Muscle Balance and Function exercise

 

The human body responds, develops, and is maintained according to basic neurological and biomechanical principles.

However, when the body experiences an accident, surgery, trauma, chronic over use or even the lack of purposeful physical activity apparent in today's lifestyles, misalignments and weaknesses almost always occur  to some degree.

This process in turn causes the premature breakdown of our musculoskeletal systems, making them susceptible to injury, reducing performance and quality of life and prolonging recovery. Left untreated, these compensations and weaknesses can lead to further misalignment.

Postural Correction Exercises are principle-based exercises grounded in the fundamentals of physics and biomechanics. Postural realignment is accomplished by applying a progression of properly sequenced exercises that have been systematically oriented toward each client's unique needs.  These exercises retrain the neuromuscular system and the biomechanical systems of the body, reminding each muscle of the function it was designed to perform.

The goal of the Postural Correction Exercise is  to bring you to a state of muscular and internal balance. Unlike core training or other specialty  training, this exercise program is designed to make your body a balanced unit, with all of your muscles working together in balance and harmony.  

  • It is a method that seeks long term pain relief.
  • Postural Correction exercises do not require special equipment and are designed to strengthen your body functionally.
  • The primary sources of resistance are your body weight and the force of gravity.
  • By doing a postural assessment, the therapist can determine your true dysfunction (i.e. the cause of your pain).
  • By having your exercises sequenced in a specific order you will learn to move your body in a  biomechanically optimal way.
  • Doing a daily program will help to counteract most inactive or sport specific lifestyles, helping to correct and prevent overuse injuries.