Fitness Tip This Week: Mobility and Stretching! You have probably heard Khru Chris mentioning use the foam roller or see him carrying it around with him. So what is this foam roller thing he keeps talking about? The foam roller is used to help increase mobility: Mobility is the ability to move freely and easily. So how do we incorporate mobility exercises to loosen up our muscles? Breaking Muscle talks a little bit on when to use mobility and stretching in training: breakingmuscle/mobility-recovery/3-ways-to-work-mobility-and-stretching-into-your-workouts I really enjoy mobility wod (No, crossfit slamming here guys. Its mobility exercises that everyone can benefit from no matter what sport you are in!). The reason I really enjoy this site is because they offer instructional videos by PTs on mobility exercises targeting certain muscles with a foam roller, voodoo floss, bands and lacrosse ball (I carry one with me everywhere). mobilitywod/dailyrx/ Ortho Sports Therapist, Beau Hightower at Elite OSM gave me the lacrosse ball to repair my torn rotator cuff and incorporates mobility exercises into his therapy. He is know as the ring doctor and works on all of Jacksons UFC/Pro fighters (Arlovski, Kennedy, Diego, Julie, Michelle, Greg Jackson, Holly etc) and gets them ready for every fight, so we know it works!!! Since I started adding in more daily mobility, my muscles and joints have stopped aching. My shoulders no longer hurt at night when I sleep, so I stopped downing NSAIDS. I can almost do handstand pushups and pull ups! Thats a huge step for me with all my shoulder injuries. My bulged disc in my neck has stopped flaring up. My right ankle and leg thats full of titanium, almost has normal range of motion!!! It has worked great for my Olympic lifting and for Muay Thai. I can hit longer and harder with no pain! Id say that is a good thing. Try it out for yourself and see if it works for your tight and flared up muscles as it has for me and Khru Chris! Have fun guys! ~Crystal
Posted on: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 14:59:30 +0000
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