Daily Maestroism

DM #256

Friday, February 3rd, 2017

DM #256: Yes, it all starts with the breath, but when it comes to picking drills and exercises and trying to attack that laundry list of dysfunctions, if you don’t know where to go next, go to unilateral work.
Keeping in line with last night’s DM, gravity does not act on us uniformly, and as such, we see that force bleeding out into the transverse plane, and we start presenting with unilateral dysfunction. These dysfunctions may be many in number, and often times I receive inquires with clinicians and individuals of what the ‘best’ correctives or drills would be to get the most bang for their buck. Unilateral work. Plain and simple. Make stuff work GOOD. Yes, I meant to say good.
The fewer side by side differences we present with, the easier it becomes to get all the parts to play nicely together. One side weaker than the other? One side tighter than the other? Suddenly you’re trying to use 8 different bands in 37 different places to correct this, facilitate that, cue that other thing, all while trying to remember to breathe.
Things don’t have to be confusing to be good. They don’t have to be complex to be effective. Work unilaterally, be it upper extremity, lower extremity, carrying, lifting, planking, hanging, or your working on ‘core’. Get some balance in your life then worry about the sexy stuff.
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