No overhead
lifting – Dangerous for the shoulder
No squatting
or lunging with the knee past the toe – Dangerous for the knee
Keep your
spine neutral – Dangerous for the spine
Draw in to
activate TA – Protect the spine
And on and
on ad nauseum. These are rules that made to be broken. When you follow rules
like this the assumption is that the body lives, works and plays in a phone booth.
These rules are artificial rules that don’t work. We live, work and play in a proprioceptively
demanding environment that is ever changing. We are not robots; we are human
problem solving and self organizing beings with amazing ability to adapt. We
must give the body credit for the wisdom it possesses. Think connect and link
to improve the quality of movement. Movement is rhythmic and dance like, not
segmented and robotic. The rule I live by is to harmonize not roboticize.
