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| On: April 01, 2020 10:16 AM |
Dear Madeline, Thank you very much for the detailed informations you gave in your workshop. You always insisted that your client starts to exhale before moving so that she could draw the lower abdominals in and stabilize her pelvis and spine. In some exercises like plank for example or for hundreds the clients will have to inhale again and stay stable/ keep the myofascial ring engaged. So this means that the TrA could or has to stay engaged during the inhale right? Could you please clarify for me your understanding of the myofascial core activation in a full breath? My understand until now is: inhale and open the ribs laterally and posteriorly, exhale and draw the lower belly in and up toward the ribcage keeping the ribs as open as possible, inhale and exhale for the rest of the exercise as you keep the TrA engaged. I was once told that on the inhale the lowering diaphragm and the responding pelvic floor stabilizes the spine by increasing the pressure in the abdominal cavity and that on the Exhale the TrA and internal obliques stabilizes the spine. So my big question is: should we keep the TrA engaged when inhaling or is this messing up the proper biomechanics of the core and of the diaphragm and pelvic floor? Thank you very muc for your answer. Best regards, hoping you are healthy in these challenging times of epidemics. Céline |
| On: April 01, 2020 19:23 PM |
Hi Celine, Thank you for your message and question. All that your wrote is one perspective, a very sound one. I say one perspective because there isn't only one way of moving or breathing. From a biotensegrity perspective, the myofascial core responds as a whole and not in the parts. It depended on what movement your are performing, how the body is reacting to the load and more. More importantly, where is the client starting from? Perhaps their PF is dysfunctional, too tight not able to let go. Perhaps, the ribs are stiff and are not able to move well. I cue breath based on what I see, where it can help the person move more integrated. I hope this helps! I am very well thank you and hoping to stay that way. You take care too! Madeline |
| On: April 01, 2020 19:23 PM |
Hi Celine, Thank you for your message and question. All that your wrote is one perspective, a very sound one. I say one perspective because there isn't only one way of moving or breathing. From a biotensegrity perspective, the myofascial core responds as a whole and not in the parts. It depended on what movement your are performing, how the body is reacting to the load and more. More importantly, where is the client starting from? Perhaps their PF is dysfunctional, too tight not able to let go. Perhaps, the ribs are stiff and are not able to move well. I cue breath based on what I see, where it can help the person move more integrated. I hope this helps! I am very well thank you and hoping to stay that way. You take care too! Madeline |