Greetings!
Welcome to Gray Institute's September Newsletter! We are just back from highly successful presentations at the personal training trade shows in Los Angeles and Canada. Our focus now turns to the upcoming San Diego, Philadelphia and Chicago Chain Reaction Transformation Seminars, which will end the 2010 Chain Reaction seminar series - we hope to see you at a live event! This month in our Practical Application section we will share a very important evaluation / assessment process for sitting. On an average most Americans spend half of their waking hours sitting. Sitting for extended periods of time can cause pain and decrease our function! In this issue of the newsletter we wanted to share how to assess in a seated position therefore assisting you to help people become more efficient when they are sitting. Remember, even if someone is not complaining of pain while sitting, prolonged sitting can be the cause of pain during different movements as the body summates stress. To learn more please see the Practical Application and Questions and Answer section. If you have any questions, concerns or comments please contact Lenny Parracino at lparracino@gmail.com. Thank you! |
Practical Application
Sitting, we all do it! Some for long periods, some short periods, some of us statically sit because we are concentrating on writing or driving, others may dynamically sit because we are multi-tasking, we all at some point conversationally sit while enjoying the company of others and we all love to leisurely sit and relax. The question is, our we most efficiently prepared to sit so sitting doesn't become a position that takes away from the health of our system? When you look at our whole system, sitting which is a positional tweak takes parts away, in fact the major power source (hips) are inhibited to a large degree. How can we bring more of the body back into sitting?
Please view this great clip as Gary Gray, PT and Dr. Dave Tiberio move through a quick and easy sitting assessment. Gary explains what he's looking for as he creates a task for Dave and views the reaction. This assessment can also be used as your exercise program.
For much more assessment and exercise ideas for this important function please see the DVD from the Functional Video Digest Series titled - "Sitting." Enjoy!
|
|
Questions and Answers
1. It seems we all get caught sitting for prolonged periods of time . . . . when I do get up what are some of the best strategies to very quickly and effectively negate the bad effects of sitting?
2. What are your thoughts on doing some type of flexibility and/or strengthening that would allow me to be stronger and feel better while sitting . . . what would you recommend?
|
