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Before you prescribe I,T,Y exercises, consider the consequences

December 1, 2019 By Bill Leave a Comment

In this discussion, we use the common I,T,Y exercises as a representation of how and when to individualize exercise prescription, and why you cannot generalize.

:10 Blind exercise prescription
1:00 I,T,Y may be the wrong thing to do
1:45 Concentric vs. Eccentric and “weakness”
2:40 A false external rotation measurement
3:04 Dorsal-rostral compression
3:28 You can’t generalize exercise prescription to baseball pitchers
4:20 The difference in baseball pitchers’ structure and influence on performance
5:45 When should elements of prescription be similar
6:00 Optimize exercise cues
7:00 Wide ISA compensatory strategy and dorsal-rostral compression
7:58 Who will benefit from the compression created by I,T,Y exercises
10:15 Is a compensatory strategy useful?
10:45 When the compensatory strategy limits health
12:00 Adaptations for performance vs. health
12:43 You can’t generalize prescription
13:20 Scapular winging
14:00 You can’t blame the scapula
14:30 Prescribing I,T,Y when you’re already compressed
14:50 Misdiagnosing the need for strength
15:33 How can one muscle be weak?
16:20 Tissues benefit from load
16:41 How strong is strong enough?
17:00 The multifactorial nature of performance
17:16 When does dorsal-rostral compression benefit range of motion
18:28 The person diagnosed with GIRD
19:00 False positive external rotation
19:15 Prescribing I,T,Y exercise at the wrong time
19:29 External rotation and internal rotation occur at the same time
20:00 What do I,T,Y exercises or face pulls do at the scapulae
20:10 Is scapular retraction good?
20:25 The thorax moves forward during scapular retraction
20:30 Face pull demonstration
20:40 The failure of postural correction with I,T,Y exercises
21:29 Medial scapular border compression
21:54 Loss of external rotation with medial scapular border compression

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