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1. Mobility
Mobility has become an extremely oversaturated term that leaves it with a big misunderstanding. Mobility is the prime indicator on your ability to move and control yourself through Range Of Motion. What PFM focuses on, is every second of time while you are under tension, and at END RANGE of motion.
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A big part of being a mobile individual is not only achieving a larger end range of motion, but being able to control yourself and be present to and from the entire range.
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When starting on PFM, you are going to learn how to gain mobility, not for the purpose of just showing how flexible you are, but how well, and how comfortable you are moving!
2. Longevity
Longevity is a very broad term, but for the purposes of PFM, we are focusing on the longevity of joints and movement. Most of the clients I work with have the aspirations of being parents, grandparents, high level physical achievements, or just wanting to move without pain. What PFM does is pays attention to the details of your body from the toe up. These details I refer to often can also be labels as "stabilizers". The muscles that stabilize our joints are what predict (minus autoimmune conditions) the longevity of the function at those joints. To access, and control these muscles through their full range requires alot of attention and practice. What PFM does is take you to the point where you can access, but not irritate the joints by overloading.
3. Strength
Mobility and Strength often get put into categories as if you can only focus on one or the other. Strength is a very broad term that has levels to it. For instance, most people when they want to get a gauge on how strong you are, they will ask you "how much can you bench". The 'strength I like to enhance is Functional Strength. This is the strength than is translatable to the real world and daily activities. Bu yes, movements like a bench press, can help you gain functional strength, but while under other certain conditions. What PFM embodies is developing strength from the ground starting with stability and mobility, so that the strength phase of training doesn't come with aches and pains.
4. Corrective Exercise
Corrective exercise is another oversaturated term that I want to help clear up. Corrective exercise, is supposed to be utilized to correct a SPECIFIC dysfunction. In my opinion, a corrective exercise is not a corrective exercise if you have not identified anything needed corrected. Musculoskelatal imbalances in our body always come with weak/underactive soft tissue, and tight/overactive tissue. The reason this tissue needs "corrected" is becuse of a chronic under or over activation of surrounding and antagonistic musculature which most likely wont be fixed by applying a basic exercise where the improper pattern is still being utilized. Corrective exercise often takes a much higher level of attention to detail with movement that I always take with all of my clients!
5. Functional Movement
When it comes to aging with ease, integrating Functional movement into your workout routines is a must. In todays day and age, with the modernization of exercise, we are left with prominently fixed axis machinery, with a marketing scheme of just building muscle through "isolation" of musculature. Although this may serve a purpose for bodybuilding, it does us a huge diservice later in life. This is a breeding ground for "everything is downhill after 30" people. We have created this culture where it is completely normal to just accept the idea that our bodies deteriorate much faster than they are supposed to. Functional Movement is movement that has the purpose of setting you up to essentially "function" in day to day life, and not let your joints determine when it is time for yo to stop moving!
Table Work
What is it?
When we think of getting "table work" we often think of going to see a massage therapist, where we get asked "what feels tight" or "where would you like me to work"? While this is all good, what is often needed when working among the context of Preventative Medicine and chronic pain, is a more TARGETED and SPECIFIC approach.
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The table work I offer is specially catered to Athletes that are looking to get ahead in their career, by fixing and working on specific targeted imbalances that cause problems later in their careers. The table work that is needed, is determined through the findings of the following assessments:
Range of Motion
Assessment
Muscle Testing
Movement
Assessment
Range of Motion: Each joint in our bodies, have ideal degrees of range that they need to be at in varying positions. A reduction in range of motion at a joint, gives a story to where there could possibly be pain for discomfort.
Muscle Testing: Muscle testing is so important to pair with Range of Motion because it gives me confirmation. When something is showing tight or (overactive) then I would expect the opposite musculature or (antagonist) to be underactive or (weak).
Movement Assessment: This assessment is used to identify asymmetrical movement patterns that can correlate with the Range of Motion, along with he Muscle Testing.
Integrating these assessments are crucial to getting as specific and exact as we can with YOUR unique body. If you are having recurring injuries with no other explanation than "they just happen", have Chronic pain with no solution, want to Move Better, want to Feel Better, then schedule your FREE call today!