Clients with wide infrasternal angles and narrow infrasternal angles tend to benefit from different strategies in regard to improving shoulder flexion range of motion. Shoulder impingement or simple achieving a normal overhead reach without using a compensatory reaching strategy is built from the lower thorax upward. This video explains why it’s important to improve the […]
Bill Hartman PT
How Long Will I Need To Do My Physical Therapy Exercises?
Client question: How long will I need to do my physical therapy exercises? Just like your exercise prescription, the answer to this question is individualized to you. YOU have specific exercise needs. YOU have a certain lifestyle, physical activities, and work duties. YOU need an indiviualized plan that leads to long-term success. #physicaltherapy #backexercises #billhartmanpt […]
Why Your Athletes Are NOT Dysfunctional
There were so many great elements to this discussion. We need to stop looking at clients and athletes as dysfunctional. Perhaps they don’t perform as desired, but the human movement system is providing the best solution at that moment within that context. It is our job to intervene effectively to get the system to respond […]
Why Can’t You Touch Your Toes?
The hamstrings are often blamed for the limitation in the ability to touch your toes. There’s a lot more to it. What’s required: Normal breathing Dorsal-rostral expansion Infrasternal angle dynamics Eccentric orientation of the erector spinae Eccentric orientation of the posterior hip muscles Upper cervical extensionIn this video, I’ll explain each of these needs and […]
Arm Training for Athletes – 3 Mistakes
Here are 3 common mistakes when selecting arm training for athletes: Treating arm training as a throw-away exercise. Athletes like to look as good as they play, but their arm training cannot just be about big biceps and triceps. Arm training influences the neck, shoulder, rib cage, thoracic spine, and breathing. Pick the wrong arm […]