08/15/2022
⚓️MOBILITY: “ability of a joint to move actively through a range of motion”
🌊Mobility deficits can be associated with numerous injuries including: Femoral-Acetabular Impingement (FAI), Shoulder Impingement, Low Back/Neck Pain, Plantar Fasciitis, Tendinopathies, Radicular Pain, Bursitis, SI Joint Dysfunction, Carpal Tunnel and MANY more!!
🌊Mobility training is more effective than traditional “stretching” because it is based on movement AND motor control. Your central nervous system will limit your mobility based on how much control you have as a way to keep your body safe.
🌊Think of mobility as a combination of flexibility and strength.
🌊Mobility is dynamic or active, where flexibility is passive.
🌊Countless scientific studies have failed to prove that stretching is able to be maintained long term. Unfortunately, the effect is only temporary. If you are trying to stretch a muscle over a joint that has a mobility restriction, the muscle will never be able to lengthen to its full extent as the joint won’t allow it to move far enough.
🌊Muscles require strength and stability in order to maintain this new found range of motion. Performing mobility work is best done before you exercise
🤸♂️Motion is lotion🤸♂️
🌊Movement will lubricate the joints allowing you to achieve greater ranges of motion more easily. Mobility work prior to training also allows you to strengthen your body in your new and improved range of motion and therefore the effects will last. For mobility to last, you will need to do it frequently!
Mobility tips:
•JOINT range of motion is 👑 – move your joints first before focusing on muscles.
•Move with strength, control and stability to maintain gains
•Use a foam roller only as an ADJUNCT to your mobility program (it alone will not provide results)
•Move gently and regularly – if you don’t use it, you lose it!!!
