Get ready for lifting- be it packages or shovels, this winter season. Warm-up with last week’s Hip Hinge video, then follow this exercise to practice loading your body correctly, and avoid painful injury or strains!
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Warming up before doing any sort of exertion, whether it be playing a sport or lifting boxes from the storage closet can mean the difference between a pulled back and a successful day. Make sure your body is ready to handle what you ask of it with this warm-up!
Improve one of the most basic movements in human development, the squat. Squatting is a fundamental movement which helps us in many other important mechanics. In this series, we’ll be reviewing how to improve your squat form. After mastering the hip hinge and the Toe Touch Progression to help improve your hip hinge and squat […]
The bending patterns in most western cultures are plagued with lower back pain, due to overuse of the spine. But much of the world moves differently, using a joint specifically attuned to hingeing- the hips! This amusing article outlines how we should be bending and working from the hips, not the back.
Improve one of the most basic movements in human development, the squat. Squatting is a fundamental movement which helps us in many other important mechanics. In this series, we’ll be reviewing how to improve your squat form. After mastering the hip hinge, add in the Toe Touch Progression to help improve your hip hinge and […]
Stop hurting your back! Learn how to hinge from your hips to reduce or resolve back pain when bending over. Practice this movement every time you pick something up, squat down, or bend forward!
Improve one of the most basic movements in human development, the squat. Squatting is a fundamental movement which helps us in many other important mechanics. In this series, we’ll be reviewing how to improve your squat form. Start with the hip hinge in quadruped (all fours), then progress to tall kneeling. Once you’ve mastered both […]
Want an excellent exercise you can easily do anywhere? Squat! Check out this article outlining the 7 Reasons Why You Should Do Squats Every Day:
To end our series, after showing you exercises to release tight trap muscles and alleviating “text neck”, we show you how to correctly strengthen your back muscles to help prevent overactive trap muscles and a forward neck posture.
Usually trap or shoulder pain can be relieved by rest, ice, stretching, massage, or taping and muscle therapy. However, speak to your doctor or physical therapist if you experience severe pain or pain lasting more than a week, an inability to move the shoulder or neck, signs of infection, such as skin redness and fever, […]
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