Hey Mwodies,

Today’s mission is about dealing with what is essentially a really tight/compressed anterior neck-shoulder compartment. We often see this kind of dysfunction in athletes that perform lots of throwing or athletes that pull on a paddle/oar for a living. Even if you don’t have athletic TOS (thoracic outlet symptoms/syndrome), spend 10-15 minutes opening up your front shoulder and enjoy the “open-ness”.

Kstar

Hey Mwodiies,

Today’s mission continues with our discussion about creating global extension (think dynamic pull up or throwing a baseball).
Today we focus on a few of the upper body components.

Kstar

Hey Mwodies,

This Mob-mission is to open up the anterior hip in order to allow for global extension of the back and hip simultaneously. If the structures above and below the anterior hip are tight, we tend to see athletes break, or create a local extension moment in should what otherwise be a globally extended spine (like a pull up) or in what should be a more rigid spine(like a split jerk.) Also, we are adding a new way to unglue stiff tissues today.

NOTE: This is a new iphone and something is wrong with the mic. No one has their hand over the microphone…

Mission: Spend 2 minutes a side/per mob

Test/Retest: Kipping pull up/split jerk

Kstar

Hey Leopardnesses,

Today’s mission is for a good friend about to go destroy the track at nationals. Turns out, he’s a sprinting machine and has developed some serious bilateral “turf toe” like symptoms. Remember that it is rarely the injured joint/tissue that is the problem. Rather the injured tissue/joint is the downstream effect. Solution: Triage the injured tissue + figure out what mechanics brought it on= success. Don’t just treat the problem.

Kill em B-Money.

Kstar

Hey Mobilie Freeks,

Today’s Mission is a study in understanding a case of mechanical based knee pain. This athlete presented with knee pain after a workout involving burpees and broad-jumps. This is his first time having knee pain. Oh, and he squats 400 and deadlifts about 5oo.

Remember to work both up and down stream of the problem. And, if the athlete has pain in squatting, be sure to watch them squat eh? The movement is the thing. Oh, and be sure to mobilize in a good position. Don’t create a second problem if you can help it.

The Set Up:

Downstream at Ankle:

Upstream at the hip:

How’s your ankle ROM? Full 20-30 degrees? How’s your Hip IR? Full 30-40 degrees? Are you choosing to move a certain way, or are your restrictions dictating how you move? How you squat typically indicates how you’ll run, ride, burpee, jump etc. Pain (if it’s not pathological ie. torn acl, lyme disease, cancer) is the only way your body can tell you your mechanics need work.

Kstar