It's early in the morning when I watched this, I was still in bed. But to my surprise I found it rather beneficial because I was able to through the motions with my hips to feel what was being explained as well have a visual representation and explanation of what I was feeling. Which was not intentional at first but proved to be very helpful. Also it greatly loosened up my hips so when I got out of bed to try the tests I noticed I had a lot more range of motion even before trying the tests and other movements. It was a pleasant surprise to say the least and really allowed my to get that mind body connection; as well as make it easier and comprehend what he was explaining. I highly recommend. Thank you for the info, I have had issues with hip tightness for years. You have my full support; keep up the great work!
Hi Mr Harris, I found that the paper from' Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment: Articulatory Procedure - Sacral Dysfunctions' shows that inhaling through diaphragmatic breathing generally causes nutation (forward tilting movement) of the sacrum and spine It might be the mechanism , 1. During diaphragmatic breathing, the main respiratory muscle used is the diaphragm. As the diaphragm contracts and descends during inhalation, it pushes the abdominal organs downward. This downward push on the pelvic organs and pelvis causes the sacrum to tilt forward into mutation. 2. The action of the abdominal muscles during inhalation also tends to pull on the pelvis, tilting the sacrum forward. The transverse abdominis muscle, in particular, aids in nutating the sacrum during inhalation. 3.The ligaments and connective tissue that attach the sacrum to the pelvis are designed in a way that allows for greater flexibility in nutation (forward tilt) compared to counternutation (backward tilt). This anatomic factor also contributes to the tendency for nutation during inhalation. Hope you don't mind for the question since I am quite confused now
OMG u are a magician, lower back pain gone, feeling more atlethic , now I running long distance instead of jogging previously. Can plss make a video more specific to jumping
Hey Conor, thanks for this resource! On the hip flexion test, if the leg lying on the floor ER's to achieve flexion on the active leg then is this test over? Thank you!
Hey Conor, very interesting presentation thx for this. The assessments are also great. But you got me confused at one point. I learned that in swing phase the pelvis moves from a retracted position at toe off into a protracted position at heelstrike. This would be accompanied by external rotation at the hip during swing and internal rotation during stance. Could you claryfi this for me please. Ty and please keep sharing this awesome information :)
Really great info, Conor! How heavily do you weigh PRI considerations against the assessments? I noticed in some of the unilateral exercises you seem to be performing what I would think to be opposite based on the PRI model. For example, in the elevated Jefferson squat, you had left leg forward while the exercise is encouraging ER, while most people are ER biased on the left. Am I thinking about this the wrong way? Thanks for all the help! 🙏
I do weigh the naturally asymmetry naturally, but it it’s beyond the scope of a one hour presentation. However, most people have some type of compensations on both sides of the body (orientation compensation vs relative motion compensation), so they benefit from addressing the pelvis bilaterally in most (but not all) scenarios before addressing it asymmetrically.
Hey Conor, I see on your website you offer a Biomechanics program as well as a mobility program. I wanted to sign up for online coaching regarding my anterior pelvic tilt and some the asymmetry in my body (i sent you an email regarding this). Just wanted to know what are the next steps for me to move forward?
Are each of these exercises to fix one side bias? Or do we pick which side based off our own bias? Is each of these for left aic or right aic? Or whatever its called?
This is super interesting. Honestly makes me wanna learn more about this kind of stuff. Side note, just out of curiosity, roughly where is your accent from?
How can I find a true world class hip specialist to help me with hip alignment and function? I have ability to travel to training and treatment. I am in Dallas, Texas.
