Daily Maestroism

DM #227

Thursday, January 5th, 2017

DM #227: Posted a little video earlier about this same concept, so give a look if you haven’t already.
This might quite possibly be one of my favorite things to talk about, but I’m gonna try to keep this short, because less is more, and well, I still have to pack.
So, for those of you not picking up what i’m putting down, what the heck do I mean with this DM? Well, in the absence of direct trauma or prolonged immobilization, things usually don’t just get tight for no reason.
One reason that things (joints, tissues, etc) may get tight is that your body is locking them down in order to provide stability, and feel safe. The nervous system ALWAYS wants to feel safe. ALWAYS. Number 1 priority. So, don’t own a movement pattern, not sequencing something well, using areas in a way they weren’t designed to be used, and your nervous system may very well slam on the brakes and simply tighten things up to protect you. “Core” not reflexively contracting when it should? Let’s just make those hamstrings tight. Anterior cervical stabilizing musculature not doing it’s job? Let’s just make those traps and posterior cervical structures tight. True, it may leave you with some discomfort, but at least now you’re safe. After all, if you can’t really move, you can’t get all that injured.
So, you can continue to spend hour after hour, day after day smashing, stretching, and trying to roll out those chronically tight areas, or you could add (notice I said add, as in, in addition to doing mobility work) some stability work to your routine and finally touch your toes. Your choice.
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