StandingFirm®...where power begins

The hip joint serves as a central pivot point for the body as a whole. Rotation at the hip joint indicates movement stability in all directions.

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1. Feedback Evaluate your muscles everyday.
2. Rotational Length • Muscle length at rest … muscle tone & force potential • Plane specific …. hip muscles • Posture faults … altered length • Symmetry…. equal and opposing action • Clinical Information…LBP symptoms (asymmetry) • Testing muscles in natural, active, anti-gravity state • 4 positional screens
3. Muscle Spindles • 2 types of muscle fiber in muscles… skeletal and intrinsic • Muscle proprioceptors in intrinsic muscle fiber • 33% muscle fiber is intrinsic fiber • Muscle proprioceptors detect length and length changes • Tightness in intrinsic fiber = loss in end-range rotation
4. Preload • Inhibited intrinsic muscle fiber creates tightness • Diagonals bias intrinsic muscle fiber • Load intrinsic fiber with diagonal force • Skeletal and intrinsic muscle fiber co-contraction… alpha gamma motor neurons • Reboot muscle spindles in intrinsic fiber • Restore full rotational end-range of motion • Mobility Zone… internal to external rotation
5. Muscles • Muscles don’t fire as a whole unit • Functional exercise favors gravity • Can lead to loss of end-range rotational length • Muscle imbalances and movement instability result • Strength does not equal stability • Muscle spindles allow for responsive muscle lengthening • Spiral diagonal resistance reloads inhibited spindles • Active spindles improve timing & coordination
6. Exercises • One leg squat, lunge, deadlift, hip hike, knee lift, kicks • Face front or side • Preload at 90 degree… rotate to neutral… 45 degree resistance in internal and external rotation • Corrective application for proprioceptive lengthening • Functional application for intrinsic and extrinsic fiber • Add additional upper and/or lower body resistance • Exercise without resistance • Pure rotation with any exercise
7. Protocols • Bruins Hip Protocol … tight hip flexors >> anterior pelvic tilt >> limited internal rotation >> obliques shut down >> glutes inhibited • Game-ready Knee Protocol … addresses risk factors that can lead to knee injuries • Titan Ankle Protocol … addresses risk factors for ankle injuries
8. Practitioners • Injury Recovery • Prevention • Sports Performance