Bill Hartman

Tag: Breathing exercises

  • Q & A for The 16% – Does Hip Flexion Measure Like Shoulder Flexion

    Q & A for The 16% – Does Hip Flexion Measure Like Shoulder Flexion

    Question: You’ve mentioned that different portions of the shoulder flexion are related to expansion of different parts of the ribcage. Is there a hip flexion arc that expands different parts of the body? Or is this concept only in shoulder flexion?

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    I offer a look at how hip flexion mirrors shoulder flexion in regard to its position toward inhalation/external rotation and exhalation/internal rotation.

    #stickingpoint #hipmechanics #billhartmanpt

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  • Q & A for The 16% – Pelvis shape change vs. Pelvis Orientation

    Q & A for The 16% – Pelvis shape change vs. Pelvis Orientation

    Question #1

    In the Q & A video from below, you mention that when you get an anterior compression of the front of the pelvis, you will get a shape change that will steal IR and increase concentric orientation of the posterior musculature. I’m having trouble visualizing this orientation of the ilium and how this would increase compensatory concentric orientation of posterior musculature.

    Question #2

    Why would someone who has an extremely narrow ISA present with excessive hip IR, and very limited hip ER ?? This person exhibits an excessive lumbar lordosis, is a fantastic squatter, and can rest in the squat position for long periods of time. They also exhibit very pronounced bilateral leg whip when running. Should we not expect to see the opposite measures, very limited hip IR, not Limited ER is this situation ??

    In this video, I explain how the pelvis may change shape to result in a loss of hip internal rotation. I also show how a relative change for a narrow infrasternal angle coupled with an anterior orientation of the pelvis will result in extreme hip internal rotation.

    #infrasternalangle #counternutation #billhartmanpt

     

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  • When Stretching Works… and When Stretching Fails

    When Stretching Works… and When Stretching Fails

    What the world needs is another video or study on stretching!

    NOT!

    Here’s a perspective that may be helpful.

    You’re not really changing the muscles when you’re stretching. That’s why stretching fails… thankfully! If stretching worked the way most people think, we’d be a nightmare of restrictions and extreme mobilities that we’d never be able to organize successfully.

    In this video: What is the essential element to create stability or recapture movement capabilities? It’s really quite simple.

    #stretchingexercises #howtostretch #billhartmanpt

     

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  • Q & A for the 16% – Suitcase Carry Cues and Toe Touch for Inhalation or Exhalation Strategies

    Q & A for the 16% – Suitcase Carry Cues and Toe Touch for Inhalation or Exhalation Strategies

    2 Questions:

    Could you explain how you cue the suitcase carry? Do you want to see scap retraction and depression? And does it expand the anterior upper ribs, and compress the posterior upper ribs?

    Would you expect an individual to benefit from both biasing their feet towards inhalation and exhalation? Through self-testing I have found that elevating the heel relative to the toes helps me improve my squat. This made sense to me as someone with just above 90 degrees ISA I considered myself a wide ISA that needed to bias myself towards inhalation and counter nutation of the sacrum in my training. I was, however, then surprised to find that your exercises to improve hip internal rotation where you elevate toes relative to the heel had instant results on retesting ie I could touch my toes easily on retest (inches away before intervention). In this video: Explaining how the suitcase carry improves shoulder internal rotation and what cues are best. Why you can benefit from activities biased toward both inhalation and exhalation.

    #suitcasecarry #breathingexercises #billhartmanpt

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  • Q & A for The 16% – Early, Mid, and Late Propulsion of the Gait Cycle

    Q & A for The 16% – Early, Mid, and Late Propulsion of the Gait Cycle

    Question: The question I have is regarding the gait cycle and the compression arc. Would you be able to give a demonstration (using a pelvis model) of the orientation of the spine, pelvis, and femur at each stage of propulsion?

    In this video: I break down the gait cycle from inside the pelvis outward to clarify segmenting early, mid, and late propulsion phases.

    #gait #pelvicfloor #billhartmanpt

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