Category Archives: posture

Persistance Overcomes Resistance: Don’t Quit On Your Posture for Optimal Athletic Performance

By admin | Published: November 28, 2008
Do you see Rudy? He is wearing #45 Rudy Ruettiger harbored a dream to play for one of the all time great college football Ara Parseghian and the Fighting Irish football team of Notre Dame. Tall hopes for almost any athlete, but he was only 5′ 7″ and 165 pounds (far shorter and lighter than would [...]
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How Do You Think His Shoulder Feels After He Plays Tennis?

By admin | Published: November 23, 2008
Actually, it’s not just his shoulder. Shoulder dysfunction often manifests itself as elbow pain or tendinitis, wrist pain and/or headaches.Good posture is the the most basic common denominator proven to facilitate longevity and athletic performance enhancement. Your sport does not matter, the alignment of your structure does. With all of the tennis players that [...]
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To Washington D.C. and Back!

By admin | Published: November 21, 2008
As I get ready to run from the shuttle to the gate at Dulles International Airport in Washington DC I am reflecting on my day. 1:37 am go to bed after doing/folding laundry and cleaning pots and pans/loading/running dishwasher Alarm goes off at 4:45 am Get in my car and promptly break the switch that turns the headlights [...]
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The Kinetic Chain

By admin | Published: November 18, 2008
This picture here has several independent segments highlighted. What does each of the segments share in common?…..They are all either directly or indirectly attached. The wonder of the body and the human movement system (often referred to as the Kinetic Chain) allows for a fluid and complex series of interactions between the muscular system, skeletal [...]
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Why Does It Really Hurt?

By admin | Published: November 16, 2008
If we are discussing posture and human movement, then we must discuss the Active System and the Passive System. The Active System is comprised of contractile tissue of the body, the muscles and tendons. It can absorb, reduce, store and produce forces. It’s counter part is the Passive System and is comprised of the [...]
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