Pilates for You, LLC

Pilates for You, LLC, is on Township Street in Fayetteville.

You have sensory pathways that sprout from the spinal cord all the way to the surface of the skin.

The sensory stimuli that we recieve from the environment informs out motor strategies in space.

In this way we could view the skin as a prime organ for movement as it's so rich with sensory innervation and this information landscape informs our somatosensory cortex so strongly.

Some estimate that up to 75% of our somatosensory cortex is informed by the skin (the remaining being the innervation of the joints, fascia etc...).

If you want to improve movement, clear feedback to the sensory cortex is key to allow for optimal and efficient motor action.

Be kind to the skin, it's one big sensory receptor that's always listening.

Movement is medicine

Tom

Tammy Tyler has been a client at Pilates for You for 4 years! The anniversary was actually last month, so we are a little late commemorating! Thanks, Tammy, for choosing this studio for your Pilates practice!

Totally agree!

A healthy reminder this weekend!

Movement is medicine

Tom

Illustration credit - Eric Franklin

One of the reasons why dynamic stability still isn't the prevailing teaching approach in movement modalities is because we think of body parts in isolation.

The classic idea of 'intra-abdominal pressure' requires the generation of force (or the resistance of force) from the thoracic diaphragm, abdominal wall, spinal muscles and pelvic diaphragm.

Of course the torso/abdomen/pelvis isn't a cylinder but it's not a bad metaphor to at least appreciate that if the pressure changes in one of these area (the pelvic diaphragm for example as the bottom of the cylinder), there would need to be a change in pressure/muscle contraction at other regions of the cylinder.

The problem is the conversation is so heavily dominated with a big emphasis on isometric contractions.

Just brace or grip all the muscles that make up the 'cylinder' and you'll be stable...

Well, you'll be stable if you don't want to move. But you do want to move and of course breathe at the same time with some ease 🙈

Fortunately our design is intelligent enough to permit dynamic muscular contraction while still taking care of the 'stability' issue. Muscles can both permit movement and contribute to stability at the same time. You don't have 'stability' muscles (except for a few exceptions maybe...).

Pelvic floor training is abdominal, spinal and diaphragm training. Each connection influences each other. Keeping things dynamic is where there might be a paradigm shift in certain practices.

I'm teaching a Franklin Method® Dynamic Pelvic Floor Fascia online class next Saturday and we'll be going through HEAPS of exercises to dynamically strengthen the pelvic floor.

If you want to learn new and really fun exercises to train your pelvic floor, click the link below!

https://www.tomwaldronmovementtherapy.co.uk/book-a-workshop/p/dynamic-pelvic-floor-fascia-1st-october

3 week replay is available to everyone who books too

Every movement requires other movements to help adjust and counter-balance the forces moving through the body.

If we are trying to fix the spine or pelvis, we minimise the ability for the body to move and dynamically align.

Movement requires other movements.

Movement is medicine

Tom

Illustration credit - Franklin Method, Understanding The Pelvis.