We lose function because we stop using it, either by neglecting ranges of motion, by injury, or by not having enough energy and resources to run, maintain, or heal the muscles and their supporting tissues. Loss of motions leaves us with weaker, restricted areas susceptible to strain, discomfort, injury, re-injury, and pain.
If you are less active, you can be pain-free at a lower level of activity; however, should you need or want to place a higher demand upon your body or should you have an accident, then the weaker and restricted areas can leave you vulnerable to a sudden problem.
Activity Levels Keep Range of Motion Active
If you are less active, you can be pain-free at a lower level of activity; however, should you need or want to place a higher demand upon your body or should you have an accident, then the weaker and restricted areas can leave you vulnerable to a sudden problem.
If you are more active or are an athlete, it is important to note that the higher the demand you make of your body, the more you need to keep your joints moving freely and with strength and stability. Though you train diligently and feel strong, if you have an imbalance of any kind and weaker or restricted areas, you increase your risk for struggles in performance, injury, and pain.
Traditional activities such as walking, hiking, and running; being involved in a recreational or competitive sport or in multiple sports; playing with the kids and grandkids; and everyday activities such as cleaning, painting, cooking, scrubbing, sweeping, mopping - any and all activities that use your body are valuable to keep ranges of motion active. (Sometimes you can have problems and pain with these activities. Unused ranges imbalance the joints and strain the tissues.) The more you use the fuller spectrum the joints offer, the more you receive freedom to do the activities you want.
You may want help knowing which motions are your priority ranges. There are significantly more ranges the body can make than we can possibly train. If we could imagine what a google squared to a google cubed represents (a google is the number one with 100 zeros behind it, a google squared is the number one with 10,000 zeros, and a google cubed is the number one with 1,000,000 zeros behind it), that is the approximate number of defining "end-range" positions the body can make. This does not include the increments of motion in between the defining positions. Muscles have millions of fibers for this very reason.
With so many choices, every body can and does use different muscles. We see that everyone walks and moves uniquely. Making proper corrections requires identifying each person's unique restrictions and weaknesses, the high-priority ranges that the person does not use.
Honing in on your individual needs produces immediate improvement in your personal biomechanics. It helps to have a movement expert prioritize your needed ranges in the manner that is best for you - either by the Precision Exercises you perform or by letting your body learn through Manually Assisted Corrective Motions. Both make your body feel good and function well.
Enjoy freedom to move and the ability to have unrestricted, pain-free motions. Enjoy the value of movement any way you can - in months to years or within minutes to days. Simply cherish moving.
Traditional activities such as walking, hiking, and running; being involved in a recreational or competitive sport or in multiple sports; playing with the kids and grandkids; and everyday activities such as cleaning, painting, cooking, scrubbing, sweeping, mopping - any and all activities that use your body are valuable to keep ranges of motion active. (Sometimes you can have problems and pain with these activities. Unused ranges imbalance the joints and strain the tissues.) The more you use the fuller spectrum the joints offer, the more you receive freedom to do the activities you want.
Targeting Your Goals
You may want help knowing which motions are your priority ranges. There are significantly more ranges the body can make than we can possibly train. If we could imagine what a google squared to a google cubed represents (a google is the number one with 100 zeros behind it, a google squared is the number one with 10,000 zeros, and a google cubed is the number one with 1,000,000 zeros behind it), that is the approximate number of defining "end-range" positions the body can make. This does not include the increments of motion in between the defining positions. Muscles have millions of fibers for this very reason.
With so many choices, every body can and does use different muscles. We see that everyone walks and moves uniquely. Making proper corrections requires identifying each person's unique restrictions and weaknesses, the high-priority ranges that the person does not use.
Honing in on your individual needs produces immediate improvement in your personal biomechanics. It helps to have a movement expert prioritize your needed ranges in the manner that is best for you - either by the Precision Exercises you perform or by letting your body learn through Manually Assisted Corrective Motions. Both make your body feel good and function well.
Enjoy freedom to move and the ability to have unrestricted, pain-free motions. Enjoy the value of movement any way you can - in months to years or within minutes to days. Simply cherish moving.
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