Whats the difference between all the barre classes offered today? We maintain a neutral, natural spine as opposed to utilizing a pelvic tuck. We love this excerpt from an article in Mondays Arkansas Democrat-Gazette that explains WHY holding a pelvic tuck in barre class can be detrimental. Adam Bruenger, an assistant professor of kinesiology at the University of Central Arkansas, says barres trademark muscle-quaking may be beneficial. Its unlikely to build new muscle, but it might increase muscle endurance, which is useful for maintaining proper posture and body alignment. Zujko and Bruenger caution against tucking the pelvis, a position embraced by Pure Barre but eschewed by some other methods, such as Barre-Amped. (Pure Barre instructors describe the tuck as slight, a dropping of the tailbone.) Its not a biomechanically ideal position, because it really starts to limit motion at the hip and creates some imbalances among the larger muscles, in terms of making them tight … it could be predisposing to injury, Zujko says. Bruenger says pulling the hips back can flex the spine. If you do that enough over a long period of time, it can lead to disc herniation. This posterior pelvic tilt also happens with crunches and jackknives, the latter of which seem to be oft incorporated in barre classes. According to Bruenger, spine alignment is tricky, in part because many people generally stand with their hips too far forward. Sometimes its difficult to distinguish between correcting this, to achieve a neutral spine that still allows curvature, and overcorrecting, or tucking into a flat spine. The instructor really needs to know whats going on, he says.
Posted on: Wed, 19 Mar 2014 21:56:09 +0000
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