we are starting this term after only 1 week break instead of the usual 2. This means for all of you with school kids, that the October school holidays will be in their second week as we start up again. If this poses a problem, discuss this with your instructor as we near fourth term start date.