A weightlifting belt is most often worn to increase the amount of weight you can lift. However, there may be other uses as a teaching tool in some contexts. The intraabdominal pressure created by the lifting belt can provide cues to promote a concentrically-oriented pelvic diaphragm and create an overcoming contraction to enhance lower extremity […]
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Padawan Lesson: Propulsion Concepts Applied to Cutting and Baseball Pitching
We’ve been reviewing pressure and volume shifts throughout the pelvis that influence the pelvic diaphragm shape, position, and movement. In this video, we move up to the thorax to address the thorax movement, shape change, and airflow mechanics that occur with cutting to the side and a baseball throw. Just as we talk about propulsion, […]
The How, When, and Why To Do a Suboccipital Release Manual Therapy Technique
There may be multiple factors a play as to why any manual therapy may be useful. To simplify the model of application, right or wrong, we can just look at it as moving fluids in and out of a space or promoting concentric or eccentric orientation of muscles. A suboccipital release is a commonly applied […]
Weekly Update and Q & A for October 27, 2019
Videos on youtube this week: Last week’s Q & A: https://youtu.be/IEoZmlJ2UUI Padawan Lesson: Ankle mobility, weightlifting shoes & squatting, Chuck Taylors for Powerlifting: https://youtu.be/uM3r4nQFQ4o How to measure hip flexion the right way: https://youtu.be/wcjpO6SmbJ4 Think Differently… How to Perform Knee Special Tests More Effectively in Seconds: https://youtu.be/42AiFbT9eo0 Bill Hartman’s Coaching Conversation with Andy McCloy: https://youtu.be/DeDdNxhePo0 Bill’s […]
The Best Shoes for Improving Squat Depth and Squatting More Weight
In this Padawan Lesson video, we address many common questions associated with choosing best shoes for squatting. Do you really have an ankle mobility problem? Do my shoes limit my mobility? How can you increase squat depth? What does an Olympic weightlifting shoe with an elevated heel do? Are heels elevated squats bad? Why do […]